# What would be the reaction if Pope Francis won the Nobel peace prize? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 28, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-reaction-if-pope-francis-won-the-nobel-peace-prize/674976 "2013-11-28T01:49:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-reaction-if-pope-francis-won-the-nobel-peace-prize/674976/61 "2013-12-06T14:59:19Z")
Better yet, wait 'til they’re teenagers and _then_ tell them. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-reaction-if-pope-francis-won-the-nobel-peace-prize/674976/62 "2013-12-06T15:36:34Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > Which is not a Nobel prize at all. But it’s treated as such by… pretty much everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-reaction-if-pope-francis-won-the-nobel-peace-prize/674976/63 "2013-12-09T11:31:43Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > But it’s treated as such by… pretty much everyone. Unfortunately yes, but nevertheless it isn’t. If Nobel had wanted a prize for economy he would have stipulated so, but he didn’t. I just wonder how much the Swedish National Bank had to bribe the Nobel Foundation to be allowed to call their ego-boosting award a prize in the memory of Alfred Nobel and hand it out together with the real prizes… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-the-reaction-if-pope-francis-won-the-nobel-peace-prize/674976.md?page=3)