Posted by Damian
on 13/9/2009, 15:48:39, in reply to "The Catholic Windsors"
195.93.21.99
It seems that Lord Nicholas and his wife are sincere,practicing Catholics.I don't understand what you find wrong with this? Many Catholics choose to marry in Rome because it is the spiritual headquarters of their faith (which also happens to be my own).I have had several friends who have also done this.Moreover they married in
the Church of Santo Stefano degli Abissini which is in Vatican City,not in the Vatican Palace itself as you implied.The religious wedding followed a civil ceremony in a London register office.So what do you think they are trying to prove?
As for the British people,I can confidently state to you that outside of these boards,the vast majority of them have never even heard of Lord Nicholas Windsor and even if they have,couldn't give a hoot where,when and with whom he has chosen to marry.
Whilst it may admittedly raise the odd eyebrow or two in some quarters if one of the Queen's children had married in Vatican City,Lord N and his wife are only on the fringe of the royal family and,as I say,are scarcely known outside the circles of dedicated royalty watchers.
Please don't attempt to make some sort of issue over something that has never been commented upon here in the UK (outside of these boards) since the marriage took place three years ago! 
--Previous Message--
: No, the issue is not with Catholics: after
: all, I'm one myself (having converted even
: before Lord Nicholas). Rather, I'm just
: noting that he and his wife seem to go out
: of their way to stress their religious
: identity -- to the point of flaunting.
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: As just one point: they could, for instance,
: have married in the UK (after all, there are
: plenty of Catholic churches there).
: Instead, they traveled all the way to the
: VATICAN. What were they trying to prove,
: anyway? Present themselves as
: super-Catholics of some sort?
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: If anything, this sort of thing diminishes
: the claims of universality, on the part of
: Catholicism. If the church indeed is
: universal, and the Windsors would like to
: see her as thus, they might simply have wed
: in Great Britain.
:
: It seems to me that they were effectively
: dissociating themselves from the British
: people, with their strong display of
: Catholicism. I can't but wonder if their
: act may have possibly engendered a certain
: degree of hostility at home ... There are
: enough divisions in the world, and if you
: will, national society with the UK
: (everybody knows about the centuries-divide
: between Catholics and Protestants). Might
: not their decision be a sign of yet another
: "us-versus-them" thing, amongst
: the country's religious groups?
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: --Previous Message--
: Jane, what is your issue with catholics?
: your your posting is - in mild words -
: utterly strange
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: --Previous Message--
: It sure would have been nice if their second
: child had been a girl. In that case, they
: could have given her a host of Marian names
: ...
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: Lord and Lady Nicholas Windsor sure are
: going out of their way to flaunt their
: Catholicism. While the timing of their
: child's birth was not entirely within their
: control, their choice of wedding site
: certainly was: the VATICAN, of all places
: ...
:
: Perhaps they're trying to rub something into
: the royal family?
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: --Previous Message--
: The baby was born at Chelsea and Westminster
: Hospital on Tuesday - an auspicious day for
: his deeply Catholic parents, as it was the
: feast day of the Virgin Mary
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