Pope receives apology from UK Foreign Office for 'condom' memo

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/25/pope-apology-condom-memo

Summary

An internal foreign office memo about the pope’s visit has leaked. The document contained a brainstorm session about what the pope could do on his visit planed in September. The memo written by staff planning events suggested that the pope could open a abortion ward or launch his own brand of condoms. In a statement made by the Foreign office was said “This is clearly a foolish document that does not in any way reflect UK government or Foreign Office policy or views” . In Italia the news of the leaked memo was not taken lightly. La Stampa said that this incident does not help to improve the anti-papal feeling that certain sectors are trying to feed in the UK.

I think a lot of people are over reacting to this leaked memo. It is clearly something that was written as a joke in a brainstorm session. I think it is really weird that the government is trying to make excuses why the memo was written. Excuses such as, it was written to look at the most extreme ends of what the pope could do in the UK. I feel the person who wrote this memo should not be punished for it because it is very clear to me that it was just a joke.