Tag: Vatican

“I’ll Be There”

By now if you are not in a coma know that Pope Francis has died of a stroke at age 88….his funeral service is planned for this coming Saturday and Donald the Orange and his escort plan to attend….it will be a marvelous photo-op for the brain dead supporters.

President Trump has ordered flags at the White House and all other federal buildings to be flown at half-staff Monday in honor of Pope Francis. Trump made the announcement at the start of the White House Easter Egg Roll, flanked by Melania Trump and the Easter Bunny, USA Today reports. ” He was a good man, worked hard, he loved the world,” Trump said of the 88-year-old pontiff, who died early Monday. In a Truth Social post, Trump said he would be going to the pope’s funeral in the first international trip of his second term.

“Melania and I will be going to the funeral of Pope Francis, in Rome,” Trump wrote. “We look forward to being there!”Joe Biden, the second Catholic president in US history, also praised the pontiff, the AP reports. Francis was “unlike any who came before him,” Biden said. “Pope Francis will be remembered as one of the most consequential leaders of our time, and I am better for having known him.” John F. Kennedy was the only other Catholic president. The BBC reports that no funeral date has been set, but according to church tradition, it should ” typically be held within four to six days of his death, with the funeral mass taking place in St Peter’s Square.

Please do not let this rambling, babbling dullard speak at the Pope’s funeral….for he will go off on some nonsensical rant and babbling on for a long time and actually say nothing….good or bad….just nonsense.

 

Closing Thought–17May17

Ambassador Who?

Pres. Trump is lagging behind with his appointments of people to the various positions…..his latest appointment is the ambassador to the Vatican……

President Trump has settled on Callista Gingrich as the US ambassador to the Vatican, CNN reported first Sunday night, saying the choice has been made but the process has been hung up by the Office of Government Ethics, which needs to give its approval. The network reports a formal nomination of the wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich could come as soon as this week, with Trump wanting it to be made before his May 24 meeting with Pope Francis. That her name was being floated has been known since January—Newt himself told CNN as much shortly after Trump became president. Newt wouldn’t say much to the New York Times Sunday night beyond noting both he and his wife had been advised to “be very cautious” until an announcement was made.

The Times has more on Callista’s relationship with Catholicism: She helped Newt convert and sings in the Basilica of the National Shrine choir, but it points out she had a hand in the demise of Newt’s third marriage. An opinion piece at the National Catholic Reporter makes the case that “the Vatican cares less about the moral history of an ambassadorial nominee than it does about the nominee’s access to the decision-makers in the administration.” As for the administration, Axios contributes this to the rumor mill: “About six weeks ago … Trump told our source he was reluctant to send Callista to the Vatican because he likes seeing her husband Newt defending him on TV. Our source told the President they were sure satellite hook-ups could be arranged for Newt at the Holy See.”

Really?  He could not find anyone else?

But what can I expect?

Trump is hiring people that are not qualified for the positions that he puts them in…… so in that light I guess this is the perfect choice.

May you all have a great day and I will see you tomorrow for more stuff…..chuq

Could Not Resist This International Story

There are times when the news hands you a story that is just too good to pass up…..and early this morning I got just one of those ………

First there is this piece which I think is an excellent idea……

Pope Francis has created a commission to advise him on priest sex abuse, but it’s unclear whether the group will wield any power against abusers and bishops who cover up for them, report the Daily Beast and the AP. The commission consists of four men, three of whom are priests, and four women, all laity, one of whom was sexually abused by a priest and advocates for child safety in the Catholic Church. Another woman, French psychologist Catherine Bonnet, has written at length about child sex abuse. But it’s not clear exactly what the commission will do—Pope Francis preferred to let its members work out the details, the Boston Globe reports. Broadly speaking, the commission will advise on policies that safeguard children, keep abusers from becoming priests, and train members of the church. Francis created the commission after remarks he made defending the church’s record on abuse led to a political firestorm, with one group accusing him of stonewalling on five alleged abuse cases as archbishop in Buenos Aires. And critics are still skeptical: “They do not need yet another ‘Study Commission,'” said a victim advocacy group. “The pope must take strong steps right now to protect kids, expose predators, discipline enablers, and uncover cover-ups.” (For more, see why Francis called some priests “little monsters.”)

A good idea……but that is not the freebie of which I spoke……this is the one I could resist…….a smile and a chuckle are always nice on Mondays…………..report in UK’s Guardian newspaper…..

German customs officials have intercepted a package addressed to the Vatican containing 14 condoms filled with cocaine.

A government spokesman said a box packed with 340 grammes of the drug, valued at €40,000 (£33,470), was seized in January at the international airport in the eastern city of Leipzig.

The cocaine, posted from an unnamed South American country, was in liquid form. It had been poured into the condoms and placed in the package addressed to the main postal centre at the Vatican.

Authorities handed the parcel to a Vatican police officer with the aim of laying a trap.

But the box was not claimed. German investigators believe the intended recipient, who remains unknown, was tipped off about the interception.

The Vatican office of Interpol is working on the investigation with the Leipzig prosecutor’s office, which could not be reached for comment.

A bit ironic……if anyone knows anything about coke…..a condom is the last thing you would be using…..it lays unclaimed……it had better or there is more explanations that need to be said…………this brings up so many questions that it boggles the mind…….I am sure that there is a logic explanation….but I am still searching for it…….

