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Pope will vist Ireland in 2018(mod warning in Op)

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  • #32
    murpho999
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    The way RTE covered this on the news app is unreal. Headline story this morning was that Kenny was going to the Vatican to meet the pope.
    Then he was meeting the pope and then it changed to he had met the pope and finally notifications sent out that the pope was coming here in August 2018.

    The catholic bias within RTE is ridiculous.

    I know when to have my holidays in 2018.


  • #33
    Bubbaclaus
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    I have an issue with the head of an organisation which facilitated and covered up child sex abuse while ruling the country with an iron fist being welcomed here with open arms.

    Thought Enda would do the right thing and not invite him, particularly after the great comments he made about the appalling actions of the Church back in 2011.

    Enda has no backbone.


  • #34
    _Kaiser_
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    My reaction to this would be "who cares?" personally as the Church (any Church!) has never had any relevance to me, but I'm sure there'll be tens of thousands of the older generation there as well as the inevitable left-wing protesters.

    My bigger concern is it may well mean that Enda Kenny tries to stay on till 2018 so he can be the "first FG Taoiseach to (eventually!) get a second term who hosted the Pope!" or something :rolleyes:


  • #35
    _Kaiser_
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    Bubbaclaus wrote: »
    I have an issue with the head of an organisation which facilitated and covered up child sex abuse while ruling the country with an iron fist being welcomed here with open arms.

    Thought Enda would do the right thing and not invite him, particularly after the great comments he made about the appalling actions of the Church back in 2011.

    Enda has no backbone.

    Enda is all about Enda .. which is why we have the weak ineffective Government we have now - all so he could get his record of being the only FG Taoiseach to get a second term (albeit with the support and buying-off of the Independents and FF)

    He's also of that generation though so probably thinks it's a great thing for Ireland. Another sign of how out of touch he is.


  • #36
    Bubbaclaus
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    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    My reaction to this would be "who cares?" personally as the Church (any Church!) has never had any relevance to me, but I'm sure there'll be tens of thousands of the older generation there as well as the inevitable left-wing protesters.

    My bigger concern is it may well mean that Enda Kenny tries to stay on till 2018 so he can be the "first FG Taoiseach to (eventually!) get a second term who hosted the Pope!" or something :rolleyes:

    Varadkar being Taoiseach in 2018 would be funny. The Pope being welcomed by a 'sinful' gay leader.


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  • #37
    RobertKK
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    Seems a lot will have their knickers in knots over this...


  • #38
    RayM
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    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    Pope Francis seems like a very pleasant man.

    I hope all the Castro-Loving leftist's are not allowed to highjack the experience for everyone else.

    Pope Francis does seem like a very pleasant man. His rhetoric strikes me as that of a "Castro-loving leftist" at times. At a time when the far-right is gaining ground in America and Europe, it's good that the Catholic Church is led by a figurehead who views economic justice as a virtue, rather than something to be sneered at.

    I just hope he's still around in 2018.


  • #39
    Bubbaclaus
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    RobertKK wrote: »
    Seems a lot will have their knickers in knots over this...

    It's not every day the Taoiseach invites the head of a pedophile ring to the country


  • #40
    murpho999
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    RobertKK wrote: »
    I am seeing the Pope next April in St Peters square. I received my letter from the Vatican that my ticket is reserved for Easter Sunday.

    My earliest memory is when I was 3 and the Pope visited Ireland. My father was busy making hay, remember my mother painting the ceiling in the kitchen and the general excitement of the Pope's visit.

    It will be a great time for the country in 2018. It should also be noted that Jorge Mario Bergoglio as a Jesuit lived in Dublin for a number of months at the Jesuits residence. So it should be special for him to now to return to Dublin as the Pope. He would know the city fairly well, despite a lot of changes in the meantime.

    How will it be a great time for the country? It's not 1979 anymore.

    The practising catholics can enjoy it if they wish but the majority of people who are lapsed catholics will not care.


  • #41
    _Kaiser_
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    RobertKK wrote: »
    Seems a lot will have their knickers in knots over this...

    Well it IS somewhat inappropriate to roll out the red carpet (will they have Irish music/singing on the runway too? After all it was good enough for Trump) for the head of an organisation which did so much damage to the people of this country and held social progress back for decades while enriching itself on the mandatory contributions of those people.

    But if he turns up in the manner of a normal "event" that people who are interested in can attend I can let it go myself. Unfortunately however I reckon it'll be full VIP red carpet treatment.


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  • #42
    vicwatson
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    Rte's wet dream has been realised.

    I dont care if he comes as long as not 1 euro of my taxation is paid towards the visit, which of course is unrealistic to expect therefore he should feck right off


  • #43
    cml387
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    Time to take out those foldup chairs from the back shed. I knew they'd come in useful eventually.


  • #44
    Son Of A Vidic
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    MadYaker wrote: »
    Has he come to apologise?

    If you knew how to use Google properly, you'd quickly see the utter pointlessness of your post.


  • #45
    the groutch
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    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    But if he turns up in the manner of a normal "event" that people who are interested in can attend I can let it go myself. Unfortunately however I reckon it'll be full VIP red carpet treatment.

    it will be like Liz's visit all over again, a bunch of shameless publicity stunts, with us mere peasants herded away from big chunks of the city like cattle, lest we accidentally come within 500m of someone of such delusionary grandeur.


