Yes, anyone can have a bad hair day. Anyone can have fun with a silly hat.
But how is that someone who is supposed to be the representative of God on Earth can look so consistently evil?
True story: the day Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope, someone replaced his picture on his page at Wikipedia with this one of Senator Palpatine from Star Wars. It went unnoticed for some time. It's an appropriate comparison, seeing as both started off as champions of the underdog and became spooky-looking, power-mad tyrants. And indeed, the graphic comparison to the evil Emperor is uncomfortably apt.
Of course, it's easy to exagerate the look with Photoshop...
But below are a series of photos of Benedict collected from the Internet. Judge for yourselves if they are fake or real.
Such a charming smile, and so humble too...
No, it's not "Evil Santa"...
He certainly has fun with the job, loves waving at the crowds, and displaying himself for their adulation. If he just didn't look so creepy...
Here's an interesting sequence. Enjoying the crowd's worship during a visit to his old stomping grounds in Munich, Benedict looks both happier and nastier by the second.
"Ego sum papa."
"Trust me! I'm the Pope!"
