Is he looking to get that altar boy outfit out again? There seems to be a push on to reverse the closure of the embassy at the Holy See, and to have Benedict welcomed officially by the government to the Eucharistic Congress later this year. Is the Empire striking back?
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There is a Rehab Strategy in full swing.Originally Posted by wee slabber
Let him come and bring his cheque book. Let him compensate the victims of the Church for it's vacarious liability.
IMO not until he meets each one of the surviving abused, apologises and asks for forgiveness.
Given his age, this probably, and effectively, means never.
Joe's having one of his patented 10-minute text polls on the question. I've just time to get my "N" for "No" off to 51551.
If the Pope is to visit in June for the Eucharistic Congress, it should be on the same basis as any other bishop or priest attending, as a private citizen.
The State should welcome him. It should also introduce a Clerical Licencseing system.
Pope has been invited and is considering it Archbishop says pope has been invited but timing may not be right - The Irish Times - Mon, Feb 06, 2012
But could the Church here afford it ?
Income for church and religious bodies fell 10% in 2009 - The Irish Times - Mon, Feb 06, 2012
"We hold that no power, not even the British Parliament, has the right to deprive us of our heritage of British citizenship".
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Talk to Joe Duffffy. Ah Joe, maybe it's about time to hang up the old earphones don't you think.
A propos of nothing Bob Geldof was quite funny last night when talking to Gaybo about the time Bono and himself met the Pope (JP2 as he put it) and what struck him most about the occasion was the pair of shoes the Papal one was wearing!
Bob later got a dig in at the Dalai Lama as well but to be fair at least Buddhism has a healthier attitude to authority, as in the Zen Buddhist saying: 'If you meet the Buddha on the road kill him' (ie. don't rely on some external authority to save your spiritual bacon). So to paraphrase that:
If you hear Joe Duffy on the radio, turn him off!
I hear Joe has some guy due on who not only wants the Pope to be officially invited by the State but also for the taxpayer to pick up the tab.
Tell you what, when the religious congregations pay over the hundreds of millions they owe for half the State costs for abuse, then he should be invited and then left pay for himself.
"......... we must sometimes listen to those who, consumed with zeal, have scant judgment or balance. To such ones the modern world is nothing but betrayal and ruin.........We feel bound to disagree with these prophets of doom who are forever forecasting calamity -- as though the world's end were imminent."
Would his popeness have to pop down to the embassy to get a visa? If so, another good reason for closing it.
Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. - Mark Twain
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