  • #46
    gandalf
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    What a waste of resources this is going to be and I'd consider it as an attempt to influence a future referendum on repealing the eight which will probably occur in the same year.


  • #47
    Riddle101
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    He'll be making an appearance at Electric Picnic that year to sign autographs, take pictures, and will be giving away free bread and wine.


  • #48
    RobertKK
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    murpho999 wrote: »
    How will it be a great time for the country? It's not 1979 anymore.

    The practising catholics can enjoy it if they wish but the majority of people who are lapsed catholics will not care.

    In 2018, a lot of critics are going to be very sad, just like they were when Pope Benedict visited England and Wales.
    Talk of how it would not go well and it ended with everyone talking about how great it was.

    Negative people will only look negatively and be blind to the reality which will be positive.


  • #49
    Ted111
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    We get to see the wonder that is the pope mobile up close and personal.
    Afterwards it might be available to rent for parties.

    We can enjoy the aggravation of the Loyalists at this outbreak of Popery.

    Hopefully Frank will uncover some irish roots. Maybe a long lost great, great grandmother who left Drumfin during the famine to take the ship to argentina.

    The looney left politicians will attempt to disrupt public events and cause lots of delicious embarrassment. AAA Murphy was born for this moment.

    There will need to be a national holiday / day off work to give the occasion suitable respect.

    There's bound to be one hell of a good mass.


  • #50
    road_high
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    seamus wrote: »
    I'm sure plenty of people will go along to "see" even if they haven't seen the inside of a church in ten years.

    The numbers will be well down though on the last time. Certainly won't be going myself, no more than I'd go to see Netanyahu or the Ayatollah.

    If he's doing a Phoenix park jobbie, that would be a good weekend to book a hotel down the country. Be lovely and quiet.

    Why? :confused::confused:


  • #51
    RayM
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    Ted111 wrote: »
    There's bound to be one hell of a good mass.

    I've heard he gives good mass, Ted.


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  • #52
    _Kaiser_
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    road_high wrote: »
    Why? :confused::confused:

    Because [stereotype] most of the people who would be interested in seeing the Pope would be older rural dwellers so if they're all in Dublin for the day/weekend there'll be great deals in local hotels [/stereotype]


  • #53
    RayM
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    _Kaiser_ wrote: »
    Because [stereotype] most of the people who would be interested in seeing the Pope would be older rural dwellers so if they're all in Dublin for the day/weekend there'll be great deals in local hotels [/stereotype]

    We can all head down from Dublin to burgle their houses too.


  • #54
    Bubbaclaus
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    RobertKK wrote: »
    Negative people will only look negatively and be blind to the reality

    Interesting that you mention 'blind to the reality', considering the amount of holy joes ignoring the atrocities of the Catholic Church and looking forward to the visit of the head of a pedophile ring.


  • #55
    zuutroy
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    It's embarrassing for humanity that this is headline news in 2016.


  • #56
    padd b1975
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    August 2018.....Almost two years of beautiful atheist whinging, what a time to be alive.


  • #57
    keeponhurling
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    murpho999 wrote: »
    How will it be a great time for the country? It's not 1979 anymore.

    The practising catholics can enjoy it if they wish but the majority of people who are lapsed catholics will not care.

    That's how it should be, and how I hope it is.

    However there is often a high level of intolerence at times of other people's views.
    "I don't agree with him or his religion, therefore he shouldn't be allowed in the country" type people.
    Live and let live, I say.


  • #58
    Bubbaclaus
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    padd b1975 wrote: »
    August 2018.....Almost two years of beautiful atheist whinging, what a time to be alive.

    I always found it interesting how not entertaining a cult filled with pedophiles and various forms of abuse is considered "atheist whinging".

    Is child abuse not a major issue for theists or something? Because that is what you are implying.


  • #59
    seamus
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    road_high wrote: »
    Why? :confused::confused:
    There'll be a clamour to get with jizz shot of the Pope, so hotels in Dublin and surrounding counties will be booked out. But further off lands like Killarney and Donegal will be quieter than usual as locals and tourists opt to make the pilgrimage to Dublin.

    They won't be dead, but far quieter than you'd expect on an August weekend.


  • #60
    RobertKK
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    Bubbaclaus wrote: »
    Interesting that you mention 'blind to the reality', considering the amount of holy joes ignoring the atrocities of the Catholic Church and looking forward to the visit of the head of a pedophile ring.

    Most people are not blind to reality.
    You talk as if it was 20 years ago, we can live in past realities if we want. But like how times have changed since 1979, the church has not stood still either.
    No one is ignoring anything.

    Living ones life with bitterness based on the past is not a healthy way to live, most can see there has been change and have moved on, living in the past and not moving on is just not good mentally for anyone.


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  • #61
    sullivlo
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    RobertKK wrote: »
    Most people are not blind to reality.
    You talk as if it was 20 years ago, we can live in past realities if we want. But like how times have changed since 1979, the church has not stood still either.
    No one is ignoring anything.

    Living ones life with bitterness based on the past is not a healthy way to live, most can see there has been change and have moved on, living in the past and not moving on is just not good mentally for anyone.

    Says you who idolises a guy who died 2000 years ago ;)


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