Twice divorced Boris marries in Catholic Cathedral!

banie01

I can only imagine the mental gymnastics being endured at the DUP, TUV, UUP and others of their ilk breakfast table this morning.

After all his promises of "No Irish Sea Border", "No Border Checks" and every other conceivable bit of unionist plámás uttered by the man whilst he has been in office...

He has taken that ultimate step of betrayal and not only outed himself as a Catholic, but married one too :pac:

I'd be there are parliamentary researchers being tasked to dig out any still active penal laws and ensure the treacherous Turk is hurriedly barred from office!

Seriously though, congratulations to the Jacobites on playing the long game and 320yrs later...
Finally managing to get a Taig PM

All we need now is to somehow sneak in a Catholic Monarch and the long, long game will be finally complete

Leg End Reject

I thought the CC refused to marry divorced people?

The bould Boris will upset the Catholics too!

Fritzbox

If I recall, he was raised a catholic from his mother's side. He converted to the Church of England when he was young, though.

unkel

banie01 wrote: »

All we need now is to somehow sneak in a Catholic Monarch and the long, long game will be finally complete

One step at a time. A non-German monarch would be a start :pac:

Quantum Erasure

Didn't Tony Blair convert to catholicism too?

banie01

Fritzbox wrote: »

If I recall, he was raised a catholic from his mother's side. He converted to the Church of England when he was young, though.

Christened Catholic and confirmed CoE iirc.
It's the auld once a Catholic, always a Catholic clause.
And as he wasn't ever previously married in the Catholic rite, he gets a pass on the divorces and is technically free to marry in a Catholic church.

That ruins my poke fun at the DUP approach however and is being ignored

Mary, Queen of Scots didn't die in vain.

banie01

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

Didn't Tony Blair convert to catholicism too?

Only after leaving office afaik, although Cherie was practicing during his time in office.

Montage of Feck

Now just to get Meghen and Harry on the throne.

Leg End Reject

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Now just to get Meghen and Harry on the throne.

No, they're members of The Church of Eternal Victimhood.

Montage of Feck

Have to go for yet another German so, well at least this one is a believer of the true Church, lol.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Joseph_Wenzel_of_Liechtenstein

Peregrinus

Leg End Reject wrote: »

No, they're members of The Church of Eternal Victimhood.

And, therefore, perfect for Brexit Britain.

banie01

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Have to go for yet another German so, well at least this one is a believer of the true Church, lol.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Joseph_Wenzel_of_Liechtenstein

Sod the Germans, bring back the true Stuart's!
Surely there is a Jacobite claimant still knocking about somewhere?

banie01

Peregrinus wrote: »

And, therefore, perfect for Brexit Britain.

impeccable logic there TBH

biko

Possibly the un-news-est news in a long time.

Gatling

Zero effes to give

Montage of Feck

banie01 wrote: »

Sod the Germans, bring back the true Stuart's!
Surely there is a Jacobite claimant still knocking about somewhere?

Apparently he's third in line line after the Duke of Bavaria. The legitimate Stuart line died out in 1807.

JeffKenna

Congratulations Boris and Carrie

LMHC

Electronic communication to Agent 1055-1916

Handler: Please return to base agent Johnson, your position has been compromised.

Agent: Let's see Poots and Girvan deal with this.

Handler: Good job Boris, let's rendezvous at our office on Parnell square, up stairs in the shop.

Agent: An Poblacht Abu boss.

archfi

Awwwwww
I don't know why this photo makes me laugh, maybe becuase it's making a lot of British apoplectic

biko

biko wrote: »

Possibly the un-news-est news in a long time.

Boris got his hair cut for this. That alone is HUGE

Leg End Reject

It seems Boris likes 'em young, a true Catholic indeed ...

Easy know they're not too fond of the catholics, the Catholic Westminster Cathedral is the worst looking church in the world. An atrocious looking monstrosity.

