Pope Benedict Sombrero: Catholic Church Leader Given Hats During Mexico Visit (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

The pope's got a brand-new hat. Or two.

The leader of the Catholic Church thrilled crowds when he donned sombreros on several occasions during his recent three-day visit to Mexico.

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Pictures from the Associated Press and Getty, available below, show the the pope wearing a black sombrero while being driven to give a Mass in Central Mexico on Sunday.

That night, according to the above video from the BBC, he was serenaded by a mariachi band and presented with a white "wide-brimmed, bejeweled sombrero hat."

More than half a million people gathered to hear the pope give his sermon in Bicentennial Park near Silao in the state of Guanajuato on Sunday, The New York Times reported.

The 84-year-old pope arrived in Cuba on Monday for a three-day visit.

To read more about the pope's trip to Mexico, click here. And click here for more on his visit to Cuba.

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Comments

[damonwhite]

05:38 AM on 04/02/2012

Dennis Leary once said that he had trouble belonging to a Religion whereby authority is measured by the size of the hats one wears...and his punch line was that God must have on a huge sombero up in Heaven...well, Dennis, guess the Pope became God on his trip to Mexico...the pics are too funny...to think humanity still thinks it needs all this get-up to be good with God is so childish and immature...dmw

[FormerlyTCnSRQ]

09:40 PM on 04/01/2012

they should have given him a sift kick out of the country...he is devisive and perpetrates inequality and even hatred of others.

[DrJon]

11:36 AM on 04/01/2012

And the Pope said: quiero mas ninos y taco al pastor! Areeeba!

[Charles Harless]

11:14 PM on 03/30/2012

I'm not sure why, but whenever I see photos or video of this man my skin crawls.

[Asmondius]

12:20 PM on 03/31/2012

It's your conscience calling.

[DrJon]

11:37 AM on 04/01/2012

Catholics have none because they permit this institution to perpetuate pedophilia!

[alterego55]

12:12 PM on 03/30/2012

Aye, yai yai yai,

I am the Frito Popito.

[TYRANNASAURUS]

10:01 AM on 03/30/2012

Pope Serenaded And Presented With Sombrero...

I would too to suck pesos from the poor so as to live the high life in Rome.....Martin Luther was shocked when he finally got to Rome and saw how the pope was squandering the money taken from the poor of Europe.

[Asmondius]

01:35 PM on 03/30/2012

The Pope collects no funds during these visits, so you can depart from your bigoted fantasy.

[ThinkCreeps]

01:43 PM on 03/30/2012

You don't even understand your own clown prince's business model.

[TYRANNASAURUS]

03:28 PM on 03/30/2012

During?? who said DURING? Don't worry the pesos will flow in to Rome ...Dumb dumb.

[ThinkCreeps]

01:43 PM on 03/30/2012

I see you're getting earache from Assclownoftheworld too.

He's been quiet for a while - perhaps he's been released on bail, or maybe he convinced a pair of gullible psychiatrists that he was OK to go back to the parochial house. It appears that Dolan does look after his people. Now he only has to hope he can make the accusers go away.

[ThinkCreeps]

07:12 AM on 03/30/2012

Cash in the hat, please. Cash in the hat.

[Asmondius]

01:36 PM on 03/30/2012

Don't worry, he doesn't want your street corner.

[ThinkCreeps]

01:38 PM on 03/30/2012

I guess he's had his fill with you.
Can't imagine it was much fun for him.

[GimmeABreak70]

08:29 PM on 03/29/2012

How do you make the grand dragon look stupider? Sombrero.

[Asmondius]

01:37 PM on 03/30/2012

'Stupider'?

[ThinkCreeps]

01:38 PM on 03/30/2012

You're suddenly back - did you get out on bail?

[Hillbilly49]

05:32 PM on 03/29/2012

The Pope should wear that hat when he eats the body and blood of Jesus.

[ThinkCreeps]

07:11 AM on 03/30/2012

Holy mole...

[Asmondius]

01:36 PM on 03/30/2012

Better than wearing a cap at the local Waffle House.

[ThinkCreeps]

07:17 PM on 04/01/2012

He wasn't qualified for that. Especially after he failed denazification.

[DrJon]

02:56 PM on 03/29/2012

Mas tacos!

[knowcomment]

02:18 PM on 03/29/2012

Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!

[queequag]

09:38 PM on 03/28/2012

El Poppo Mariacho!

[ThinkCreeps]

07:12 AM on 03/30/2012

Mille pesos. Vamos.

[shatner99]

08:13 PM on 03/28/2012

Bill Maher's writers should give back their salary this week–just too easy, but I'll never get tired of it, though. Shatner hosting the Junos!!!!!!

[armedandliberal]

06:41 PM on 03/28/2012

Will he turn the "pope mobile" into a low rider next? Airbrush a "suffering Jesus" on the hood?

[Matt Rizzo]

06:20 PM on 03/28/2012

Conquistadork