In a special 2014 edition of our weekly papal rapid fire roundup, here are 14 of our favorite things Pope Francis did this year.
In 2014, Pope Francis:
1. Tried to catch a baseball.
Watch: Papa Francesco may not be Big Papi, but he showed off a bit of athletic prowess http://t.co/sL7lji9EZb pic.twitter.com/NREEEZmdyD
— Crux (@Crux) September 25, 2014
2. Met a chocolate statue of himself.
Pope Francis receives life-sized chocolate statue of himself as a gift http://t.co/2s3Qznmc0I pic.twitter.com/VyK30CO05X
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) February 6, 2014
3. Became a comic book hero.
Company launches Pope Francis comic book for kids as an app http://t.co/seEZ3bnvrC
— TIME.com (@TIME) February 13, 2014
4. Put a lamb on his shoulders.
Pope Francis hanging out with a baby sheep http://t.co/9z3oY8rwhp pic.twitter.com/ODnN9QYYb1
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) January 7, 2014
5. Blew South Korea’s mind when he rode in a Kia Soul.
6. Left a copy of the Lord’s Prayer in the Western Wall.
Pope Francis praying at the Western "Wailing" Wall in #Jerusalem #ffhhl #popeinholyland pic.twitter.com/oTOZz3WJRW
— FFHL (@FFHL_HQ) May 27, 2014
7. Raffled off a bunch of his things.
8. Met the queen. And also his Mini-Me.
RT @ClarkeatAmerica: Papal Mini-me's http://t.co/38oC0Q8nC2 #PopeFrancis pic.twitter.com/mCVInijv2u
— America Magazine (@americamag) February 27, 2014
9. Ate a meal in the Vatican cafeteria.
#papafrancesco a pranzo con dipendenti vaticani oggi nella mensa del centro industriale pic.twitter.com/POvPOiWUJH
— L'Osservatore Romano (@oss_romano) July 25, 2014
10. High-fived a televangelist.
Pope Francis meets American televangelists, and the first-ever ‘papal high-five’ follows http://t.co/Ofn9boupZd pic.twitter.com/gj8wrDI02Q
— Sarah Pulliam Bailey (@spulliam) July 9, 2014
11. Gave two kids a ride in the Popemobile.
12. Had a lot of pellegrina problems.
#PopeFrancis has 99 problems and they are all his pellegrina! http://t.co/wDCCIvo1MS via @washingtonpost pic.twitter.com/F9Sjn8CWFq
— Jesuit News (@jesuitnews) November 6, 2014
13. Announced plans to install showers for the homeless in St. Peter’s Square.
Week in review: Vatican public restrooms to include showers for the homeless http://t.co/GaTqqo76Pq #CNSstory pic.twitter.com/TtrP9pjPbs
— Catholic News Svc (@CatholicNewsSvc) November 16, 2014
14. Celebrated his birthday by giving 400 sleeping bags to the homeless.
Pope Francis celebrates his birthday by donating 400 sleeping bags – http://t.co/C0htozOhQJ pic.twitter.com/eFwbxSYrvn
— World News Tonight (@WNTonight) December 20, 2014
