Francis by Patrick J. Marrin for August 07, 2014

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    j2p2  over 10 years ago

    Won’t let me favorite the strip. The irony of the celibate clergy…

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    Weakstream   over 10 years ago

    Everything.

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    ladykat  over 10 years ago

    Excuse me, Frankie, old boy, did you consider inviting actual parents?

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    morningglory73 Premium Member over 10 years ago

    That’s the point. He is wondering how they could possibly be experts on family life. And that is what’s wrong with that picture.

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    Zen-of-Zinfandel  over 10 years ago

    Joy Browne and Laura Schlessinger are on their way…

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    dirgis3  over 10 years ago

    He’s gotta hear all sides. Yours AND mine.

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    ehtaniguchi  over 10 years ago

    This reminds me of when I attended the wedding ceremony for a friend. It was his second marriage (but that was okay since Wife #1 wasn’t Catholic). [sarcasm] A baby-faced priest delivered the sermon on what makes a good marriage, which prompted the guy next to me to whisper in my ear, “How the hell would he know?”

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    Mirror1  over 10 years ago

    By that logic, there should never be a male gynecologist, veterinarian, or a mortician. What it takes to be an expert is a sincere interest and study of what works. These priests didn’t emerge from under a rock, they came (but not all) from families. Families that nurtured them enough to become priests. Many times detachment and distance from a thing is needed to see the greater picture. Good advice should stand on it’s own and not just by the persona of it’s messenger.

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    reynard61  over 10 years ago

    “Experts on Family Life”.

    Are we talking “Mafia”, “Manson” or “Addams”?

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    bmonk  about 9 years ago

    Family life? While it would help if there were others involved, who had families—and there certainly are, of course—there is also the fact that clergy do have long-term relationships with others—their communities, their religious orders, and friends.

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