Yes, you read correctly. The Catholic Church, in an effort to increase their “hipness”, have decided to hold a contest for the upcoming visit to New York City by the Pope. The winner will get his design on a skateboard, which will be given to Pope Benedict XVI upon his arrival to the Big Apple. Is he too old to kickflip?

Fr. Peter Pomposello of St. Elizabeth’s in Washington Heights told New York magazine NY1: “The Holy Father talks about meeting people where they’re at within their culture - and skateboarding is the culture of the time for today’s teenagers. With iPods and text messaging - skateboards are their thing.”
Apparently if you own an iPod and use text messaging, by default you also skateboard. The logic here is quite clear.
Anyways, if your skateboard design is chosen for His Holiness, you will receive three tickets to a youth rally, where the board will be presented. Replicas will be sold online for Catholic charities.

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