#PopeBars meme is the holy answer to your dreams of a hip-hop Pope Francis

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And on the eighth day, the pope became a meme.

Twitter was awash in the holy glow of #PopeBars on Monday. This hashtag game pairs a meme-worthy photo of Pope Francis gripping a microphone alongside hip-hop lyrics inspired by His Holiness.

Even if Pope Francis hasn't quite lived up to the "cool pope" reputation he earned early on, it's nice to pretend.

Small-time atheist, fall back with your evil, God's in my squad, and my crib's a cathedral #PopeBars pic.twitter.com/Oqfc5BPilr— M. Salinas (@okMute) November 30, 2015

Is that a World Tour or The Lord's tour? #PopeBars pic.twitter.com/oGzMccADOt— Schmidt (@JamesLedwaba_) November 30, 2015

Lyrical cataclysm Miracle catechism Smack em w that epistle Then Back to the Vaticizzle #PopeBars— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) November 30, 2015

@meganamram @Lin_Manuelmy home's pretty great, it's in the middle of rome / got my own city-state, and a basilica dome— jomny sun (@jonnysun) November 30, 2015

P to the izz-O, P to the izz-E, fo' sheezy my neezy keep the Virgin so breezy #PopeBars pic.twitter.com/iSQuTqkBsz— le revenant (@tres_stimulante) November 30, 2015

Can't be wrong 'cus I'm infallible. When I take off my robe, the view's incredible. @tanehisicoates #PopeBars pic.twitter.com/04G0TrMQLt— Christopher Bluma (@ChrisBluma) November 30, 2015

"Lick off a shot, and hit your fam by mistake. So I erase the whole front row at your wake..." pic.twitter.com/xS3Og3zYki— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) November 30, 2015

@tanehisicoates "Herbal vapors and biblical papers ,smoking Exodus, every square yard is plush" #PopeBars pic.twitter.com/7BD7uLrQNg— Daetwan Williams (@TheRealDaetwan) November 30, 2015

Drake and Meek Mill beef on whose rhymes are tighter, but don't forget about me and my Holy Ghostwriter. #PopeBars pic.twitter.com/dNJKX1D01G— Nico Cuevas (@NicoSaysThings) November 30, 2015

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