--- title: This Baby Dressed as the Pope Won Obama’s Halloween Party description: White House: "Top prize goes to Lil' Pope" canonical: https://time.com/4095415/baby-pope-presdident-obama-halloween-party/ author: Joyce Lee article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-31T15:06:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:26:29.712Z og:title: This Baby Dressed as the Pope Totally Won Obama’s Halloween Party og:description: White House: "Top prize goes to Lil' Pope" og:url: https://time.com/4095415/baby-pope-presdident-obama-halloween-party/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt214fe75f75a9165d/69886f05a988ca689f6b5131/gettyimages-495004268.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US President Barack Obama greets a young child dressed as the Pope and riding in a "Popemobile" as he hands out treats to children trick-or-treating for Halloween on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, October 30, 2015. AFP PHOTO / SAUL og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Baby Dressed as the Pope Totally Won Obama’s Halloween Party twitter:description: White House: "Top prize goes to Lil' Pope" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt214fe75f75a9165d/69886f05a988ca689f6b5131/gettyimages-495004268.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Baby Dressed as the Pope Totally Won Obama’s Halloween Party by [Joyce Lee](https://time.com/author/joyce-lee/) ## Joyce Lee Oct 31, 2015 3:06 PM UTC  President Obama greets a young child dressed as the Pope and riding in a "Popemobile" as he hands out treats to children trick-or-treating for Halloween on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Oct. 30, 2015. President Obama greets a young child dressed as the Pope and riding in a "Popemobile" as he hands out treats to children trick-or-treating for Halloween on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Oct. 30, 2015.Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images by [Joyce Lee](https://time.com/author/joyce-lee/) ## Joyce Lee Oct 31, 2015 3:06 PM UTC The Obamas hosted their annual Halloween Party on Friday outside the White House. 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