Pope Francis celebrated his birthday with a gigantic pizza party

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Everyone knows cake is the standard food to have on birthdays, but if you’re the leader of the Catholic faith, you can do what you want.

We can all learn something from Pope Francis who celebrated his 81st birthday yesterday in Vatican City with a 13-foot long pizza. It doesn’t matter who you are or how old you get—pizza is delicious, so why not go all out?

The pizza even had candles in it for him to blow out. 

Me: I need to focus on eating healthier as a way of strengthening myself spiritually as well as physically

Pope Francis, on his 81st birthday: I would liiiiiiiiiiiiiike a 13 foot pizza!!! pic.twitter.com/E9wYV1quZf

— Tommy Tighe (@theghissilent) December 18, 2017 Read more…

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James Corden made total strangers hold a funeral for their pizza

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Why no one just took both boxes and ran is the real mystery.

The Late Late Show on Monday night featured a segment in which James Corden goes around delivering pizzas with a twist. The person who ordered the pizza gets to choose between the box they ordered (with pizza inside) or a “mystery box.”

The items inside the mystery boxes come with some sort of activity — so Corden makes one guy hold a funeral for their pizza, while another has an entire circus come into his home.

Corden giveth, and Corden taketh away. Read more…

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Obsessed with pizza? Us too. Get this cute pizza backpack on sale.

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The pizza trend will never die — and we’re okay with it.

Should we even try to act surprised that there is a backpack with pizza slices all over it (that somehow still looks stylish)? And the fact that it’s 40% off right now — how can you not?

Herschel Supply Co. has been huge in the backpack game for some time, so it’s really no surprise that they were able to create a pizza backpack that’s actually cute and not completely obnoxious. The real surprise is that it’s 40% off right now — that almost never happens with these backpacks, so it’s kind of a big deal.  Read more…

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Papa John’s would like you to know they think Nazis are bad

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“Better ingredients, better pizza, and also Nazis – we do not like them.” 

Sure, that’s a paraphrase, but Papa John’s wants the world to know that the company doesn’t approve of Adolf Hitler and his ilk. This notice comes to you after Father John’s founder, John Schnatter, recently told investors that NFL protests have hurt his company’s sales.

Papa John’s is a sponsor of the NFL, and Schnatter believes that players kneeling during the national anthem to protest racism and police brutality have led to fewer people buying his pizzas. Read more…

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Papa John’s politely asks racists to stop buying its pizzas, please

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Papa John’s sales may be terrible, but apparently they’re not desperate enough for customers that they’re willing to embrace racists.

Peter Collins, a public relations representative for the company, told the Louisville Courier Journal on Monday that Papa John’s does not want nor does it need the business of racists.

“We condemn racism in all forms and any and all hate groups that support it,” Collins told Courier Journal. “We do not want these individuals or groups to buy our pizza.”

The comment comes after Papa John’s CEO John Schnatter blamed his company’s plummeting sales on NFL players’ #TakeAKnee protests of police brutality during the national anthem.  Read more…

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Forget pineapple. Twitter might have found an even more heinous pizza topping.

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Since the beginning of this exasperating year, there have been many, many debates on social media.

From politics to social justice, none have been more demanding than the infamous controversy on whether or not pineapples belong on pizza. 

Now, a new contender has surfaced sending Twitter users into an all-out frenzy. 

If you thought pineapple pizza was a bad idea, we regrettably introduce the strawberry pizza pie – and yes, it’s as gross as it sounds. 

strawberries>>pineapples pic.twitter.com/VfTJQ2WjhF

— 𖤐🎃𖤐 (@MoonEmojii) October 29, 2017 Read more…

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