The Pope starts selling tickets to mass

fergiesfolly

The British public are being asked for a contribution(its actually an entrance fee) of €30 to see the Pope at his final mass in Bermingham , because of a shortfall in funds for his British trip. So much for the trip being a pilgrimage to spread the faith!! If you ever needed proof that the Catholic church were nothing more than a money grabbing corporation, this is it. Its a wonder they havn't sold the tv rights to Sky. I hope the British people tell them where to go.

Coriolanus

The sheeple will gladly pay it.

kfallon

I thought I saw an ad on Sky News saying they were broadcasting his visit???

mike65

fergiesfolly wrote: »

The British public are being asked for a contribution(its actually an entrance fee) of €30 to see the Pope at his final mass in Bermingham , because of a shortfall in funds for his British trip. So much for the trip being a pilgrimage to spread the faith!! If you ever needed proof that the Catholic church were nothing more than a money grabbing corporation, this is it. Its a wonder they havn't sold the tv rights to Sky. I hope the British people tell them where to go.

:pac: the rights would be worth feck all even the near total disinterest is maintained. Pope JP2s pastoral visit in 1982 was practically show-biz, this one will be no-biz.

Dave!

Fvck that sh*t, I'm gonna burn a Bible in protest !

GhostInTheRuins

Hey it's not so bad, apparently for your €30 you get a "Pilgram Pack" - a bag containing a CD and a book about the visit.

I bet the bag is **** cool like this one http://images8.cpcache.com/product/72720028v10_480x480_Front.jpg

davrho

For the Glasgow visit it is 20quid. This includes transport from your parish. The money is being used subsidise those who have to travel from a distance. No profit will be made.

I would imagine the Birmingham arrangements will be similiar but lets not let the details get in the way of AH catholic bashing.

Roro4Brit

30 blips??? The cheek. Not even Gary Glitter charges that these days.

davrho

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

Hey it's not so bad, apparently for your €30 you get a "Pilgram Pack" - a bag containing a CD and a book about the visit.

Here is the said pilgrim pack:)

http://i53.tinypic.com/5ltno3.jpg

mikom

fergiesfolly wrote: »

The British public are being asked for a contribution(its actually an entrance fee) of €30 to see the Pope at his final mass in Bermingham , because of a shortfall in funds for his British trip. So much for the trip being a pilgrimage to spread the faith!! If you ever needed proof that the Catholic church were nothing more than a money grabbing corporation, this is it. Its a wonder they havn't sold the tv rights to Sky. I hope the British people tell them where to go.

I can see it now....

*Pope arrives late out on stage for a rendition of his 1987 hit "Welcome to the Sermon"*

*Audience member hurls a small boy at him, which hits the pope on the shoulder*

"Ok, here's the deal.
One more child, we go home,"
"It's up to you,"
"We want to stay, we want to have some fun.
If you don't want to have fun, all you got to do is let us know, we got no problem.
We'll go on our way."

*Crowd continues to boo and swear and the pope eventually leaves the stage, saying: "Have a good evening."*

*An announcer says: "We're trying hard to get Pope Benny back on stage. I would ask you please to refrain from throwing children at him."*

BluesBerry

I seen this on sky news yesterday and they were shocked to see only 20% of the 2500 tickets put aside for the irish were not bought just goes to show how sick people are of the church

The pope can go and fcuk himself looking for money so he can lord it up in the Vatican with his wine and alter boys

brummytom

The money's going towards transport costs, I don't see a problem with it to be honest.




Where's Bermingham?

Donkey Oaty

brummytom wrote: »

Where's Bermingham?

Maybe the OP confused Brum with this: http://www.berminghamcameras.ie/store/

BluesBerry

brummytom wrote: »

The money's going towards transport costs, I don't see a problem with it to be honest.




Where's Bermingham?

In engerlanddd , where else :P

Son Of A Vidic

Why does one of the riches corporations on the planet, require an entrance fee? Men of God my ar$e!

ejmaztec

brummytom wrote: »

The money's going towards transport costs, I don't see a problem with it to be honest.




Where's Bermingham?

That's scouser for Birmingham.

ejmaztec

medicman2009 wrote: »

Why does one of the riches corporations on the planet, require an entrance fee? Men of God my ar$e!

Probably for the same reason that Microsoft doesn't give free software.:(

Son Of A Vidic

ejmaztec wrote: »

Probably for the same reason that Microsoft doesn't give free software.:(

Microsoft don't claim to be something they're not

Rabble Rabble

Apparently the fact that it is to subsidise transport costs will be lost in the group-think of Catholic bashing.

