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LiberalFighter

(50,950 posts) Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:11 PM Feb 2013

What the hell is the deal with the helicopter at the Vatican?

Did they give the pope a special exit? They couldn't just drive him? I guess piety does not exist in the Catholic dictionary.

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What the hell is the deal with the helicopter at the Vatican? (Original Post) LiberalFighter Feb 2013 OP

When I saw the headline "Watch live: Pope flies from Vatican" MNBrewer Feb 2013 #1

Not having to shut down Rome for a motorcade is a lack of piety? davepc Feb 2013 #2

Exactly! marew Feb 2013 #10

Joe is channeling his inner Richard Nixon? smokey nj Feb 2013 #3

Benny-boy is going to ascend into Heaven as his last act of awesomeness? randome Feb 2013 #4

Trying to make a Dan Brown exit a la "Angels and Demons" Myrina Feb 2013 #5

Maybe they'll toss him out over the Med. Problem solved. nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #6

Seriously it's probably security, speculatively.. HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #7

BINGO! RC Feb 2013 #8

Have you driven in Rome? jberryhill Feb 2013 #9

Isn't this his normal way of traveling to Castel Gandolfo? FarCenter Feb 2013 #11

I guess you'd prefer the traffic jams due to a VIP motorcade nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #12

The obscene opulence in general makes me ill. n/t OneGrassRoot Feb 2013 #13

MNBrewer

(8,462 posts)

1. When I saw the headline "Watch live: Pope flies from Vatican"

Reply to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:14 PM

Feb 2013

I was hoping for something more like Sally Field in The Flying Nun, not a helicopter.

davepc

(3,936 posts)

2. Not having to shut down Rome for a motorcade is a lack of piety?

Reply to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:14 PM

Feb 2013

Okey dokey.

marew

(1,588 posts)

10. Exactly!

Reply to davepc (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:48 PM

Feb 2013

There are numerous bigger fish to fry here and, as a recovering Catholic, I am not crazy about the RCC but this is a non-issue.

smokey nj

(43,853 posts)

3. Joe is channeling his inner Richard Nixon?

Reply to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:15 PM

Feb 2013

randome

(34,845 posts)

4. Benny-boy is going to ascend into Heaven as his last act of awesomeness?

Reply to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:15 PM

Feb 2013

Myrina

(12,296 posts)

5. Trying to make a Dan Brown exit a la "Angels and Demons"

Reply to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:19 PM

Feb 2013

Sorry Poopy, not gonna make you a superstar ...

OldDem2012

(3,526 posts)

6. Maybe they'll toss him out over the Med. Problem solved. nt.

Reply to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:23 PM

Feb 2013

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)

7. Seriously it's probably security, speculatively..

Reply to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:23 PM

Feb 2013

they don't want him to be subject to local authority encountered off church property.

RC

(25,592 posts)

8. BINGO!

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #7)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:27 PM

Feb 2013

It would be kinda embarrassing to the Church, for the newly ex-pope to be arrested for his involvement in pedophiling.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

9. Have you driven in Rome?

Reply to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:47 PM

Feb 2013

FarCenter

(19,429 posts)

11. Isn't this his normal way of traveling to Castel Gandolfo?

Reply to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:48 PM

Feb 2013

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

12. I guess you'd prefer the traffic jams due to a VIP motorcade

Reply to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:51 PM

Feb 2013

That's better, right? This is practical, why heads of state use them.

Faux outrage here.

OneGrassRoot

(22,920 posts)

13. The obscene opulence in general makes me ill. n/t

Reply to LiberalFighter (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:53 PM

Feb 2013

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