- Pope Francis is the global leader of the Catholic Church, but once in awhile, he's also a regular person.
- He has pizza parties, gushes over meeting his favorite soccer team, and rides in a Ford Focus.
- These photos show just how unexpectedly normal the Pope's life can be.
Pope Francis may be the global leader of the Catholic Church, but he is far from an out-of-touch figure preaching from behind the Vatican's walls.
Actually, the Pope is known as one of the most humble papal figures in the Catholic church's history. So it's not difficult to imagine Pope Francis as a real person with an ardent love of pizza, soccer, and calling on his neighbors.
In celebration of the Pope's 81st birthday earlier this week, here are 12 photos of Pope Francis doing normal things that almost make you forget that he is one of the most famous leaders in the world.
Pope Francis has a pizza party for his 81st birthday.
Pope Francis made his 81st birthday special by celebrating with a 13-foot pizza shared with a group of local children.
He takes selfies.
It started as a novelty, but now Pope Francis has taken hundreds of selfies with followers, fans, and religious observers around the world.
He checks out of hotels.
After his papal coronation, one of Pope Francis' first acts was to go back to the priests' residence where he stayed to collect his luggage and settle his bill, saying that he wished to leave a good example of how a leader in faith should act.
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