VATICAN CITY—As Pope John Paul II enters his 26th year as pontiff, the world is stopping to reflect on the legendary funnyman’s career as one of the most influential performers in modern history. Standing staunchly against contraception and women’s equality right through the turn of the 21st century, the pope and his quirky, deadpan comic persona still entertain audiences around the world.
Revered by multiple generations for his weird and wonderful wit, the 83-year-old pontiff is perhaps the best-known stand-up alive today. Throughout an amazing two and a half decades as head of the Catholic Church, the pope has produced, in both his live appearances and his published works, a treasure trove of humor second to none.
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The pope has created more saints and beatified more people than all the previous popes combined, and no other pope has toured as extensively as he has. The quintessential showman loves to take his act on the road. He’s entertained audiences in 117 countries and met with hundreds of world leaders, including dictators Augusto Pinochet and Fidel Castro.
“John Paul is the hardest-working pope in history,” actor Jonathan Winters said. “He’s an inspiration. And not just for other comedians like myself, but for everyone, from theologians who will never be ordained because they’re women, on down to the little children in the crowded ghettos of Third World cities who heed his message about the evils of contraception. Let’s not even go into the gays in Boise.
Claro que su humor es de los que matan. En fin.