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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2167735,00.html
Bottles of holy water and umbrellas with Benedict designs can help out believers stuck in bad weather. All of the 29 articles on sale at stands and online have been discussed together with the Regensburg diocese leaders.
http://www.global-sisterhood-network.org/content/view/1249/59/
The Catholic Church has taken lessons from FIFA in its marketing of the pope's visit to Germany. For €5, pilgrims can purchase a small bottle of holy water, also bearing a likeness of the pope, as well as an official logo
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesDoc, do you notice that no one will say a thing about solitication of said holy water or umbrellas in this thread, yet BWA continues to have to apologize for any said mention of our t-shirts and other apparrel?
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2167735,00.htmlBottles of holy water and umbrellas with Benedict designs can help out believers stuck in bad weather. All of the 29 articles on sale at stands and online have been discussed together with the Regensburg diocese leaders.
http://www.global-sisterhood-network.org/content/vi ...[text shortened]... bottle of holy water, also bearing a likeness of the pope, as well as an official logo[/quote]
Jesu wept.
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesQuestion: Did the vendors sell holy water, or rather, bottles for holy water?
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2167735,00.htmlBottles of holy water and umbrellas with Benedict designs can help out believers stuck in bad weather. All of the 29 articles on sale at stands and online have been discussed together with the Regensburg diocese leaders.
http://www.global-sisterhood-network.org/content/vi ...[text shortened]... bottle of holy water, also bearing a likeness of the pope, as well as an official logo[/quote]
Originally posted by kirksey957Did you notice that no one in this thread has made any links to sites selling holy water or umbrellas, or suggesting buying them? In fact, this thread seems to be pointing quite the other way, and saying that there's something wrong with selling such things. Fascinating way to both plug your clothing line and make it look like everyone's picking on you. But I think that sound was Jesu burping, not weeping. He ate some garlic at the Last Supper and that stuff just really hangs on for days...
Doc, do you notice that no one will say a thing about solitication of said holy water or umbrellas in this thread, yet BWA continues to have to apologize for any said mention of our t-shirts and other apparrel?
Jesu wept.
Originally posted by pawnhandlerIt is wrong to sell holy water. To Catholics, it is the sin of simony. If the Pope really is selling holly water, then he is committing mortal sin. To non-Catholics, he is being a hypocrite.
In fact, this thread seems to be pointing quite the other way, and saying that there's something wrong with selling such things.
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Originally posted by DoctorScribblesIf the Vatican sold holy water, then yes, it was bogus.
Are you suggesting that the Vatican sold bogus holy water?
It is thus unlawful to ... accept any payment whatever for holy oils, to sell blessed rosaries or crucifixes. Such objects lose, if sold, all the indulgences previously attached to them.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14001a.htm
In Catholic theology, any sacramental object sold in exchange for money immediately loses the sacramental nature invested in it.
That is why rosaries, crucifixes, holy cards, and holy water, are never blest before being sold. And Catholics are not permitted to sell these objects if he has blest them.
Consequently, I doubt that the Vatican, or the relevant Catholic diocese, has any involvement in this enterprise, at least in selling holy water. My suspicion is that bottles with normal water were sold, and the owners' had them blest by their parish priest at a later date.