Isn't it a copyright violation and therefore illegal to publish TV clips on the WWW without permission of the copyright holder?

I don't think that Jay Leno is mocking Pope Benedict, at least not this time.

Cracked me up! I second the motion for Cardinal Arinze!

Hmmm...let's just hope this doesn't give tacit approval for liturgical dance...

I always have a little chuckle when people express amazement that the Vatican has a radio station. It's my understanding that the radio station was the one of the first in the world and dates back to Marconi.

Yeah, he may very well be a Catholic. But I was referring to his non-exclusive use of the term "our". He didn't seem to be saying "we Catholics" but rather "we all of us". As in, it's not just the Catholics who have a new pope -- the world has a new pope.
I'm just pointing out that intangible universal fatherhood "vibe" that comes from the papacy and seems to be sensed even by non-Catholics (excepting those fundamentalists and leftists who have seizures of rage when they hear the word "Pope.")
It is an office truly unique in the world.

Freydaddy,
Very funny :-)

I was under the impression that Leno was Catholic. Good Italian boy you know.

Well, Jay was baptized a Catholic(I think).

Notice that Leno said "Our new pope..." Just goes to show how important -- even if unconciously -- the papacy is even to non-Catholics. No one would say "Our new Dalai Lama" or "Our new Archbishop of Canterbury," for example.

You know, I could have seen JPII actually cameo in that commercial, but I don't think the dancing is B16's style.
Just a thought.

Too bad he is too old to be Pope for more than a couple of years after Benedict.

"a future Arinze papacy"
What a beautiful thought!

I was wondering if it might have something to do with that. ;-)

David B.,
Maybe NBC is sending a subliminal message about a future Arinze papacy....

That looked like they were using an African-American to pose as Pope Benedict.
I'm just saying.

I'm speechless. :-0