Agylen

I wrote here about the first gripe I have with respect to the mourning for the Pope's death. Here's part two.

Yesterday night, when the Pope's death was announced to the people on St.Peter's Square, the cardinal reading the announcement asked that people “accompany with silence the first moments of the Holy Father's meeting with God” (quoting from memory).

What happened immediately is that many thousands people started applauding. Can't you shut up and show some respect, you dickheads! This is not a fucking show.

Pope John Paul II was a great man, much greater than his flock. I don't know about other countries, but in Italy most catholics are a bunch of ignorant hypocrites. I am an atheist but I know more about the Bible and the Gospels than 99% of self-proclaimed catholics. Applauding at funerals, as has become strangely customary here, is proof of this. It is a demonstration of ignorance, disrespect and lack of sensitivity. Doing it when you are explicitly asked for silence, is an insult. You disgust me.