[lilylangtree]

I'd rather poke fun at the pedophile Mohammed and Allah.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Somehow I don't think that Italian Catholics will riot in the streets and kill people over this.

[GSlob]

Well, the best Benedict could do is himself to do some tasteful self-satire, or rather a satire at how he's perceived - self-stereotype satire. Like Ronald the Great did with his "we start bombing in 5 minutes".

[msnimje]

I wonder why people feel the need to make fun of the Pope. Does it make them feel better about themselves?

Does it in any way help anybody in need or make the world a better place?

How about people stop bitching and poking fun of people doing the work and roll up their sleeves to help out?

[HarleyD]

I doubt if these same comedians will do a satire on Mohammad.

[reagandemocrat]

Make fun of the Pope all you want......We'll still do the heavy lifting when it comes to dealing with the jihadistas.

[rochester_veteran]

I can't believe nobody's posted this yet!

Is the Pope Catholic? :-)

[Tamar1973]

I didn't see any Catholics cutting off heads when these pictures came out.

[Tamar1973]

I didn't see any Catholics cutting off heads when these pictures came out.

[trisham]

Crozza does a satirical play on two identical sounding words -- Pax (peace) and PACS, the acronym for a controversial law that would give unwed heterosexual couples and gay couples in Italy equal civil rights. He says "pax (or PACS) be with you".

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Typical immaturity on the part of the secular community.

Pope Benedict will probably ignore these misfits.

[HarleyLady27]

What kind of an odd ball question is this??? This author hasn't got anything better to do that to ask stupid questions???

Is it ok to make fun of this author???? Well if he wants to make fun of my Pope then yes, I can make fun of him....

I don't think its kind to make fun of anyone in a higher office: Pope; President; Prime Minister; Governor; Senator; etc. Just imagine what you would feel like if it were you they were making fun of.....

[RightWhale]

I have been within 20 feet of the Pope. He was leaving and his car went by about 6 AM. There must have been a million people in the courtyard. It was awesome and I am not Catholic. While it would not be illegal to make jokes about this Pope or any modern Pope it would be decidedly bad taste, the Pope is not someone to ridicule.

[stopem]

Just returned from Rome Italy and rode the train 200 miles an hour into Florence, of course I couldn't read Italian so I had no idea that the trains were about to go bust.

Also enjoyed going to Vatican city and seeing the Pope.

[Wormwood]

Your lack of faith disturbs me.

[blau993]

One thing you need to keep in mind is that the current Pope is a German. Germans are known for many things, good and bad, but a well developed sense of humor is unfortunately not one of them.

I remember years ago writing an article for a German legal publication. Although the topic was a serious one and my treatment of it was appropriately serious, I tried, as I usually do, to lead into the discussion with a little mild humor. The editor took it all out. He apologized, but he said his readers would never understand it and would be offended by it.

[SuziQ]

Folks have been making fun of the Pope since St. Peter, I daresay. A lot of it depends on the type of humor, I guess, but most just either think it's funny, think it's offensive, or blow it off. That's the major difference between Christians and Muslims. We Christians CAN laugh at ourselves, but when someone offends us, we don't threaten to kill them!

[marsh_of_mists]

I'm Catholic and I have no problem with anyone making light-hearted fun of the pope or anyone else. But the Italian MSM seems to be using one sentence by the pope's secretary to go into a dither about Vatican-driven fascism. These were probably the same folks who during the Danish Battle of Khartoun wept rivers about how Europe should be more "culturally sensative". Typical Euro-leftist hogwash.