Graffiti depicting the Pope as a superhero gets official approval from the Vatican, who tweet it to

Graffiti depicting the Pope as a superhero gets official approval from the Vatican, who tweet it to

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Graffiti depicting the Pope as a superhero has got the official seal of approval from the Vatican after they took a photo of the wall art and tweeted it to their 84,000 followers.

The image shows Pope Francis as Superman, flying through the air with his white cape billowing out behind him.

It was created by Italian street artist Maupal who spray-painted it onto a wall in Rome.

Graffiti depicting the Pope as a superhero has got the official seal of approval from the Vatican after they took a photo of the wall art and tweeted it to their 84,000 followers

The colourful creation shows the 77-year-old Argentine pontiff with his fist pointing forward like Superman.

He is wearing a crucifix and his carrying his trademark black bag, with the word ’values’ written across it, in Spanish, in white letters.

’We share with you a graffiti found in a Roman street near the Vatican,’ the Pontifical Council for Social Communications from the Holy See said on its official Twitter page.

The colourful image shows the 77-year-old Argentine pontiff, left, with his fist pointing forward like Superman

Italian street artist Maupal poses next to his street art mural of Pope Francis as a superman, flying through the air

The pope is a keen Twitter user himself, regularly posting tweets on his own feeds in nine languages, which boast more than 10 million followers in total.

He is proving to be a very modern leader of the Catholic Church and yesterday it emerged Pope Francis is set to grace the cover of Rolling Stone as he continues to capture the hearts and minds of worshippers across the world.

The Pope features on the front page of the rock and roll magazine’s new issue - with an accompanying article titled ’The times they are a-changin’’.

A child cries as he is lifted up to be kissed by the pope this morning

Dressed in white robes, he can be seen smiling at the camera while waving his right hand.

The cover photo itself was taken by the magazine’s contributing editor Mark Binelli, who visited the Vatican in person, according to Rolling Stone.

During his visit, Mr Binelli witnessed the Pope display his ’all-inclusive’ attitude by telling a congregation weathering a storm in the piazza that he wished he could be with them.

’He seemed to really mean it,’ Mr Binelli told the magazine.

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