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Apr 11, 2008, 11:12 GMT
PREVIEW: Ethical, human rights issues to dominate Pope's US trip
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Unbelievable!
Wouldn't it be great if Cardinal Archbishop Bernard Law were to accompany Pope Benedict XVI on his trip to the States?
That would have to be the biggest and grossest Public Relations Brohaha ever!
Maybe not such a bad idea?
Catherine Mary Henry
catherinemaryhenry@yahoo.com
the pope should resign like all members of the catholic church, religion is a joke and thats why there is so many wars in the world, the vatican is the most currupt and the richest organization in the world and should give all their assets to the poor, GOD DOESNT EXIST and you know that
Whether you believe in God or not, one cannot deny Christ and his message. No matter what you think of the Catholic Church, their stance on life is unassailable and his public message is good, regardless of his motives.
He might have a good public message, but the church still turns it's back on the problems with their priests. He doesn't really say anything that hasn't been said over and over, and none of them seem to relate to modern times and situations. Celibacy for priests, for one thing, is a man-made law, and the church's refusal to address these problems is a big shortfall.
...but being a priest is entirely voluntary and no one is forced into it. If they wish to marry, they can, just not as priests.
That being said, the church certainly has it's hands full here. They have been granting marriage annulments to notable americans for no good reason, ignoring church doctrine, on top of all the other messes.
This Pope is two years late in coming here and it shows.
it's too much about money - the Catholic Church charges large fees for an annulment!
The Pope is 'likely' to address the issue of the sexual abuse within the church. If he doesn't, the church would lose a lot of credibility in my opinion. Otherwise, I doubt if the Pope has anything new to say or add to the strict guidelines of the church.
I've been a Catholic all my life and never heard of a fee for an annulment...what kind of nonsense is this?
FYI I was personally involved with a divorce case and remarriage to a Catholic, and yes, there was $500 fee charged for the annulment plus being required to attend extensive retreats!
And if you were never involved in a divorce case, you might not know all the particulars, and then, again, I've also heard of different fees charged by different priests! Calling something 'nonsense' when you perhaps know nothing about it, speaks volumes!
'Whether you believe in God or not, one cannot deny Christ and his message.'
I can and do deny christ and his 'message.' So there, dickhead, chew on that. JC got his ass nailed to a dead tree for crimes against society and that should have been the end of this antisocial communist. But no it wasn't. The followers of this religious wingnut commit crimes agaist humanity every day. Little boys get buggered by the High priests. (I wonder what they're high on, besides power) They eat far too well while millions starve to death. They dress up in long dresses like a pack of transvestites and spew mumbo-jumbo out of their mouths about an afterlife that they know nothing about. They have no first hand knowledge of this 'afterlife', so how can they, in any true conscience, expect anyone to accept it on faith? Faith is the irrational belief in the improbable. Religion is merely another control mechanism to keep the people downtrodden and under the thumb of the rich and powerful. There is no difference whatsoever between the social injustice that this supposed christ allegedly fought against and the modern church. If I had any prayer to plea before this historical illusion, it would be: Dear jesus, please protect me from your followers. Do I deny ? Yes, loud and clear.
Is now claiming to be a Roman Catholic. He claims to be university educated. He claims to be going to Vet school. He claims to be a drug user and grower. Sp claims to have done fricking near everything before anyone else even thought of it. SP4 is so plastic that he must have been made by DuPont.
Sp doesn't know that the priests charge for annulments? I suppose he doesn't know that they used to charge for prayers to get dead ones out of purgatory and into heaven? They kept the poor destitute with their extortions. Wow, I am astonished. The great and wise SPfricking idiot didn't know something. Wow. Or is it possible that he isn't RC? Is this just another plastic coat he's wearing?
SP has never been involved in a divorce case. He most likely has never even been kissed. No woman would put up with his crap for one second. That is why he is such a web troll. He has to do something to give the appearance of purpose to his otherwise meaningless existence.
think he is a M&C plant to keep things stirred up!
I've had the same thought myself, but I cannot believe that M&C would be so stupid. Idiots like SP4 drive away readers and it is readership that brings in advertising dollars. M&C would be cutting their own throats.
all his life. And he hasn't been out of mommies' basement in 40 years.
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