Posted on 08/09/2010 7:54:12 PM PDT by NoLibZone
When In Rome – Cover Up New Strict Dress Code In Vatican City Could Catch Out Travellers Warns insurewithease.com
(Press Release) Insurewithease.com, leading independent travel insurance specialist is urging holidaymakers in Rome to heed a stricter dress code now being enforced by the Vatican City, which includes visitors to St Peter’s Square.
Some visitors turning up with bare shoulders and legs are being turned away, including shocked locals, just popping out to Vatican City for a paper or loaf of bread.
Insurewithease.com advises travellers to take appropriate clothing with them to Rome, so that they don’t get caught out by new rules.
Men visiting Vatican City this summer must wear t-shirts and shirts with sleeves and long trousers, while women should have their shoulders covered and wear a skirt that falls below the knee.
With temperatures at around 30 degrees in Rome, it’s tempting to just pack skimpy tops, shorts and mini-dresses, but these will all be off limits at the Vatican City and St Peter’s Square this summer.
“St Peter’s Basilica, in Vatican City has always had a strict dress code in place, but this now seems to have been extended to visitors to the Square itself, which is a favourite meeting spot for locals and tourists alike,” says Sarah Findlay, Online Marketing Manager for insurewithease.com. “The new rules could catch a lot of holidaymakers out, with stories of some being forced to buy over priced long trousers and cover-ups in local shops. This shows just how important it is to do some research on your holiday destination before travelling.
“Part of going on holiday includes embracing the customs and traditions of the country you are visiting. We want to remind travellers to find out as much as they can about their holiday destination before they go. Countries in the Middle East, as well as Turkey and Malaysia have strict traditions, so find out about the most appropriate clothes to pack. We also advise travellers to check they have the right visas, jabs and medical cover for far flung places, that way they can concentrate on enjoying the trip, without any nasty surprises.
They enforce their borders and laws buy removing violators from their nation.
While being strictly against us enforcing ours by using the same tactics.
http://saintpetersbasilica.org/Necropolis/Scavi.htm
They enforce their borders and laws by removing violators from their nation.
While being strictly against us enforcing ours, if we try to use the same tactics.
The Vatican IS NOT a single, Bishop from Los Angeles!
Are you interested in honest debate, or just out to push your own personal Anti-Catholic venom?
Canon Mary Glasspool (left), and Canon Diane Bruce, bishops-elect with the Bishop of Los Angeles, the Rt Revd Jon Bruno, at the Los Angeles diocesan convention last week
It’s not just one bishop. The official policy, not just of the Catholic Church but that of most Christian sects, seems to be that Western nations have an obligation toward all less fortunate people. The “thinking” is that we must follow Christ’s compassionate example: Feed the hungry, heal the sick, clothe the naked. They never remember that Jesus never said we must steal from those that have and give it to those who don’t. Of course He also said that it was harder for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. So maybe the socialist Christian do-gooders have the rich man’s best interests at heart—By stealing their money and giving it to the poor, they’re just trying to help the rich get into heaven.
GOOD!
The venom came from you - curb your tongue. And as for "honest debate," where is your honesty in labelling the president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops a "single, Bishop from Los Angeles?"
You slap rudely and misrepresent the status and seriousness of what is going on, and then claim some sort of moral high ground? And through implication, you split the Vatican away from all of it with zero authority. You are way out of line here.
IN FACT, millions of people, Catholic and non-Catholic, are awaiting a Vatician statement on the position this president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has taken.
Also IN FACT, the Vatican is EXACTLY where the focus should be in this matter.
Arguing for a Protestant-style independence of interpretation is repulsively hypocritical.
I do not believe that valid Catholic doctrine dictates that the people of one country are OBLIGED to take care of people from another country.
The more fortunate have an obligation to look after the less fortunate, As An Expression of their love for God and all of His children.
This is entirely different from denying that a nation cannot have borders.
“The Vatican IS NOT a single, Bishop from Los Angeles! Are you interested in honest debate, or just out to push your own personal Anti-Catholic venom?
The venom came from you - curb your tongue. And as for “honest debate,” where is your honesty in labelling the president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops a “single, Bishop from Los Angeles?”
You slap rudely and misrepresent the status and seriousness of what is going on, and then claim some sort of moral high ground? And through implication, you split the Vatican away from all of it with zero authority. You are way out of line here.
IN FACT, millions of people, Catholic and non-Catholic, are awaiting a Vatician statement on the position this president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops has taken.
Also IN FACT, the Vatican is EXACTLY where the focus should be in this matter.
Arguing for a Protestant-style independence of interpretation is repulsively hypocritical.”
I sincerely believe you are the one out of line! If the US Conference of Catholic Bishops declared that war was immoral, that would not make it so!
I do not believe that valid Catholic doctrine dictates that the people of one country are OBLIGED to take care of people from another country.
The more fortunate have an obligation to look after the less fortunate, As An Expression of their love for God and all of His children.
This is entirely different from denying that a nation cannot have borders.
This is not a new dress code. As it always did, it simply relies on respect, common sense and taste, all of which seem in short supply these days.
Bishop Bruno is a Bishop in the Episcopal Church.
Sorry. Hard to tell one “Bishop” from another.
Short sleeves seem to be permissible for the guys, but not muscle shirts. In a twist, men must wear full length trousers, but the women can get away with knee length cut offs.
The methodology of the USCCB, insisting to hijack the entire American government system which represents Protestants, Jews, Buddhists, and atheists as well as Catholics, to bring the Mexicans over to America rather than insisting their welfare while they live in Mexico, is quite biased and short sighted if not just plain immoral. IIRC there is an item in the “official” catechism condemning such an approach.
rather than insisting their welfare => rather than encouraging private assistance to their welfare
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