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Originally Posted by Stu Pidasso
I think it a little niave to think there are not people out there who are out to smear the Pope.
Andy do you think the Pope was Nazi too?
From Reuters:
The Vatican on Thursday angrily attacked the media over its reporting of sexual abuse of children by priests, saying there was an "ignoble attempt" to smear Pope Benedict 'at any cost'.
"The prevalent tendency in the media is to ignore the facts and stretch interpretations with the aim of spreading the picture of the Catholic Church as the only one responsible for sexual abuse, something which does not correspond to reality, the Vatican newspaper said."
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The Vatican wasn't referring to Nazi allegations. It was saying that the media claims that the Church is "the only one responsible for sexual abuse." That is a ludicrous claim. The news story with the picture you object to headlines the Vienna Boys Choir, so the Church is clearly not being fingered by the media as "the only one responsible for sexual abuse."
Further from Reuters:
One of the pope's top aides, Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, denounced what he called "a conspiracy" against the church.
"This is a pretext for attacking the church," he said. "There is a well-organized plan with a very clear aim,"
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The priest molested 200 kids. The current Pope was in charge of The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Where is a conspiracy against the church? Where is a smear by the media? Where is an attack on the church?
Last edited by andyfox; 03-26-2010 at 07:51 PM.