Rabble Rabble

medicman2009 wrote: »

Microsoft don't claim to be something they're not

They claim that normal people developed Windows 7. Which is not true.

MagicMarker

brummytom wrote: »

The money's going towards transport costs, I don't see a problem with it to be honest.

Transport costs for who? If I want to go and see the pope I'll still have to spend €30 for the pleasure, on top of my own travel expenses.

If parishes are organizing coaches then why can't they arrange for payments locally, rather than charge everyone an entrance fee?

ejmaztec

medicman2009 wrote: »

Microsoft don't claim to be something they're not

I'd rather have free Windows than go and see the pope, perhaps they can work out some kind of sponsorship deal between themselves.

PeterIanStaker

He better play at least two hours, including the drum solo and the 15 - minute version of "Hotel California", for that kind of money.

davrho

MagicMarker wrote: »

Transport costs for who? If I want to go and see the pope I'll still have to spend €30 for the pleasure, on top of my own travel expenses.

If parishes are organizing coaches then why can't they arrange for payments locally, rather than charge everyone an entrance fee?

The individual. Each parish was given a number of tickets and you had to apply to get one.

This was all decided by the parishioners of the church. It was agreed that everyone should pay the same. The travel cost of say Aberdeen to Glasgow is obviously a lot more than Glasgow,Lanarkshire etc. It was decided that everyone should pay the same to help the folks from far away.

If you had a problem with this you should have raised it at your local parish council meetings. As far as i know everybody was in agreement with this arangement.

Coriolanus

davrho wrote: »

This was all decided by the parishioners of the church. It was agreed that everyone should pay the same. The travel cost of say Aberdeen to Glasgow is obviously a lot more than Glasgow,Lanarkshire etc. It was decided that everyone should pay the same to help the folks from far away.

Holy fúck, the Catholics are secretly Communists as well?! All the chumminess with Hitler must have been a clever ruse.

Wolfe Tone

I dont see anything wrong with that tbh. If they need the money they need the money.

No one has to pay.

Donkey Oaty

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

I dont see anything wrong with that tbh. If they need the money they need the money.

No one has to pay.

But what I supposed to do with all these "Pay to Pray? No Way!" signs that I've had made? They cost me £30 each.

sponsoredwalk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPOfurmrjxo

MrMatisse

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0911/1224278638530.html?via=mr

Pretty much as it says in the thread title .

Disgraceful

I wonder did Jesus charge for the last supper?

W.Shakes-Beer

Can I pay in Hail Mary's?

Celly Smunt

W.Shakes-Beer wrote: »

Can I pay in Hail Mary's?

not anymore tony

El Weirdo

*cough*

ejmaztec

Many threads are started, but only one is chosen, Amen

BluesBerry

W.Shakes-Beer wrote: »

Can I pay in Hail Mary's?

No but 30 Our Fathers would cover it

Dunjohn

Really-Stressed wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0911/1224278638530.html?via=mr

Pretty much as it says in the thread title .

Disgraceful

I wonder did Jesus charge for the last supper?

Why, did people want to go to the last supper?

jd007

Dunjohn wrote: »

Why, did people want to go to the last supper?

Ya I think it was sold out though

Yakult

Catholic church is all about the money. Everyone knows that.

bytey

will this mass include a kiddie raping creche ?

FreudianSlippers

It's about time they started charging for these people to go see this SciFi.

Liveit

The actors have to be paid I suppose

Sanjuro

I have these thirty pieces of silver. Will they buy my way into seeing the emperor pope?

OisinT

OisinT wrote: »

It's about time they started charging for these people to go see this SciFi.

I think it's just the Fi part

ciano1

It'll probably come to 32.50 including booking fee
Damn Ticketmaster!! :mad:

MagicMarker

ciano1 wrote: »

It'll probably come to 32.50 including booking fee
Damn Ticketmaster!! :mad:

They'll probably only serve budweiser too! :rolleyes:

Celly Smunt

MagicMarker wrote: »

They'll probably only serve budweiser too! :rolleyes:

body and bud of christ,amen.

admiralofthefleet

all the nazi gold must have run out

davrho

Nevore wrote: »

All the chumminess with Hitler must have been a clever ruse.

This reminds me of my job in Glasgow when old Harry the Rangers fans told the story about how all Catholics in Scotland supported Hitler and Celtic Park used to leave the floodlights on so the German bombers could use it as a beacon to bomb the Clydebank ship yards.

Stupid old fecker but a loveable rogue. Celtic Park never had floodlights when the war was on...............:pac: