Yesterday an elderly Roman nun stopped on the street, to tell me angrily that she did not approve of Pope Francis.
In the above picture she is pointing at The Vatican as she goes into a tirade about the Pope and the current state of the church
I was sitting at a cafe near the Vatican walls having an early morning Aqua Frizzante when she approached me.
As she spoke fast and in Italian I did not understand much of what she said.
She appeared to be in her late 70s and I imagine she has given 50 or 60 years to the church and and is now disillusioned by all the terrible scandals.
Of course she is not alone. Many elderly people are disillusioned by the corruption and scandals.
So many elderly people have said to me – “When I go Mass now I keep wondering all during the Mass where the priest where the priest and his hands were last night”
It reminded me of a true story I heard from a priest’s mistress one time.
She slept with him several times a week and attended his Mass everyday.
When she went to Communion, instead of saying “the Body of Christ, he’d say “Christ, what a body”!
That level of cynicism is shocking
Many Catholics are angry and disillusioned.
Looking at the size and pomp of The Vatican this week I just know, deep in my heart and soul, that Jesus never intended any of it.
How did we ever get from Bethlehem and Narareth to The Vatican and it’s great wealth?
In Jesus God walked with men and women.
The Vatican is the symbol of what happens when men walk away from God.
BISHOP PAT BUCKLEY 
53 replies on “ROMAN NUN SAYS FRANCIS IS CACA.”
Pat, you’ll remember from your theology lectures that post- Resurrection it’s the Glorified Body so splendid churches and the Vatican are right homage to the Glorified King to which humans must give the best of the best. The Bethlehem stable was the lovely start but not the finishing point.
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EVERYTHING started and ended at Bethlehem and Golgotha.
Rome is a thundering abomination.
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😆👍
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12.52: You’re an abomination Buckley – a bully, a vindictive, vengeful, nasty person. Look at your own ugliness.
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Have you read the Gospel according to John at any stage either as a seminarian or after ordination? The Jesus of John is so exalted from prologue to epilogue that his feet rarely, if at all, touch the ground, as the Jesuses of the Synoptics do.
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I think the resurrection is best seen in nature. We don’t need to gild the lily. The world is charged with the glory of God. The new baby, the sunset.
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Pat, that old chestnut! That joke is well past its sell-by date.
As for why an Italian nun would select you, a non-Italian looking priest, to vent her spleen against Francis in Italian when there are hordes of Italian speaking clergy to choose from – Well, it makes for a good tale! It looks more like she was giving you directions.
But as for Francis being caca…………………
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1:04
Has anyone ever told you that you’re a fool?
No?
That’s cos you don’t get around enough.😆
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7.35: Many people have told you, Magna, that you are a THE FOOL par EXCELLENCE. You surpass the meaning of the word with your outpouring of scornful ‘caca’…your brain either up Wikipedia or up your backside, more the latter, sadly. You nasty vermin.
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Internet troll alert!
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Pat. What on earth are you doing in Rome when you detest the R C Church? Are you causing trouble or are you on to a story? Have you been mistaken as a real Bishop yet? PS Gorgeous is in Rome with his sister this weekend. I hope that he doesn’t bump into you anywhere you shouldn’t be as a Catholic Priest, Roman or otherwise.
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7 35: Plank head, drunken Carta – back to his usual abuses. A pitiable, irrelevant idiot.
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So you speak on behalf of an Italian Nun. Why would she give Pat directions when he said he’s staying just outside the Vatican walls. Would you need directions to the Vatican from there?
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Why? The dear sister was shocked to see a halo ( of the living ) surrounding the head of Bishop Patrick. She just had to speak to him.
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Bishop Patrick, did you engage with any conversation with her?
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Caca or Gaga?
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Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Good to see you looking so well Pat.
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Bishop Pat, God bless.
Take care of yourself.
