NEW YORK, March 14 (UPI) — David Letterman read a Top 10 list of “Rejected Pope Names” on “Late Show” after Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio was elected leader of the Catholic Church.
The talk-show host introduced the roster of possible names the pontiff — known as Pope Francis — may have rejected on Wednesday’s edition of the program. It read as follows —
10. Kim Jong Pope
9. Pope Pius Galifianakis
8. Pope John MMMLXXXVII
7. Pope Sixteenth the Eleventh
6. Pope Milton Tingling
5. Pope W. Bush
4. Pope John Paul Van Damme
3. Pope Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino
2. Sponge Pope Big Hat
1. Francis Ford Poppola
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