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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 08:56 PM Original message |
Catholic sex abuse scandal could trigger donations slump, Vatican warns |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because that's what really matters |
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Submariner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Of course it does |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. That's why the moms at our parish stopped opening their checkbooks last time around. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 05:45 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. A disgusting attempt to "Shake Down" the poor by criminal pedophile |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 10:25 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Well, the donations did indeed dry up. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 12:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. And, wasn't it convenient that W came along with taxpayer money for "faith-based" |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 08:44 AM Response to Reply #33 |
55. It is too bad |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
36. Good for the Moms . . .!! |
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troubledamerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. "First Things" |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. It would be the beginning of the end of patriarchy and its violence . . . |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. So speaketh The Vatican's Office of Holy Obviousness. n/t |
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Guilded Lilly (960 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Money money money money money |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
4. So maybe some of the poverty stricken indigenous people in Third World |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sickening... |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. Despicable greed. I hope this scandal finishes them. Probably too much to hope for but still. nt |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. Translated |
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JanusAscending (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. YA THINK????? |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
56. My thought exactly! n/t |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
10. The only thing they love more than boycock |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. Donations slump? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
38. That's why the Pope was so anxious to keep lid on any Church "scandal" . . .cuts off money! |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. The Pope said a few years ago |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Are you sure? |
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Demstud (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 08:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
53. Yes, the LOVE of money is the root of all evil |
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ZeitgeistObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. Ya don't say. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. Now we get to the REAL cause for concern in the church - the cashflow... |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. The abuse scandal forced the closing of hospitals??? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. I hadn't heard that either . . . |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 06:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. The convents is also kind of weird |
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Stumbler (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
19. Well, it happened to ACORN |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. I'm also hopeful on that -- but quite a difference in size . . . Vatican is a sovereign |
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dogfacedboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-26-10 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
20. I wouldn't give a dime to those Papist scumbags. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
50. Bite your tongue! |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
21. They should sell the Berninis and other artworks. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
22. I wonder where some of that money is going now. |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 05:46 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. They giive it to the Salvation Army |
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dickthegrouch (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Please don't: Sally army is as homophobic as KKKatholic church |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Did not know that |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Absolutely true in GB, and elsewhere-not just homeless, also the youth programs and other community |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. They Also Refuse To Hire Gay People, And Agressively Lobby Congress To Keep Gays Down. |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Are you posting from Green Bay like Saigon 68& I? It doesn't matter if you aren't-your prejudice |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Your Support Of Bigotry Is Noted. |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. The major difference between you and I is your single-issue activism which has blinded you n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Deleted message |
Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. The Major Difference Between You and I Is You Are Willing To Excuse Bigotry, And I Am Not. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #40 |
59. Well, there are other charities doing the same work - without |
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VaYallaDawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Suggestion: think about Meals on Wheels / Food Bank. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 02:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
60. Yup. Most communities |
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brooklynite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
25. Maybe the Pope could announce tha God will "call him home" if the Church doesn't raise enough money? |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. There are two ways to change this church....donations is one of them..The |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 01:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. Giving money -- and giving respect to male-supremacist religion . . .!! |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
27. Well I for one am happy they're feeling it where it hurts them most |
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Flipper999 (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
28. Oh no. How horrible for them. |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 09:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Welcome to DU..Flipper999...nt |
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Pisces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
29. I hope people decide to stop giving any money until the Pope, Cardinals, Bishops, and anyone |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
34. Red Pradas are EXPENSIVE! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
43. While I hope this is true . . . |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. Good, I hope the floor falls out from under'em..nt |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 07:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Child anal sodomites |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #51 |
61. .... |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-27-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
48. lol... well it good to see they are concerned |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-28-10 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
52. My ex MIL has always intended to leave her estate to the Church |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
63. Tsk tsk. |
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DebbieCDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-29-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
64. Too bad |
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