Has The Vatican ever said anything detrimental of devout Catholic Robert Mugabe?

[NNN0LHI]

Even once?

Don

[Suich]

1. Mugabe is Catholic??????? n/t

[NNN0LHI]

5. Prince Charles shook his hand at the Pope's funeral in 2005

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4425385.stm

[JVS]

11. Does that mean that Prince Charles in Catholic too? I thought he was a Tamponarian

[JVS]

10. wiki lists him as "lapsed catholic"

[mrreowwr_kittty]

2. Not real "pro-life" is he? nt

[rpannier]

3. Actually they have

His behavior has been criticized by the Vatican.
Sometimes directly, often indirectly -- When the Vatican criticizes governments

source: Asia-Pacific News (It's an Australian network I watch over here in Asia)

[ColbertWatcher]

4. OOh, I think a comparison is in order...

...we know how James Dobson feels about Obama, what is his opinion on Mugabe?

[Virginia Dare]

6. This must be why the lord chimp wants to become Catholic..

Mugabe, a Catholic and in power since independence from Britain in 1980, said last week that "only God" could remove him from office.

"Only God who appointed me will remove me - not the MDC, not the British," he said

Sounds like some of his wild delusions...:crazy:

edit to add link:
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_News&set_id=1&click_id=79&art_id=nw20080625165109394C609623

[ColbertWatcher]

12. So, God selects Zimbabwe's President, Jesus picks US's? n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

7. Yes:

Pope declines to meet Mugabe

Pope Benedict XVI declined to meet President Robert Mugabe when he visited Rome this week.

Vatican spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi said “no audience is planned” between the Holy Father and the Zimbabwean leader. He said such a meeting had never been confirmed.

The meeting was requested by Minister of Environment and Tourism,Francis Nhema through the Zimbabwean Embassy in Italy on Via Virgilio, 8-int. 8,Roma.

Last year Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference circulated a Pastoral Letter titled ‘God Hears The Cry Of The Oppressed’ to its Parishes and also copied to the Vactican. The letter blasted the ZANU PF government for oppression and stifling dissent.

more: http://zimbabwemetro.com/2008/06/05/pope-declines-to-meet-mugabe/

[hfojvt]

8. and what about Mandela?

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/06/mugabe-mandela-the-pope-and-bi.php

I guess Hitchens asked this question two weeks ago on Slate.com.

The Vatican might worry that attacking Mugabe would backlash against the local churches, but Mandela should be able to speak with impunity.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. The Catholic Archbishop of Bulawayo was a leading critic of Mugabe

for years: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2414161.stm

to the extent that Mugabe set up a sex sting operation to embarrass him: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/11/news/zim.php

And the Archbishop of Harare has spoken out too: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0MKY/is_14_28/ai_n6245069

they do have quite a good record. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/apr/02/zimbabwe.topstories3