‘The Daily Show’ imagines the 2012 GOP presidential field running for the papacy (VIDEO)

By Sean Sullivan, Published: February 12, 2013 at 8:57 amE-mail the writer

With the upcoming resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, “The Daily Show’s” John Oliver on Monday floated the names of Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), and Texas Gov. Rick Perry as potential replacements — provided Perry can remember the Holy Trinity: