Getting your player ready...
Pope Benedict XVI showed off his sporting side Saturday when he met athletes participating in the swimming world championships in Rome and urged them to act as role models for fellow youths “in sports and in life.” Benedict blessed and shook hands with athletes, and praised their “exciting performance.” He playfully put on sports hats the athletes gave him and triumphantly raised a plush green frog — the mascot of the Rome championships. Hopefully, he will keep the frog under wraps during Mass. The Associated Press; AP photo
