Oxford to discontinue "Is the Pope Catholic?" idiom • Genesius Times

Oxford to discontinue "Is the Pope Catholic?" idiom • Genesius Times

After several years of questionable Catholicism by Pope Francis, Oxford, publisher of the Official World Idiom Book, has announced it will be discontinuing the rhetorical question, “Is the Pope Catholic?” “It just doesn’t work any more,” Jeffrey Tontz, spokesman for Oxford Idioms, said. Historically used as an emphatic “Yes!” response, the “Is the Pope Catholic?” idiom is now causing much confusion among followers of Jesus Christ. “I used to say…