8-year-old says he will be pope [Video]

[gilliam]

Eight-year-old James Higgins of Southeast was wearing white-but-grass-stained baseball pants and a dusty Boston Red Sox jersey when he mapped out his future — combining an aspiration typical of a boy his age with a more unusual goal:

“Maybe I could play major league baseball and then become pope.”

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[Jennifer_G]

James has attended Mass every day.

“Since he’s so into baseball, he likes the idea that he has a streak,”

Is his favorite player Cal Ripken?

I guess their morning Mass is early enough that it doesn’t interfere with school or work (unless their kids are homeschooled).

 

[LRThunder]

He could play for St. Louis. That way he’d be a Cardinal.

 

[Jennifer_G]

He could play for St. Louis. That way he’d be a Cardinal.

Or SanDiego and be a Spanish missionary. That way, he’d be a Padre.

Now, beating the homerun record… that’s gonna mean he can’t be a priest until after he’s 50…

 

[GemmaRose]

What a special little boy! And to be blessed with such great faith! He could teach about 75% of adult “Catholics” how to be a Catholic.

The Lord obviously has had His hand on James from the moment of his early birth and precarious first weeks of life up to the present time.

May God continue to bless him, and who knows… maybe by the time he is grown, the world will be ready for an American Pope.

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*“Dear God, do You know the greatest grief one of Your creatures can bear? It is the thought that she can never love You enough. ” *- St. Gemma Galgani

 

[roanoker]

Who knows? I’m pulling for him…Roanoker

 

[Felicity_in_TX]

That is so sweet! God bless that precious little boy!