[narses]

Hand was banned from FR for his baiting and flaming. He misrepresents the truth too often for my tastes, and defends the Pope rather than the Faith. There is no denying this Pope's ecumenical spirit. There is no denying the fact that the Curia no longer sees a need to reconcile schismatics and heretics to Rome. VATICAN CITY, March 29 -- Pope John Paul II said today he hoped that the human tragedy of the war in Iraq would not set Christians and Muslims against each other and spark "a religious catastrophe."

"War must never be allowed to divide world religions," he told visiting Roman Catholic bishops from Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country. The pope said good inter-religious relations were important "at this moment of heightened tension in the entire world community."

[Maximilian]

Hand was banned from FR for his baiting and flaming.

Hand is unscrupulous. I thought that he might come back from his self-imposed layoff with a humbler and less contentious spirit. This article has dashed my hopes.