Pope Benedict Rewrites History
Joseph Ratzinger, the new Pope Benedict XVI, recalls (according to the New York Times) that the Roman Catholic Church was his bulwark against the Nazi regime, "a citadel of truth and righteousness against the realm of atheism and deceit."
Huh!?! In fact, the Roman Catholic Church, with its ancient tradition of anti-semitism, was more than a little collaborative with the Nazis, and did less than nothing to save the Jews.
For a good book on this topic, see the National Book Award winning Constantine's Sword (by James Carroll, a devout Catholic, at least before he wrote the book).
If there is a God up there concerned with us mortals, God must be looking down, bemused by the hypocrisy of Pope Benedict's recasting of history.
Posted by Harold Davis at April 20, 2005 10:36 AM