Spanish Eyes

Dead cat bounce. Third marriage of the PM -v- Dominic Cummins, timing couldn't be better de Pfeffel you cad and bounder.

suicide_circus

Ah she looked great in fairness

Beechwoodspark

Congrats to the The happy couple

Both of them looked radiant

Itssoeasy

Deleted User wrote: »

Easy know they're not too fond of the catholics, the Catholic Westminster Cathedral is the worst looking church in the world. An atrocious looking monstrosity.

Yeah it’s a bit of a come down from Westminster abbey which a catholic abbey first day.

fryup

just highlights the double standards within the catholic church...

if divorced within a "catholic marriage" you can't remarry in a catholic ceremony but outside you can

wtf is that about?

fryup

fryup wrote: »

just highlights the double standards within the catholic church...

if divorced within a "catholic marriage" you can't remarry in a catholic ceremony but outside you can

wtf is that about?

Isn't It obvious. The Catholic Church would view same sex Marriages and other faith Marriages the same way. Not Marriages. So, they could get married for the first time in a Catholic church, in their view.

fryup

not marriages?? very arrogant of them

anyway who hell are they to pontificate with all the child abuse scandals involving priests (worldwide)

joseywhales

fryup wrote: »

not marriages?? very arrogant of them

anyway who hell are they to pontificate with all the child abuse scandals involving priests (worldwide)

Welcome to 1995

Mad_maxx

Sure church of England is only Catholicism without the pope as top dog anyway, don't think the DUP care for soft bellied Anglicans?

Dyr

Just in time for fleg season too, well played Boris.

banie01

fryup wrote: »

not marriages?? very arrogant of them

anyway who hell are they to pontificate with all the child abuse scandals involving priests (worldwide)

They are literally led by the pontiff...
It's his gift to pontificate about whatever he wishes.
Doesn't mean we need pay him a blind bit of notice, but he is the pontifex maximus.

fryup

fryup wrote: »

not marriages?? very arrogant of them

anyway who hell are they to pontificate with all the child abuse scandals involving priests (worldwide)

Totally irrelevant. What do you care what the catholic church believe.

fryup

Mad_maxx wrote: »

Sure church of England is only Catholicism without the pope as top dog anyway,

no it isn't.....it has married priests/vicars, women priests/vicars, women bishops

worlds apart

Danzy

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Dead cat bounce. Third marriage of the PM -v- Dominic Cummins, timing couldn't be better de Pfeffel you cad and bounder.

His party will be in power till at least the mid 30s.
He'll be PM for a good few years yet, any time would have been a good time.

His opposition refuse to oppose and is dominated at all levels by cranks and weirdos who hate most of their own voters.

The biggest threat to Boris is Boris and Sunak is counting on it.

Fritzbox

Deleted User wrote: »

Easy know they're not too fond of the catholics, the Catholic Westminster Cathedral is the worst looking church in the world. An atrocious looking monstrosity.

Well, I like it, it's a nice looking building.

At least London, unlike Dublin, has a Catholic cathedral.

LMHC

Oh theyll be having a rousing chorus of:

give me a home
Where there's no Pope of Rome
Where there's nothing but Protestants stay
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And flute bands play The Sash every day

No, no Pope of Rome
No chapels to sadden my eyes
No nuns and no priests
No Rosary beads
Every day is the 12th of July

sligeach

banie01 wrote: »

All we need now is to somehow sneak in a Catholic Monarch and the long, long game will be finally complete

The inbred racist monarchy wouldn't allow that happen.

All monarchy should be done away with.

Caquas

Britain discovers that their Prime Minister is a Catholic, the first since the Reformation, but people are merely curious about the rules about remarriage in a church and how/why the ceremony was kept secret. Whatever the reason, it was not because they had a Catholic ceremony.

