Feargal Quinn (Independent)

If it was a joke, it was outrageously distasteful and should not be accepted. There should be an outcry about this sort of behaviour. If it was a mistake, an apology should have issued afterwards. I cannot believe the way in which the nation is changing when someone is allowed to make a joke of that nature. If it had been made about Nelson Mandela or the Dalai Lama, there would have been an outcry, whereas the Pope appears to be fair game.