The Pope and The Witch-Activism Alert

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Does anyone live near there? In addition to protesting, I would have someone there handing out flyers or literature explaining Catholic teaching and debunking the play’s claims. Since they claim to love a broad and diverse range of opinions, they should have no problem with it. Of course they probably will, so bring a camera and document the blatant hypocrisy.

Also contact the Alumni if you can. Universities love diversity until the Alumni stop sending in their wampum.

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This play sounds like a real stinker. The New York Times ran a review in 2000, and these some of the things it had to say about it:
The author is Dario Fo… and in ‘‘The Pope and the Witch’’ he takes dead aim at the highest levels of the Roman Catholic Church.
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And here he is battling for the church to change its opposition to abortion and to the legalization of drugs.
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And while ‘‘The Pope and the Witch’’ may raise hackles, as it did when presented in San Francisco a few years ago, this … may be savored as an example of Mr. Fo’s style and as a polemic worthy of attention …
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With the aid of some injections, the pope will be induced to dispense information, and by the finish back at the Vatican, evil machinations in the church hierarchy will be exposed.
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Does he really want the Church to legalize drugs? Does he realize that is not in the Church’s juristiction? This playwright is off his rocker to be sure, but I wonder if the reviewer read it correctly.
 
Cathy_of_Alex said:
The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in March 2007 has scheduled a blatently anti-Catholic play by Dario Fo called the Pope and the Witch. theatre.umn.edu/events/index.php?view_theatre_month=3_2007

Ray from MN has more detail on his blog on who to contact.

northlandcatholic.blogspot.com

Please join me in writing and protesting to stop this latest anti-Catholic attack.
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Isn’t the University of Minnesota a public school? Why infringe on freedom of expression? If you don’t like it, don’t go to see it.
 
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But they say it with violence which we are not saying here. That is the difference.

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Maybe, but it’s not a far step from saying “My interpretation of God’s will is the only valid interpretation” to saying that I will enforce my interpretation with force.

Force doesn’t necessarily mean direct action. It could be laws, regulations, boycotts, whatever.
 
cheese_sdc said:
Maybe, but it’s not a far step from saying “My interpretation of God’s will is the only valid interpretation” to saying that I will enforce my interpretation with force.Force doesn’t necessarily mean direct action. It could be laws, regulations, boycotts, whatever.
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We are not advocating force. I are just expressing out right to oppose in a non-violent way. That is not terrorism.

PF
 
WanderAimlessly said:
We are not advocating force. I are just expressing out right to oppose in a non-violent way. That is not terrorism.

PF
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True dat. I guess I just want to make the point that people are free, in this country, to express whatever opinion they care to have (no matter how much in error).

I would never want that right to be infringed, even by my own Church.
 
cheese_sdc:

You are correct and I agree with you. The U of MN has the right to stage whatever they please, but, I too, have the right to speak out against it.

I have absolutely no intention of seeing this play. However, I may show up outside with a protest sign. And, I am going to make my concerns known to the University administration.

Free speech is one of the many things that makes our nation great. But, when something is hateful we don’t have to sit idly by and take it without comment.
 
Scott_Waddell said:
Does he really want the Church to legalize drugs? Does he realize that is not in the Church’s juristiction? .
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The logic of your post stopped me cold. You certainly make sense, but how was I to reconcile it with the NYT review?

Fortunately, my local library had a copy of “The Pope and the Witch”. The author has the Pope, guided by the witch, undergo an awakening of his social conscience regarding illegal drugs and the miserable lives of addicts. He responds by issuing an encyclical calling for heroin and similar drugs to be legalized and distributed at affordable prices by all governments.
 
If this were a play about the Holocaust being a hoax, I bet we would see the freedom-of-speech crowd go mute.
 
Dale_M said:
The logic of your post stopped me cold. You certainly make sense, but how was I to reconcile it with the NYT review?

Fortunately, my local library had a copy of “The Pope and the Witch”. The author has the Pope, guided by the witch, undergo an awakening of his social conscience regarding illegal drugs and the miserable lives of addicts. He responds by issuing an encyclical calling for heroin and similar drugs to be legalized and distributed at affordable prices by all governments.
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Ahh, that makes sense now.
 
But frankly, I’ve never thought of the Church being all that anti-drug.

As long as people use in moderation (which for many “harder” drugs is impossible)…we really don’t emphasize that. It’s really an issue for governments…the Church doesn’t have a lot of anti-drug rhetoric, really.
 
cheese_sdc said:
True dat. I guess I just want to make the point that people are free, in this country, to express whatever opinion they care to have (no matter how much in error).

I would never want that right to be infringed, even by my own Church.
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:bowdown2: :clapping: well said!

I really appreciate your honesty, above the rhetoric of the others here.
 
cheese_sdc said:
Isn’t the University of Minnesota a public school? Why infringe on freedom of expression? If you don’t like it, don’t go to see it.
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That you can do a thing, does not mean you should do a thing!

If the U of M were to put on a play that impugns the dignity of the Jewish or Muslim religions, they would have already lost buildings due to fire bombings. Obviously, Catholics will not do such things, however neither shall we stand idly by while they plan to put on such tripe.
 
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