Pope Leo XIV Launches "Survivor: Vatican" Reality Competition

The Vatican unveiled its boldest reality show yet where 16 clergy members are stranded on a remote island and must compete in intense theological and physical challenges. Pope Leo XIV will host "Survivor: Vatican," which features events like building a confessional from driftwood, starting fire with only a rosary and holy water, and the controversial "Temptation Island" challenge where contestants resist luxury items in exchange for virtue points. The show's signature event is the "Last Rites Immunity Challenge" where participants must correctly perform emergency sacraments while being pelted with tropical fruit. Traditionalists are outraged by the "Excommunication Vote" elimination ceremony where contestants are dismissed with an actual bell, book and candle, while young seminarians have embraced the "Tribal Council" confessional segments. Production challenges include preventing actual miracles from interfering with gameplay and finding insurance for when the "Walking on Water" challenge inevitably goes wrong. The million-dollar prize? A guaranteed position on the Pope's new "Extreme Evangelization Task Force" and lifetime supply of communion wafers. Early teasers show dramatic moments like nuns forming secret alliances to sabotage the Jesuits' strategy and a heated debate over whether killing and eating a wild pig violates Lenten fasting rules. The season finale will feature the final two contestants attempting to celebrate a valid Mass using only items found in the jungle, with Pope Leo XIV himself judging both liturgical accuracy and survival creativity.