Any thoughts?

Does Bode Well For Ukraine

In case anyone is interested…..the Ukraine is up to its butt in  protests, most of which have turned into violence……Molotov cocktails, rocks, fires, and the usual assortment of tactics used in violent protests….people hurt, people died, and people are angry…..

The Pope in his Sunday address in St.Peter’s Square called for an end to the violence on all sides and to let calmer minds prevail…..and as a token for peace he and 2 children released doves for peace….

And then things went horribly wrong….the doves of peace were attacked……these photos were published in the Daily Mail in the UK…….

Go: Pope Francis is joined by two children who release doves during the Angelus Prayer in St. Peter's Square

Not getting away: A dove which was freed by children flanked by Pope Francis is attacked by a seagull

Watch out: A dove which was freed by children flanked by Pope Francis is chased by a black crow

Crow fought the wings of a dove: While speaking at the window beforehand, Francis had appealed for peace in Ukraine, where anti-government protesters have died

What does this mean for peace?  I mean there are those that see God’s hand everywhere, what does this mean?

Is Ukraine just plain screwed?

Your thoughts, please…….

Vatican’s Banking Problem

It seems that the Vatican just cannot keep its nose clean from one year to the next…..it was part of the Nazi conspiracy in the 40’s and then came the sexual abuses of the last several decades and then there was the gay porn thing from last year….where several of the Pope’s personal choir was engaging in a gay escort business…..and just when you thought you had heard it all about the Vatican…there comes a story like this….

Italian authorities seized euro23 million ($30.18 million) from a Vatican bank account Tuesday and said they have begun investigating top officials of the Vatican bank in connection with a money laundering probe.

In Tuesday’s case, police seized the money from a Vatican bank account at the Rome branch of Credito Artigiano Spa, according to news agencies ANSA and Apcom. The bulk of the money, euro20 million ($26.2 million), was destined for JP Morgan in Frankfurt, with the remainder going to Banca del Fucino.

According to the reports, the Vatican bank had neglected to communicate to financial authorities where the money had come from. The reports stressed that Gotti Tedeschi wasn’t being investigated for laundering money himself but for a series of alleged omissions in financial transactions.

The Vatican bank, located in a tower just inside the gates of Vatican City, isn’t a typical bank. Its stated mission is to manage assets placed in its care that are destined for religious works or works of charity. But it also manages ATMs inside Vatican City and the pension system for the Vatican’s thousands of employees.

The bank is not open to the public. Depositors are usually limited to Vatican employees, religious orders and people who transfer money for the pope’s charities.

The Pope wears Prada and blesses new Ferraris….seems it is just an extension of the greed and avarice that is consuming the rest of the financial world….go figure…

“One man’s theology is another man’s belly laugh.”
Robert A. Heinlein

2010 Anal-Ocity #10

The hits just keep coming….if seems that politicians and others cannot go very long without showing their arrogance and saying so anal it just begs to be pointed out…..

In my anger with the religious BS coming out of the Vatican, I almost forgot to add the Pope to the most anal of statements….I will rectify that here…..

Recently, when the story broke about the priest in Wisconsin that had molested at least 200 deaf boys at a school for the deaf, the Pope handled all the outrage at the act and the handling of ALL molestation charges leveled at others in the church, by saying:

he would not “be intimidated by … petty gossip”.

Petty gossip?  I covered this situation in some detail yesterday here on Info Ink……check it out….and give your opinion…..

When will the American people start demanding that these sexual predators start being treated like the degenerate toads they are?  I have NO use for any organization that allows this type of behavior within their ranks….and that includes any church that does!

Petty Gossip?

That is right I have said it and so did the Pope….you know that German in white and the funny hat?

Pope Benedict today risked inflaming opinion as he appeared to round on critics of the Catholic church over the widening sexual abuse scandal, saying he would not “be intimidated by … petty gossip”.

And……….

In the face of one of the gravest scandals in the Catholic church’s recent history, the Vatican has chosen to attack the media for what it called an “ignoble attempt” to smear Pope Benedict and his top advisers “at any cost”.

First, it is ALL the fault of the media for reporting this “petty gossip”…..I would bet it is those damn “liberals” in the media that is trying to whack the Pope…..

Let me see there has been sexual abuse charges in LA, Boston, etc and Ireland and a gay prostitution ring run out of the Vatican proper and then there is that priest that violated about 200 deaf kids in Wisconsin….and it is all “PETTY GOSSIP” to the Pope….what a PRICK!

I have heard some say that as Christian it is up to us to forgive transgressions…….WAIT Just A Damn minute!  How many of those same Christians are lining up to forgive other sexual predators?  What a crock of crap!

These priests should be in prison and let the guys there handle them like they did Jeffrey Dahmer….and since nothing happens without the knowledge or approval of the Vatican…then they all need to be in prison as accessories to9 the crime of sexual predation…..and yes that means his royal highness, Pope Benedict the….whatever number it is……

If this is what “organized” religion is all about then I am pleased with my decision to be a Deist……..every year religion takes a black eye from these sort of scandals and yet it is embraced as the way…….apparently the intellect plays NO part in their decision…..