Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Pope Francis puts a football on an altar

Television footage of Pope Francis returning from Brazil showed the Jesuit pope placing a football on an altar, presumably somewhere in Rome, probably the Vatican.

On such an occasion one is reminded of all the dos and don'ts that clergy go on with when they are telling people what they can and can't do at liturgical celebrations.

Of course there is always need for decorum, respect and good taste, but do priests have exclusive rights on such matters?

Anyone who attends Mass and observes and listens will immediately know the answer to that question.

3 comments:

Póló said...

I think I know where you are coming from.

The edict against eulogies and "secular" content at religious ceremonies is the most blatant piece of hypocracy I have come across in a long time. And to cap it all, exceptions are entertained for "celebrities" and the like.

As though the whole person wasn't sacred. Bah. Humbug.

Michael Commane said...

Exactly. You got it in one.

Póló said...

Recte: hypocrisy

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