[farmer18th]

insult the pope..

The insult to the pope rests in history itself. The fact remains that the oldest Christian tradition on earth, at that point in history, had become ineffectual in curbing fascism in its own backyard. Perhaps if the Ten Commandments had been posted on every Italian village street and court house, perhaps if Catholic politicians had publicly referred to the immutable will of God, totalitarianism would not have taken root. Perhaps? Or perhaps that would have been deplorably insensitive to Italian agnostics?

[Catspaw]

It isn't anti-Catholic bias you're showing. It's anti-Catholic hatred you're demonstrating.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Um, Mr. History Major? Need I point out the troublesome detail of the fact that Catholic Italy wasn't buying the whole antisemitic thing that seemed to grip heavily Protestant North and Central Germany, and that Italian Jews weren't in danger until the Bosch took over?

Need I also point out that recent events have Italians at extreme odds with the EU over antisemite coddling?

[jwalsh07]

Dude, I'm Catholic. There is absolutley no gain to be made in pitting Catholics against Evangelicals, Orthodox Jews or any other religion.