Pope Francis tipped to win Nobel Peace Prize

[FatAndFaithless]

I like Francis. I think he's taken the right side of a whole lot of issues, and given the number of catholics in the world, that's a huge plus-- whatever you think about the Catholic religion.

What issues, exactly?

[Napoléon]

I like Francis. I think he's taken the right side of a whole lot of issues, and given the number of catholics in the world, that's a huge plus-- whatever you think about the Catholic religion.

'Cept he's still happy to harbour 100's of suspected paedophiles within the Vatican, guess that's not such an important issue.

[Minimalist]

Edward Snowden would be a far better choice than any religious fuckhead.

[JesusHChrist]

I'll bet his ears perked up when he heard he was getting a tip.

If it's nothing more than the tip, can he still claim to be a virgin? The Bride of Christ?

It would be embarrassing to no longer be able to wear white....

[TaraJo]

Not really sure what else the pope could do for peace besides speak out in favor of it.

As for this pope specifically, I certainly like him a lot better than the Emperor Palpentine he replaced. I love how he's actually getting people to look at things like peace and compassion instead of just harping on and on about condoms causing AIDS or telling everyone they're going to hell. I really love how the Republicans here in the US are all upset about him, even while they're trying to be the good Christians.

[Anomalocaris]

Since Obama seem to have deserved a nobel prize not for doing anything, not for being anything, not even for wearing any hats, but for not being Bush (a qualification which I might humbly say I also possess in cornucopian abundance, by the way), why shouldn't Pope Francis get a nobel prize for not being Pope Adolf?


If I were to have influence in the Nobel committee, I would give the Nobel Peace prize to Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfled, posthumously, for dying.