Okay, to clarify the Laws on this and reduce the bickering I will try to help.
It is an Indirect Free Kick if a goalkeeper, inside of his own penalty area, "touches a ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a team-mate."
As espola said, if the keeper touches the ball with his hands outside of the penalty area, he is just like any other player and it is a direct free kick.
As JAP mentioned but did not explain, the law has nothing to do with passing. You will see players pass the ball to their own keeper all the time using their head or chest, which is perfectly legal.