Francis, Not Planning To "Speak American"

By Miss Kubelik

We cats are wondering how often — throughout his long Catholic life — Rick Santorum has cut his various Popes some slack for, say, exclusively speaking Italian.

Santorum is 57, which means that his existence on this planet has coincided with the papacies of John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II, Benedict and Francis. None of these guys grew up speaking English, although a couple of them were competent in it.

So, did that make them lesser human beings? Surely not. (How can a Pope, after all, fall into that category? Isn't he infallible?)

We cats only ask this because it turns out that when Pope Francis visits the US next week, he'll deliver the majority of his speeches in Spanish. OMG, OMG, OMG!! Is Francis not welcome here now? Should he go back to Univision? But — John Boehner invited him to come! Will Sarah Palin and Donald Trump and the teabaggers try to drive him out of the country? He's speaking Spanish!

As we've pointed out before, we're loving the turmoil that Trump is sowing in the Republican Party. But it doesn't mean we aren't disturbed by the intolerance, xenophobia and downright hate that we've seen, both at Trump rallies and other Republican events of note.

Here's hoping that Francis is able to bitch-slap America into a more forgiving mindset. Meanwhile, although we're planning to avoid downtown DC at all costs on the day he visits, we cats wish Francis great anti-Republican success, and fabulous PR — and we PURR.

(IMAGE: Frankie and Barack, BFFs.)