It is a great thing to be able to look at the comic side of life and all that happens around us … Judson Cornelius , the veteran author of Humour books ( 11 titles already to his credit ! ) , offers in this volume a collection of curious facts and humorous anecdotes and stories to make you chuckle . The author’s intention is not to poke fun at the Papacy but to laugh with the Popes and to laugh at the vagaries and vicissitudes of their lives