Local Catholic Church leaders claim they haven’t seen a cent of it
By Kylie Stevens For Daily Mail Australia 23 Dec 2020,
The Vatican has secretly transferred $2.3billion to Australia in the last six years
Transactions peaked at $581.3m in 2017, according to financial crime regulator
Australian Federal Police investigating information received from Austrac
Shocked Catholic Church leaders claim they have no knowledge of transactions
Senior Catholic Church leaders have expressed shock over explosive revelations the Vatican has secretly transferred $2.3billion to Australia in the last six years, claiming they haven’t seen a cent of the money.
Figures released by Australian financial crime regulator Austrac have revealed more than 400,000 transactions have been made since 2014, sparking an Australian Federal Police investigati
Transfers from the Vatican to Australia rose from $71.6m in 2014 to $137.1m in 2015 before doubling again to $295m in 2016 and peaking at $581.3m in 2017.
More than $422m was transferred in 2018, an additional $491.8m in 2019 and $294.8m this financial year to date, The Australian reported.
An investigation into $2.3billion of secret transactions from The Vatican to Australia continues.
The individual recipients of the transactions haven’t been disclosed.
Australian Federal Police confirmed it continues to investigate information from Austrac about the Vatican’s transactions to Australia.
Several senior Catholic Church figures, who declined to be named, were stunned to hear about the transferred funds, claiming to the publication they had no knowledge or received a single cent.
The Austrac figures also revealed $117.4m was sent from Australia to the Vatican since 2014, including $7.5million to date in 2020.
The transactions were disclosed in response to questions from federal Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells.
‘In the light of the investigations at the Vatican into corruption, embezzlement and money laundering, with charges already being laid and Vatican officials suspended, we need to know where the money went,’ she told The Australian.
The Australian Federal Police is investigating transactions to Australia from the Vatican
Senior Australian Catholic Church leaders claim they haven’t received a cent of the secret transactions from the Vatican.
PAT SAYS
When it comes to RCC scandals it’s either sex or money or both.
It’s interesting that all this money started to go to Australia after Pell became the Vatican money supremo.
I thought countries around the world contributed to the Vatican.
Why would the Vatican be sending money to Australia?
Was it Vatican Bank money laundering or money clearing?
Will we ever know?
CHRISTMAS ARIA
CHRISTMAS BUZZ
BISHOP PAT BUCKLEY 
102 replies on “VATICAN BEING INVESTIGATED AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE OVER $ 2.3 BILLION IN SECRET TRANSFERS UNKNOWN TO AUSTRALIAN HIERARCHY.”
These are internal Church matters and no concern of Australia or indeed this blog. Australia should fix its miscarriage of justice-prone legal system before worrying about money transfers from one part of the global Church to another part.
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10.27
Your attempt at distraction has failed.
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10:30 am – I believe 10:27 am may have been using irony, sometimes referred to as sarcasm.
If not, it is either a Roman bishop or, somebody with a good sense of humour x
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🤑🤑🤑😂😂😂😂🤑🤑🤑 usual arrogance!!
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11:03am
Yes and don’t you just love it!!
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Victoria is more into injustice than Federal Australia.
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10.27 p.m what a stupid or harmful thing to say. Everything Vatican has always been of interest to everybody. I suppose 2 billion is pocket money to this commenter. Sinister, devious, vicious, which? And do you have some insider reason why this deal you know about mustn’t be looked at do you?
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Last Supper scuppered by Covid-19 police. Priceless.
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Think what you will of Cardinal Pell. I believe the man was set up by evil men in the Curia. This headline is yet another way to try and discredit the man and why? He was getting too close to the truth! He will not be the first Prince of the Church to suffer as a result of dirty tricks and he wont be the last. Sadly Pat you have fallen into the trap of helping those who are conspiring to bring him down by peddling what they want you to believe. They thought he would be nicely out of the way but not so. They thought the same and did happen of Albino Luciani.
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10.54
You, berk, are a living study in human paranoia.
Your expression, ‘Prince of the Church’, shows exactly how much a Roman-Catholic-clerical toady you are.
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You Englishman 10.28am do prove what an idiot you really sound. I thought 10.54pm raised very interesting points. Are you not the paranoid one?
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10.49
Your first sentence is illogical, but never mind.
If you thought the paranoid berk at 10.54 raised interesting points, then I needn’t point out the bleeding obvious about your character, too.
By the way, I’m a Northern Irelander born and bred, though to be fair to you, I do have English blood in my veins… from my father, a full-blooded Anglo-Saxon. And proud of it. Me, too.
So I suppose this makes me Anglo-Irish.😕 Well, of course it does.😃 Doubly proud, therefore.😊
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10.54 he was set up, as the parallel to something.
