by ionnsaigh » Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:29 am
A key member of the Popes band, Cardinal Kasper, the not so friendly ( holy ghost ) has pulled out of the big £20 a ticket gig. Vatican sources quote health reasons ( remember they do not lie - or at least you wouldn't expect them too ) of course they can always fall back on the old catholic get out clause of, Bless me Father for I have sinned. Yes that's the one, used by the thousands of pedophiles and child molesters, hiding behind that cloak of Catholic respectability. The cloak has both, a dog collar or habit. Lets not underestimate the world wide abuse of children in the care of the Church. Then of course there is the adults, if you happen to be a women then your regarded as being second class, along with the homosexual and gay communities - If you are unfortunate enough to have some incurable disease, then don't hold your breath waiting for a miracle or Stem Cell research. Oh and the act of sexual intercourse is for making babies ( nothing else ) pity some of their own didn't take heed. A man can't marry if he happens to be a priest, condoms are right out the window - if you catch Aids, then it's your own fault. It goes on and on and on, all in the name of love.
Anyway back to Herr Kasper, and his comments about the English Capitals Airport Heathrow. He likens it to arriving in a Third World country, oh dear - racist undertones surface - he claims Christians are being discriminated against ( take heart all you Protestants, El Papa's speaking on your behalf ) by an aggressive new Atheism that has swept the country
( actually we are Four countries ) The hierarchy has reacted swiftly by putting some clear blue water between, the uttering's of an individual, to that of the official Vatican line.
Catholic News Service quotes Fr Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, at length, in Church spokesmen downplay German cardinal’s remarks about Britain
At the Vatican, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the papal spokesman, also issued a statement to clarify the cardinal’s comments, which he said “have no negative intention and do not reflect any lack of appreciation for the United Kingdom.”
He said the cardinal “wanted to refer to the fact that from the moment of one’s arrival at London’s airport — as happens in many great cities of the world today, but in London in particular for its unique historic role as capital of the United Kingdom — one is aware from the very beginning that one finds oneself in a country in which many human realities from diverse origins and conditions arrive and encounter each other: a cosmopolitan reality, a crucible of modern humanity, with its differences and its problems.”
Father Lombardi added: “As far as the reference to atheism, he was referring evidently to the positions of some noted authors who are particularly aggressive and who cover themselves with scientific or cultural arguments, but which in reality don’t have the value that they claim. This doesn’t mean, naturally, that Cardinal Kasper is unaware that these positions and trends are limited, or that he does not recognize the great values of the British culture.”
Holy Spin - God Bless Them.
O'Donnchadha