Pope's visit challenged in Australia - 20 July 2008

[MegaGayjesus]

The sooner we are rid of religions and all their insane delusions the better!

[damageplanfan]

wasn't the pope in the hitler youth...

[MegaGayjesus]

@damageplanfan  Yes this vile shit head of a Pope volunteered to join the Hitler Youth!

[RockyBalboa211]

God bless the catholic church!

[MegaGayjesus]

@RockyBalboa211 God bless the Catholic Church and all the paedophiles who live off it!

[Hosea22]

Does anyone know how many people showed up to attend mass?

[lovetoski80]

Maybe as many as 400,000

[Hosea22]

That's alotta of wine and communion wafers...

=)

[phatnat28]

You are all a bunch of ignorants who make no sense. May God bless ya'll and shine his light upon you so you can see how great God is and stop talking BS...

[markbrave]

the followers of the catholic church are no more than brainwashed morons or robots!

let the truth be known,the bible that you follow was based on lies 2000 years old!!!

[theblob34]

yay spot on bud keep posting agaist these catholic sheep

[Ralphlauren0123]

i was there

[77ynck77]

W00t one video with people that I hate the most!

[prowler2]

one more thing....I understand that it is difficult to lead a true Christian lifestyle....but I understood why the Catholic Church teaches what it teaches....that if one follows the path..one would avoid problems....its a fact...that is the reason why I never committed an apostacy and remained loyal to the church....because no matter how much pressure this liberal influence world puts on the church..it does not change its beliefs...unlike other churches...not mentioning names.

[prowler2]

Liberals are a bunch of fools....it is their idealism that has led to current problems regarding sex. Do you actually believe that condoms will help..it is like saying that legalizing drugs will end that problem. Aids is a problem because people are following sinful lifestyles that lead to infecting not only themselves but innocent people as well. You must educate people and attack the problem at its source....that is..stop f**king around..it leads to diseases of all sorts. (sorry for profanity)

[aquamammal]

You're a fucking theist pissant. Ignorant about most shitte, but i don't think it's mostly your fault.

Fuck religion, fuck all theism. Ignorance kills.

XVX for lfie, R.A.S.H. 'til death.

[theblob34]

yes condoms will help they stop the exchange of bodilly fluids which carries the aids virus are you stupid, or do you belive in the non contriseption homosexual hating catholic dgma tell me

[foxx29]

Your insults and bad language show what class of person you are. You are incapable of a rational argument without descending into hysteria. Contraception is not a good thing, so stop pretending as if it will save the world and the Third world poor.If you want to save the poor, do what the Catholic Church does and work with the poor in the many orphanages,hospitals,schools,c­harities which the Church runs. How many charities do you support ? Angry words which are not backed by action are hollow.

[samten54]

We could mention Mother Teresa and how she denied pain relief and family visits for the dying. She actually said "The world is much helped by the suffering of the poor". She was ignorance personified and people think of her as a saint. Aids kills millions and still the church says condoms are evil. Blood is on the hands of those who deny reality. Of course the Catholic hierarchy care little for this world. All that matters to them is the next life. Care without wisdom is not real care.

[tonygem]

It's not a complicated matter. I can speak the truth about the catholic church with no anger at all. It's ultimately about justice, and so then the church should be recognized as a profoundly unjust and ignorant organization that has harmed millions of people around the world. It just simply deserves justice for it's offenses against humanity.

[bluenosedive]

Ha Ha " The Pope touched me down under" wow that is funny!!

[Random0000001]

hahaha

[jessigurl87]

I feel sorry for all of you who agree with those "lost" people in this video... i wish i had been there. my sis is there and we find it ridiculous what theyre trying to say! leave us alone! if we dont want to use condoms then so be it! u do ur thing, we do ours! geez!

[samten54]

Then stop influencing the third world with superstitious ideas that have caused the deaths of millions. The pressure on these poor third world people to not use condoms is killing them. Fuck your god and it's need to push it's crap on others. Happy little spoiled Christians in Sydney mean hundreds of orphans created each day in Africa. Take some responsibility for the cult you belong to.

