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So, you have no transcripts of Ravisi's remarks? How is it then that you can accuse everyone here who is outraged that the Vatican has not officially spoken out against Hamas' attacks on Israel of being:

"I'm not here to make excuses. I'm here to laugh out loud. At you and your mouth-breathing pals who swallowed this hit piece, holus-bolus. There's no transcript of his speech, no context, no block quotes of any substance. The article is nothing but a piece of trumped up trash.

The headline alone made me crack up. Why are there quotes at the end of the sentence ...Israel is a baby-killer"?? The Cardinal never uttered that sentence. It's the invention of the author of this despicable garbage.

You can only presume that he "never uttered that sentence" so you can hyper-criticize anyone who did believe he would say it. It's not as if there is no history with which to back up such suspicions. Without a transcript you and your fellows "pals" are just as ignorant as those you rail against. Take a breather!

So, you have no transcripts of Ravisi's remarks?"

Yes, this is what anti-Catholicis has now sunken to. An outrageous statement is made about the Church or a Catholic and unless a Catholic can prove the negative it stands.

The really sad thing is that they believe that this is God's wish. Because God is Truth, those who choose to ignore or deny the truth ignore and deny God.

Peace be with you.

It appears what was said is as quoted in the article, “I think of the ‘massacre of the innocents’. Children are dying in Gaza, their mothers’ shouts is a perennial cry, a universal cry”.

What precisely was meant by this is being given a certain interpretation by writers but clearly Ravasi is attempting to connect the Biblical text with the death of children in Gaza.

If he doesn't speak for the Vatican, then is his comment contrary to the Vatican's position?

Take a breather!

Thanks.....why don't we all.

And while we're doing so, let's enjoy some more of Meiotti's "journalism".

Israel and the Christians (quote: "Certainly, some US Evangelicals would like to convert Jews, and Israel must fight them."....."Israel’s leaders urgently need to set up a moral platform rejecting the “Judeo-Christian” blend, which theologically fuses Jews and Christians together without protecting the Jewish faith and maintaining Israel as an independent single-faith Jewish community."......"the Vatican, which embraced a new aggressiveness against Israel")

The Islamic-Christian Assault on Jerusalem

Europe's Jews: The Irish War on Israel

The Cruel Israeli Maestro Welcomed in the Vatican (quote..."The Catholic Church, which today is busy in fighting the Jewish and free existence of the State of Israel...") The Pope's crime? Listening to (and enjoying) Beethoven played by Daniel Barenboim (the "Cruel Israel Maestro")

Did the Pope Help the Jews? (Quote..it's not hard - in fact, it is appallingly banal - to understand why the Pope kept silent while the Jews were gassed)

Palestinian Jesus, Israeli Herod

How deep is the Christian-Jewish Abyss? (quote:Pope Benedict and Protestant leaders must atone for what Christianity has done to the Jewish people by recognizing the unique place of the Jews and Israel.)

I think we get the picture.