The Pope's Fidelity Message and 'Couple Busters'
by lute wa lutengano
Apparently the passing away of Pope John Paul II has managed to achieve what no
government or international organisation let alone a single human being has ever
managed in the history of the universe. Otherwise how can one explain the
flocking or more than 3 million mourners into Rome from all over
the world, or the assembly of otherwise arch enemies in the same square, St.
Peters, to share in the grief.
More than 200 heads of state, kings and queens landed in Rome from all corners
of the globe. They sat next to each other notwithstanding their political and
diplomatic differences. Some like Syria and Israel, who are
technically at war even, shook hands. That includes the likes of Zimbabwe's
Mugabe shaking hands with UK's Prince Charles, and the Iranian sharing the same
space with the Israelis and Americans. The might and the low all had come to
Rome to bid farewell to this humble Polish priest who rose from Krakow, Poland
to lead the billions of Catholic Christians all over the world.
It is also ironical that Prince Charles, who will one day be head of the Church
of England – which if you remember was established during King Henry VIII
(1491-1547) who is famous for having married six times which subsequently
brought the break with the Catholic Church in Rome and the birth of the Church
of England – had to postpone his wedding, a second one, to Camilla to attend the
funeral. The saying that 'all roads lead to Rome' was true to the last letter
last Friday. The next day Prince Charles, 56, married Camilla "after 33 star
crossed years and often unhappy years, through other marriages, bitter divorces,
violent public opprobrium and familiar dismay," The New York Times summed it
all.
The marriage was attended by, among others, children of the newlyweds – each had
two from previous marriage - and the former husband of Camilla, one Sir Bowles.
The best man was none other than Price Charles' eldest son Prince William. Well
this is all royal mumble jumble.
Coincidentally, the late Pope John Paul II had a special message for Tanzanians
less than two weeks before his death. His last message to the church in Tanzania
insisted on fidelity in marriage and abstinence outside
it. Speaking to Arusha Catholic Archbishop Dr. Lebulu and his delegation in Rome
the Pope said "the promotion of genuine family values is more urgent on account
of the terrible scourge of AIDS afflicting your country and so much of the
continent." A befitting moral homily!
Apparently this may sound very strange and weird to some Japanese couples. Media
reports from the far eastern country say some unhappily married people in Japan
are paying agencies to break up their marriages. If a husband wants to be rid of
his wife but has no grounds for divorce, he can pay a 'couple buster' agency to
send out a good-looking man who will incidentally meet the client's wife and
start an affair with her. Before long the wife agrees to divorce. His job done,
the hired lover disappears from the scene.
When a wife wants divorce, the firm sends out an attractive young woman to lure
the man. According to one 24-year-old female, the men she approaches almost
never say no.
If you yearn and crave to work for such agency be forewarned. The president of
one agency fires employees who fail three out of five times.
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