We cats are waiting for Pope Francis to weigh in on the Republicans snatching food out of low-income families' mouths, not to mention trying to deny millions of Americans healthcare coverage.
That's because the GOP's opposition to food stamps and Obamacare doesn't strike us as something that would be supported by the famous long-haired, bearded guy who 2,000 years ago said, "Give everything you have to the poor, and follow me."
And Pope Frankie is such a hot commenter right now. He's put the Christian tenets that the Republicans love to ignore right at the heart of an important international conversation, and we'd love to hear more from him. Gosh, we might even follow him on Twitter to see what happens next.
Don't get us wrong. We cats have tons of problems with the Catholic Church, even though (thank God) we have never belonged. To us, it's a bloated, corrupt, small-minded, hypocritical behemoth that's done more to oppress than liberate. The last 35 years, groaning with the intolerance of JPII and the Nazi, have been particularly horrifying to us. So count us as super-surprised when the former Jorge Mario Bergoglio suddenly decided it was not okay for the Vatican to hate on gays 24/7/365.
Who'd've thunk it? His Frankieness has not only delivered a bitch-slap to the Church — he's turned out to be more tolerant and compassionate than all 168 members of the Republican National Committee. We cats PURR.
(PHOTO: He looks harmless, doesn't he? Don't turn your backs, GOP!)
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