Pope Francis is visiting the United States, and nobody is more excited about it than these dogs.
Well, their owners are, anyway.
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Thanks to some creative pet costuming in honor of the papal visit, the hashtag #PopeDog has taken off, with a whole bevy of pooches dressing up to impress the pope.
Lesson learned: Dogs dressed as the pope are both hilarious and adorable. And, in most cases, extremely confused.
Thanks for all of the #popedog love! My mom @lolliesfollies and I are really excited for #popefrancis to come! What a great week for #philadelphia! #puppylove #blessed #dog #dogs #dogoftheday #dogsofphilly #dogsofphiladelphia #minischnauzer #minischnauzers #blessed #pope #popeinphilly #popadelphia #pet #pets #popeapalooza #schnauzer #pets #animals @barkbox A photo posted by Duke (@schnauzergonnaschnauze) on Sep 24, 2015 at 2:04pm PDT
As an Argentinean-English Bulldog living in New York, I'd like to officially welcome Pope Francis to NYC I'll show you where the best pizzas at bro #cardinalmacky #popefrancis #popedog #vivaelpapa #argentina #thepope A photo posted by Mack aka "Macky" (@mackthebullydog) on Sep 24, 2015 at 2:07pm PDT
Did someone say the Pope is in town? #popedog #grumpypope #uncoroperative A photo posted by Alice morris (@alicesun79) on Sep 24, 2015 at 1:47pm PDT
Here's a little #TBT in honor of the Pope's visit to NYC! #popefrancis @911memorial #popedog #911memorial A photo posted by PumperNickelPlus2 (@pumpernickelplus2) on Sep 24, 2015 at 9:54am PDT
As far as I'm concerned, the Pope is already here, and thinks that the security detail is a little much... | #popedog #popeinphilly #popeadelphia A photo posted by mel.joy (@phillystomp) on Sep 24, 2015 at 10:28am PDT
#PopeBus #PopeInDC #bichonsofinstagram #popedog A photo posted by _julieo (@_julieo) on Sep 23, 2015 at 7:19pm PDT
#popedog #dogsofinstagram #holyhound A photo posted by @chm128 on Sep 21, 2015 at 7:16pm PDT
Did you guys hear the Pope is in DC for my birthday ?!?! A photo posted by Kristykitten (@kristykitten) on Sep 23, 2015 at 6:18am PDT
I promise last picture #popadelphia #popedog #popefever #babsthedog #popeorbust A photo posted by @meep08 on Sep 20, 2015 at 11:36am PDT