[Gamecock]

[semaj]

What's next, the Swiss guards replaced with circus clowns?

[dfwgator]

Fabio approves.

[CGASMIA68]

So, why did the seagull and crow attack the doves?

Cause they are frigen animals and animals do animal things..Get over it Pope

[WayneS]

Pity the poor bird that accidentally swallows one of those balloons after it deflates and drops to the earth...

;-)

[b4its2late]

Other birds will starve now.

[WayneS]

The National Geographic put it simply by saying the doves were attacked because they were "bred to be unnaturally white."

That also explains why Iceland is constantly being invaded...

[AppyPappy]

How is releasing balloons into the air different from littering?

[chris37]

Well this is actually a pretty good demonstration of what can and will happen to peace hippies in the real world.

Peace through strength.

Weakness invites aggression.

Survival of the fittest.

All that good stuff.

[Genoa]

A sign that we are living in the last days.

[Mr. K]

what an omen...

[Lazamataz]

Worst Pope ever. Leftist as they get.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Are those balloons or condoms?

[ColdOne]

Truly the end of days.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

The National Geographic put it simply by saying the doves were attacked because they were "bred to be unnaturally white."

So much for white privilege.

[Cicero]

"Pax vobiscum!"

[JudyinCanada]

A good lesson here. Symbolism is meaningless. If you want peace, you have to kill the aggressors. Don’t bother throwing birds or balloons into the air - kill evil people before they kill us. Do something that will make a difference.

[seawolf101]

[dragonblustar]

A message from God, I’d say. Switching the dove to a balloon won’t change things.

[fishtank]

Deut 14

11 “All clean birds you may eat. 12 But these you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, 13 the red kite, the falcon, and the kite after their kinds; 14 every raven after its kind; 15 the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after their kinds; 16 the little owl, the screech owl, the white owl, 17 the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the fisher owl, 18 the stork, the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe and the bat.

[Alex Murphy]

Animal rights advocates demanded the church put an end to the dove releases. They appealed directly to Pope Francis himself, who is the first pope ever to take the name of Saint Francis of Assisi, a holy man known for his adoration of birds and other wild creatures. When children in the square let go of their balloons pope Francis said, according to the Associated Press, "Here's the balloons that mean, 'peace.'"

Coming soon - balloon animals from the Pope.