“Friendly Francis” just threw free speech under the popemobile.

“You cannot provoke, you cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others,” he told reporters — and in effect more than a billion Catholics — en route to the Philippines.

The Pope was responding to last week’s Charlie Hebdo attacks, the violence of which he condemned, while at the same time condoning physical violence as a response to offense. Seriously.

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Religion, just like everything else, is fair game for satirists. In suggesting that faith be protected from public scrutiny just because some consider it sacred or sensitive, Pope Francis negates the very essence and definition of free speech.