Irish government does U-turn on papal state visit in 2012

[BlueSapphire]

Appearing before the Irish Foreign Affairs Committee Eamon Gilmore, The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs,has stated that the Irish government would welcome a State Visit from Pope Benedict XVI,reversing recent public statements that they had no interest in such a visit.

RTE report:

‘The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs has said he is in no doubt that should Pope Benedict XVI wish to make a State visit to Ireland that it would be responded to positively by the Government.’

‘Eamon Gilmore was addressing the Foreign Affairs Committee on the closure of embassies in the Vatican,Timor and Iran.

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[BVM_1221]

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One notes this sentence in the article…:coffeeread:

“Or could it be that the tourist industry has told Enda Kenny that without Pope Benedict visiting Ireland in June 2012 the International Eucharistic Congress will not fill Dublin’s hotels and restaurants,at a time when Ireland is desperate to attract foreign currency?”

Why am I not surprised

 

[saveusfromhell]

One notes this sentence in the article…:coffeeread:

“Or could it be that the tourist industry has told Enda Kenny that without Pope Benedict visiting Ireland in June 2012 the International Eucharistic Congress will not fill Dublin’s hotels and restaurants,at a time when Ireland is desperate to attract foreign currency?”

Why am I not surprised

it’s hard to understand what you mean. would you have been happy to see the pope not come to ireland or you implying something about irish people and money.
as i say just unsure where your coming from.

 

[Irish_Polock]

it’s hard to understand what you mean. would you have been happy to see the pope not come to ireland or you implying something about irish people and money.
as i say just unsure where your coming from.

I think that the quoted sentence implies that the secular side has conceded with the religious so that money can be made from the tourist that the Pope might attract.

 

[LiveCatholic]

I think that the quoted sentence implies that the secular side has conceded with the religious so that money can be made from the tourist that the Pope might attract.

colluded?

 

[LiveCatholic]

it’s hard to understand what you mean. would you have been happy to see the pope not come to ireland or you implying something about irish people and money.
as i say just unsure where your coming from.

The secularist jerks in the Irish government who are strutting and playing hardball with the Catholic Church probably didn’t consider that they need the Vatican more than originally thought.

The quote-ers intent or ‘angle’ didn’t matter so much as the fact that the Irish government is making a bad situation worse, and needs to have its current direction arrested. Or else.

At least that’s my interpretation.

 

[Irish_Polock]

colluded?

Indeed. In all probability this might be a better word.

 

[BVM_1221]

it’s hard to understand what you mean. would you have been happy to see the pope not come to ireland or you implying something about irish people and money.
as i say just unsure where your coming from.

Perhaps you might want to re-read the whole article first?:coffeeread:

Second: try to avoid this bad habit that way too many people in this Forum have, that of trying to put words into peoples mouths, by mis-quoteing, miss-representation, and “have you stopped beating your wife questions”.:tsktsk:

I never said or implied that I would have been happy if the Pope came to Ireland. Or did not come to Ireland. :tsktsk:

That is up to the Irish politicians, who sooner or later have to answer to voters in Ireland. And the voters in Ireland are quite divided on this issue. The next parlimentary elections will provide quite a showopcorn:

Now, I did highlight ONE sentence from the report that I thought was interesting. But it needs to be read in thge context of the whole article.

Again, as for Irish People and money, that is not what the sentence was about. Not about ALL the Irish people, but about those engaged in the Tourist Industry. :tsktsk:

 

[Trishie]

Whatever reason, hopefully the Pope will be safe, and will give witness that touches the minds and hearts of even those opposed to his visit.

 

[saveusfromhell]

Perhaps you might want to re-read the whole article first?:coffeeread:

Second: try to avoid this bad habit that way too many people in this Forum have, that of trying to put words into peoples mouths, by mis-quoteing, miss-representation, and “have you stopped beating your wife questions”.:tsktsk:

I never said or implied that I would have been happy if the Pope came to Ireland. Or did not come to Ireland. :tsktsk:

That is up to the Irish politicians, who sooner or later have to answer to voters in Ireland.
Now, I did highlight ONE sentence from the report that I thought was interesting. But it needs to be read in thge context of the whole article.

Again, as for Irish People and money, that is not what the sentence was about. Not about ALL the Irish people, but about those engaged in the Tourist Industry. :tsktsk:

yeah i simply asked what you were implying not trying to put words in your mouth, i asked for clarification

And the voters in Ireland are quite divided on this issue. The next parlimentary elections will provide quite a showopcorn:

this is total rubish and will have minimal impact in the next election if any. as it’s so far away.

but about those engaged in the Tourist Industry. :tsktsk

this is what i suspected how can you know what THE people in the tourist industry think. the author of the article is surmising, there is no evidence of this wild accusation.please read the article again
it is more likely an effect of the bad press they recieved and their underestimation of how many people still follow the church.