Francis by Patrick J. Marrin for March 18, 2024

Sorry, Leo.

Be content, Gabby and Leo, be proud, even——for you are fine cartoon characters!

Oh, are we facing the end of this run, and the start of a new structure? Did I miss news?

Any day now, the Roman Catholic Church is going to realize that God’s calling for someone to be a priest will not be limited to people who possess penuses of which they do not utilize all the functions?

As of this morning, the Pope was still alive.

I do not appreciate the mood in America towards older people.

There is great discussion of both of the candidates for president’s ages and it is a legitimate concern. However, in each side’s attempt to tear down the other, we older people are depicted as being feeble people wearing bunny slippers, hunched over a walker with tennis balls on the legs, , drooling and mumbling incoherently and wetting our depends.

Yes, some of these afflictions DO come with age, but not all of us are like that nor do these afflictions mean that we are incompetent nor does it mean that we are done making our contributions to society.

Age discrimination is alive and well in America.

Sometimes i feel that the Church Hierarchy is replete with cartoon characters.

Maybe we all are.

Beware when comic characters become (nearly) self-aware.

Ah, reality sets in……..