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I’m Anglo-Irish, too. I can proudly say 😊
My nanner, my Dad’s mammy, looks the double of Mrs Brown; that’s her nickname down our friendly local 😊
Whenever we knock at my nanner’s door, she always answers wearing a tabard with a dusting cloth hanging from the pocket 😂
“What the friggin’ ‘ell do you want, now, lad? I hope you’re not going to eat all my biscuits again and start moaning about that thick eejit of a bi4@h!”
— “Nah, nanner, I’m not here for your biscuits, I’m her to see you. Give us a big Christmas hug!” – “But since you mentioned biccies, can I have one, please?” 😋 x
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My take is, the reason Becciu got outed over something else (which he otherwise wouldn’t have be) is he OPPOSED this (once he discovered his underlings had deceived him over what it was about). The recent witnesses didn’t see it either. Note Victoria wouldn’t investigate. Why wouldn’t Victoria investigate?
Taking a random name out of a hat, the reason why Abp Nichols gets into deeper water than he wanted, is due to some strange factors operating on him. I by chance eyewitnessed how one of the archbishops was pliable to someone or other.
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Canon Matt Hep is my name, doing ____ is my game
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I’m beginning to think disreputable approaches by persons of alleged standing within the RCC to church personnel – including when in training – is less rare than I thought. If a bunch of people are doing it, perhaps it is because lots of bunches of people were always doing it.
It would now be exceedingly useful for example if a secular charity would survey all RCC priests, ex-priests and ex-seminarians about such approaches and, keeping their identity secret, would publish the names of all seminary staff during periods concerned, plus the VDs of other students at the time. (Even ringleaders among seminarians had someone put them up to it / egg them on.)
Those VDs and staff etc are material witnesses. A parallel survey could cover other institutions (Houses of this or that). These surveys should include “favour doing” in any circumstances. It’s strange that strong drink is considered an institutional necessity to church, e.g lovingly filmed ale sipping but no talk of ‘er indoors. The equivalent to small beer of old would be watered down shandy, not a necessity in days of good water.
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Jesus what gorgeous pooches. I wouldn’t mind one or two of those millions into my own account. Joke. I wouldn’t know what to do with it. I am happy as I am. Up a bit late tonight. After the bed now. Good night Pat.
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I think we should sharply criticise the taste in vestments of Aria & Buzz. I know where they are headed – lace next.
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12:41am!
What would you prefer. Denim?
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OMG! Aria and Buzz are absolutely adorable, Bishop Pat.
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I’m just sitting up, late, while editing some script blocks for a project I’m working on; and I have to say it’s looking pretty good, man!
Setting HTML5 doctype with XSLT in Stack overflow is one of them jobs which you either love or hate. I love it!
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Not sure what I’ll use for the body, but at least I’ll have the syntax and peripherals in a nice little neat and ready to use suite.
PUBLIC “XSLT-compat” is not out of date, guys! It does work – or maybe it’s just my Attention Deficit which makes this coding easy to incorporate into HTML, and some!
I dunno, it just works for me; I don’t question why 😊
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Please pray for the integrity of the investigation and the safety of officers investigating.
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Please pray @ 8:04 am –
Yes, indeed; let us pray for the well-being of all who hold genuine integrity who are investigating.
Let us also pray for, and encourage, the fostering of integrity within our Social Services and Civil Court systems 🎄 ⛄ x
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I have just risen from my scratcher. Time now for a lovely cup of tea and to begin the day.
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I’ve never understood the nonsense of seminaries, convents and monasteries of getting people up at the screak of dawn to prayer when they are half-asleep, irritable and hungry, none of which are conducive to prayer or a calm state of mind. I asked the Middle Dean in Maynooth if 7.15am was intrinsically holier than 8.30am or 9.00am. He had no answer except “it’s in the Rule”.
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I agree. We had to be in chapel for 7.30am. The guy in front of me always used to clench his butt cheeks to keep his balance. It was a distraction when you’re meant to be singing the Benedictus.
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Working people are on public transport at that time in the morning not walking down a corridor to close their eyes in public
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I hope Boris doesn’t give us BRINO.
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Huh?!😕
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BRexit In Name Only (BRINO)
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The charlatan put a border in the Irish Sea when he said previously that no British PM could ever agree to such a thing. Watch out for betrayal again
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2:49, London don’t care about Northern Ireland.
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2.49pm You get the message.
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Yes border in the Irish Sea that’s called Larne or Belfast Ports.
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We in Larne are becoming very, very important.
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Now we’ve won our freedom back from the Brussels bureaucrats, the next battle is to win our fundamental freedoms back from the lockdown fanatics in the Govt and SAGE to meet with our family & friends, take off the masks & allow all businesses to reopen. Let battle commence. 🇬🇧💪
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Delighted to see you using Sarum rite colours for your dog’s! Of course Sarum has often been followed by churches looking for a non-Roman source of Catholicism.
