Comments on: Why Do We Even Need A Vatican Ambassador? http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:08:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: essjay http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/comment-page-1/#comment-180168 essjay Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:06:41 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=28721#comment-180168 actually, that's wrong --- technically, diplomatic relationships are with the Holy See, not Vatican City. See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican#Foreign_relations" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican#Foreign_re...</a> actually, that's wrong — technically, diplomatic relationships are with the Holy See, not Vatican City. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican#Foreign_re…

]]> By: fuckliberals http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/comment-page-1/#comment-179762 fuckliberals Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:53:59 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=28721#comment-179762 All you little heathens just get gitty and giggle like schoolgirls whenever you get to relish all the babies Satan eats.<br><br>And you're so proud of being demons! All you little heathens just get gitty and giggle like schoolgirls whenever you get to relish all the babies Satan eats.

And you're so proud of being demons!

]]> By: MBos http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/comment-page-1/#comment-179514 MBos Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:25:37 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=28721#comment-179514 A baby killer supporter shouldn't be selected as an ambassador. But when the oval office now has one... A baby killer supporter shouldn't be selected as an ambassador. But when the oval office now has one…

]]> By: ordinarysparrow http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/comment-page-1/#comment-179503 ordinarysparrow Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:00:56 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=28721#comment-179503 These are all great comments and each one of them was like a sweet bunny egg. . .hope all have a great sunny day. . .<br><br>river These are all great comments and each one of them was like a sweet bunny egg. . .hope all have a great sunny day. . .

river

]]> By: archangel http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/comment-page-1/#comment-179500 archangel Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:35:37 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=28721#comment-179500 I cannot find a clear attribution to C. Kennedy ever having been offered this post. It appears that John Kerry, by rumor, purportedly lobbied Obama for Kennedy to be chosen... that the Catholic spokesperson for a Catholic group, says in response to rumor, that rumor is a bad idea. I cant find a reference to the Pope saying anything about this rumor. And. Well.... <br><br>Jazz suggests Easter Bunny, he must be on to something... maybe Easter Bunny could also be Ambassador to Somalia and to Buhtan, Tibet and Burma, to Zimbabwe and Haiti... the bunny bespeaking of warmth and gentleness, not to mention causing little harm. And besides, every Easter bunny I've ever seen comes equipped with this weapon: plenty of Peeps a/k/a known as 'death by sugar' if necessary. <br><br>On a serious note, I'd like to wish you all, Feliz Pascua, Blessed Easter, blessed return of the Light<br><br>dr.e I cannot find a clear attribution to C. Kennedy ever having been offered this post. It appears that John Kerry, by rumor, purportedly lobbied Obama for Kennedy to be chosen… that the Catholic spokesperson for a Catholic group, says in response to rumor, that rumor is a bad idea. I cant find a reference to the Pope saying anything about this rumor. And. Well….

Jazz suggests Easter Bunny, he must be on to something… maybe Easter Bunny could also be Ambassador to Somalia and to Buhtan, Tibet and Burma, to Zimbabwe and Haiti… the bunny bespeaking of warmth and gentleness, not to mention causing little harm. And besides, every Easter bunny I've ever seen comes equipped with this weapon: plenty of Peeps a/k/a known as 'death by sugar' if necessary.

On a serious note, I'd like to wish you all, Feliz Pascua, Blessed Easter, blessed return of the Light

dr.e

]]> By: Jim_Satterfield http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/comment-page-1/#comment-179498 Jim_Satterfield Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:29:46 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=28721#comment-179498 Yes, I have to agree with Jazz on this one too. Yes, I have to agree with Jazz on this one too.

]]> By: Ron Beasley http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/comment-page-1/#comment-179497 Ron Beasley Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:26:40 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=28721#comment-179497 I'm with Jazz, why do we need an ambassador to a church and that's all the Vatican is. A church that has it's head burried deep into the sands of the 16th century no less. I'm with Jazz, why do we need an ambassador to a church and that's all the Vatican is. A church that has it's head burried deep into the sands of the 16th century no less.

