HUMOR: Facebook Photo Album Derails Cardinal’s Papal Candidacy

The fact that content on users’ Facebook profiles can affect their employment prospects and higher-education opportunities has been hammered home time and again, but did photos posted on the social network derail a candidacy for one of the highest-profile jobs around: pope? Not really, but it’s still a good read.

The fact that content on users’ Facebook profiles can affect their employment prospects and higher-education opportunities has been hammered home time and again, but did photos posted on the social network derail a candidacy for one of the highest-profile jobs around: pope? Not really, but it’s still a good read.

According to The Borowitz Report, a fictitious humor blog in The New Yorker, Dutch Cardinal Bonifacius Steuer was removed from the shortlist to replace retiring Pope Benedict XVI due to a photo album on his Facebook profile titled, “Tampa Phun.”

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