Patriarch Alexeii sends an invitation to Pope Benedict.
Monsignor Gaenswein brings the letter to the Pope, "Heilige Vater, diss just came for you from Russia."
The pontiff takes the letter and reads it. He says, "Ach du lieber! Der Patriarch of Moscow has invited me to a friendly game of golf! I don't know how to play!"
Monsignor Gaenswein mentions, "Vell, Herr Jack Nicklaus is a good Catholic and also a professional golfer. Why don't vee make him a Kardinal und he could play instead of you?"
"Excellent idea!" Pope Benedict relpies.
So Mr. Nicklaus is invited to Rome where he is made a Cardinal.
He goes to Scotland where the game is to be played (it's just a joke it doesn't have to make sense.)
When he returns to Rome, he informs the Pope on how it all went.
"Oh Holy Father, I played the game of my life! I stayed under par for every hole and even hit 2 holes-in-one!"
"Dat is Wunderbar! So Cardinal Nicklaus, did you win?"
"No, Holy Father," replied the new Cardinal, "Metropolitan Woods beat me by 2 strokes!"
