Red Phone

A visitor to the vatican met with the Pope and noticed a red phone sitting on his desk.
What's that for?, he asked.
"Oh, that's the direct line to the Lord" said the Pope.


The visitor said, "Wow, how much is a call?"
The Pope answered, "$2,000 per minute."


A few days later the same visitor met the Israeli Prime Minister and noticed a red phone on his desk.


"What's that for?", he asked. "Oh, that's the direct line to the Lord" said the Prime Minister.
The visitor asked "How much is a call?"
The Prime Minister said "20 cents per minute."


The astonsished visitor said, "It can't be. I just saw the Pope who said a call to the Lord is $2,000 per minute."


The Prime Minister answered, "That was long distance, here the Lord is just a local call."