There is enough stuff stashed away under the Vatican to fund thousands of Papal visits....Churches always plead poverty, but they never go without

Keeeeel heeeeeeemmm!!!!

tut, tut. Calm down. Put an apron on him and make him do CDWM.  

I dont care if he comes or not as long as he doesn't interfere with my jollies up to Scotland. 

He's known for interfering with people's jollies.

ive heard as much

so what?  He has an opinion. You should be acknowledging that, you do and have had an opionion for years.

Maybe, cologne, but I don't go around saying that he's threatening the future of the planet. That's what he's said about LGBT people. There are opinions and then there is venturing perilouly close to hate speech imo.

I can't believe anyone on this forum knows this Smarty!  (And apologies to anyone about to go to church this morning.)

  I cannot believe the opinions here. Is there no respect for any religion ?

I am the Pope.   Worship me and enter Paradise 

Here ya go Pete, have a ride in the forum truck

Tut Tut..

Ignorance is a pain in the arse...

I wouldn't know.  I'm infallible

I have respect for a person's faith. I have NO respect for organised religion whatsoever. I have even less respect for an antiquated faith that worships an old man who with many of his predecessors' have opressed women, children and caused all sorts of problems in their name.

The silly people who go to him wanting a blessing, thinking that somehow they will be exhaulted are  deluded and wasting their money.
The Catholic Church has a lot to answer for...

Only if I can drive

**sits with isadora**

Opium of the masses. I have absolutely no respect for any sort of organised religion. If you have your own private faith then that's up to you. To suggest that I would respect something that does nothing but control and cause wars seems, in my mind, mental.

However I do have a great and unshakable faith that bateman is the pope .

It's the opinions of his cat that worry me PC. Bet he brings it with him and it takes a dump on Jononos hearty beets

You can kiss my ring if you wish 

Nons

The Pope loves a good balcony an' all

all the best ones have balconies in their story

 I'm leaning against mine now.

every one is entilteled to religous views so long as they don't impinge or harm others. the catholic church is, imo, a disgrace and should give up all their riches and do penance for ever more.
Further to that I am enraged that the tax payer is expected to foot the bill for him coming to the UK when none of us were asked. did we have a vote on this? a referendum? no we did not. we have a recession of mamouth proportions, we have housing shortages, we have poverty we have schools needing repairs, it goes on and on. imagine what that money could be spent on, the NHS for a start, there is more chance of miricles from it than the vatican, thats for sure.

I would rather watch him give Ann Widdecombe a run for her money on Strictly.

I recoil from all forms of organised religion. I'm an aetheist but I would not decry someone their faith - not everyone is mature or secure enough to accept this life is it and need to cling to hope that there is something after.  THAT hurts no-one. 

I am incensed that my money is being used to fund this man's visit. And even more angry that it's disrupting anyones allotment access. This simply is not British. He'll be disrupting football fixtures next....

Will my prize be a bounty bar? 

Wouldn't put it past him

I have zero respect for organised religion as it's mostly a means of suppression anyway. The Catholic church do not advocate use of condoms even in this age of AIDs, they do not support birth control of any type,  even amongst the world's poor where many children are born into unacceptable poverty and disease. Religion is at the root of most of the  world's problems, I know for an individual a bit of faith can help in life and I don't have a problem with that on an individual to individual basis, I can understand that, but where doctrine and shame come into it I think it's abhorrent. It's not the pope's fault he was an old geezer who was indoctrinated into that life but he BELIEVES some mental stuff that clearly isn't true. Like original sin and virgin births for starters. Jeezus!

Do you think they've got some spare woods to help me construct my raised beds? he could bring it wiht him (his Holiness I mean)

Good post above that one Jonono, I agree with

Aaahahahahaaaa.....how did I miss this? 

I think if the pope pooed on my beetroot that would at least be some help. A bit of holy fertilizer.

and his Holy water wouldnt go amiss.

He is famous for his beet defecations! 

I'm sure he's full of holy crap

beet  defecations!! I like it!!!