IanM said:I must admit at being somewhat bemused by all the hysteria surrounding his visit. The only conclusion that I can reach, is that somebody, somewhere, is making a lot of money from it.
I'm with Stephen Fry on this one. It's nice for the poeple that like him, and I have nothing against that, but he's being treated like a head of state, when really, he isn't.
Ian
£12m... One visit from the pope or one Freddo each for the entire population of the UK with change to spare.
Flatfish said:What I can't understand is why I am having to pay for his visit. He's not my leader. Jesus Christ is my leader and what Jesus did for me he did it for free.
The Vatican has dealt a blow to Catholic-Protestant relations by reaffirming its doubts about the validity of Protestant churches and by officially ordering Catholic bishops not to use the term "sister churches" in reference to them. An official "note" by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, warns that describing Protestant churches as "sister churches" can cause "ambiguities."
Another document, Dominus Iesus: On the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church, also published today by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, declares that churches that do not have a "valid Episcopate [bishops] and the genuine and integral substance of the Eucharistic mystery are not Churches in the proper sense."
Dermot O'Logical said:We are a Third World country. At least, according to one of his Cardinals. That told us, didn't it?
Dermot O'Logical said:We are a Third World country. At least, according to one of his Cardinals.
Attero said:A quote from Reddit -
£12m... One visit from the pope or one Freddo each for the entire population of the UK with change to spare.
I know which id prefer.
Naked Ape said:Dermot O'Logical said:We are a Third World country. At least, according to one of his Cardinals.
While the Holy See is away, his Cardinals will play...with choirboys.
On a more serious note, I find the Ratzinger's Popemobile disturbingly similar to an ice-cream van. Especially the 'Watch out for children' sign on the back of it.
Even more disturbing is the pope's decision to take the whole UK Tour thing to the next level. Apparently he's hired Gary Glitter and Pete Townsend as support acts already.
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