In 1956, Pope Pius XII was shocked and appalled by the response of America's youth to the singing and gyrations of Elvis Presley on the Ed Sullivan Show. He felt that Elvis represented such a grave threat to the Catholic Church that he formed a special taskforce to attempt to combat Elvis' influence. This task force took a variety of tacks against the singer, including supporting more traditional and conservative singers (they gave Pat Boone over $100,000), and buying up Elvis' paraphenalia so that fans couldn't have blasphemous "relics" of the singer. The taskfore eventually amassed the world's largest collection of Elvis memorabilia, including his famous gold lamé suit, for which it paid over $45,000. The collection is stored under tight security under the Vatican. No non-Catholic priest (or non-Swiss Guard) has ever seen the collection, but there is a persistent rumor that one of the items is a series of pictures of Pope John Paul II trying on various outfits.