When only the Holy Grail will do

So you're the Anglican Archbishop of York and you're about to take your first trip to Rome where you will meet with the Pope, what do you bring as a gift? 

Well, like any good Bavarian, he does like his beer

I told the brewery I was meeting the Pope and they made a special brew for him. I heard he'd been given some Black Sheep ale and liked it. So I brought that and the Holy Grail."

Sentamu stands the Pope a beer

Sissy who tipped me to this has written about the Pope and John Sentamu  - the "Archbishop-of-Canterbury-in-waiting" before as he took on British Airways and the BBC. 

With his trademark gap-toothed grin and staccato enunciation of quaint English, the Ugandan-born archbishop is credited with having an electrifying effect on faithless, post-Christian Britain.

While in Rome, Sentamu might have learned the Beer Blessing.

Bene+dic, Domine, creaturam istam cerevisae, quam ex adipe frumenti producere dignatus es: ut sit remedium salutare humano generi: et praesta per invocationem nominis tui sancti, ut, quicumque ex ea biberint, sanitatem corporis, et animae tutelam percipiant. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen

Bless, O Lord, this creature beer, that Thou hast been pleased to bring forth from the sweetness of the grain: that it might be a salutary remedy for the human race: and grant by the invocation of Thy holy name, that, whosoever drinks of it may obtain health of body and a sure safeguard for the soul. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.