Pope blows off Condi

[Holly_Hobby]

Rome (BBC) -- Pope Benedict XVI refused a recent request by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to discuss the Middle East and Iraq, Vatican sources say. The Pope refused a request for an audience during the August holidays.

Senior Vatican sources told the BBC the Pope does not normally receive politicians on his annual holiday at the Castelgandolfo residence near Rome. But one leading Italian newspaper said it was an evident snub by the Vatican towards the Bush administration.

There are at least two reasons why Pope Benedict may have decided peremptorily against a private meeting with Ms Rice.

First, it was Ms Rice who just before the outbreak of the Iraq war in March 2003 made it clear to a special papal envoy sent from Rome, Cardinal Pio Laghi, that the Bush administration was not interested in the views of the late Pope on the immorality of launching its planned military offensive.

Secondly, the US has responded in a manner considered unacceptable at the Vatican to the protection of the rights of Iraqi Christians under the new Iraqi constitution.

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http://www.aina.org/news/20080320143129.htm

[gateley]

1. Good. It's a rare event that I find myself cheering for the Vatican. nt

[Holly_Hobby]

2. Same here. n/t

[postulater]

3. 'Pope blows off Condi'

Oh.

I thought it would be the other way around.

Silly me.

[kikiek]

4. Me too. And on Good Friday.

[scarletwoman]

7. It IS an unfortunate choice of words.

But I certainly wouldn't want to wish for anyone to be blown off by Condi.

Those teeth...

[Pastiche423]

23. Ouch!

[scarletwoman]

24. I'm pleased that you find value in my astute political commentary.

:D

[Pastiche423]

30. Uh huh...

That's exactly what I found in your previous post!

Well that and the thought of the damage those big choppers could do................... somewhere.

[RC]

22. Naa, Condi is the wrong gender.

:spank:

[NC_Nurse]

5. He knows a waste of time when he sees it. nt

[Double T]

6. How long until the Pope is declared a racist?

[frogcycle]

10. bush will say he supports terrists

[frogcycle]

8. frogcycle: always a step behind

my witty retort had already been posted by the time I finished typing

so I edited it out, because usually at least seventeen people jump all over me and say "someone already said that"

so now those seventeen people can bitch because this response has nothing whatever to do with anything and they wasted precious seconds reading it when they could have been typing something nasty to somebody else

[scarletwoman]

36. Dammit! Why did you make me waste precious seconds of my time reading your totally irrelevant post?

That's seven seconds of my life THAT I'LL NEVER GET BACK! How could you?!!?!?

Even now, I am already at least 30 seconds closer to THE END OF MY LIFE -- because of YOUR post!!!!11

:cry:

[frogcycle]

38. nice to know somebody else is suffering n/t

[babylonsister]

9. Wow. Nobody likes her! nt

[MiniMe]

11. Better than Condi blowing the Pope. Imagine what excuse the

freepers would have to come up with.

[Sparkly]

19. "No one could have predicted that the papal sceptre could..."

Oh, nevermind. :hide:

[Divernan]

21. Is that a sceptre in your pocket or are you glad to see me?

[otohara]

12. The German Shepard

I'm liking this guy lately. Last week when they came up with a new list of "sins" making the environment top priority and now dissing the scary SOS. GoPope!

[meow2u3]

15. Turn your Rottie loose on the Bushies, God!

Thank you very much!

[medeak]

13. hee hee! n/t

[notadmblnd]

14. it's about time that other world leaders began shunning these people

[Mira]

16. He knows "unfaehig" when he sees it. Incompetence is not a trait

Germans suffer gladly.

[kestrel91316]

17. Hm. I find myself warming to this pope........

[unkachuck]

18. what's this world coming to?

....the Nazi Pope won't see the Nazi Secretary of State?

"...the Pope does not normally receive politicians on his annual holiday at the Castelgandolfo residence near Rome."

....listen condi, tell mcSame that when the Pope's chillin' on vacation, he doesn't want to provide political cover for no stinkin' Iraq war....

....leave the Nazi Pope alone....

[mitchtv]

20. Kinda like Hitler blowing off Franco??

[malaise]

25. Great

So why did Bush show up at the previous pope's funeral?

[Elidor]

26. Condi Rice is one of the only people on this planet who can make Pope Ratz a sympathetic subject

I bet she was really miffed, missing out on all that great shoe-shopping in Italy. Hey, Condi, they have some wonderful shoestores in Hell. If there's any justice, you'll be running one of them someday, selling shoes to all those dead Iraqis you helped kill for all eternity.

[Kaotac]

27. In hell..?

Just wondering why the Iraqis would be in hell with her?

[Elidor]

28. They wouldn't

She would spend eternity serving phantasms of them, of course. Must you nitpick my fantasy? :spank: Off with you!

:P

[Olney Blue]

29. Poor condi. Even the pope sees her as a failure.

[malaise]

32. He sees Bushco as a failure

but his silence has been deafening

[Wizard777]

31. Why would Condi need to talk to the Pope?

Does this mean that God and Bush have had a falling out and aren't talking anymore? Of course as far Bush would be concerned. God will eventually see the err of His ways and finally realize the true greatness of George Bush. History will be his only Judge. If you listen closely on a quite night. You can actually hear God screaming, LIKE HELL IT WILL!

[Perry Logan]

33. "Pope blows off Condi." Kind of a weird image.

[ellie]

34. When do we start

bombing the Vatican?

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

35. very odd story since the pope is coming to the white house in April

Pope to Visit Ground Zero and Celebrate Mass at Yankee Stadium

By Sewell Chan
Pope Benedict XVIBenedict XVI?s visit to the United States in April will be his first as pope.

Updated, 2:12 p.m. | Pope Benedict XVI will make his first visit to the United States as pontiff over six days in April, and he plans to visit ground zero, address the United Nations and celebrate Masses at National Stadium in Washington and St. Patrick?s Cathedral and Yankee Stadium in New York, officials at the Vatican and the Archdiocese of New York announced today.

The papal visit will be only the fourth in New York City?s history. Pope Paul VI visited in October 1965, during the first-ever papal visit to the United States. Pope John Paul II visited New York in October 1979 and October 1995.

Citing remarks by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Associated Press reported that Pope Benedict will travel to Washington and New York. A statement from the New York archdiocese offered details of the pope?s planned itinerary.

The pope will be in Washington from April 15 to 17 and in New York from April 18 to 20. He is to attend a reception at the White House on April 16 and celebrate Mass at the new National Stadium in Washington on April 17. On April 18, he is to address the United Nations and participate in an Ecumenical Service at a New York parish. On April 19, he will celebrate a morning Mass with priests, deacons and members of religious orders at Saint Patrick?s Cathedral, followed by a visit to Saint Joseph?s Seminary in Yonkers, where the pope will participate in an event with youth and young people.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/pope-to-visit-ground-zero-and-celebrate-mass-at-yankee-stadium/

[CountAllVotes]

37. K&R

Gotta give credit where credit is due. :thumbsup: to you pope Ratzinger!!

:dem: :kick: & recommend!