‘Francis’ Belongs to the Ages
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The real Pope Francis will be the focus of many official and scholarly examinations, but Francis and the other characters in the comic strip will also have a place among other beloved cartoon characters that live forever.
A comic strip pope needed Francis, the real pope, human, humble, open to real people, wearing the face of a merciful God who loved the poor, elderly, children, migrants, refugees and outsiders — victims of a global society neglecting them all. The strip explored the issue of war as the failure of dialogue, the abuse of women and children as the sin of power, the toxic worship of money as destroying community and the planet, the advance of technology replacing human wisdom and experience. Serious subjects, begging for satire, irony and context.
Cartoonist Pat Marrin says goodbye to Pope and the comic strip Francis for the National Catholic Reporter.
Pat Marrin selected some “Francis, the comic strip” cartoons and panels to be included in this article.
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