Pope Francis is no ordinary celebrity, but until recently he was lacking one of global fame's most common accessories: a dedicated fanzine.
That has changed. The first issue of Il Mio Papa (My Pope) magazine, a weekly glossy featuring papal pronouncements, news, personal details and photographs – including a pull-out centrefold – hit shelves in Italy this week.
Il Mio Papa is not an official Vatican publication, but a product of Silvio Berlusconi's publishing house, Mondadori, responsible for titles including TV Sorrisi e Canzoni ("TV Smiles and Songs") and the gossip magazine Chi.
Here are a few cover lines we imagine we'll be seeing in future:
▶ White is the new purple: 20 infallible looks for summer
▶ Eat, pray, lose – The Ephesians 5:2 diet
▶ Holy See! We look inside Il Papa's minimalist living space
▶ Nun Direction: 7 Habits of highly effective religious orders
▶ Father, Son, Holy Ghost: the ultimate love triangle?
▶ Deliver Us From Sleeve Hell: chasubles to flatter every figure
▶ Lenten Tarantino: 20 films you must not see between now and Easter
▶ Smells like teen spirit: altar boys choose their favourite incense fragrances
▶ Surplice to requirements: how to strip down to your beach cassock with confidence
▶ Thank God It's Friday: easy fish recipes
▶ 40-day detox: look and feel your holiest
▶ Cardinal sins: what not to wear for an audience with the pontiff
▶ Kill the fatted calf: the slimming power of red slippers.
