[browardchad]

"(Aziz) did not come to mass often, but his wife and his son were here every Sunday," Haddad told AFP in fluent French, learned at the seminary in Mosul in northern Iraq before he studied philosophy and theology in Rome.

So the Mosul seminary is under the control of French clerics. Are we surprised at the ethic that considers Tariq Azziz a Christian, in any sense of the word?

[ChemistCat]

Do real Catholic priests tell the whole world about a member's standing and attendance?

I'm not Catholic but that strikes me as quite a violation of the relationship and confidentiality I expect from MY religious leaders.