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Those who used Sarum were in full communion with Peter.
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Which doesn’t contradict my comment.
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There are Catholic clergy who have used Sarum on occasion with permission from their ordinary.
Dr. Sean Finnegan, an A&B priest has a Sarum mass that he celebrated on YouTube.
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Just finished Confessions. Time for lunch, a few gins, a bottle of expensive red and then bed until 11pm. Midnight Mass. Exhausting day for us Clergy.
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Have you had any nice prezzies for Christmas yet Bishop Pat?
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Not sure what prezzies actually means. Patsy usually dines on Christmas Day with a wealthy family with no expense spared I am reliably told.
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Pat has dinner at home every Christmas Day with his loved ones – a fully hone cooked dinner – as will be happening tomorrow. Will publish pics of the meal 😃
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1.16: Utter moronic human being: bereft of decency…Be careful you don’t choke on your gin!!!
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…and a little light relief from the right hand, Father ? Or left hand if that is you inclination.
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Jesus, Jesus, Word made Flesh, find your way into Pat’s heart: Jesus, Jesus, Light of God, turn Pat’s heart to love. May you give him kindness, tolerance and compassion…Jesus, Jesus, Word of God, please take Patsy to your heart…
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Ah, now Father! A wee bit of hand wafting in the confessional, a few words of a absolution similtaneously, and… drum roll… SWA, really. 🤣
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2:24pm
You evil cretin! may ya roast, in saecula saeculorum.
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2:24, you see a tone and you have to lower it !
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3:12pm
The tone is not as low as your’s, wash your vile mouth.
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2.24: I’m a married man….I just thought a wee prayer for Patsy would be good fun…you fool… Pat needs prayers. God bless all our Catholic Priests…
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4.18
Actually, my post was for the berk at 1.16.🎉
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Anon at 1.54: Thanks for the laughs…We need them…😁😁😁😂😂🤣🤣😅😂😁😁…
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…and you @1:54 definitely need a bit of light relief, I think…..
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I have just eaten a whole box of mince pies. Feeling fat.
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CHRISTMAS VIGIL MASS.
THE ORATORY LARNE 7 PM
https://www.facebook.com/oratorymass
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Doesn’t work if you don’t have a Facebook account.
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Give yourself a Facebook account as a Christmas present.
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Get a facebook account – simple.
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@4:39pm What about this link direct to the videos? https://www.facebook.com/oratorymass/videos ? or https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=Bishop%20buckley%20live%20mass or +Pat, why not use the page Independant Catholic Church? https://www.facebook.com/tolerancelovediversity (apologies for spelling mistake) I left you admin. You should be able to do live videos there. Facebook public pages are viewable to those not on facebook whereas personal profiles are not, if I’m correct? You could correct my spelling at the same time! lol Merry Christmas Everyone. ~Tom
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@10:49 those pages are inaccessible without signing in to Facebook.
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Pat can you fix this before the candlelit communion tonight? I’d be disappointed if I couldn’t join you!
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Can you not cluck on the link I posted?
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Why not open a Facebook account???
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The link doesn’t give access to videos if you don’t have a Facebook account. It’s to do with your permissions on the videos. They aren’t public.
I don’t want a Facebook account, I have privacy concerns.
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I set my videos to PUBLIC
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They aren’t public. Sign out of Facebook and you’ll see they are inaccessible
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I don’t want a Facebook account. I don’t want to be poked. I don’t want Bill Gates to spy on me.
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I watched until 7:45 pm and turned over to Christmas University Challenge. I hope you have something interesting for us later on, Bp Pat. Merry Christmas.
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Pat at 4.21::…Remember, open your heart to CHRIST…..He can help you be truly renewed.
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It’s totally open to Him.
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Surprised to see churches closed in Belfast which I originally thought to be open 🤔.
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Maybe they didn’t hear you in Belfast.
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LOL.
Passed by St malcahy Church as it closed 😏.
But you see on their website as its all donations galore. 😜
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LOL at 5;22, best laugh I’ve had in a long time
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Noel doesn’t like giving his identity on facebook. That includes your greatest enemy Fr Eddie.