And enjoy your Roman venture.👍
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Couldn’t agree more +Pat. The Vatican is a complete and utter abomination as are many of its footsoldiers and generals
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10.17: You may as well read the gutter tabloids as read this blog…your comment is trailer trash. You need to get out and about, way beyond the cynicism, narrowmindedness and vindictiveness of this blog. Or get a brain.
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But you’re reading it yourself…
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He is getting out and about. He’s at the Vatican. We wouldn’t want you to suggest that it’s trailer trash would we?
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Why as an ex-Catholic are you obsessing about our Church? Don’t you have your own.
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The Vatican seem obsessed with Him. Why elsexwpuld they drag him their and treat him like a Prince of the Church
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2.55
Is English your first language?
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Mad auld wagon a nun! 😂 Hilarious though that she turned on you of all people (if that is what actually happened of course).
Bit like the Proddies in Norn Irn, when they go across to “the Mainland”, and all the Brits call them “Paddy” 😂
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I suppose when she saw a Bishop mixing like everyone else at a Cafe in Rome she saw her opportunity – wouldn’t you? When did you last see a Bishop sitting outside with the plebs?
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“… where the priest and his hands were last night.”
At least we know one pair of hands belonged to the truck-stop-papa up the A1.
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11.44: You are a pervert yourself. No doubt you’d be a beneficiary of said services!! You utter fool. Piece of crap.
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Pat, I don’t believe that this stranger nun said anything of the kind to you. Who can verify the conversation? You are a dangerous individual. You expect us “fools” to believe a perchance encounter with a nun in Rome ends up saying what you allege she said…Did you flash your ring at her to get attention because anytime I sit at a table in Rome in my clericals, no nun or any one ever stops to talk to strangers. Methinks you are l-y-i-n-g …..big time!!
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Obviously you must be lacking in the charisma and approachability dept?
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Everywhere I go I get speaking to lots of people. The other day on the Borgo Pio we sat beside a young Greek couple and had a two and a half hour animated conversation.
The whole point about clericals is to be a witness and to let people know they are free to approach you.
Even the paedophile priests and bishops have not totally destroyed all trust so far.
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3.28: More and more you are becoming a bigger fool and idiot. Your ego is monstrously out of order. Your are shallow, empty and pathetic. Who the f**k would stop to talk to you with that face??😁😁😁…You’d make a convincing Roman clown. Now you mock, jeer and belittle a strange nun who foolishly stopped to have a civil chat….and your attitude is to ridicule her. You are a fool. A fool full of pretentions. Fall into the Tiber…..
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That’s your problem if you don’t believe it! How sad is it that you feel you have to go to Rome and sit outside Cafes in your Clerical gear to get attention. You are obviously consumed with clericalism
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12:00pm. Ouch I seem to have hit a nerve. If not having a brain means that I have been able to wake up and see the RC church for what it is- a complete and utter amount of caca. Just think 12:00pm, if I had a brain like u suggest I might even call it worse ya balloon
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4.24: I suggest you go back to English classes. You are a dim wit. Get out to the real world and you’ll find some exceptionally kind clerics. Just open your eyes. I thank God for the many who inspire, encourage, care for and give faithful witness to God’s people. Many go about their work quietly without public acclaim and give generously of themselves. You moronic plonker – get the behind me, Satan!!
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That auld doll Pat doesn’t look very happy.
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She is giving off about Francis and immigrants.
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The Muslims will conquer Rome.
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Well said Bishop Buckley. Money is the root of all evil as any church says or sorry. …. used to say.
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Nonimpressed Nunnie Negates Papal Popularity as thauld Rag might say. Is it any wonder the Flowers in Frocks are as frustrated as the flutes in suits. They are as infected and affected as the clergy are. Sure some of them have been on the hamster wheel longer than some of the padres hi. They know nothing else Time for superpriest to bring out example prayer and parable hi.
