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yo soy carlos wrote: »

its truly amazing how many assholes who hate the Catholic church deride it in such an offensive way,This merely shows the silent majority those that understand Judeo Christian culture that has made western society what it is while these bigots have given us the soviet union.North korea etc.If you don't like Mass or those of us who attend stick to your dialectical discussions of the next piss up you are having.

nagdefy wrote: »

An 11 year old boy requests people to attend 8 Masses and say a prayer for his deceased father and all who have died belonging to them.

Certain people felt oh no we can't have this, Ireland is a secular country.. Imagine some people might feel guilted into going to mass. Some might return to the catholic faith and children will be indoctrinated. Shock, horror! And imagine that hideous institution, the Catholic Church, will see their financial collections soar! The bishop of Limerick spoke in favour of Tony Foley's wishes. Who gave him a right to speak! Other's said it was a well known fact that Anthony Foley himself would have preferred investment in a rugby scholarship.

One of these people who feared what the 11 year old boy could do to the New Ireland decided to reinvigorate a facebook 'mass event' account by setting up a mass event for this Sunday.

Cue 'hilarious' posts, bants, craic from mostly generation facebook teenagers. Kids who have a lot of living to do. Fr. Ted memes and quotes done to death, but in fairness, with some funny ones thrown in. A lot were so offensive to Catholics but hey don't mind them or their beliefs just whack them down with clerical paedophile jokes. Call them 'oul wans' never mind a lot of them have lived through life and what it throws at you. Never mind that a lot of Catholics are abhorred by the crimes and cover ups of the church but still choose to believe in the message of Jesus Christ. Presume they all voted against gay marriage too.

Then one guy decides to link a donation to Pieta House. Ah shur it kinda takes the harm out of anything said and we're doing our bit for mental health. The cause celebré of the decade.

The irony being that since young people have nothing left to believe in suicide rates are soaring. But facebook is a land of illusion, more so than the catholic religion being scorned. All these kids 'never laughed so much in their lives' than when they read through the facebook banter. They liked and shared to their hearts' content. Some said it made them so proud to be Irish. How pathetically boring and sad it all is. But at the end of the day they're what american's would term 'whistling in the dark'. Trying to amuse themselves when they're struggling with fear and confusion.