Paparazzi

[pne]

I can honestly say I've never heard the name "Papa Ratzi" as a German nickname for Pope Benedict XVI before today.

In related news, apparently there were Italian newspapers headlines referring to him as "il pastore tedesco", which translates well into "the German shepherd", in both possible meanings—and apparently, most people only understood the "dog" meaning first.

Comments

[kamara.livejournal.com]

Papa Ratzi. That's fantastic. I shall have to call him that at all possible opportunities now!

[nik-w.livejournal.com]

Very good!:D

His nickname over here before he became pope was "The Vatican's Rottweiler"!

[marikochan.livejournal.com]

I still can't get "Pope Palpatine" out of my head -- nothing about the personality, I just think they look alike.