Pat Oliphant for March 01, 2013

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    Alexander the Good Enough  about 11 years ago

    Right. Advice for the next pope (& Co.): If the shoe fits, wear it!

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    pcolli  about 11 years ago

    “There’s no place like home.”

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    jazzmoose  about 11 years ago

    I’d certainly be happy if the Catholic Church disappeared from the face of the earth.

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    Vermont Premium Member about 11 years ago

    One of Oliphant’s best! Hilarious!

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    Chillbilly  about 11 years ago

    Yeah, this one is brilliant. “Small shoes to fill.”

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    wronhewitt  about 11 years ago

    Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has moved to a cloistered convent, and will wear the same outfit he wore as pope, except for the ruby slippers._______________

    You mean he’ll still wear that two-foot tall HAT (crown)??? How pretentious…I kinda thought he would would live the life of a simple man, but clearly, there is no handbook out there that defines the lifestyle of a former pope…for over six centuries, former popes have simply laid in repose, having been called home by The Maker of All Things.

    Perhaps he’ll get the rest he needs if he simple declares that he wants to be treated like any other former pope…an occasional quiet and dignified visit, and otherwise left alone in the papal catacombs…

    I left my job “early” because of all the pomp an’ ceremony – but I didn’t die, and I’m not tellin’ what that job was…

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    Simon_Jester  about 11 years ago

    They’ll have to wait in line behind Mel Gibson

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    Motivemagus  about 11 years ago

    “Love your neighbor as yourself…” “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God”“Sell everything you have and give to the poor.”Not to mention Jesus choosing to focus on service to the poor (rather than abandonment) and healing the sick even on the Sabbath.Sounds closer to Socialism than anything the Republicans are currently offering.I responded to your message on yesterday’s Signe cartoon, by the way.

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    AlbertNonyMouse  about 11 years ago

    Prfesser, that has been the situation for centuries, yea millenia. You don’t think they actually believe that nonsense, do you? They’re just a bunch of sociopaths that recognized a good scam when they saw one. The Church has been in the business of fleecing (and buggering…) the flock from the start.

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    altarguild  about 11 years ago

    Immediate laughter and taps into fairy tale action! Someoneelse said,“Wonderful”. I say, “Marvelous”.

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    Uncle Joe Premium Member about 11 years ago

    I’ll just point out that the “little people” in the Church do far more good work than the “leadership”.

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    Dtroutma  about 11 years ago

    I just get a “kick” out of all those like “O.C.” defending the church with the most violent, intolerant, and murderous history over time, turn the tables and attack Islam (which I also do NOT agree with) that follows basically the same tenets as the Roman Catholic Church did for even more centuries of wars and oppression.

    Of course, with the “Reformation”, it didn’t take long for protestants to diversify, split into factions, and become just as repressive and intolerant. Little things, like imposing clothing laws on Polynesians, killing them with the diseases that clothing caused, or STDs spread by “missionaries” also followed the “join or die” philosophy of Cortez, Father Serra, and other predecessors from Rome.

    Ruby slippers indeed, soaked in the blood of generations of those “conquered” by the church.

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    Rickapolis  about 11 years ago

    I’d hate to have to wash those feet.

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    Uncle Joe Premium Member about 11 years ago

    I stand by my statement. The “Eye of the Camel Gate” was not mentioned anywhere until the 9th Century.http://thepaperthinhymn.com/2009/11/02/the-myth-of-the-eye-of-the-needle/http://www.creationtips.com/eye_of_needle.htmlChristianity was not intended to be a political or economic system, although being a Christian had political & economic implications from the very beginning. From the point of view of the Romans & Jewish elite, the crucifixion was a political act. Once the Church was adopted as the State religion of the Roman Empire & it’s successors, the Church has been immersed in politics.There are a few Christian churches in the U.S. that are seriously apolitical. The Amish come to mind immediately. The leaders of the Catholic Church, as well as many evangelical churches, seem to feel that their beliefs should be reflected in political decisions, such as opposition to same sex marriage.

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    lonecat  about 11 years ago

    Did you ever read “When Prophecy Fails”? It’s old now, but still pretty interesting. As I remember it, some sociology students join a cult as a research project just as it’s proclaiming the end of the world. Which doesn’t happen. But the members of the cult just say that the only reason it didn’t happen was because of their efforts to keep it from happening. Thus the failure of their prophecy validated their prophecy. Talk about having your cake and eating it, too.

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    lonecat  about 11 years ago

    I own it — you can borrow my copy.

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    CorosiveFrog Premium Member about 11 years ago

    I’m a catholic the same way I am a Montreal Canadiens’ fan; they haven’t impressed me much in the last few years, but they’ve been in the family for a long time and they’re a big chunk of french-canadian culture.

    The Acadian clergy (unlike Quebec’s reactionnary top priest Marc Ouellet) are not afraid of speaking against the abuses of their superiors and supporting social causes. It’s because of them that I’m still a catholic, not for the big boss!

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    emptc12  about 11 years ago

    Wow, a lot of ferocious comments on all GoComics sites! “Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud hatch out.” Do you all feel better now?

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    Call me Ishmael  about 11 years ago

    Some of the Cardinals really do resemble Mafia Dons. Some Popes have behaved like them, too.

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