Wow. They are really, really reaching over at the Vatican. This is shameful. Just shameful:
Attacks on Pope Benedict and the Catholic Church over a sexual abuse scandal are comparable to the most shameful anti-Semitism, a preacher told a Vatican Good Friday service attended by the pontiff.It's amazing how the leaders of the Catholic Church keep trying to make themselves the victims here -- after they enabled and protected child rapists for decades. It's not who they are, it's what they did and continue to do.
Father Raniero Cantalamessa drew the parallel during a "Passion of the Lord" service in St Peter's Basilica on the day Christians commemorate Jesus' death by crucifixion.
This week's celebrations leading up to Easter Sunday have been clouded by accusations that the Church in several countries mishandled and covered up episodes of sexual abuse of children by priests, some dating back decades.
