Vatican Priest Likens Abuse Furor To Anti-Semitism

Yet another post that is not at all about religion or metaphysics, and not at all funny.

From NPR:

Pope Benedict XVI's personal preacher on Friday likened accusations against the pope and the Catholic church in the sex abuse scandal to "collective violence" suffered by the Jews.

...what? The "collective violence" endured by the world's Jews can largely be traced to the Catholic church's holding Jews collectively responsible for the death of Jesus. It wasn't until the Second Vatican Council (in the 1960s) that the Church decided that maybe this wasn't quite fair.

So, I think that pretty much means that Raniero Cantalamessa (the aforementioned priest making this comparison) and the rest of the Catholic church may have a bit of a screwy idea of what persecution actually IS.

Again, the church isn't under attack. Priests committed horrible crimes against children. The Church systematically and by policy covered it up. Wanting to hold the criminals and those who protected them from justice is not persecution of the church.

To make such a comparison is not only disgusting, but shows how outrageously out of touch the church is with the real world.