Pope warns UK leader on gay rift

Pope warns UK leader on gay rift
Saturday, October 4, 2003 Posted: 1725 GMT ( 1:25 AM HKT)

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -- A visibly tired Pope John Paul has told the new Archbishop of Canterbury that allowing openly homosexual clergy in the Anglican communion was a "serious difficulty" on the path to Christian unity.

The 83-year-old pope had difficulty reading his speech in English on Saturday at the first visit by Rowan Williams to the Vatican.

Williams, who was appointed last year, and the pope met privately for only 10 minutes ahead of the public part of the visit, which was open to a few reporters.

The private part was apparently kept short because of the pope's health. According to a papal aide, the pope started the meeting by asking Williams about "the situation in your church."

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/10/04/pope.reut/index.html

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I just received an email saying that the pope has declared he is not going to last much longer and to pray for him! Where does this guy get this type of guts when he's on the way out? hahaaaaa

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he ain't dead yet as we can see I guess! hahaaaa

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I am gay, but I am grateful for one thing this Pope did: Come out against the invasion of Iraq.

what the pope thinks-thats why we're not Catholic. Duh.

God bless the Pope. He is good.
I pray that he does not suffer in his passing.

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Is that alright with everyone? (Mods?) I sure don't want to be an "anti-Catholic bigot" and offend anyone in the DU community. Surely, comparing the duties of the Pope to that of a "religious mafia kingpin" is far more offensive than "Fuck the senile old bastard." After all, he is a dying man.

Have a look:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=456913&mesg_id=456913

C'est la Vie. Your forum, your rules...