Benedict XVI Is Now Training His First Apprentice

The Vatican news agency, Zenit, just released a new photo of the Bishop of Rome taking on a new apprentice.

His holiness Pope Benedict XVI is quoted as saying to the young lad "Everything that has transpired has done so according to my design. It is unavoidable. It is your destiny. You, like your father, are now mine."

Zenit also reports this was a greatly anticipated event as the Holy Father only trains one apprentice at a time. The name of the apprentice was unavailable and Vatican officials declined further requests for information.