The Pope’S Groupies?

[naomi24]

//Pope Francis was mobbed by a group of overexcited nuns, let out from their convents during his visit to Naples.

Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe could be heard through the microphone urging restraint and making lighthearted commentary in a Neapolitan accent.
“Sisters . . . Later. . . . well would you look at that. And these are the cloistered ones. Just imagine the non-cloistered ones,” he said, provoking laughter among the crowd gathered in the cathedral.
“They are going to eat him! Sisters . . sisters!” //

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/the-pope/11488383/They-are-going-to-eat-him-nuns-stun-Pope.html

Ahhh…. look at his little face. One Direction, eat your heart out! :o)

[tamborine]

Ratter, not the old chestnut. I can only say speak of what you have seen, as I do.

[RATTER15]

I agree Tambo, but would you actually know if there was abuse going on their, they don't put it up on the noticeboards! I am also not suggesting it did go on there.

[RATTER15]

*there

[gness]

Old chestnut?...My goodness!

Khandro.....NO nun should be evil.

[tamborine]

I was a boarder & we had corporal punishment. I never saw nuns gleefully beating up anyone but if we disobeyed rules we could expect the cane.

[tamborine]

Gness, my convents were in the far & middle east, plus in Liverpool, Chester & Sussex. I was never mistreated nor caned.

[tamborine]

As for Stephen Fry #$€£₩¥# eeejit, if ever there was one. What has he done for the welfare of orphans, sick & neglected people?

[gness]

Well he's never taken pleasure from hurting them, Tambo.

[RATTER15]

Lol Tambo, you are in the minority there, no one has said he has done anything specifically for them, he has just brought the Catholic church to task by pointing out a lot of facts to prove that Catholicism is not a force for good! it was an excellent debate, you should watch the full debate from both sides.

[tamborine]

As I said, gness, Ireland has me foxed. I dont disbelieve the reports from there but they are a lesser percentage of RCs.

[ummmm]

Why do people try and defend the indefensible?

[tamborine]

Ive seen it Ratter but SF opinions are those of the minority.

[tamborine]

Ummm am I wrong in recalling you had your kids educated in RC school?

[ummmm]

Yes...my son still attends an RC school, the same school I attended. I'm a Catholic. What's that got to do with anything?

[naomi24]

Khandro, you’ve missed something vitally important in what Gness and Ratter are saying. The experiences they relate weren’t limited to thrashings….

//........hurting us was for our own good......they said........to make us good children for Jesus and God......they said....Don't you want to go to heaven and sit at God's right hand......they asked.....//

….sustained mental abuse - which continues to be the way of all religion.

tamborine, //As for Stephen Fry #$€£₩¥# eeejit, if ever there was one. What has he done for the welfare of orphans, sick & neglected people?//

Have a look.

https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/stephen-fry
He’s no idiot.

[tamborine]

Youre quite discernable ummm, am surprised you chose an RC school if you find RCs so despicable.

[Khandro]

Though not Catholics, we put our daughters into a convent day school when they were aged 6 and 8 because the alternatives were so dire. Now in their 40's they still speak of "Sister Bridget" with affection and some awe. She was very strict, but there was no corporal punishment and they learnt so much in the space of the two years there.
My friend who is a Catholic, put his elderly mother in a convent care home in Cheltenham where she was nursed to the end of her days, being treated well with care and respect, always addressed as "Mrs K...." and not "Dear". She was very happy there and loved having the religious dimension to her final years.
Those are my only two first hand experiences.

[Carakeel]

Well, I guess I had better put my two penneth in, especially as I have been mentioned. In my childhood years I met several really lovely nuns and priests and one of my best friends in life was a Bishop. But these people were good people, not because of their religion, but despite their religion - at least in my view!On the other hand, at the age of just 10, I also experienced regularly being given lashes with a thin bamboo cane on the back of my legs, my buttox and on my knuckles by Ursuline nuns and later being repeatedly physically abused by a priest in my own home at just 13 years of age. The nuns were immensely conniving and cruel at times, treating me with disgust when I first got my period, calling me filthy and dirty and mocking me in front of the other children. I was so upset I wet the bed one night and was sent to class with my soiled knickers pinned to my skirt, so the other children could see what I had done. As it later turned out, I was quite ill and the bed wetting was a part of this. Abuse was hidden from my parents by abusers lying to them. I was told that I would be sent to burn in hell for eternity if I told anyone, so out of fear, I didn't. In fact, I didn't tell my mother until I was 38 and had been told I was dying of cancer. So, am I still a Catholic or do I still believe in God or anything these people told me at the time? Simple answer - No, I am now proud to say I am an atheist. And no, this does not make me a bad person. It makes me a free thinking, considerate, happy person, who no longer fears speaking out. Enough said.

[tamborine]

Naomi, Ive worked for several charities voluntarily but couldnt compare with the self sacrifice of those that give their lives freely to the welfare of others.

[Khandro]

ummm //Why do people try and defend the indefensible?//
To whom do you refer? I hope you are not suggesting that I am trying to defend the historic abuses described here.