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5:27. Bit catty this evening aren’t we!! Yes I have no doubt that there are kind and good clerics going about their business but even a dimwit can see that there are evil monstrous satanic people both posing as genuine clerics and being protected by a rotten system that supposedly professes Christ. There are men, I will say it again so that you understand, men who are leaders of your church living in mansions off the back of the poor, protecting pardophiles and adulterers. Men who have carried out unspeakable acts against others under the guise of RC priests and bishops. Spare me your faux outrage you fool and direct your get behind me Satan comment to those in your church who continue to carry out emotional, physical and sexual abuse whilst pretending to be men of God. Direct your comment to the bishops, cardinals and Francis who continue to allow this shit show to prosper. Waken up you fool to what is going on around you. Are you blind to the truth? Are you blind to facts? Or, do you just choose to ignore them. Pull me up on grammar all you want. I welcome your constructive criticism. Perhaps, however, you would do better to acosta the abusers in your church or do you not have the cocones? Waken up fool and see the light of God
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7.59: Oh my, how you learned your English!! Rather a great lesson in nasty cattiness. I assure you Mr. Smart, I know my conscience. I know right from wrong. I know the truth and the facts about the Church I belong to. As a lay participant I try to make my community better by my involvement. I recognise the wonderfully good men and women I see in the Church. The horrendous abuse by some should never negate their excellent, unfailing witness to Christ. Open your eyes. Don’t be so smug. Those who sit behind a keyboard are the ones who generally do least for others. The look on, sit on the fence, judge and condemn and are biased, prejudiced and nasty.
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It’s very ignorant of you Pat to deceive this nun. Even more ignorant to post her photo on your blog – without her permission. You don’t care about people’s privacy. I hope she told you to f**k off!
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The nun humbled me by kissing my ring. I begged her not to. And I kissed her hand to honour her years of service.
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8.12: Pat, humlity is not a virtue in your spiritual lexicon. Absolutely not. You are indeed a paradigm of total contradictions and hypocrisy.
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Investigate St Nicholas Church in Bristol! LGBT seminarian
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And…? So what…? He’s only following in the footsteps of the ex-dean of the cathedral in Clifton, now an Army chaplain, surely ? Monsignorial purple courtesy of Gamarelli by day, 501s courtesy of Levi by night. Oh, sorry, I am being a bitch, aren’t I ?
But seriously. If this guy is LGBT, that’s fine. If he wants to be a priest, then under present arrangements, he is required to be celibate. So, as long as he is celibate, and that is honestly the case and he is not just fooling himself and us, then he should be fine. But, if he plays away when not being watched, then that is not healthy for him or for us. It just feeds in to dysfunction and hypocrisy, which we don’t need any more of. So, if there is a problem, then somebody who cares for him should lay out, in charity,the facts and the requirements expected if he is to continue to priesthood. If he can’t honestly live that, then he needs to have the honesty and integrity to recognise that and do something else. Otherwise it will be an unhappy experience of him and for us, the Church.
Enjoy Rome, + Pat. Better weather than Larne, I expect ? You wouldn’t be sitting out in Larne drinking aqua frizzante at this time of year. And glad to hear that Holy Mother The Church is showing you some recognition and respect ?
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I don’t agree. He went to gaymooth!
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8:24. For your information, I haven’t sat on the fence. I have confronted these people head on. I have challenged their hypocrisy to their face. I agree with you that there are good clerics. However they are in a minority. We all aspire to change people’s lives. Sadly quite a few of the rc motley crew have changed lives not for the better. Don’t be too worried about my English. Worry more about the poor and downtrodden and ask yourself how can a vicar of Christ live in opulence when there are people living in poverty. How can that same vicar of Christ cover up abuse? How can that same vicar of Christ look down his nose on people? Continue to make a change for the better in people’s lives and God will bless you. However do not ignore the continued abuse being carried out. As I have done, maybe you should get off the fence
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At 11:41
Most unlikely that a Clifton cleric went to Maynooth. Apart from your wish to disparage, how do you know this?
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Look up the seminarians on their diocesan website. Then google the one who spent time studying in Dublin.
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