[markomalley]

First of all, read the title CAREFULLY:

…claims government official

So it may or may not be factual.

Having said that, I am relatively certain that there are other available therapies for altitude sickness...

[GeronL]

this Pope is as messed up as the SCOTUS

[piytar]

Firmly convinced he is the anti-Pope who will try to help herald in the One World Religion. This will not be a Judeau/Christian religion. Sigh.

[SaveFerris]

You can’t make this stuff up.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I’m fine with him chewing leaves. Big deal.

[bgill]

Visions of wacky celebrity food requests like whomever it was who requests certain colors of jellybeans.

[familyop]

[SmokingJoe]

Are we even sure he is not already chewing coca eaves or even worse, especially given said me of his recent pronouncements?

[gaijin]

First pope to end up on the cover of Rolling Stone?

Wacko, devil Pope.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Coco tea works very will for altitude sickness.

Leaf chewing will give you a mild high that is usually not a good idea when you are already a bit dizzy and nauseated.

[varon]

A Bolivian government official has claimed that Pope Francis has said he would like to chew coca leaves when he visits the country next month.

Is Pope Francis about to do to coca leaves that Pope Clement VIII did to coffee beans...............?

[Salvation]

Remember, too, that he has only one lung.

[Jeff Chandler]

"All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine."