Sweet Lord! A Life-Size Chocolate Pope Francis

Pope Francis has been presented with a life-sized chocolate replica of himself, during a general audience at the Vatican.

The pontiff received the gift from master chocolatier Mirco Della Vecchia, who spent 30 days crafting the figure with his team of students. Mr Della Vecchia said 1.5 tons of cocoa was used for the replica - and that another 1.5 tons of chocolate would be donated to the umbrella Catholic charity organisation Caritas.

The chocolatiers worked on the figure with sculptor Paul Moro Belluno, who is renowned for his ability to make sculptures from unusual materials.