If Catholic Church had a new leader...

Father Damo wrote: »

Im going to call it here- you made this one up. Reminds me of the singer on Father Ted claiming the church bought up all the potatos during the famine and held onto them for their own use :pac:

The biography of Dr Jack Preger (OBE), the Catholic who heads the charity Calcutta Rescue, and who had worked with Mother Teresa before he went on his own, is scathing about Mother's needle-sharing policy:

Yet if it is medication that they [Nirmal Hriday residents] want, their request is less likely to be favourably received. An inspection of the rules and aims of the order confirms that medical attention to the poor is low on the agenda. The priority is quite clear: the worship of Christ and the propagation of the faith...Certainly no painkillers are administered to patients; belief remains firmly vested in the intervention of the Almighty. And there are examples of medical malpractice at Kalighat that would horrify western observers. For example, needles for injections are simply rinsed in cold water after use and simple passed from one patient to the next. And patients with TB are not isolated, despite the highly contagious nature of the disease. Its spread, it is held, is in His hands...When it came to her own ailing health, Mother Teresa was a little less complacent, and more reluctant to rely on the power of the Spirit alone. She preferred to have the best doctors flown in from overseas, to have a pacemaker fitted by highly skilled heart-surgeons, and recuperate in the post-cardiac care unit at Woodlands nursing home, the most exclusive private clinic in Calcutta, and certainly no Kalighat.9

People in Africa like shagging around without johnnys.

So do I after too many pints.
Im not going to blame the pope if I catch nob rot or worse. Why? Because just like most of Africa the words of a holy man in Rome really dont enter my mind ever. Most religious people couldnt give a sh1te what the pope says, let alone promiscous Africans.

Preaching to the poor that they should accept their lot and not to try to improve their situation because they will be rewarded in the kingdom of heaven?
What a load of sh1te.

Doc wrote: »

What kind of cheese?

AeoNGriM wrote: »

So everything in the Universe originating from a tiny, unimaginably dense point which then exploded giving rise to everything we see around us, the galaxies, stars, planets and us is somehow less batsh1t insane then an all powerful deity creating the entire Universe and everything in it, sending his son to Earth to die for our sins so we can join them both in Heaven.

Sound about the same to me tbh!

talkinyite wrote: »

I'd consider stepping foot into a church

KeithAFC wrote: »

This is true to a degree. But I think this is changing. The revolution against the Roman Catholic Church is under way and I think the tide is turning. No longer is the Irish Republic now being dictated to by Rome and controlled by Rome as much as it was.

1: Apologised unreservedly for the sins perpetrated by members of the Catholic Church in the past and to refuse to offer protection to said parties, help bring them to justice and to bring any future criminals to justice.

2: Preached that tolerance and respect for one and other was the most important teaching of the church and that though some aspects of modern life went against the traditional teaching of the church, (such as homosexuality and contraception) it was no ones else’s place to judge these choices or people but the person in question and God.

3: Started selling off buildings and the huge collections of art owned by the church and funneling most of the funds directly into charity work for the poor in society and the rest to purchasing more meager functional properties.