[jwfiv]

This is where I get irritated with the Pope, that he feels obliged to give the President a slap in the face instead of a thank you, and infer that Dubya, and the USA, do not share 'human values'.

However, that was the phrasing of the article's writer, twisting the Pontiff's words.

Still, I'm slightly bummed.

Dubya deserves a big hug and a public thank you from the Pope, not a nuanced condemnation.

The President doesn't condemn the Church for the actions of pederastic priests, nor Bishops who covered their tracks.

Likewise, the Church should not condemn the US for the ill-advised actions of a few prison guards.

Christ's injunction to turn the other cheek is righteous, and the Pontiff's obligtion to follow that teaching is noble, but the reality of it is that it could get us killed, and our neighbors and kin, too.

[whd23]

The President doesn't condemn the Church for the actions of pederastic priests, nor Bishops who covered their tracks.

Likewise, the Church should not condemn the US for the ill-advised actions of a few prison guards.

Testify!

I couldn't agree more.

[MeekOneGOP]

Mega Bump here !!! :^D