--- title: Met Gala 2018 Blesses Us with Jude Law Young Pope Memes description: The Met Gala might be fashion's biggest night, but that didn't stop the Internet from having some fun with night's Catholic fashion theme. canonical: https://time.com/5268582/met-gala-2018-young-pope-memes/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-07T22:45:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:41.576Z og:title: The Met Gala Has Blessed Us With All the Young Pope Memes og:description: Jude Law is the unexpected star of this year's Met Gala og:url: https://time.com/5268582/met-gala-2018-young-pope-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Met Gala Has Blessed Us With All the Young Pope Memes twitter:description: Jude Law is the unexpected star of this year's Met Gala twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The 2018 Met Gala Has Blessed Us With an Influx of _Young Pope_ Jokes  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 7, 2018 10:45 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 7, 2018 10:45 PM UTC The [2018 Met Gala](http://time.com/5256466/met-gala-2018-details-theme-date/) might be fashion’s biggest night, but that didn’t stop the Internet from having some fun with the annual event’s theme: _Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination._ Cue the memes of the HBO show _The Young Pope_. While many fashion icons — ranging from Madonna to Lady Gaga — have used the Catholic faith as sartorial inspiration, there might not be a greater style legend than the Pope himself, Benedict XVI, who was named [_Esquire’s_](https://www.esquire.com/style/a3312/bestdressedawards0907/) “Accessorizer of the Year” in 2007 for his cherry red loafers — a perfect complement to his heavily embellished papal ensemble. However, Pope Benedict XVI isn’t the only pope who has captured the hearts of the fashion flock — or the Internet for that matter. When it came to the Met Gala, social media users were more than happy to supply endless amounts of GIFs, memes, and pithy quips about the 2018 Met Gala theme by channeling [Jude Law’s character](http://time.com/4633580/young-pope-history/), Pius XIII (or Lenny Belardo) in the television series [_The Young Pope_](http://time.com/4633580/young-pope-history/). Some looked to the Young Pope as the ultimate fashion inspiration for the night. > [](https://twitter.com/thorapologist/status/993597623931232257) > [](https://twitter.com/baddestmamajama/status/993603753059041280) > [](https://twitter.com/so%5Frudez/status/993455103360339970) While others had nothing but Young Pope jokes for the red carpet. > [](https://twitter.com/kyliesparks/status/993618398390112256) > [](https://twitter.com/jakeisbaetho/status/993616374361665536) > [](https://twitter.com/TIFF%5FNET/status/993615185242976256) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5268582/met-gala-2018-young-pope-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5268582/met-gala-2018-young-pope-memes/"},"headline":"The 2018 Met Gala Has Blessed Us With an Influx of Young Pope Jokes","datePublished":"2018-05-07T22:45:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:52:41.576Z","description":"Jude Law is the unexpected star of this year's Met Gala","url":"https://time.com/5268582/met-gala-2018-young-pope-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Met Gala 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5268582/met-gala-2018-young-pope-memes/","name":"The 2018 Met Gala Has Blessed Us With an Influx of Young Pope Jokes"}}]}] ```