Religions > Atheism > Vatican clips condom campaigner from Christmas concert lineup
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27 Nov 2005 08:23:41 AM |
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Vatican clips condom campaigner from Christmas concert lineup |
How stupid can these people get? Do they really think that it is better
to get AIDS and die than use a condom? Yes, they do preach abstinence,
but people still will have sex anyway. All that the singer was trying to
do was to save lives.
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Vatican clips condom campaigner from Christmas concert lineup
Brazilian official: Mercury's absence 'pope's loss'
ROME, Italy (AP) -- A Brazilian singer who promoted the use of condoms
in an anti-AIDS campaign has been dropped from the lineup of next
month's Christmas concert at the Vatican, organizers said Friday.
Daniela Mercury was dropped after Vatican authorities read statements by
her in the Brazilian press that went "against the moral doctrine of the
church," said Eligio Ermeti, a spokesman for the agency organizing the
event.
"Everything was settled, even the songs she was to sing," said Ermeti of
the Prime Time Promotions agency. "Then we received a letter from the
Jesuits asking us to remove her from the cast."
This year's concert will raise money for the foreign missions of the
Jesuit order.
The Jesuit priest who was working with the agency, the Rev. Giuseppe
Bellucci, confirmed that Mercury's participation had been canceled.
The popular singer participated in a government campaign to fight AIDS
and other sexually transmitted diseases during this year'sCarnival
celebrations in Brazil. Mercury appeared in TV ads promoting the
distribution of millions of free condoms and encouraging people to use
them.
Officials in Brazil rose to the singer's defense.
"The Vatican may not want Daniela Mercury in one of its shows, but we
want her to continue her effort and her campaign to fight HIV
transmission in our country," said Nilcea Freire, Brazil's minister of
state for women's affairs.
"We lament that the Vatican and the pope will not have an opportunity to
listen to her," said Pedro Chequer, who heads Brazil's anti-AIDS
program. "It's the pope's loss."
Bellucci said the appearance was canceled for fear that Mercury would
publicly promote condom use while at the Vatican.
Critics of the Vatican's stance against condoms have long claimed that
the policy contributes to the spread of HIV/AIDS.
In 2003, U.S. singer Lauryn Hill used her performance at the annual
concert to attack priests who abuse children, criticizing the church and
its leaders in an unscheduled tirade read before top clergymen attending
the event.
This year's concert in a Vatican auditorium will take place December 3,
taped for broadcast on Christmas Eve in Italy. It will include
appearances by South African singer and human rights activist Miriam
Makeba, Irish rock singer Dolores O'Riordan and Canada's Paul Anka.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/11/25/vatican.condoms.ap/
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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| User: "kathryn" |
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| Title: Re: Vatican clips condom campaigner from Christmas concert lineup |
27 Nov 2005 11:50:24 AM |
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"johac" <jhachm@ixpres.remove.com> wrote in message
news:jhachm-173DF6.00234127112005@news.giganews.com...
How stupid can these people get? Do they really think that it is better
to get AIDS and die than use a condom? Yes, they do preach abstinence,
but people still will have sex anyway. All that the singer was trying to
do was to save lives.
Ohhh but but but it says in the bible and they can't be seen to compromise
their principles
or some crap I was told my a catholic friend of mine
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Vatican clips condom campaigner from Christmas concert lineup |
28 Nov 2005 05:31:25 AM |
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In article <dmc6i0$a6j$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com>,
"kathryn" <nospam@here.com> wrote:
"johac" <jhachm@ixpres.remove.com> wrote in message
news:jhachm-173DF6.00234127112005@news.giganews.com...
How stupid can these people get? Do they really think that it is better
to get AIDS and die than use a condom? Yes, they do preach abstinence,
but people still will have sex anyway. All that the singer was trying to
do was to save lives.
Ohhh but but but it says in the bible and they can't be seen to compromise
their principles
Whatever happened to all that compassion that they are always preaching
to us?
or some crap I was told my a catholic friend of mine
Some nonsense about some Pope or another saying so, and of course the
Pope is infallible. I wonder how many could tell you that the doctrine
of papal infallibility was only pronounced in 1870 because Pius IX
wanted more control over his bishops.
Which brings up an interesting point. Before 1870, could Popes lie or be
wrong about matters of doctrine?
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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| User: "Ike" |
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| Title: Re: Vatican clips condom campaigner from Christmas concert lineup |
27 Nov 2005 11:30:30 AM |
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"johac" <jhachm@ixpres.remove.com> wrote in message
news:jhachm-173DF6.00234127112005@news.giganews.com...
How stupid can these people get? Do they really think that it is better
to get AIDS and die than use a condom? Yes, they do preach abstinence,
but people still will have sex anyway. All that the singer was trying to
do was to save lives.
Guess that'll teach HIM a lesson.
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| User: "johac" |
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| Title: Re: Vatican clips condom campaigner from Christmas concert lineup |
28 Nov 2005 05:33:28 AM |
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In article <qNgif.6154$wf.5328@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
"Ike" <accordiondocxyzxyzxyz@mindspring.com> wrote:
"johac" <jhachm@ixpres.remove.com> wrote in message
news:jhachm-173DF6.00234127112005@news.giganews.com...
How stupid can these people get? Do they really think that it is better
to get AIDS and die than use a condom? Yes, they do preach abstinence,
but people still will have sex anyway. All that the singer was trying to
do was to save lives.
Guess that'll teach HIM a lesson.
The singer was a she, but nevertheless who would want to be associated
with let alone entertain such a collection of religious freaks and loons
anyway?
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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