Pope urges respect for women during Mass in Jordan

[IndianaGreen]

Source: CNN

Pope urges respect for women during Mass in Jordan

AMMAN, Jordan (CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI urged greater respect for women Sunday at a historic Mass in the Middle East.

"Sadly, this God-given role of the dignity of women has not always been understood and esteemed," the pontiff said on his first visit to Jordan as pope.

"By its public witness of respect for women ... the Church in the Holy Land can make an important contribution to the advancement of a culture of true humanity and the building of the civilization of love," the pontiff said.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/10/pope.mideast.visit/index.html

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Of course, the "God-given role of the dignity of women" may not include floggins and wearing of the burqa, but does include being a baby factory and being barred from priesthood.

[polichick]

1. Pot. Kettle. Black. (Again.)

[marmar]

2. Respect women......just don't respect their rights. Right Pope Rat?

:eyes:

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. Inadvertent but possibly accurate OP. Respect ONLY during the Mass!

All other times....not important to him!

[No Elephants]

4. If there were respect for women during the Mass, women would be able to celebrate the Mass. They

aren't.

I wonder if the Pope will say that torturing and stoning gays to death is wrong? Or do we have respect only for some lives?

[JerseygirlCT]

18. Not even then.

Seen many R. Catholic women celebrating the mass lately? Yeah, me either. That's why I'm now an Episcopalian!

[east texas lib]

5. One could only hope to respect women as much as the Pope and his church do.

Honest!

[SkyDaddy7]

6. DO WHAT!!!!!????

The Bronze Age Master in a clown suit is calling for respect for women? This no different than claiming he is pro-life yet tells people in Africa condoms are evil and not to use them!

I swear this Bronze Age crap is insane...Anyone who follows the Bible has serious issues they need to deal with, ANYONE!

[kimmylavin]

7. Where's our Scripture lady?

I'm SURE there's something in there about attending to the beam in thine own eye before the mote in thy neighbor's...

[left coaster]

8. "Pope urges respect for women during Mass in Jordan"

Yet another Onionesque headline..

[kiranon]

9. Right. Have lots of babies and stay with an abusive spouse.

[katmondoo]

10. OK for a 9 yr old child to be raped by her father and carry his twins

This Pope is a sick man, sick in the head

[onager]

11. Papal Robo-Defenders will show up in 5...4...3...2...

Wherein we will all learn, via cut-n-paste Wiki links, that the Catholic Church has ALWAYS respected women's rights.

Hell, we'll probably get a lecture...I mean, sermon...on how the Church INVENTED women's rights, and the current Pope is advancing said rights.

Usual Irrelevant Personal Trivia: last year I got the chance to go to Rome, fulfilling a lifelong wish. I was working in Alexandria, Egypt, so it was a fairly short flight.

Of course I took a tour of the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, etc. Our tour finished in St. Peter's Square.

Our tour guide pointed out the Egyptian obelisk in the Square, and went on to tell us that Xians were martyred there by the Romans.

And that was the end of the history lesson.

I endeared myself to everyone--insert SARCASM smiley--by pointing out what happened at the Square in 1943. After some leisurely sight-seeing, the SS rounded up 1900 Italian Jews and shipped them to Auschwitz. Right under the Pope's nose (or his windows, at least.)

Well, it was the end of the tour anyway, so they couldn't kick me off it...

:rofl:

[IndianaGreen]

12. but, but, didn't Pius XII send his Swiss guards out to protect the Jews?

Or was that the Swiss cheese he sent out?

:crazy:

[rug]

16. Here's a cut-n-paste.

on·a·ger (n-jr)
n.
1. A fast-running wild ass

Speaking of irrelevant personal trivia, I'm glad you enjoyed your tour.

[pipi_k]

13. Bullshit

It must make him feel special to say it, but he has no idea whatsoever on respecting women.

Piss on the Pope.

[Vidar]

14. There have been decent Popes. This is not one of them.

[dcsmart]

15. what does matter what this pope or any pope has say

is this day and age. look, there are some individual catholics i respect, dorthy day, founder of the catholic worker movement, archbishop romero, and other activist catholics, but beyond that what does it matter what the catholic church says. the institution has been a scourge on humanity almost since its founding.

[JerseygirlCT]

17. He sounds like he's echoing his predecessor - although

with less poetry.

It's always wrapped in hearts and flowers about the importance of women. What's underneath though is "so long as they stay in their place, don't make a fuss, and leave all the important decisions and work to us men."

[cosmik debris]

19. Wouldn't it be nice if he supported EQUALITY

in stead of just "greater respect."

But that's just not going to happen.

[TZ]

20. His idea of "god given rights of women"

The right to be broodmares who should be seen and not heard!

[cosmik debris]

21. It's tough to claim moral or ethical superiority

when you support the inferior status of 51% of the people.

I wonder if these are the same people who say that atheists don't have a solid moral or ethical foundation?

Hmmm?