The Pope says that we must respect women.

Sarahdunners

Pope Francis has recently said

" How often is a woman’s body sacrificed on the profane altar of advertising, profit, pornography,” he said, adding that the female body “must be freed from consumerism, it must be respected and honoured”.

"Despite creating life, women “are continually offended, beaten, raped, forced into prostitution” he said.

“We can understand our level of humanity by the way we treat a woman’s body,” he told the congregation.


Fair play to him.
Do you think this will bring changes into Ireland - which is a traditionally Catholic country.

What do you think?

Thelonious Monk

Why would you listen to that gobsh*te? What would he know about women? Traditionally Catholic Ireland is mostly dead and buried I'm afraid.

Guy:Incognito

Surely if they respected women theyd let them be priests?

Sarahdunners

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Surely if they respected women theyd let them be priests?

Maybe they will go that way in the future? There is always room for change

Yester

What's his stance on slapping?

brav

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Surely if they respected women theyd let them be priests?

https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0101/1103846-pope-apologises-for-slapping-womans-hand/

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Why would you listen to that gobsh*te? What would he know about women? Traditionally Catholic Ireland is mostly dead and buried I'm afraid.

The new one isn’t anything better.

Signore Fancy Pants

Yawn

Guy:Incognito

Sarahdunners wrote: »

Maybe they will go that way in the future? There is always room for change

Should he not be leading the change if hes all about respecting women?

Paddy Cow

The last time the Catholic Church was put in charge of women's morality it ended up with women working as slave labour and their babies being sold off to the highest bidder. So I won't be taking advice on how women are used as a commodity, by the Pope or anyone else associated with the church.

Thelonious Monk

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

The new one isn’t anything better.

Less sodomising children at least

Yester

Yester wrote: »

What's his stance on slapping?

Shur, Twas just a reflex action. She was keeping him from touching the child.

tayto lover

The Pope doesn’t slap his missus.

super_furry

The pope also said, and I quote; "I like big butts and I can not lie, You other brothers can't deny, That when a girl walks in with an itty bitty waist, And a round thing in your face, You get sprung, want to pull up tough."

So really, you tell me where he stands!

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Less sodomising children at least

That’s is true I’d hope, I’ll give you that.

super_furry

tayto lover wrote: »

The Pope doesn’t slap his missus.

No but he does bash the bishop.

Sleeper12

Sarahdunners wrote:

Fair play to him. Do you think this will bring changes into Ireland - which is a traditionally Catholic country.

He said this about 12 hours after assaulting a woman!

Sarahdunners

Alot of the very bad attitudes towards women in Ireland, came from the old Catholic Church telling people that women were worth nothing.

So I wonder - now that the Catholic Church has moved forward and has improved it's opinion.

Will overall attitudes to women in Ireland, improve?

Thelonious Monk

Sarahdunners wrote: »

Alot of the very bad attitudes towards women in Ireland, came from the old Catholic Church telling people that women were worth nothing.

So I wonder - now that the Catholic Church has moved forward and has improved it's opinion.

Will overall attitudes to women in Ireland, improve?

No, because no one gives a f*ck what the catholic church have to say about anything

_Kaiser_

I think you need to stop with this crusading OP. Every post I've seen of yours in the last few days is some sort of variation on women are victims/men are bad.

This isn't the 1980s. The country has moved on and the opinion of the Church is meaningless for the vast majority of people. We also have things like SSM, divorce and abortion - all good things for not just women, but everyone. Choice is good.

Also, we have a culture where violence or abuse of women is not tolerated, and are slowly making progress to ensure that similar violence against men isn't accepted either. These are good things too.

Stop ignoring these things and thereby in fact ignoring the significant work done by many people to get us to this point.

Sober Crappy Chemis

He gives yer wan a bit of a slap here.
Respect !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzDcjPBhkw4

Greyfox

Sarahdunners wrote: »

Fair play to him.
Do you think this will bring changes into Ireland - which is a traditionally Catholic country.

What do you think?

He's been an idiot for saying that considering the churchs history. I think all practicing Catholics should be embarrassed by his comments.

Sarahdunners

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

I think you need to stop with this crusading OP. Every post I've seen of yours in the last few days is some sort of variation on women are victims/men are bad.

This isn't the 1980s. The country has moved on and the opinion of the Church is meaningless for the vast majority of people. We also have things like SSM, divorce and abortion - all good things for not just women, but everyone. Choice is good.

Also, we have a culture where violence or abuse of women is not tolerated, and are slowly making progress to ensure that similar violence against men isn't accepted either. These are good things too.

Stop ignoring these things and thereby in fact ignoring the significant work done by many people to get us to this point.

I will do what I want. Not what a poster that I don't know - on an internet forum, tells me what to do.

You don't control me ot any other poster on here. Stop with your backseat modding

_Kaiser_

Sarahdunners wrote: »

I will do what I want. Not what a poster that I don't know - on an internet forum, tells me what to do.

You don't control me ot any other poster on here. Stop with your backseat modding

You are by all means free to do or post whatever you want but don't expect others not to disagree and counter it too.

You seem to have a real issue with men and what you see as their "control" over (or attempts to control) women or their lives. These situations do exist but nowhere near as commonly as you suggest, nor is it accepted or acceptable to the overwhelming majority of other men.

That is down to the hard work and suffering of many good women who struggled to be heard in the past, the diminished influence of the Catholic Church, and a general growing up of our society over the last 20/30 years. To ignore that is to ignore the efforts of those women and others who helped change the country we live in today.

The Ireland you talk about and the culture you complain about doesn't exist anymore. There's still work to be done, but we're in a far better place than you seem to think.

weldoninhio

Sarahdunners wrote: »

Pope Francis has recently said

" How often is a woman’s body sacrificed on the profane altar of advertising, profit, pornography,” he said, adding that the female body “must be freed from consumerism, it must be respected and honoured”.

"Despite creating life, women “are continually offended, beaten, raped, forced into prostitution” he said.

“We can understand our level of humanity by the way we treat a woman’s body,” he told the congregation.


Fair play to him.
Do you think this will bring changes into Ireland - which is a traditionally Catholic country.

What do you think?

Didn't he slap a woman in the last few days??

Rhyme

Sober Crappy Chemis wrote: »

He gives yer wan a bit of a slap here.
Respect !

Reached out and yanked an elderly mans arm, yanked again and then refused to let go. I'm not much of a fan of the Pope or the Catholic Church but she deserved worse than a slap. I've heard mentioned before that he's had problems with that arm in recent months so that grabbing probably really hurt.

TheValeyard

weldoninhio wrote: »

Didn't he slap a woman in the last few days??

Mid 80s, old, arthritis, young lady dragging the arm off him. He did nothing wrong.