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Merry Christmas Pat
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Christmas Blessings🎄
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Wel, I was at Mass today and the priest quoted a long section of St Augustine’s sermon, which essentially said that if it wasn’t for original sin then Jesus would not have needed to come as saviour etc. etc. I followed? up to a point. It makes sense if you swallow wholesale the biblical and christian narrative. But, then I started to think while he was speaking, what if original sin is just a confection in order to kickstart the narrative, a bit like yeast in bread ? So, I’ve been thinking about it all day. And, you know, I wonder if this business of original sin is just some need on our part to explain the world as it is rather than just accepting that is the way the world is ? We search for all sorts of explanations for things, and that I have decided is the genesis of most stories about salvation and God, not just the christian one. However, there is a big bit of me that wants to go even earlier than original sin and see whether the world and nature was so perfect after all ? These narratives are just too convenient and contrived. I understand why, because we ask questions and we want answers to comfort us. But, maybe we need not to have the answers and just put up with being unknowing and uncomfortable ? Just some Christmas musings on my part. I’ll still have turkey and christmas pudding and pretend it’s all about the Baby Jesus. Nevertheless, increasingly it doesn’t satisfying me anymore. Not knowing and living with that seems more real, truer and more honest than made up narratives which are designed to make me feel better.
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Without original sin the whole of Christianity falls apart. It is actually the key doctrine, not the resurrection.
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I guess we wouldn’t need saving if not for original sin. So no Christmas incarnation. The Church better have it right about original sin, therefore. Or, are all those biblical accounts just a bit of fake news ? If so, it has certainly kept those who peddle them in a job for a few thousands of years. Any more views on original sin ?
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7.56
I think not. Judaism and Christianity existed before Augustine. In fact, Judaism’s reading of Genesis 2-3 has not resulted in its sharing in Christianity’s theology of original sin and a fall. Augustine’s position over and against Pelagius is overstated in most of Christian history climaxing at Trent – an imbalance which still needs to be redressed.
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You are honest in your search at 6.47. You may find this article on theology the new cosmology and the paradigm shift in retelling the Christian story useful. Happy Christmas!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7322220/
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Who is Fr Eddie?
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Fr Edward McGee, press officer for Down & Connor, ie a desk priest doing a job that could and should be filled by a lay person.
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6.47: Rest with your questioning faith. An unquestioned faith is shallow. I look to the Nativity narrative as God entering our world in the person of Jesus to inaugurate a new humanity, a new beginnings. If we focus just on the “baby Jesus” and ignore the message of CHRIST in his ministry, then we fail to grasp God. Christmas by its very nature, surrounded by gospel narratives, lights, cribs, floral displays, gift giving and simple liturgy with ancient carols at mass draws us towards awe, wonder and mystery. Christmas helps us refind beauty. When we find beauty and acknowledge its gift, we are entering the Divine, the transcendence of life. Reflective faith leads us to explore the human and the Divine. Christmas is and can be a catalyst for rebirth and new beginnings….
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Thank God we have a Brexit deal. No deal would have been as bad as Covid.
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This article confirms what I have always said that the business of the RC church is actually a racket (money and sex) and the religion bit is just a front. Mark my words now the press is on the trail the revelations of the next few years will shame anyone who thinks I am wrong 📺
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8.00: You din’t gave much of a brain, you stupid dope! Go back to school. Mark my words….how inane.
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Lovely Mass Bishop Pat and very clear diction.
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I see Fr Etienne has put 6 Masses on in his 2 Churches in Blackpool. They can hold over a hundred each during COVID. Could it be because all the Christmas offerings go the Clergy in his Diocese?
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I decided to close my churches. I couldn’t give a rats ass about Christmas offerings this year.
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Etienne always looks like he’s in need of a good subbing in any picture I see of him. Personal hygiene ? Or just a touch of something, aaahhmmm, foreign that doesn’t always photograph well ? The name would suggest something French, and we know what the French are like when it comes to personal hygiene. Why do you think they had the bidet.? Saves from having to have a full wash. Just freshen up the undercarriage.
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8 36: You, Ivory, hopefully will stay away from church this Christmas. Hard cynics and haters like you are not wanted. Well done to Fr. Etienne and all priests for facilitating extra masses. God bless them all.
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Very good, so he’s expecting 600 at Mass? Won’t happen. Just looked at a photo of him on line. Handsome dude!
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8.54: Totally agree with you.
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Happy Winterfest to all blog readers
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Feck off ya with ya winter fest
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“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways submit to Him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.”
— Proverbs 3:5-8
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Bishop Pat, could you please light a candle for me and my family on Christas day?
My baby cousin, Francesca, died around this time of year 12 years ago, she was only 3 years old.
The kids dad, big Kieran, took his own life in August of this year, so it’s been tough. He was only 47.
Your blog is a light which shines in the darkness.
I think I saw an angel today, I’m sure. I know I did.
God bless and Merry Christmas all 🎄 x
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@10:27 Peter, you’re a breath of fresh air in spite of all you’ve suffered and that of your family, I’m sure they and all who know you and many of us getting to know you here, think You Are An Angel! x
God Bless and Merry Christmas to you too! x
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You are are a head the ball. You will be both be in contempt of Court and that is a serious offence.
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