Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans

[Reginald Tresilian]

Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#1

Posted: 10/20/09 at 3:38pm

From the NY Times:

"VATICAN CITY  In an extraordinary bid to lure traditionalist Anglicans en masse, the Vatican on Tuesday announced that it would make it easier for Anglicans who are uncomfortable with their churchs acceptance of women priests and openly gay bishops to join the Roman Catholic Church."

I hope the Anglicans will return the favor by inviting forward-thinking Catholics to join the Episcopal Church.

[SNAFU]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#2

Posted: 10/20/09 at 3:43pm

Good, group them all together and let the bunch of them die out in one archaic belief system.

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[WOSQ]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#2

Posted: 10/20/09 at 3:56pm

It is not for nothing that Episcopalians are known as Catholics who can read.

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[Mister Matt]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#3

Posted: 10/20/09 at 4:04pm

Granting asylum to Anglican bigots sounds like a rather unsurprising, if desperate, move to try and boost membership. I know Catholicism in Spain has had a sharp decline in the last decade and many consider the Vatican to be laughably archaic. The Catholic church in Spain is starting to be considered more of a cultural staple than a respected form of religion, especially from the Gen X and younger.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[doodlenyc]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#4

Posted: 10/20/09 at 4:11pm

But...doesnt he know about Jonathan Groff?

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[PalJoey]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#5

Posted: 10/20/09 at 4:18pm

When did we land back in the Counter-Reformation?

If it's Tuesday, this must be the Inquisition.

[Scripps2]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#6

Posted: 10/20/09 at 5:33pm

I found myself spending the night at a local vicarage recently when the (female) vicar was away but her (gay) brother was house-sitting.

Wandering around the kitchen the next morning I spotted this on the wall

http://www.calendarioromano.co.uk/

and immediately thought of the line from Cabaret:

"Each and every one a virgin..."

I made this remark to my host who just looked at me as though I was completely stupid.

[Mister Matt]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#7

Posted: 10/20/09 at 5:37pm

I love the one with the MacBook. Bad photos of pretty men. What a waste!

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[madbrian]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#8

Posted: 10/20/09 at 9:22pm

Well, if there must be an Inquisition, it really should be set to music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5McSEU48Y8

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[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#9

Posted: 10/20/09 at 9:35pm

Those priests are all so pretty. I bet they were all raped a lot when they were altar boys.

[Eris0303]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#10

Posted: 10/20/09 at 9:50pm

Brian, you totally read my mind lol

Scripps, so I guess that's their version of the "Firemen" calendar?

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[killertofu333]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#11

Posted: 10/20/09 at 10:10pm

Those priests are all so pretty. I bet they were all raped a lot when they were altar boys.

Hey now Phyllis, you know the rules dammit. Say 4 "Hail Mary's", take your settlement money and keep your mouth shut. Gosh.

There's something very fay about a priest with that much Bed Head product in his hair. Although this one looks like he'll Ed Gein you once you're in the rectory. Creepy.

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[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#12

Posted: 10/20/09 at 10:16pm

Heh. You said rectory.

[Reginald Tresilian]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#13

Posted: 10/21/09 at 7:57am

When I was young, I was always afraid to see the rectory. Though I did go up the apse a few times.

[PalJoey]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#14

Posted: 10/21/09 at 8:14am

Did you ever, perhaps, collapse in that apse?

[TimesSquareRegular]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#15

Posted: 10/21/09 at 10:32am

So .... to sum up the Vatican's thinking ...... you don't have to believe what we believe, simply hate the same people we hate.

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[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#16

Posted: 10/21/09 at 10:34am

And people wonder why former catholics go apoplectic at the mention of the church.

[Roscoe]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#17

Posted: 10/21/09 at 10:49am

I'm wondering why the current catholics don't go apoplectic at the mention of that church of theirs.

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[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Pope to welcome anti-gay Anglicans#18

Posted: 10/21/09 at 10:50am

Because they don't want to burn in hell!