Posted on 01/15/2005 2:12:47 PM PST by Embraer2004
Go to the link. It's all right there. Letter was (deliberately or carelessly) mistranslated. And Goldhagen, unfortunately, was all too willing to believe the very worst about the Catholic church without checking it out at all. . . . which seems to be a common problem hereabouts.
Next thing you know, I'll be telling everybody about the secret Catholic indoctrination camps and Attila the Nun forcing little Baptist children to say the Rosary . . .
. . . just put it down to my being a newbie Catholic . . .
< grin >
It's the people who demand everyone worship their way or be killed that really worry me.
It's no justification to malign the Pope.The information was false, why perpetuate it?
Ask the same question of any liberal ----the true answer is that some people reject objective truth if it doesn't fit their prejudices.
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