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Vatican Preacher Compares Backlash Over Clergy Abuse Scandal to Anti-SemitismPosted on Apr 2, 2010
Note to the Vatican: Adopting the mantle of victimhood in the face of accusations of sexual abuse by clergy members and attempted cover-ups by other church officials is not bound to go over very well with the public—especially if parallels are drawn to the persecution of the Jews. However, that very note was played by Pope Benedict XVI’s own preacher, the Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa, during his Good Friday sermon at St. Peter’s Basilica. Meanwhile, Gawker has put together a handy list of justifications (and scapegoats) the Catholic church has attempted to use recently. —KA
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By Grant, April 6, 2010 at 3:45 pm Link to this comment
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Given: Like banking, mainstream media is
is serious, for-profit business and
the owners have their cunning reasons for
manipulating to achieve their nafarious
objectives. The target is clouded
but the method is plain and simple.
It is about a subtle as delivering a
fish wrapped in newspapers to the Pope.
Report thisTherefore, when the media stresses something like an obscure old priest who diddled some kid in some obscure village, one must wonder what the hell is going on, since dozens of life-and-death situations are popping up around the globe, day by day. What is more, the horror of this financial meltdown are reported as a “recovery.” OMG, get real!
By amunaor, April 4, 2010 at 11:35 am Link to this comment
This is a citadel of self appointed kings who have no Queen; who consider her archetype: a whore.
Where are Isis and Osiris in this hijacked Egyptian mythology of theirs? This citadel contains the father of all lies and self aggrandizement.
Now their creation bubbles to the surface.
Peace, Best Wishes and Hope
Report thisBy melpol, April 4, 2010 at 9:55 am Link to this comment
The revelations of child abuse in the catholic church and its coverup has shocked
Report thisthe world. What makes the crimes even more puzzling is that there is no rational
reason why a holy man would sodomize a child. The Devil must take the blame
for this sacrilege. It is his way of gathering Legion. He knows that an abused child
will become a hater of the church.
And Jesus asked him, saying “What is thy name?” And he said, “Legion”: because
many devils were entered into him.
By Leefeller, April 4, 2010 at 9:22 am Link to this comment
What a plan, bring in the Palestinian and Israel debacle, this is something new, covering ones ass, with the most famous smoke and mirrors routine, great job Popee!
Well! If one was expecting accountability from the Vatican, then they would most probably believe in fantasy stories!
Go Popey!
Report thisBy omygodnotagain, April 3, 2010 at 4:56 pm Link to this comment
This whole ‘crisis’ is created for one purpose to blackmail the Vatican into silence over the upcoming attack on Iran by the US under orders from its bosses in Israel. If you have any doubts consider what happen to the Goldstone Report. Over 300 representatives or should we call them weasels did AIPAC bidding. A day to live in infamy, the US bending to the will of a criminal enterprise call Israel
Report thisBy melpol, April 3, 2010 at 2:36 pm Link to this comment
Worshipers of the black mass believe that they can control a child’s mind by anal intercourse. Their program is to strike the nerves at the base of the spine leaving its imprint on the brain and turning the victim into a robot. This type of child abuse has been going on for centuries in the name of religion. It is up to the media to expose it and end the practice.
Report thisBy NYCartist, April 3, 2010 at 12:50 pm Link to this comment
I laughed out loud when I heard it on the radio.
Report thisBy DaEggman, April 3, 2010 at 10:14 am Link to this comment
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All religion is fraudulent, from the Catholics, to the Jews, to the Muslims and every unproven, belief based system created to allow another manipulation of our natural human symbiosis and put it down as a gift from God. Show me your God and I’ll belive, talk is cheap and bibles are free..To stop people from having sex to become church leaders goes against every natural human ideal. We are sexual beings and to have religion come down and tell us that we were created in God’s image except for penises and vaginas (obviously the work of Satan) is reprehensible. The various churches try to tell us that sex is bad unless you are married, which is crap because without those innate feelings, our race would perish in a few generations. The lies told by the church, to make people feel guilty about being human are far more reprehensible in the long run than some kids getting raped (but not condoning that behavior at all, especially when it was allowed to go on by those higher up who, should have put people first, but chose to protect the fraudulent institution of the church.) The guilt throughout the generations of religious persecution of those who don’t agree with the church (and yes, that includes the Scientologists,) has crippled our ability to be united as humans instead of divided as Christians, Jews, Muslims, or any other religion that requires faith over proof. 7+ Million Christians and other religious and non religious were also kille in the Nazi camps, but the poor Jews, who now execute the palestinians with the same zeal once reserved for them in Nazi Germany, have forgotten their human side and now are fully entrenched in a belief that has no proof, written by people who knew almost nothing about how the Earth worked or where it was in the cosmos, but with a strong sense of how to manipulate the mind and brainwash an entire people, dooming them to repeat their past over and over again. Wake up believers, stop relying on your scrolls to justify the slaughter of your brothers. We are all the same, you aren’t chosen and neither am I. The catholics are starting to see their dynasty crumble around them. Jews and Cristians and Muslims, you are all next in line as your silly beliefs are no longer pertinant in today’s world, just as the Greek and Roman gods also faded from view. Mythology is mythology, god is a philosophy, not the truth, or it would be plain to see and there would be only one religion. I enjoy watching the religious squirm the way they have always made everyone else bow to their call. Prosecute the people lobbing rockets into Israel, but don’t forget to prosecute the Israeli’s for the same crimes. Prosecute the Pope, and all people who let the rape and torture of children continue, not because these are crimes against an unseen master, but because they are crimes against all humanity, which answers to a much higher power, the people.