What a political earthquake this would have been in the past, especially for Ireland. Imagine in 1921, if Lloyd George had married Frances Stevenson in a Catholic cerermony. Many hardline Loyalists would have renounced their loyalty to his Government (not that they had any loyalty, but you know..."loyalty" in their special sense). Now in our post-Christian Republic, this is just celebrity gossip for RTE. Did the happy couple even get a Papal blessing? Could the Argentinian Jesuit HAVE worked in a claim to Las Malvinas as part of his homeland. The late Rev. Dr. Ian Paisley was certain that the Scarlet Whore of Rome could give political direction to all its faithful. It is no coincidence that the EU was founded on the Treaty of Rome!

In fact, the only people in the world who care about such theological/political issues are the Loyalists in N. Ireland, specifically the DUP. In the middle of their Shakespearean bloodbath, their greatest nightmare comes one step closer to reality.

Caquas

Here's an interesting appeal for the abolition of the bar on Catholics (and other religions) succeeding to the British Throne by the Guardian's legal counsel, one Keir Starmer Q.C.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/may/31/politics.religion1

Written almost 20 years ago with the idea the Queen might "call it a day" and, more fancifully, that Prince William might marry Britney Spears! The discrimination against women in the line of succession has been removed. Done quickly in 2011 in case Kate Middleton's first baby was a girl and she lost out to a younger brother.

Will the Leader of the Labour Party now produce a Bill to abolish the discrimination aganinst Catholics and others, to give effect to his long-held view? Surely he would have the support of the Catholic Prime Minister, and I doubt the Heir to the Throne would object.

joseywhales

Caquas wrote: »

Here's an interesting appeal for the abolition of the bar on Catholics (and other religions) succeeding to the British Throne by the Guardian's legal counsel, one Keir Starmer Q.C.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/may/31/politics.religion1

Written almost 20 years ago with the idea the Queen might "call it a day" and, more fancifully, that Prince William might marry Britney Spears! The discrimination against women in the line of succession has been removed. Done quickly in 2011 in case Kate Middleton's first baby was a girl and she lost out to a younger brother.

Will the Leader of the Labour Party now produce a Bill to abolish the discrimination aganinst Catholics and others, to give effect to his long-held view? Surely he would have the support of the Catholic Prime Minister, and I doubt the Heir to the Throne would object.

I mean sure there should not be religious prejudice but really we can just skip to position should not be inherited.

Mad_maxx

fryup wrote: »

no it isn't.....it has married priests/vicars, women priests/vicars, women bishops

worlds apart

the fire and brimstone Free Presbyterians of the DUP view anglicanism as wooly liberal protestantism

Mad_maxx

LMHC wrote: »

Oh theyll be having a rousing chorus of:

give me a home
Where there's no Pope of Rome
Where there's nothing but Protestants stay
Where seldom is heard a discouraging word
And flute bands play The Sash every day

No, no Pope of Rome
No chapels to sadden my eyes
No nuns and no priests
No Rosary beads
Every day is the 12th of July

Rangers FC training ground sing a long ?

Mad_maxx

Mad_maxx wrote: »

the fire and brimstone Free Presbyterians of the DUP view anglicanism as wooly liberal protestantism

I imagine any Free P believes any non Free P is going to burn in eternal damnation. And about that, I imagine, they're smugly fine.

BorneTobyWilde

Some wedding photos

Is Johnson actually a Catholic? The girlfriend maybe, and the Catholic Church isn’t that dogmatic anymore on marrying across sectarian lines. However a Catholic prime minister may have constitutional issues.

fryup

fryup wrote: »

no it isn't.....it has married priests/vicars, women priests/vicars, women bishops

worlds apart

That’s fairly recent. Anglicanism and Catholicism are much closer than either is to proper red and tooth and claw Protestantism.

frosty123

Who gives a sh1t what religion he is and what church he gets married in, trust the irish to bring that up.. in england they wouldn't give a damn

joseywhales

frosty123 wrote: »

Who gives a sh1t what religion he is and what church he gets married in, trust the irish to bring that up.. in england they wouldn't give a damn

6 guys on boards represents the view of the Irish people I see!

I suppose they joke about it because they British imposed centuries of religious persecution here or something like that. Good they can joke about it now.