pope francis has not been able to enjoy a slice of pizza since being elected as the head of the catholic church in march 2013 he laments that he can no longer go out for a quick bite, so one of his loyal supporters brought one to him in the most bizarre circumstance the pontiff was waving to thousands of supporters in naples on saturday when a local restaurant's chef drove alongside his popemobile and personally delivered him a pizza scroll down for video  special delivery: a pizza maker in naples handed a home made pie to the pontiff who has complained that he can no longer slip out for a quick slice  grateful: a smiling pope francis who was on a day trip to the southern italian city (pictured) accepted the pizza from the don ernesto pizzeria  enzo cacialli had one of his famous pies on hand as pope francis drove by the waterfront of the city revered for its great pizza his co worker at the don ernesto pizzeria filmed the incredible moment that mr cacialli got close enough to hand it directly to the pontiff, as frenzied crowds cheered him on a smiling pope francis accepted the pizza which had 'il papa'   or the pope   spelled out in dough and topped with cherry tomatoes cacialli   whose father made a pizza for former us president bill clinton in 1994   said he was 'full of joy that he accepted a pizza straight from my hands' he told naples' newspaper il mattino that he used yellow tomatoes rather than red to reflect the colours of the holy see the heart warming moment comes shortly after the pope's interview with mexican tv station televista in which he spoke about his sadness at no longer being able to go out for a pizza he said: 'the only thing i would like is to go out one day, without being recognised, and go to a pizzeria for a pizza' it was not the only treat the pontiff received on his day trip to naples he was also gifted some biscuits and sweets made by cloistered nuns who affectionately mobbed him as he sat in naples cathedral handmade: the man who made the pizza for the pope spelled out il papa   or the pope   on it with dough and dressed it with yellow cherry tomatoes to resemble the holy see  abstainance: the pope recently gave an interview to mexican tv station televista in which he spoke about his sadness at no longer being able to go out for a pizza  their behaviour was condemned by naples' archbishop cardinal crescenzio sepe who made a special dispensation for them to leave the cloister for the papal visit he did admit that the cookies were very good and he eats them with milk for breakfast every single day pope francis also enjoyed lunch with at least 10 gay, transgender and hiv positive inmates at a prison in naples on saturday they were among 90 prisoners invited to dine with the pontiff on his day long trip to southern italy the stop off at the giuseppe salvia detention centre in poggioreale was not originally on his schedule, according to italian tv station tv 2000 breaking bread: on his day trip to southern italy, pope francis also had lunch with 90 inmates at a local naples prison  invitation only: at least 10 of the inmates who dined with the pontiff at poggioreale prison were gay, transgender or hiv positive  gifts: as well as the pizza, the pontiff received other treats including some cookies specially made for him by cloistered nuns  but the pope reportedly insisted on the meal which was prepared by the prisoners themselves the inmates who dined with the pope were chosen by lottery from around 1,900, the vatican insider website has reported and it was a very simple and 'frugal' because the pope wants to take the time to get to know every prisoner personally, the head of a prison ministry told vatican radio the prison visit formed part of a very busy day for pope francis in the italian city that lies 150 miles south of rome francis began praying at a sanctuary in pompeii, before holding a string of events which include an outdoor mass and meetings with young people and the sick before heading back to the vatican this evening
il papa   the pope saturday 1994 popemobile us francis naples don ernesto bill clinton
francis revealed he hasn't enjoyed a slice pizza since being elected  pope  pizza maker delivered him a pie while he was on the popemobile in naples  worker at don ernesto pizzeria wrote il papa   the pope   on it with dough  his father famously gave former us president bill clinton a pizza in 1994  pope francis happily accepted the pizza as thousands of people cheered  pontiff also dined with gay, hiv positive prisoners in naples on saturday 