Report thisBy Jim Yell, April 3, 2010 at 6:49 am Link to this comment
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This continues to be a case of a tone deaf religious administration. Their defense is not to accept that they made an error in trying to hide the abuse and in treating the “nerve” of the victims to protest to the public as an assault on the church!
This behavior by the church is not new, it is the way the church government has always responded to the crimes committed by church officials. In the old days when the church was a government apart from the civil they could get away with it, but in new democratic governments, when they break the laws the victims have a right to demand these crimes be addressed and no longer hidden from the public.
However, to be fair, don’t think it is just a catholic problem. The embarressments in the Protestant churchs are just as entrenched and if they are less likely to hidden, it is only that there is no central corporate governance to keep the lid on.
Religion should not be a permit to break laws and take advantage of people, even gullible people.
Report thisBy C.Curtis.Dillon, April 3, 2010 at 2:43 am Link to this comment
My brother’s “significant other” was a lawyer hired by the New Mexico Catholic Church to help them deal with sex abuse charges in that state. Unlike all the other diocese, she told the church to be upfront and to treat the victims as “victims” and not adversaries. The church took her advice and the scandal was handled quietly and with great sensitivity. It cost the church essentially nothing ... no huge lawsuits or settlements. The victims were more interested in the church acknowledging the abuse and in dealing with it in a sensitive and honest manner. How unlike the churches in Boston and elsewhere.
Now we have the main church embroiled in the same controversy and taking not the NM approach, but instead following their stupid brothers in Boston. Anyone want to guess how this comes out? I wonder how much they can get for all those “priceless” paintings and statues in the Vatican? If they don’t change their ways, this is going to be very expensive and damaging. So concerned with protecting the institution and the “reputation” of the church, and damaging both instead. CYA in action at the highest level and with the man the church says talks directly to God. Really? Wonder what God is whispering in his ear these days?
Report thisBy Antinazionista, April 3, 2010 at 12:18 am Link to this comment
Sexually abusing some children kind of pales next to
to the stealth genocide of an entire (Palestinian)
people in the name of Judaism.
The message from the ‘Jewish groups’, once again here
is: no suffering can be greater than Jewish suffering,
ergo whatever crimes we commit are justified by what
has been done to us.
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/
Report thisBy pikawicca, April 2, 2010 at 7:14 pm Link to this comment
Oh yeah, verbal criticism of crimes committed by Catholic clergy are equivalent to the torture and murder of 6 million Jews. Why didn’t I think of that? Idiots!
Report thisBy melpol, April 2, 2010 at 6:15 pm Link to this comment
Claims by the media that the cries of pain by altar and choir boys were ignored by the pope have not been proven. The truth would be revealed if an international hot line was open for those that were sodomized by members of the clergy. The phones must be manned by impartial volunteers to avoid censorship. If enough victims would come forward and voice their anger in Saint Peters Square, the need for altar and choir boys
Report thiswould come to an end.
By Keone Michaels, April 2, 2010 at 6:07 pm Link to this comment
This particular Pope with a history somewhat stained by early associations with
WW2 issues and Nazi youth etc. etc should stay away from that kinda talk. That is
not a helpful move by this preacher to associate the Pope in any way with anti-
semitism is a losing proposition. Are we sure he is working for not against the
Pope?
Just sayin!
Report thisBy mrfreeze, April 2, 2010 at 5:33 pm Link to this comment
I am compelled to ask again:
Is the Catholic Hierarchy suffering from chronic mental impairment?
“We’re the LEADERS of the Catholic Church and we’re being treated like Jews!”
If having uber-chutzpah is proof of jewishness then they are indeed Jews.
Report thisBy berniem, April 2, 2010 at 5:28 pm Link to this comment
Gee! I almost wish there really was a hell for this boorish SOB to burn in(or whatever passes for eternal punishment these days)! Maybe he can park it next to Boniface 8 down there in one of Dante’s circles. I’ve had it with these god squads, frocked or otherwise, polluting every thing they touch with their pseudo benevolence and slippery morality that so transparently attempts to mask greed and lust for power! If these “people” went around spewing their nonsense while citing Martin The Martian or that old Egyptian jackalheaded “diety”, we’d encourage them to seek help for their delusions!
Report thisBy samosamo, April 2, 2010 at 4:47 pm Link to this comment
This is rich, I can imagine now the pope and netynyahoo
Report thiswalking out to the camera holding hands like w and the saudi
king or prince in a show of solidarity.
By idarad, April 2, 2010 at 3:10 pm Link to this comment
Only to the degree that anti-semitism can be linked to Israel’s continued murder of the people of Gaza. Just as the catholic political side believes they are beyond reproach, Israel thinks it has an unfettered right to murder. Religions can always justify their hate by blaming the victim…. so so convenient
Report thisBy the worm, April 2, 2010 at 2:36 pm Link to this comment
The Catholic Church is truly fraudulent - an institution that puts itself above
others, that prioritizes self perpetuation, that demonizes others, and, when
that doesnt work, pretends to victimhood.
May be all this would work on the public, but the public has seen the
Republican Party run the same gambit recently, and, frankly, when it happens
so often, it just loses its drama and the ability to affect the viewers is simply
diluted.
You know, the Republicans are beat up by the ‘biased left wing main stream
media’ or the Republicans not listened to when it comes to formulating
legislation or the Catholic Church is being persecuted like Jews.
The Republicans and the Catholic Church might try accepting responsibility.
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