Pope Francis Couldn’t Even Give Away Free Tickets to the Papal Mass in Ireland

[phands]

Calloo, callay, oh frabjous day.......

Last month, when organizers were working on plans for Pope Francis‘ visit to Ireland, there was a protest movement to snatch up tickets to his largest scheduled event in Dublin’s Phoenix Park… then not show up. The organizers of Say Nope to the Pope wanted him to speak to empty seats representing people disgusted by the actions of the Catholic Church.
That protest may have been a failure… but not because people snatched up tickets and actually went. Rather, most people didn’t bother getting tickets at all.
The crowd was relatively empty given all the expectations. It looks more like Donald Trump‘s inauguration than a blockbuster papal visit.

Read more and see the pictures at http://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/...dnt-even-give-away-free-tickets-to-the-papal-

 

[steve_bank]

In Ireland it is not just the current issues. There were incidents in the pats of forced adoptions and other happenings in the name of the church. Unwed pregnant were taken in and ten forced to give up the babies for adoptions. A sore point in Ireland.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pope-ireland-listens-wounds-abused-57409296

 

[phands]

It was much worse than that. I lived there for 12 years, and the RCC was just losing it's grip on disclosures.

The Magdalene Laundries were horrific...and they were not just in Ireland.

The current pope is another monster with a pious grin. Not as bad as Ratzi the Nazi, but pretty awful.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

It was much worse than that. I lived there for 12 years, and the RCC was just losing it's grip on disclosures.

The Magdalene Laundries were horrific...and they were not just in Ireland.

The current pope is another monster with a pious grin. Not as bad as Ratzi the Nazi, but pretty awful.

At least the Nazi was ... like ... a Nazi. When he said something backwards and stupid, you could say "Well ya, but he's a Nazi - what more can you expect?".

The new guy comes across as a decent human being, so when he says something backwards and stupid, everybody's all surprised because they forget that he's backwards and stupid.