Satire or not, we can count on the Vatican to side with the statists.
The Pope met privately with President Barack "If my daughter got pregnant, I wouldn't want her to be punished with a baby" Obama and there are pictures of them in close physical proximity smiling so it's not like the Pope was chastising him or something like that.
Since "Do Not Follow Them" is good advice in regards to the post-Vatican II popes, then it also is good advice in secular matters also.
With someone like Pope Francis, who needs satire?