Not to be left out on the heavy metal Christmas phase (first Twisted Sister then Rob Halford), Pope Nazi the XVI is releasing a Christmas album.

Music from the Vatican [in the key of METAL] will feature ol' XVI reciting favorite Christmas prayers in many languages.

"We are honored to be partners on this historic production which will, for the first time, bring the voice of Pope Benedict XVI to a worldwide audience through these stunning musical compositions," Colin Barlow, president of Geffen U.K., told the Daily Telegraph.

This sounds like a snore of a CD, but it will sell bazillions of copies because of all the Catholics worldwide. But since the Pope is going METAL now, I found this picture of XVI sitting in his METAL throne. What a bad ass.