[foxx29]

Wrong again,samten. You say you don't have hate or anger, and yet your language is filled with these ! Open your eyes and see how foolish your comments such as criticising Cardinal Pell for his statments on global warming. He is fully entitled to speak his views,and by the way there are many people (including many scientists ) who don't blindly follow that trendy dogma the way you do.If you were not so ignorant you would know the Church has always instructed us to be responsible for our world

[samten54]

What special qualifications does a person who believes in a magic invisible man have when it comes to science. Certainly you are right that all people have a right to an opinion. Cardinal Pell however as the head of the Catholic Church has many people who listen to his opinion. If global warming is caused by humans many people will not be part of the solution. Just think about the added danger this bigoted fool may have placed the world in. It was a very unskillful statement.

[Inkan1969]

When you use statements like "typical blind faith Christian" and "Religious people are not the sharpest knives in the draw", you don't have much credibility calling someone else a bigoted fool.

[alt173]

typical al-jizzera bias

[marioshriver]

where is the bias ?

[alt173]

anti-christian, pro-muslim, DUH!

[marioshriver]

I just dislake the kid's molester... no more

DUH! DUH! DUH! ^_^

[TRINITYisLOVE]

Progress must alway go hand in hand with moral growth. It is too easy to say that the problems of the world can be resolved with condoms. This is the same utopia as comunism or other ideologies. The teaching of the church are valid for the members of the chruch and nobody is coacted to be catholic. But in families ans tribes, where the teaching of the chruch are deeply ruted (no sex before marriage...), AIDS-rate has fallen down.

[raulitech]

i dislike the pope, and the catholic church.

[GodSaveThePres]

enlightenedawareness-wetpaint-­com

step into the light

[Jaibee27]

Desperately wanting to be relevant?? This reporter is ignorant and biased. Also those who blame the pope for AIDS in Africa are ignorant too. But God forgives all :)

[samten54]

God forgives nothing because god does not exist!!. If god exists he has no compassion for Africans but heaps of love for spoiled Western people. You are an unthinking typical blind faith Christian.

[Jaibee27]

half the population of America (one of the greatest and richest countries of the world) are African-American :)

And Jesus lived to save the sick and the poor. I pray that u will be healed as well.

[samten54]

Religion made a revival in America in the 1950's when the money included "In god we trust" and the oath of elegance was pushed forward. This was done to provide cannon fodder for the war on communism. Religious people are not the sharpest knives in the draw so to speak and one shouldn't be to proud to be part of the US killing machine. It worked as you say and people were only too eager to be "The first ones on their block to have their boy come home in a box".

[samten54]

The founding fathers of the USA mistrusted religion and for good reason. That is why they separated church and state. Even doing this was not enough to stop the problem. Religion is trying to take control and if it does freedom and democracy will finish. Death and suffering will cover the land under the pretense of doing gods will. Religion only gives power to pretenders.

[foxx29]

samten54, I pity you...your language is filled with anger and hate. Your comments are much too generalised and misleading.When you mention relgion being a threat to democracy, you only tell a half-truth.Aside from radicalised religions,such as Islamic fundamentalism,which are certainly unhealthy to democracy, you cannot say that Catholicism is a threat. Read the many Papal statements which espouse the rights of ordinary workers, the poor and marginalised,etc. Religions are not all the same.

[samten54]

Religion is an illness. Just one tiny example.....The head of the Catholic church in Australia, Cardinal George Pell, announced last week that in his opinion global warming was not man made. So stuff being responsible for the world because we are going to heaven and it wont matter. This man has no qualifications to make a statement about science. I think this is a most wicked and irresponsible thing to say whether it is true or not. I don't have anger or hatred. That is your projection

[Inkan1969]

For most people religion is no "illness". You're the one trying to project this on all religious people. Cardinal Pell's statement deserves rebuttal, but you shouldn't persecute every Catholic for this statement.

[Inkan1969]

Separating church and state is not the same as banning religion. Protecting freedom shouldn't require forcing people to give up their own religious beliefs.

[jessigurl87]

im wondering now if ur african american... hmmm... anyway... thats a stupid way to go about! geez! we're the ones spoiled? do u know who are the one who contribute most to the african americans? the catholic church! the ones who send priest there? the catholic church! the ones who pray for them? the catholic church! but nooooooo! u fucking greedy people want money! u want what the miserable western people have! and the reason i say miserable is cuz theyre not fucking happy!!!!

[TheSilhouette]

This is an apostate church which has usurped the real Catholic Church since Vatican II.

Sexual abuse by priests, and this abomination ("Woodstock for Catholics"!?), are just some of the symptoms.

[SirChadwic]

"The Pope touched me Down Under" That sign says it all!!!

[AirelonTrading]

"Wants to be popular"

That alone speaks volumes. Is it just me, but didn't Jesus say that his followers would NOT be popular with the world ...