]]> By: HemmD http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/comment-page-1/#comment-179493 HemmD Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:36:20 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=28721#comment-179493 The Vatican's decision to nix Kennedy makes no sense. According to their logic, I guess the Vatican's diplomat to Nazi Germany needed to be a Nazi. Diplomats are needed because people disagree, not because they agree.<br><br>This isn't "belligerent cowboy mentality" to point out Rome's disregard of the political realities in the world. Blind obedience to the Holy See is only required by faithful Catholics, not the majority of the world who have different opinions. The Vatican's decision to nix Kennedy makes no sense. According to their logic, I guess the Vatican's diplomat to Nazi Germany needed to be a Nazi. Diplomats are needed because people disagree, not because they agree.

This isn't “belligerent cowboy mentality” to point out Rome's disregard of the political realities in the world. Blind obedience to the Holy See is only required by faithful Catholics, not the majority of the world who have different opinions.

]]> By: Silhouette http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/comment-page-1/#comment-179491 Silhouette Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:01:39 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=28721#comment-179491 Having a paid government employee as a de facto sympathizer to a religion is clear violation of the Constitutional provisions of separation of church and state.<br><br>WTF? Having a paid government employee as a de facto sympathizer to a religion is clear violation of the Constitutional provisions of separation of church and state.

WTF?

]]> By: casualobserver http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/comment-page-1/#comment-179490 casualobserver Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:40:59 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=28721#comment-179490 Does Bob Barr know that you are actually a counterfeit libertarian?.....i.e., freedom of choice as long as it conforms to your views only? Does Bob Barr know that you are actually a counterfeit libertarian?…..i.e., freedom of choice as long as it conforms to your views only?

]]> By: parochus http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/comment-page-1/#comment-179489 parochus Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:02:29 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=28721#comment-179489 Only an American would tell the Pope that Easter is not in the Old or New Testaments. But I'm sure that the Pope would respond to such insolent, uneducated arrogance with a knowing smile and a gentle "Buona Pasqua," which is etymologically closer to the original Greek. Only an American would tell the Pope that Easter is not in the Old or New Testaments. But I'm sure that the Pope would respond to such insolent, uneducated arrogance with a knowing smile and a gentle “Buona Pasqua,” which is etymologically closer to the original Greek.

]]> By: DaGoat http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/comment-page-1/#comment-179486 DaGoat Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:09:15 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=28721#comment-179486 Big deal. It's not like Obama thought he'd found the next Catholic Gandhi or something, he was just throwing Caroline a bone for being a faithful party hack and JFK's daughter. Big deal. It's not like Obama thought he'd found the next Catholic Gandhi or something, he was just throwing Caroline a bone for being a faithful party hack and JFK's daughter.

]]> By: D. E.Rodriguez http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/comment-page-1/#comment-179484 D. E.Rodriguez Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:49:18 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=28721#comment-179484 Jazz, I agree with you.<br><br>A Catholic who happens to agree with women's free choice and who happens to abhor pedophile priests<br><br>Happy Easter Jazz, I agree with you.

A Catholic who happens to agree with women's free choice and who happens to abhor pedophile priests

Happy Easter

]]> By: CStanley http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/comment-page-1/#comment-179481 CStanley Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:11:07 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=28721#comment-179481 I'm so glad that we've moved beyond that belligerent cowboy mentality on international relations that dominated the last eight years. I'm so glad that we've moved beyond that belligerent cowboy mentality on international relations that dominated the last eight years.

]]> By: PattonGuy http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/comment-page-1/#comment-179479 PattonGuy Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:43:34 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=28721#comment-179479 <em>"The Pope! How many divisions has he got?" -Joseph Stalin</em><br><br>Let me point out that the ambassador to the Vatican is not actually an ambassador to a church, but rather the ambassador to the State of the Vatican City. “The Pope! How many divisions has he got?” -Joseph Stalin

Let me point out that the ambassador to the Vatican is not actually an ambassador to a church, but rather the ambassador to the State of the Vatican City.

]]> By: GeorgeSorwell http://themoderatevoice.com/28721/why-do-we-even-need-a-vatican-ambassador/comment-page-1/#comment-179478 GeorgeSorwell Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:13:03 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=28721#comment-179478 I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter. I hope everyone has a wonderful Easter.

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