Friday, March 19, 2010

Is the Pope Catholic?

If you're following the news then you'll have noticed that the Catholic hierarchy seem to be in moral free fall currently, new child abuse and sex scandals are bubbling up every day. As usual the NewsBiscuit has it's finger on the pulse and perfectly illustrates the truism that there's many a true word spoken in jest.

There was widespread shock today after it was revealed that the Catholic Church, an organisation whose authority is derived entirely from a work of fiction, had misled its followers and the general public.

The Church, which states that all 1.4 million known species of animal could fit inside a small wooden ship twice over, was today shown to have covered up widespread child abuse amongst its clergy. Speaking outside the Vatican, the Pope  eschewed proclaiming condoms help the spread of AIDS and instead adopted a more conciliatory tone ‘Those among you who believe us when we tell you about talking snakes, the dead rising and a giant invisible man in the sky, will have felt badly let down when you heard that we may have been less than truthful on this one issue. For that we can only say that we are sorry, never again shall the Catholic Church take advantage of the unquestioning credulity of its followers.’

Just prior to retiring to his vast palace containing priceless works of art, the Pope added ‘And please put more in the collection fund, we’re really short of cash’


You can see this and lot's of other humorous stuff here.

1 comment:

Elizabeth said...

This is such an interesting saga to follow -- thanks for letting us see the humorous side.