My Apple and The Kitchen Sink
My only iDevice, a Gen3 iPod Touch, sits atop my radio and it's purpose is to play MP3s from my Linux file server and Podcasts from Radio 4. It does that task admirably and its shiny chrome back also doesn't object to the occasional splash from the washing up.
Not sure about the Pope being Catholic, but I heard a good argument that he might be a Marxist.