Vatican upset over Foreign Office memo
April 26, 2010 10:55 am
A couple days ago, a memo circulated around the Foreign Office suggesting some “ideas” for Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to England. The list included the Pope launching his own condom to opening an abortion clinic. Like any memo that begins with the words “should not be shared externally”, it quickly escaped the confines of the office and has so outraged the Vatican that they are threatening not to come to the country at all.
It is disgusting. Britain’s ambassador to the Holy See has been in to see the Secretary of State and explain what happened and this will all be relayed to the Pope. It’s even possible the trip could be cancelled as this matter is hugely offensive.
I’ll tell you what’s disgusting: helping to protect dirty old pederasts from criminal litigation. That’s what I find truly outrageous, and it’s been going on for thousands of fucking years!
Actually, I’m glad the Vatican is talking about not coming down at all. The trip would cost the British public millions of dollars, and for what? So they can have some criminal douchebag show up, wave his boney hand, and issue more statements condemning the investigation against him as just more “petty gossip”? How about we send him to Scotland Yard for a few questions if he does swing by for a visit; he’s got a lot of explaining to do…
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April 26, 2010
Oh, they will come, they will:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7634296/Popes-visit-to-Britain-will-go-ahead-despite-offensive-memo-says-Vatican.html
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April 26, 2010
For any UK readers who want to show there displeasure in the Popes visit to the UK can sign three e-petitions on ‘number 10′s website.
Unfortunately they are closed till after the general election…
But when open you can sign to…
Revoke the formal state visit… http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Pope2010/
to disassociate the British government from the Pope’s intolerant views ahead of the Papal… http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ProtestthePope/
to ask the Catholic Church to pay for the proposed visit of the Pope… http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/selfpaypope/
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April 26, 2010
The Government Shouldn’t apologize, the Pope should.
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April 27, 2010
I was going to send you this Jacob. I saw it and thought this is a classic example of people tiptoeing around religion and not daring to question it out of ‘respect’. Fuck that.
I hope the Pope doesn’t visit Britain, and if he does, then fuck them for wasting so much money on his worthless ass.
This makes me angry.
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April 27, 2010
i don’t know if this petition has been linked before http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ProtestthePope/ for any british listeners. it’s closed til after the election though.
i personally hope he does come to britain. we can have some protest, drink some beer! it’s not everyone in history who gets to say “i flipped off the pope and threw a half full can of fosters that nearly hit him, and subsequently got arrested and brutally beated by the MI5…”
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April 27, 2010
or beaten, whatever.
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