[sarahcyn]

Funny how the African countries with the most active Catholic populations are the ones with the BEST success in defeating AIDS, isn't it.

[blunt1984]

Definately.

[naliuj]

can i get some statistics on that?

[wb678]

Muslim countries have better success.

Most Muslim African countries have HIV/AIDS infection rates lower than rich and developed Western nation

[TheMaster036]

Yes because everyone who has HIV in Muslim countries gets executed.

[wb678]

No.

It is because we practice abstinence and don't ban condoms and birth control.

Unlike Christians we don't approve of premarital sex and condemn the use of condoms.

[TheSilhouette]

"Unlike Christians"?

Are you seriously that ignorant, or are you just a fool?

[raulitech]

but what about the temporary marriages men make in arab countries just to have sex with the woman, then get a divorce immediately after to create a loophole in the pre-marital sex laws.

[marioshriver]

We are talking about PEDOPHILIA here.

[Khadijah4peace]

Temorary Marriage Mut'ah as it is known is Haram in Islam and has been It was praticed during the time of the Prophet SAW and allowed like alcohol for a while but then was banned, it is a practice of the Shia.

[wb678]

That's is banned in mainstream Islam.

[PauloGVieira]

Obviously no religion is safe from HIV.

[wb678]

Of course. There is HIV everywhere. But It would be good not adapt cultural habits that can stop countries from sharply reducing its spread.

[DevJL]

Good call,

If there is a god and he's so bloody concerned about making us wear rubbers then why doesn't he protect the people who obey his orders!

[PauloGVieira]

LOL you just made this up. This is a lie and you know it.

[bulluni]

Touched down under....that was funny!

[Peraj82]

Wellcome to Aus, Gay Pope

[PauloGVieira]

Im sure Jesus would have preferred the money spent on World Youth Day to go to the poor. I am sure Jesus would be absolutely disgusted with the Vatican today.

[ratonnewmex]

got that right PGV! got that right...can you believe that white trash pedophile? to think that millions and millions WORSHIP SATAN in disguise!

[jessigurl87]

(sigh) u people tire me out!!! okay.. we give the money to the poor... now what? no more poor? ha! know what? instead of sitting on your ass all day complaining that we dont give to the fucking poor, why dont u go join a group and go to africa, help them out, and THEN u can complain all u want that no one does the same! because otherwise all you are is a fucking hypocrite u lame ass!!

[PauloGVieira]

In the Bible Jesus tells a rich man to sell all his belongings and work towards his example. I have been to the Vatican City and I can tell you that their assets number in the billions, do you think Jesus would be happy with this?

I have been to Africa, my work has been with Oxfam and they are a secular organisation. I have had to work with Christian aid groups and when it comes to HIV they are pretty much irrelevant because of their beliefs.

[Jaibee27]

i dont understand y people think, just because of bible passages like this one, that Christians should b poor. Do u suppose because i am Christian i do not own a house?

If God calls me, or if i see a cause greater than myself, i would gladly sacrifice my time and my belongings and invest that money into the greater cause.

But if u think ill sell my home and give it all to a charity who spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on one tv commercial, then in ur eyes i am a bad person.

[Inkan1969]

That's the church's money, not the money of any individual. No single person gets rich the way televangelists get rich. I don't mind the institution having a lot of money to run things anymore than I mind a government having a lot of money to run things.

[PauloGVieira]

The institution? So you tell me how the billions of dollars worth of artwork in the Vatican is helping the institution "run things".

[Inkan1969]

Well, that artwork has made priceless contributions to humanity, contributions that the papal patrons might not even have anticipated. I'd say then that the art was Catholic money well invested. The money donated to Jim Bakker, that went to air conditioned doghouses.

[PauloGVieira]

What would make a priceless contribution to humanity is if the value of this artwork was used to eradicate poverty. I believe this and not the collection of art is one of the central tenets of Catholicism.

[Inkan1969]

I supposed you cheered when the Taliban destroyed the Bamiyan Buddhas.

[theblob34]

how about instead of paying ou bribe money to child abuse victims by the clergy , you put them in the hands of the police and give the bribe money to chairity what do you think

[mmmail1969]

1. The Church does not pay "bribe money", it MAY, where agreed with injured parties, make financial payment for (part) suffering, as is common legal practice. 2. No amount of money can ever make the real issues here right. 3. If police wish to pursue a matter, that is a matter for the police. 4. Victims of abuse should not allow the mistakes of a person to seperate them from Christ and his Earhtly body, the Church. Do not make lite of these matters the are painful to the RCC, itself a victim.

