Girls just want to be pope

At Non Sequitur, Danae’s desire to be Pope continues (today’s strip at top):

And, speaking of Catholics, here’s the latest Jesus and Mo:

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lanceleuven

Posted March 1, 2013 at 5:25 am | Permalink

Sometimes there’s a fine line between satire and simply telling it like it is. It’s hard to tell on which side of the line that Jesus and Mo cartoon sits!

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- makagutu
  
  Posted March 1, 2013 at 5:29 am | Permalink
  
  I think they are telling it as it is.
  
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- gbjames
  
  Posted March 1, 2013 at 6:20 am | Permalink
  
  The beauty is that it is both.
  
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- gravelinspector-Aidan
  
  Posted March 1, 2013 at 7:47 am | Permalink
  
  I think that the Artist has one foot firmly on each side of that fence.
  I just hope there aren’t any splinters, and he doesn’t have to try running.
  
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Sidd

Posted March 1, 2013 at 8:11 am | Permalink

The Onion had a good headline, “Being Pope Was Great, But You Can’t Play Make-Believe Forever”.

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- Ben Goren
  
  Posted March 1, 2013 at 8:36 am | Permalink
  
  Wow…that’s like, exactly the message I’d love to spread at a congregation, if I thought I could get away with it with my hide intact….
  
  b&
  
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  - HaggisForBrains
    
    Posted March 2, 2013 at 10:34 am | Permalink
    
    You have a congregation? Wow – respect!
    
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    - Ben Goren
      
      Posted March 2, 2013 at 4:44 pm | Permalink
      
      Ha!
      
      No, you misunderstand me.
      
      “If I could get access to a congregation long enough to spread that message and if I thought I could survive the experience….”
      
      b&
      
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WiseApe

Posted March 3, 2013 at 11:18 am | Permalink

Oh dear. Truth is stranger than fiction:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21649475

This however seems a tad optimistic – perhaps a spell in prison beckons?

“I will now spend the rest of my life in retirement. I will play no further part in the public life of the Catholic Church in Scotland.”

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