[Alex Murphy]

He said this with a straight face, did he?

And only three weeks after the anniversary of the St Bartholemew Day's Massacre, no less.

[count-your-change]

I doubt the irony was lost on Muslim listeners either.

[Campion]

This probably comes as a big shock to you, but Pope Benedict didn't conceive of the St. Bartholomew's day massacre, didn't approve of it, didn't lead it, and didn't participate in it. It's actually perfectly possible that he thinks that those who did conceive of it, approved of it, led it, and participated in it proved, by their acts, that they were not authentic Christian believers.

I think the Papacy is the only office in the world whose incumbent is automatically guilty of all the crimes of his predecessors, as well as every crime that was merely committed in the name of one of his predecessors. You might as well take Benedict to task for his hypocrisy in talking about "true belief" at all -- after all, Peter denied Christ THREE times, didn't he???

[Rashputin]

Thank God for St Bartholomew and the “Massacre”.

It was all predestined and therefore something we should be thankful for.