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Vatican stunned by Irish embassy closure

Started by Tank, November 05, 2011, 10:44:52 AM

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Tank

November 05, 2011, 10:44:52 AM
Vatican stunned by Irish embassy closure

Quote(Reuters) - Catholic Ireland's stunning decision to close its embassy to the Vatican is a huge blow to the Holy See's prestige and may be followed by other countries which feel the missions are too expensive, diplomatic sources said on Friday...

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Looks like the Vatican has finally been seen to have lost the plot.
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Gawen

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November 05, 2011, 12:27:47 PM
Way down the bottom of the article:
QuoteDublin said it was closing its mission to the Vatican along with those in Iran and East Timor to help meet its fiscal goals under an EU-IMF bailout. The closures will save the government 1.25 million euros ($1.725 million) a year.
Using my Irish language translator, that means to say..."Stop abusing our kids and covering it up!"
The essence of the mind is not in what it thinks, but how it thinks. Faith is the surrender of our mind; of reason and our skepticism to put all our trust or faith in someone or something that has no good evidence of itself. That is a sinister thing to me. Of all the supposed virtues, faith is not.
"When you fall, I will be there" - Floor

Heisenberg

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November 05, 2011, 12:41:58 PM
Ireland, my new favorite country! Except for the food.
"No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low"-John Lennon

OldGit

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November 05, 2011, 04:27:54 PM
Wow, hasn't Ireland come a long way!  I can't help thinking that since the child-abuse scandal has loosened the church's evil grip, good has come out of bad.  And it's not only Ireland that's breaking free.
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