I doubt that Pope Leo actually ate the pizza

@NJChicaa (124476)
United States
August 1, 2025 10:09am CST
Pope Leo XIV is the Catholic church's first American pope. He is from the Chicago area. He loves the Chicago White Sox baseball team and, well, apparently Aurelio's pizza. Recently he was touring St. Peter's Square in Vatican City and greeting people when he saw someone with a sign that said "We have Aurelio's pizza". There was a challenge issued about a month ago to get one to him. One guy picked up a frozen one, passed it off to a woman who was traveling to Rome, and then it was passed along to the Pope as he went through the square. There are pictures of him pointing toward the sign with a huge smile on his face. His brother has said that the Pope "devoured" the pizza. Yeah I don't buy it. He may reeeeeeeeeeeeeally have wanted to but I can't imagine his staff would allow him to eat a pizza from across the world delivered by a stranger. You'd think they would be afraid that it could be contaminated or laced with poison. It was a nice thought but I highly doubt that he ate it. What do you think?
https://nypost.com/2025/08/01/lifestyle/pope-leo-devours-pizza-shipped-from-his-favorite-chicago-pie-shop-heres-what-toppings-he-got/
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@xFiacre (14226)
• Ireland
1 Aug
@njchicaa Why, in Italy, would anyone eat a frozen, imported pizza?
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@NJChicaa (124476)
• United States
1 Aug
Nostalgia
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@LadyDuck (482672)
• Italy
1 Aug
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@TheHorse (229914)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Aug
A reasonable question.
@DaddyEvil (158351)
• United States
1 Aug
I seriously doubt it... Even if it was kept frozen all the way there. I agree that his bodyguards probably wouldn't let him eat anything from a stranger in a crowd. Too much chance that it's been poisoned by someone who didn't like the idea of an American Pope.
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@Juliaacv (54748)
• Canada
2 Aug
That is a little backwards, someone not in Italy should want a pizza from there, not the other way around.
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@NJChicaa (124476)
• United States
2 Aug
He is from Chicago and it is his favorite hometown pizza. I get it.
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@RasmaSandra (88538)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Aug
Interesting but I agree with you, Then again perhaps a member of staff had a piece and when he lived the Pope had some too,
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@LindaOHio (199423)
• United States
2 Aug
I seriously doubt that he ate it.
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1 Aug
His brother would say that. I don't believe it. Wouldn't he have a food taster to make sure he wasn't poisoned
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@LadyDuck (482672)
• Italy
1 Aug
There is an official communication that denies that the Pope ate the "imported" pizza. But it seems that he likes a pizza with yellow cherry tomatoes and "bufala" prepared by the Neapolitan Pizzaiolo Enzo Cacialli.
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@TheHorse (229914)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Aug
Dang.I have to ponder this one
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