Monday, December 15, 2008

Roman Catholics 2.0?

After hearing a story on BBC Radio 4 about Uma Thurman's soon to be 3rd husband, Arpad Busson, I decided to learn more about him on Wikipedia. Interesting fellow. He has previously had two sons with Australian model, Elle Macpherson. There was one line that gave me a cynical smile though:

According to Macpherson, Busson is so devout a Catholic he decided he couldn't marry a divorcée, despite having two children with her out of wedlock and despite Macpherson herself being Catholic.

Excuse me?! He's "so devout a Catholic" but had two children with her out of wedlock?! I guess the ultra-rich can set their own rules of "devoutness". Something tells me that Catholic Church may have a somewhat different opinion though!

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2 comments:

  1. KFDodge11:24 AM

    Actually, the Catholic church frowns on the first divorce. Not getting married is less 'sinful' than getting remarried. "Devout" *note: old school believers* Catholics believe that once you are married, it lasts forever . . . so in essence, a second marriage is polygamy.

    Thank goodness you can recover from being Catholic. Protestantism is much nicer . . .

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  2. Robert W.11:29 AM

    You heathen, you! :-)

    I hope that no one assumed that I was passing moral judgment on Monsieur Busson. I just couldn't stop laughing at any assertion that he is a "devout Catholic".

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