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Pope attacks compared to anti-Semitism

Attacks on Pope Benedict and the Catholic Church over a sexual abuse scandal are comparable to the most shameful anti-Semitism, the pontiff\'s personal preacher told a Vatican Good Friday service.\n\nFather Raniero Cantalamessa, a Franciscan whose title is Preacher of the Pontifical Household, drew the parallel during a Passion of the Lord service in St. Peter\'s Basilica on the day Christians commemorate the death of Jesus by crucifixion
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April 5, 2010

From vancouversun.com:

Attacks on Pope Benedict and the Catholic Church over a sexual abuse scandal are comparable to the most shameful anti-Semitism, the pontiff’s personal preacher told a Vatican Good Friday service.

Father Raniero Cantalamessa, a Franciscan whose title is Preacher of the Pontifical Household, drew the parallel during a Passion of the Lord service in St. Peter’s Basilica on the day Christians commemorate the death of Jesus by crucifixion.

Read the full article at Vancouversun.com.

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