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Nor do I come from a Catholic background, so my patience for the antics of the Holy See is fairly limited, but when I saw this article I was thinking ok.. this could be good.

The Vatican has said it could appeal diplomatically to Iran to spare the life of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery.

So even with the whole adultery being sin thing, the big V is willing to take a stand against capital punishment. Looking good.

The statement followed a plea for help from the son of the woman, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, in an interview with an Italian news agency.

Not exactly springing into action, but I’m willing to give credit where credit is due, helping the helpless puts into action a lot of christian rhetoric about charity and compassion.

The Vatican said it was “following this affair with attention and commitment,” spokesman Federico Lombardi said in a statement.
“The Church’s position against the death penalty is well known and stoning is a particularly brutal form of it,” he said.

Alright, Lombardi’s the man, celibate or not, looks like this guys got some balls. Gonna get it done.

Fr Lombardi said the Vatican could use diplomatic channels to try to save Ms Ashtiani, but he told Associated Press news agency that no formal request to intervene had been made.

What?
Formal what?
Like an engraved invitation?
OMFgawd.

Who exactly made the formal request that you intervene in preventing disease by opposing condoms? Because, I’d like to formally request that you STFU about that. And…

Dear mister pope,
I hereby formally request you get off your hypocritical ass, and to the very best of your ability, help this poor woman.

Sincerely, your pal,
Joe

PS I’m a vocal atheist, so listen damnit.