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\"VATICAN<\/a>A little satire for your Thursday from the Onion<\/a>, which reports that the Pope is really nervous as his “performance review” approaches.<\/p>\n

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Francis, who is employed as Vicar of Christ, Successor to the Throne of Saint Peter, and Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, is required by Vatican workplace guidelines to meet at least once a year with his immediate superior, God, and participate in an official evaluation of his strengths and weaknesses on the job, a formality of the position that, by all accounts, has led to a bout of nerves for the pope.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019m doing pretty good work\u2014I\u2019ve prayed harder, increased my total blessings over last year\u2019s numbers\u2014but who among us knows what He thinks?\u201d said Francis, who was seen this morning restlessly pacing across the Seconda Loggia of the Apostolic Palace and wiping his forehead with a cassock sleeve. \u201cI\u2019m sure I could stand to step up my shepherding of the faithful a bit. Maybe squeeze in a few more canonizations. Am I being penitent enough on a daily basis? I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

No word on whether the Pope and God will discuss his speech before a joint meeting of Congress, confirmed today<\/a> by U.S. House Speaker Boehner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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