“You are forbidden to complain,” reads a notice attached recently to the door of Pope Francis’s apartment in Saint Martha’s House in the Vatican. The notice was reported by “Vatican Insider” and confirmed to ZENIT newspaper by the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, on July 14, 2017. Read more and click Read more
Posts Tagged ‘humour’
British churchgoers want serious sermons not jokes
Friday, May 13th, 2016A poll has found that British churchgoers prefer clergy stick to serious topics in sermons rather than jokes or rambling anecdotes. The poll of 1400 regular churchgoing Christians found that they ranked explanations of the Bible as 27 times as important in a sermon as humour and “practical application” 42 times more highly than personal anecdote. Read more
Santa walks into a bar: “Sorry, we’re claused”
Friday, December 20th, 2013
If sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, then punning must have a reputation almost as undesirable. A joke that can be greeted only with a groan or, better still, complete silence, can hardly be a real joke now, can it? Santa walks into a bar and the barman says: Sorry, we’re claused. But punning Read more
The Simpsons not just for the kids
Tuesday, September 6th, 2011
Humour is one of the most effective ways to communicate profound truths about life. The cartoon The Simpsons perfectly proves the point. This longest-running cartoon series on American prime-time network television since 1989 recounts the animated adventures of Homer Simpson and his lower-middle class family who live in the city of Springfield. The father, Homer, Read more
Priest confesses drive-through Confessional, an April Fool’s joke
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
The inventor of the drive-through confessional has himself confessed to the idea being an April Fool’s joke. The brain-child of Australian priest, Fr Bob McGuire, he said he was wanting to get with the times. “We’d do it (confession) like the fast food joints, because there’d be a menu, the 7 deadly sins. They’d be numbered.” Read more