[Alex Murphy]

In 2001, [Boston Globe and National Catholic Reporter's John Allen] recalls, Lutheran Bishop Gunnar Staalseth, a member of the awards committee, stated his public opposition to a Nobel Prize for St. John Paul II. He said that he would block any award for a Roman Pontiff as long as the Catholic Church continued to oppose contraception.

Is it this week that we're listening to John Allen?

[left that other site]

Being “UN-considered” for the (IG)Nobel Peace Prize is a great honor!

Just look at the ones who have GOTTEN it!

[ClearCase_guy]

If the committee had any integrity at all, they would have been pushing to remove Lutheran Bishop Gunnar Staalseth from their ranks ever since 2001. Prejudiced, bigoted, unfair — he doesn’t deserve to be selecting anyone.

[Moltke]

What on earth would Pope Francis deserve the prize for at this time? Especially vis-a-vis that young girl who stood up to the Taliban?

[FlingWingFlyer]

I thought for sure that ISIS was going to win the “Peace Prize” this year.

[montag813]

I’m surprised they didn’t include a Marxist “Pope” which appeases Muslims and attacks capitalism.

[defconw]

So Francis can’t be all bad.

[elpadre]

The true peace makers of the world are the US Armed Forces. They have bled and died to establish peace wherever they have been called, only to have politicians destroy their work.

Hooray for the men and women in uniform - boo to politicians.