Did you know there’s a law on the Italian books that says insulting the Pope is equivalent to insulting the President of Italy?  And this is a jailable offense?  It’s true.

But then she got religion, and after warning everyone that within 20 years Italian teachers would be vetted and chosen by the Vatican, she got to the punchline: “But then, within 20 years the Pope will be where he ought to be — in Hell, tormented by great big poofter devils, and very active ones, not passive ones.”

The joke may have gone done well with her crowd on the Piazza Navona in Rome, but not with Italian prosecutors. She is facing prosecution for “offending the honour of the sacred and inviolable person” of Benedict XVI.

Unfortunately, the story is from the London Times so the typical slant is written right into the story as though it’s news.  And unfortunately, the commenters are London Times readers…

Benedict’s been ridiculed even since his days as the leader of the CDF, and I am sure he really doesn’t care one way or the other about what an Italian Russell Brand says.  But, it is good to see a bit of parity…Muslim countries will string you up for saying something about Mohammed that they don’t like.  What’s good for the goose…

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