# Vatican Embassy **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 16, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-embassy/613062 "2012-02-16T20:42:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-embassy/613062/21 "2012-02-17T15:20:28Z")
Maybe Ireland is simply running out of government cash and figures the Roman embassy can do double duty… ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-embassy/613062/22 "2012-02-17T15:23:12Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > There are very few jobs were you can wear a funny hat, carry a halberd, and defend pedos. …but enough about the PennState mascot… ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-embassy/613062/23 "2012-02-18T06:21:14Z")
> [@md2000](#): > > Maybe Ireland is simply running out of government cash and figures the Roman embassy can do double duty… That is the official line. The Irish Foreign Ministry gave “It gives no economic return” as the reason for the embassy’s closure, as well as the recent closings of their embassies in Iran and East Timor. However, the two sides have been butting heads over the sex abuse scandal and the Vatican even went so far as recalling its ambassador to Ireland back in July after the Irish PM accused the vatican of obstructing the investigation. So Ireland’s official line for the closure is the cost of running the embassy, but its pretty obvious to me that it’s not the only reason - even if they have decided not to come out and say it. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-embassy/613062/24 "2012-02-18T23:52:08Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > So Ireland’s official line for the closure is the cost of running the embassy, but its pretty obvious to me that it’s not the only reason - even if they have decided not to come out and say it. I’ve heard commentors claiming it both ways, and not along a Catholic/non-Catholic split. It may seem obvious to you, but an awful lot of better-informed people have come up with nothing more than a “Who Knows?” ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-embassy/613062/25 "2012-02-19T00:32:13Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > …but enough about the PennState mascot… Holy Shit! **Starving Artist** has a halberd? ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-embassy/613062/26 "2012-02-19T21:56:17Z")
Is being US ambassador to Lichtenstein, Andorra, Luxembourg ,etc., a plum job? ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-embassy/613062/27 "2012-02-20T02:19:49Z")
I give it a 2/10 for trolling. The OP only used the word Hitler 3 times in one sentence. It’s like he isn’t even trying. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-embassy/613062/28 "2012-02-24T10:00:52Z")
Without Vatican embassies, how will we preserve the endangered noriega? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-embassy/613062/29 "2012-02-24T15:53:58Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > Is being US ambassador to Lichtenstein, Andorra, Luxembourg ,etc., a plum job? Not Liechtenstein, as the our ambassadors to Switzerland now do double duty as ambassadors to Liechtenstein. Same thing with Spain and Andorra. Luxembourg, yes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vatican-embassy/613062.md?page=1)