Not happy with the election of Pope Francis (who looks either like Grumpy Cat or a Muppet, depending on the photo)? Then, perhaps, you can throw in your lot with Pope Michael I, who has ruled an offshoot, unofficial branch of the Catholic Church (which may, or may not, consist mostly of himself and his mother) from his living room in Delia, Kansas since 1990.

  • http://www.facebook.com/aelfscine Jon Bakos

    Does his diocese include the Republic of Molossia? :)

    http://www.molossia.org/

  • GawainLavers

    Man, what’s interesting is not the self-proclaimed pope, it’s the people in the comments freaking the fuck out about the Topeka Capital-Journal having the audacity to report on it.  Amazing levels of insecurity over the authenticity of their own religions.

    • howaboutthisdangit

      Followers of one religion calling followers of another religion, or an offshoot, crazy brings to mind images of people throwing stones at glass houses.

  • oasisob1

    “(It) hit me on the drive back from where the election was in Belvue back to St. Marys,” Pope Michael says. “We’re about halfway back, and I realized I’m now responsible for six billion souls on earth.”

  • http://twitter.com/closerr natasha

    HE LOOKS LIKE WOODY ALLEN

  • sota767

    I wonder how many other antipopes there are around these days.

    • http://lemoutan.blogspot.com/ Lemoutan

      Do antipopes live in the antipodes?

  • Antlan
  • axlrosen

    Which Muppet?

    • Gilbert Wham

       Statdler & Waldorf.

    • tubacat

       Yes, which Muppet? The link just goes to the NY Times…

    • http://lemoutan.blogspot.com/ Lemoutan

      Beaker?

  • Nash Rambler

    It’s all fun and games until god shows up, points to Pope Michael I, and says “almost all of you got it wrong.  That was the guy who Heard Me.”  Then, you know, the smitings.

  • http://glitch.tl/ Michael Smith

    Doesn’t Mel Gibson have his own offshoot of the Catholic church as well?

    • Halloween_Jack

       He’s a Traditionalist Catholic, i.e. someone who believes that Vatican II was a mistake and worship using the tridentine mass. He’s not the only one, but he’s given money to build a trad church near where he lives.

  • Nathan Edwards

    As a POPE myself, I can confirm that this guy is the POPE.

  • Gilbert Wham
  • http://twitter.com/FaceShipApp FaceShipApp

    Looks like Alec Guinness playing George Smiley: