bush* just went to the WRONG Catholic Church....the CENTER of

[diamond14]

the Catholic Church for Washington DC, and OUR Nation is the "Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception" on the "Catholic University of America" Campus in Washington DC....



bush* just went for his photo-op to St. Matthew's Cathedral...a relatively minor location in DC....just a local parish location for the 'little' pResident, trying for a photo-op rather than REAL Catholic Religion as shown by John Paul II.....


http://www.nationalshrine.com/atf/cf/{3B17C6B3-18AB-4C42-BFF7-C6F9BCE8CAC6}/logo.jpg
http://www.nationalshrine.com/atf/cf/{3B17C6B3-18AB-4C42-BFF7-C6F9BCE8CAC6}/logo_bottom.jpg




take a virtual tour of the National Shrine here
http://www.nationalshrine.com


maybe this is why bush* would not appear at the National Shrine ?
http://www.nationalshrine.com/atf/cf/{3B17C6B3-18AB-4C42-BFF7-C6F9BCE8CAC6}/pic39_2.jpg


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http://www.nationalshrine.com/atf/cf/{3B17C6B3-18AB-4C42-BFF7-C6F9BCE8CAC6}/pic36.jpg


http://www.nationalshrine.com/atf/cf/{3B17C6B3-18AB-4C42-BFF7-C6F9BCE8CAC6}/pic38_1.jpg


http://www.nationalshrine.com/atf/cf/{3B17C6B3-18AB-4C42-BFF7-C6F9BCE8CAC6}/pic38_2.jpg


http://www.nationalshrine.com/atf/cf/{3B17C6B3-18AB-4C42-BFF7-C6F9BCE8CAC6}/pic38_3.jpg


http://www.nationalshrine.com/atf/cf/{3B17C6B3-18AB-4C42-BFF7-C6F9BCE8CAC6}/pic4.jpg



if bush* had a brain...he'd KNOW that this is where "THE MASS" was located, for REAL LEADERS....


The Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
MASS FOR POPE JOHN PAUL II
Saturday, April 2
http://www.nationalshrine.com/atf/cf/{3B17C6B3-18AB-4C42-BFF7-C6F9BCE8CAC6}/jp2coat.jpg

[BrklynLiberal]

1. doh! Ooops. Is that insult to Homer?

oooooooooooooo like this one...

[warrior1]

2. propably because

of the security nightmare and they said don't bother.

[BrklynLiberal]

4. Or someone purposely sent him to the wrong one .hahahahahaha

[beam me up scottie]

8. Gasp!

Are you insinuating that our beloved *cough* leader wouldn't know the difference?

[diamond14]

18. that's EXACTLY what happened...the Cardinal didn't want bush* around

as OUR Nation mourned the POPE at the National Shrine....

bush* was sent over to a local Parish mass in a nearby neighborhood...


THANK GOD !

[Mr_Spock]

3. Stupid Bush

He's an ass no matter what he does!

[Career Prole]

5. Maybe the Secret Service smelled the ozone in the air

and suspecting an imminent lightning strike spirited the Pretender away?

[hippiepunk]

6. Why is it the wrong church?

Is there a specific place you are supposed to go to mourn? Help out a non-Catholic

[n2mark]

9. Protocol probably says he should have attended at the Cathedral

[diamond14]

11. although Cathedrals are usually THE PLACE, that doesn't apply in DC

in DC....

the BASILICA is "THE PLACE"....while St. Matthews Cathedral is just a local parish, NOT the CENTER of the Catholic Church....


here in DC, the Archdiocese Headquarters and the home of the Cardinal, and the CHURCH where the Cardinal performs Mass on Sundays...is the "Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception"....


by appearing at St. Matthew's Cathedral, bush* simply showed his total ignorance of the Catholic Church and it's structure in America....

[diamond14]

10. as the 'leader?' of OUR Nation, bush* is expected to show up at the

CENTER of the Catholic Church in America: the NATIONAL SHRINE....


as America's leader, it's the equivalent of showing up at your local taco-bell, when you were supposed to show up at the Dining Room of the Hyatt Regency Hotel....

[ultraist]

7. Maybe the Catholic church told him to go there

Maybe they didn't want him at the one of the other churches.

[daleo]

14. Maybe a little message to Bush.

There have been stories that his meeting with John Paul didn't go too well - supposedly he was late, for one thing. This could be a little return favor - Bob Jones University comes to mind as well. Hard to say.

[diamond14]

16. Pope John Paul II called bush* "THE ANTI-CHRIST".....he bemoaned

his own age and often claimed that to "confront such evil" would take a younger person, with greater physical stamina....although Pope John Paul gave it his best....

sending his Vatican Ambassador (a Cardinal) with the Papal Message BEFORE bush* bombed Baghdad:

"if you go to war on Iraq....YOU GO WITHOUT GOD"


there have been no truer words spoken....bush* 'the anti-Christ'..the devil re-incarnate....

[Clark2008]

12. This man is a complete disgrace

Of course, I don't expect anything but stupidity and crass behavior out of this blivet.

:eyes:

God, please save us from this dolt!

[Cleita]

17. So do you think Dick Cheney will add his diplomacy by

attending any official memorial in his South Park parka?

[Bluebear]

13. He wanted to get home for the Final Four

and this church was closer. He has a big money bet with Bennett on the red state teams tonight.

[Davis_X_Machina]

15. Not a mistake, but a distant echo...

...St. Matthew's is the "President's Parish Church" since Kennedy days, being close to the WH and all.

Of course, Junta Boy doesn't have a parish church, since he doesn't go to church much at all, at least not regularly.