WATCH: British News Anchor Accidentally Declares the Pope Dead in Brutal Christmas Day Blunder

Mediaite ^ | 12/25/21 | Joe DePaolo

[Roman_War_Criminal]

A British news anchor accidentally declared Pope Francis in an utterly brutal live news blunder, magnified by the fact that it took place on Christmas Day.

Kylie Pentelow, an anchor for the British network ITV, made the flub during her newscast Saturday evening. It happened as Pentelow was informing her audience about the Pope’s Christmas remarks at the Vatican.

“The Pope’s festive address focused on his prayers for the pandemic to come to an end,” Pentelow said. “He said vaccines should be made available to those most in need.”

Then, Pentelow said, “His death was announced…”

The anchor promptly caught herself.

“Uh, excuse me,” she said.

To her great credit, Pentelow immediately recovered and moved on to the next story. But the gaffe did not escape the notice of social media.

[Steely Tom]

While not unconditionally Not Guilty, Kylie Pentelow can get away with quite a lot.

[Skywise]

“I feel like dancing!”
“Can you come back later? He’ll be dead by then”

[dynachrome]

Maybe he is on his way out, soon.

[ClearCase_guy]

Francisco Franco, on the other hand ...

[DannyTN]

He should have declared Biden dead. Nobody could prove him wrong.

[Red Badger]

The Lord works in strange ways..........................

[Jonty30]

Rumour is that Pope Francis is dying.

[Responsibility2nd]

In a sense, the Pope is dead to a great many people.

[dfwgator]

Eventually they had to add a 't' to the end, so it became "The Pope Must Diet!"

[CheshireTheCat]

This is weird.

I can’t imagine what she meant to say that fits the context— what words are similar to death— and how she could have mispoke them.

[Telepathic Intruder]

He’s already cleared the way for the antichrist so his work is done anyway.

[montag813]

Well if this Satanic beast were to pass, I noticed the “near death” (2014) Pope Benedict is still alive and kicking, so they should put him back! You’d never see ol’ Ben kissing the feet of filthy Muslim swine.

[Autonomous User]

“And he’s not only merely dead he’s really most sincerely dead.”

[Vigilanteman]

The pope is dead. John Paul II was the last real pope although Benedict was a reasonably good caretaker. The imposter currently occupying the seat in the Vatican is neither.

[HighSierra5]

The Poope is spiritually dead.

[Vigilanteman]

. . . and he wants the church to keep him company there.

[Tallguy]

Well isn't that true?

[EC Washington]

That would have been good news

[Robert DeLong]

Could have been intentional, after talking about vaccines. 🙂