[theblob34]

excuses made by you for a corrupt, child abusing church, if you want to cover up and lie for your church then your as bad as the rest of them.

[surefreemind]

Is the Pope above the law? All the child-molester Catholic priests in Australia (& USA) were not prosecuted & they also get to retain their title of Cardinal/Bishop!

Will the child-fucker priests get to go to Heaven?

[coralarch]

Oh, yes, they'll get to Heaven. All they have to do is go to Confession, and bingo! Heaven is in the bag!!! Confession is a sort of after-life insurance.

[bulluni]

I hope that was sarcasm...

[coralarch]

bulluni Moi? Sarcastic?? Actually, yes. I hate the Vatican and all it represents. The current Pope looks like Uncle Fester with a wig, but I wouldn't trust the old shit as far as I could kick him...

[jessigurl87]

*making a silent prayer* ... God help you

[coralarch]

jessie, thanks so much for your kindly, loving wishes!

[chris7777777777777]

making a silent prayer is lazy and without effort. Prayer is suppose to accompany words.

[Valelacerte]

The Pope's visit cost Australians $100,000,000!!

[Jaibee27]

we can afford it. Money well spent :)

[PauloGVieira]

Well the Vatican can afford it too!

[jessigurl87]

*and your point is....?????*

[rozadabia]

Does that mean church denies the right to use condom but have illegal sex???

Can someone reply me?

[chris7777777777777]

people are stupid, OK the catholic opposes condoms... Who cares, use them anyway, get over it.

[jessigurl87]

*sigh* i hate imbeciles

[justletuslive]

"He apologized" to justify what happened.

[MementoExpose]

"hi, sorry my men f*cked your children, goodbye!"

[ahmshabibi]

mementoexpose: LOL

[samten54]

The Catholic church was never relevant. It has caused more human suffering than it cured since it began. Banning condoms, child sexual molestation and the denial of science are its special qualities. The head of the church in Australia, Cardinal George Pell, a bigoted homophobe announced last week that in his opinion global warming was not man made. So fuck being responsible for the world because we are going to heaven and it wont matter.

[coralarch]

Pell Pot is an imbecile, but so are all the Christians who refuse to see that our planet is groaning for relief from man-made disasters..

[jessigurl87]

(sigh) in reply to your stupid "condom" comment u had... catholic church doesnt FORBID anything u idiot, they RECOMMEND for us not to use condoms... reason why is none of ur business! but the most thing they recommend us not to do is not to have sex before marriage period! which by the way, if u must know, abstinence is the BEST way to prevent diseases u idiot! but just because cuz are hornballs they prefer stupid condoms!

[PauloGVieira]

Wow you just sum up everything that is wrong with the Catholic Church and its supporters in this one post.

I am Spanish and Portuguese so dont lecture me on what the Catholic Church does and does not say, I am from the Crusader states.

[jessigurl87]

**yawn**

[mmmail1969]

Keep hanging on to events of centuries ago, which in truth you'd no f'all about -good excuse for doing nothing in life...

[PauloGVieira]

LOL, the Australian nouveau riche is telling me that I know nothing about the Crusades!

You know that the Vatican is living on borrowed time, those old men have about 20 years before they all die off. The truth hurts.

[mmmail1969]

Really, OK, come back here in say 21years - I'll put all I got on the RCC still being around! Obviously, you know nothing full stop!

[PauloGVieira]

Are you seriously telling me the men in their 70s and 80s that now run the Vatican will likely live for another 21 years? I respect that you believe in some sort of god but this is just plainly ridiculous.

[mmmail1969]

No, but I do predict that as currently serving Senior Vatican Clergy retire, the Church will continue the 2,000yr old practice of replacing them with "another member of the clergy". sshhh, it's a supa supa secret...let's not tell anyone....

[CubanodePlacetas]

I do not think you should be waisting your time with PauloGVieira, I have never seen a bigger moron!

[mmmail1969]

1. Pell is as entiteled as you to an opinion. 2. Re global warminf, Pell said he a skeptic, ie, was yet to be convinced, NOT, that was not prepared to be convinced. 3. RCC caused more suffering - please evidence this statement with fact? 4. Does that suffering include all the hospitals, schools, aged care facilities, counselling services, shelters for the homless etc etc- which even a dumb arse like you could use and probably will one day!