This is not the first time Brady has pulled a stunt like this, with the Philadelphia Daily News reporting he did the same thing after President Obama's inauguration, though he just saved that glass and did not drink from it.Yes, he's a Democrat.
September 25, 2015
Congressman snags Pope Francis's glass of water and ritualistically drinks it and administers it to various others...
... including his wife, who looks — if I may interpret — a tad put upon.
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That move seems more pagan than Catholic.
I am surprised, as a democrat, that he did not post the glass on Fleabay and donate the proceeds to Planned Parenthood. He missed his chance for true immortality.
Kook.
Glad it was a Democrat. Now the story will quickly disappear instead of a week of "Why are those Republicans so crazy?" in the media.
Drudge delivered one of his juxtaposition masterpieces following the two headlines on the Congressman's activities with:
Congressman steals Pope's glass to sip remaining liquid with wife...
Sprinkles rest on grandchildren...
Pope calls for end to 'thirst for power'...
Priceless !
People are so freakin' weird. But he's a Congressman so my belief in the legislative process is strengthened considerably.
I must be becoming mysophobic because the idea of this disgusts me.
Creepy.
Why didn't he drink from the Obama glass? Racism?
This (drinking from the Pope's glass) isn't Christianity. It's some kind of weird mystical/magical thing.
Taking Obama's glass was even weirder.
When Brady retires from the House, he's going to open a business selling indulgences.
A full plenary indulgence for only $99.99! Wow, I can't believe I said that! I'm either crazy or it's the Holy Spirit moving me, I dunno which! But, there, I've said it, and I'll stick with it! That's below wholesale, folks! Go to your local monastery & try & buy an indulgence like this & it'll cost you $150.00 guaranteed! 99.99! Even if it spares you just a few minutes of the sorrows of Purgatory, that's money well spent. But act now! At these prices they won't last long!
PS: No, the Catholic Church no longer sells indulgences. The Council of Trent stopped that abuse some time ago.
Le Morte d'Arthur
Cricket....
Maybe he's a strong believe in microbiomes?
"If you drink a powerful man's microbiome, his power will be YOURS!" or something?
I mean, sheesh, if you thought Francis was going to be canonized, you'd save the spit in a testtube, not drink it!
@ Lonetown -
OK, I had to look that up. I agree. It's pretty gross.
Is he going to save the remnants, maybe cap the glasses with Saran Wrap and a rubber band? Plant a potato in them?
He should be prosecuted.
That congressman is one sick puppy! This looks more like idolatry than devout Catholicism.
He is virulently pro abortion. Go figure.
This is nothing new. Pope Alexander VI (and probably other popes before him) sold his bathwater to agents in turn sold it on the streets of Rome, sometimes by the sip, as a potent panacea for the fearful and credulous. Alexander (né Rodrigo Borgia, father of such Renaissance luminaries as Cesare and Lucretia) didn't make much money on the vending of his effluent, but it made enough to keep his meals sumptuous. He was basically honest in that he didn't take more baths than necessary to increase his profits. (Or perhaps he was just aiming to keep the commodity scarce by staying filthy longer.)
Alexander VI is known for other spiritual innovations besides selling sewage. He also issue the bull Inter caetera, which among other works condemned a million Indians to slavery.
There's a strain of gross superstition in some Catholics -- those who carry medals or rosaries, or take communion whenever they may -- and the Church has done little to correct these tendencies. Many Protestants are similarly afflicted, particularly charismatics, though the Calvinists have managed to pare down their magical thinking to the central error alone. Televangelists rely on similar superstitions for their bread and butter.
This looks more like idolatry than devout Catholicism.
Idolatry is what keeps all demagogues, and especially the Democratic variety, in power.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers' Chad Smith reveals how fans would drink the sweat from Flea's underwear
"Back in the day Flea would wear underwear on stage and sweat, people from our roadcrew would tell us: 'man those girls came back and found the underwear, and they squeezed the sweat out and drank it and they're like 'oh now I have part of him inside of me'. "Isn't that gross?" Smith asked.
As I said in the Thomas Hart Benton thread while paraphrasing a NYT commenter, neither party has a monopoly on strange or thoughtless behaviour.
Maybe he thought "Cafeteria Catholic" was a literal term? "If I eat off the Pope's lunch tray, I'm still a good Catholic even though I love slaughtering babies!"
It's like Pelosi and her super-mantilla to meet the pope, when regular Catholics just wear their 'Sunday Best."
Everyone's acts of devotion (religious or otherwise) appear irrational or creepy to someone who does not share the same object of devotion. Such things should remain private.
"Pope Francis" is just a man. An ordinary man -- and a quite ignorant of economics and climate one, too.
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