Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 22, 2014

Try giving the Pope a really big bribe.

Got a ways to go, Rat……

St. Rattis of Narcisissi?

Rat being nice to somebody? That’s not a case for sainthood, that’s a certified miracle.

I’d like to hear how Father Guido Sarducci would answer that.

To be a Saint? Well, in the Roman Catholic Church you have to be dead. And have a couple of verified miracles. Then, one has to nominate one for Beatification, followed later, usually long after one is dead, Canonisation. Oh yeah, one needs to have demonstrated exemplary qualities throughout life. Good exemplary qualities, not bad examples, and very little bad behavior.

Everywhere else religion and politics are not suppose to be socially discussed but can be commented on in the comic strip comment section because no one takes anything seriously in the comic strips section.

Rat you are a Rat, so forget about that !

To 1911A1,

Great! The perfect name.

Rat really doesn’t understand the importance of what’s involved. He just heard the song and figures he wants “to be in that number” when they “go marching in”.

Sainthood is a little ambitious, how about we just concentrate on getting you to Heaven first, eh Rat? Not paying attention to the she-devil on your shoulder just because she’s hot would be a good place to start…

They don’t get there by being Catholic!!!!

Duh! and Duh again.

Actually, you just need to play football for New Orleans.

I’ll go with “Saint of Me”, by the Stones. It’s closer to my reality.

Once I came out of church and immediately crushed a peanut shell so that a pigeon that’d been pecking at it could get to the nuts. Does that count?

A particularly gruesome death has always been a good start, Rat. Of course, one has to wonder just what sort of miracles would be attributed to Saint Rattus.

Hey did recycle a beer bottle, he made into a urinal after he was finished drinking out of it…………………

@1911A1Perfect! LOL

3 independantly reported miracles for one.

for Rat, either start cheering for the football team in New orleans, or start liking Stephan puns and stop hitting him

Rat is getting soft. First a good vs evil debate, and now this?

Doesn’t sainthood require two verified miracles? I’d say these qualify, given it’s Rat.

“Once, in a fit of generosity and altruism, I filled a rental car with premium.” Emo Philips

To be a saint, Rat has to be canonized. Does anyone have a cannon?

Hey, Mother Teresa’s still waiting for canonization. And Oscar Romero is waiting for an official declaration of martyrdom. He was gunned down while saying Mass for speaking out against El Salvador’s military oppression. How hard can it be to figure out?

According to the Bible, all believers in Christ are “saints,” because they are sanctified - called to a holy purpose. It is not a title given only to a privileged few or by a privileged class of men. Many of Paul’s writings begin with “To the saints at…” He was writing to all of the believers at each location. This echoes Christ’s teaching in John 17.

You know, we have never really seen Rat drink from a beer bottle. Just beer cans, at least to the best of my knowledge.

Martyrdom is the shortcut to sainthood. Who wants to cast the first stone?

There are many religions that do not cannonize people.