Tom Benson shows Pope his Super Bowl Ring

WhoDat!656 · 05-12-2011, 11:11 AM

Tom Benson and his wife somehow secured a few minutes with the Pope Benedict XVI recently at his weekly general audience in Rome.

As custom dictates, Benson kissed the Pope’s famous Fisherman Ring. And then Benson offered up a ring of his own.

“I said to him I’d like to show you my ring,” Benson told Bruce Nolan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, with his wife by his side during the interview. ”I told him what it was, you know? It’s a Super Bowl ring. And he understood that, right, darling?”

The picture is on Nola.com and is pretty priceless.

“There’s this cardinal laughing too. He couldn’t believe I would do that,” Benson said.

We also can’t believe Benson is really going to send Benedict a Saints jersey with “Holy Father” and the number one on the back.

Maybe Benson wants Benedict to solve the team’s short-yardage woes.

Tom Benson shows the pope his ring | ProFootballTalk

This is something I would expect from Jerry Jones, not Tom Benson

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WhoDat!656 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Shreveport,Louisiana Posts: 16,002	Tom Benson shows Pope his Super Bowl Ring Tom Benson and his wife somehow secured a few minutes with the Pope Benedict XVI recently at his weekly general audience in Rome. As custom dictates, Benson kissed the Pope’s famous Fisherman Ring. And then Benson offered up a ring of his own. “I said to him I’d like to show you my ring,” Benson told Bruce Nolan of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, with his wife by his side during the interview. ”I told him what it was, you know? It’s a Super Bowl ring. And he understood that, right, darling?” The picture is on Nola.com and is pretty priceless. “There’s this cardinal laughing too. He couldn’t believe I would do that,” Benson said. We also can’t believe Benson is really going to send Benedict a Saints jersey with “Holy Father” and the number one on the back. Maybe Benson wants Benedict to solve the team’s short-yardage woes. Tom Benson shows the pope his ring \| ProFootballTalk This is something I would expect from Jerry Jones, not Tom Benson Halo and Saintswrath like this.
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