Comments on: Will Queen Elizabeth give the pope a warm welcome next year?

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:27:37 +0000

Of course the meeting is against the Laws of Britain [1701 Settlements ACT] which does 3 things:(a) forbids any catholic from taking the throne of Great Britain(b) forbids “Protestant Monarchs” that have been crowned and then backslides and has communion or anything to do with the Roman Catholic Faith and or the Pope!and finally(c) it allows Citizens of these realms to be absolved of their allegiances with such a [backslidden]monarch..this of course includes paying taxes as they are collected by Her Majesty’s inland Revenue!http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/con tent.aspx?activeTextDocId=1565208.(a)And it was thereby further enacted That all and every Person and Persons that then were or afterwards should be reconciled to or shall hold Communion with the See or Church of Rome or should professe the Popish Religion or marry a Papist should be excluded and are by that Act made for ever [X1incapable] to inherit possess(b)or enjoy the Crown and Government of this Realm and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belonging or any part of the same or to have use or exercise any regall Power Authority or Jurisdiction within the same(c)And in all and every such Case and Cases the People of these Realms shall be and are thereby absolved of their Allegiance And that the said Crown andThe Queen from what I have researched on the internet has already forfeited her Crown as given in the above law by meeting with the Pope in the 80s there may be earlier records, anyway now there is an Embassy in the Vatican and in 2005 she had HOLY COMMUNION at Vespers in the main Catholic church in Westminster. ALL these acts of course disqualifies her see (b) from the Crown and affords Citizens the ability to absolve their allegiances from her.Yes I hear ya we are in an age of anti-discrimination Britain –not quite as NO NON CATHOLIC MONARCH gave the ROYAL ASSENT and the Prime Minister – Blair or Brown NEVER repealed it by following a Statue of Westminster – the Houses of Parliament cannot just undo it has to go round the commonwealth… .I say bring on the Royal Prince William! Although my MP favours a Republic!

By: bellowser

bellowser — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:41:51 +0000

Come on, skeptic, Tony Blair might not be Evelyn Waugh or G. K. Chesterton, former Anglicans converted to Catholicism, but he is quite bright. I attended one of his talks and was very impressed — as were my colleagues. He is excellent speaker and quite sharp.

By: bellowser

bellowser — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:37:07 +0000

skeptic,Come on, now, Tony Blair might not be as brilliant as Evelyn Waugh or G.K.Chesterton, former Anglicans converted to Catholicism, but he is quite bright. I attended one of his talks and found him facinating, as did my colleagues. He is quite sharp!

By: James Reginald Harris, Jr

James Reginald Harris, Jr — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:38:37 +0000

The meeting will be a profound gesture of example to those concerned in the matters of importance in spiritual leadership. It is certain to be a most gracious and productive meeting so far as these matters are concerned.

By: bellowser

bellowser — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:08:10 +0000

skeptic,Tony Blair is doing an excellent job at Yale University. He is very well liked!

By: james

james — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:29:44 +0000

“…Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor (the retired archbishop of London)….”Tom,Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor is the retired archbishop of Westminster, not London. The Eccclesiastical Titles aof 1851 (which favors the Established Anglican Church) denies legal existence to territorial Catholic sees. That is, no Catholic diocese can have the same name as an Anglican diocese even though (according to recusant Catholics) those dioceses have been borrowed.For that reason, there is no Catholic bishop of London, only an Anglican. It’s would be illegal for Catholics to have one. Such is life for Catholics in England.

By: skeptic

skeptic — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:53:49 +0000

Tony Blair should be the translator for their meeting: Who else can mediate like this confused man,being a former anglican converted to catholicism as a middle aged man- farse and deception all the way folks.

By: Peter K

Peter K — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:17:19 +0000

subject,Your reducing the argument only to matters of money proves you are a cynic.

By: James

James — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:12:01 +0000

Subject,Yes, it would be a meeting between two heads of state (I’m not entirely sure why that would be such a contentious point). And the Queen should take appropriate care at all times. I fail to see, however, why Her Majesty should suspend the rules of international diplomacy for this or any other state visit.

By: Tom Heneghan

Tom Heneghan — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:37:55 +0000

RN, tks, I dashed off that response and I stand corrected. But that still leaves two cardinals for Mario!