In a recent visit to the Brazilian coast, the Pope took a tour of some of the beaches where he was witness to something amazing.
People were screaming, panicking pointing towards the water.
Straining his eyes his holiness saw a young man, dressed in an Argentinean national soccer team jersey desperately fighting off a shark.
There was panic, but three men wearing Brazilian national soccer team jerseys ran into the water. One hurled a harpoon and hit the shark, the second pried the bleeding man out of the shark’s mouth, while the third delivered powerful blows to the shark.
After dragging the unconscious Argentinean to the beach, the thee guys dragged the shark onto the back of a pickup truck.
Still out of breath, the Brazilians were taken to the Pope-mobile.
The Pope was visibly moved and gave them a special blessing:
” Dearest Brazilian brothers, the scene I witnessed here today taught me about the greatness of man, children of God. Without consideration for the rivalry between Brazilians and Argentinians, in a noble and heroic gesture, these self-sacrificing Brazilians saved a brother from the jaws of death, even though he was an Argentinean. This is a great example of the quest for peace between adversaries.”
The Pope took his leave and while the pope-mobile moved away one of the Brazilians asked the others:
“So, who was that guy?”
“Dude! What are you? Stupid? That was the Pope, his holiness, the guy who speaks directly with the Man upstairs. He has divine wisdom…”
“He might have divine wisdom, but he knows nothing about shark fishing… Where’s the bait? Did it get away again? Next time we have to tie down the Argentinean with some barbed wire…”
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