The Miracle on Ice

Today, as you all probably know, is the 25th Anniversary of the Miracle on Ice. Now, alot of people think - hey "miracle", the Pope must be involved. The thing is, though, the Pope really isn't too much of a fan of winter sports, so he wasn't even paying attention to the Olympics in Lake Placid. In fact, the climate change from Poland to Rome was one of the major factors in his decision to accept the job of Pope (to be honest, he actually got an offer with a larger base salary and better benefits to be a plant manager for Krakus, the Polish smoked meats company, but just couldn't get over the weather in Rome).

The Pope, however, is not above using his power to influence international sporting events. For example, the Pope did have a little bit of a role in the whole Diego Maradona "Hand of God" thing verses England, but this wasn't so much a miracle as a $50,000 payment to the referee (it turns out that the Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury had one of those friendly bet things that mayors often due over the World Series in the US, where if the Catholic Argentines had lost to the Anglican English, the Pope was going to have say mass in nothing but his miter and a speedo with a Union Jack on it and he wasn't about to let that happen).