The Vatican reassured the Catholic faithful that it hadn't been hacked Thursday after as unusual tweet--"Holy Switcheroo! Batman has grown bitter, more vengeful with the years"--appeared on a popular news feed.

  • http://twitter.com/NewsDangler NewsDangler

    Always picked his holiness as a D.C. type anyhow. Except maybe the part where Superman comes back to life. Well the whole idea of a super man. And violence in comic books. Oh, and the whole idea of lower-class kids learning to read.

    • Brainspore

      Superman was a Methodist. I think Marvel may have more Catholic superheroes overall—Nightcrawler even went into the priesthood.

  • Ken.C

    News flash: Batman became more bitter and vengeful 40 years ago. 

    • IronEdithKidd

      They work in geologic time, 40 years is like 5 minutes ago to the Church.

      • http://daruiburns.tumblr.com/ Dlo Burns

        What color of smoke do you think they had to use to come to that concensus?

  • planettom

    That explains the internal memo from the new Pope:
    MORE TWEETS ABOUT BATMAN.

  • LearnIntent

     I agree with the pope on something!

  • http://billmcgonigle.com bill_mcgonigle

    Um, Batman is vengeance.  How many times do they need to see the alley and graveyard scenes before the Vatican gets this?

  • smutterball

    Well, at least he didn’t become a child molester.  Perhaps before criticizing fictional characters, the Vatican should get a handle on its own actual villains. I see an opportunity for DC to add to Batman’s cadre of foes.

    • Brainspore

      Well, at least he didn’t become a child molester.

      Then explain why he keeps a boy in a cave. A boy who isn’t wearing any pants, I might add.

      • chellberty

        Drew Carey show:  Lewis:” Batman’s car has a morals clause? He kept a young boy in a cave!”

    • http://profiles.google.com/spacewatcer Marios P.

      New batman villain: The Pope 
      sounds cool

  • siloxane

    Here’s a link to the article in question.

  • http://newnumber6.livejournal.com Peter

    In fairness, the Pope might have been reading the most recent story arc, in which case Batman did suffer a fairly significant loss.