Apologise for Pope 'Condom' Memo

Foreign Office apologises for Pope 'condom' memo.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8642404.stm

The article is about a document that circulated which suggested some ideas for “an ideal visit” for the pope. This visit would include his being invited to open an abortion clinic and bless a gay marriage during his September visit. It would also be accompanied by the launch of “Benedict” condoms. Several religious leaders were shocked by the document and think it would be appalling to treat the Pope this way. The Foreign Office has apologised for the paper and stressed that it did not reflect its views. Apart from the ideas mentioned above, the document contained various other ideas such as making the Pope apologise for the Armada. The individual responsible has been told orally and in writing that this was a serious error of judgement and he has accepted this view.


I think a lot of people take the document much too seriously because, as the ones responsible also state, it was ‘a joke that had gone too far’. And even though some of the ideas are just ridiculous, like the Pope apologizing for the Armada, some other ideas are not so bad in my opinion. Admittedly, I am against religious leaders and especially the Pope, as I feel he is a murderer. The recent activities of paedophile priests only add to the crimes against humanity the church has been committing for ages. When someone slaughters a tribe in Africa we condemn and imprison him but when the Pope indirectly does the same by forbidding condoms, he is welcomed with open arms? The church has almost no self-criticism, hence the enormous amount they get from outsiders. Imprisoning the Pope will probably not solve anything, and he will certainly refuse to open an abortion clinic, but he certainly must be questioned about his medieval views on the world.