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Congressman Stole Pope’s Water Glass — and What He Did With It After Is Being Called ‘Kinda Creepy’

Sep. 25, 2015 8:40pm

Rep. Bob Brady (D-Pa.) stole the water glass Pope Francis used for his historic speech before Congress Thursday, The Washington Post reported.

The Democratic congressman confirmed to The Post that he snatched the half-full glass the pope had used from the lectern while his colleagues were distracted with the pope’s departure.
In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, D-Pa., drinks from a glass of water that Pope Francis used during his speech to Congress, while standing in Brady's Washington office. (Stan White/U.S. Rep. Bob Brady's office via AP)

In this photo taken Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, D-Pa., drinks from a glass of water that Pope Francis used during his speech to Congress, while standing in Brady’s Washington office. (Stan White/U.S. Rep. Bob Brady’s office via AP)

The story was first reported by the Philadelphia Daily News.

Brady took the glass to his Capitol Hill office where he sipped some of the water. The Pennsylvania Democrat passed it around to his wife and staffers.

“Anything the pope touches becomes blessed,” he told The Post. “I think so and no one is going to change my mind.”

“Anything the pope touches becomes blessed.”

According to The Post, Brady invited Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) to his office to dip his fingers in the remaining water. Brady’s wife and mother apparently also took part in that practice.

Brady told The Post Friday that he had contacted the House Architect so that he could pay for the stolen glass. He was told that a check would be sent to him.

When the story was published by The Post, many reacted online.

I think the glass is a national artifact belonging to the US government and should be retrieved from the Congressman and transferred to the National Park Service, Artifact Inventory Section. There's another name for it, which I can't think of but that's what they do. Yes, we have an agency that gathers, collects and protects all of our national artifacts and I think this glass should be one of them, especially now with the story of the thieving Congresscritter to tell beside it, along with Boehner's remarkable resignation the day after the speech, including his 20 year effort to achieve the Pope's address to Congress. I disagree with the Pope having addressed our Congress, and probably quite a few other Americans do as well, which even heightens the importance of the artifact and the story that goes with it.