
April 25th / 27th, 2008
"Pope Benedict is a Lying Hypocrite"
I suppose when you start out as a Hitler youth, anything afterward is an
improvement. Not so with lying hypocrite Pope Benedict (the former Joseph
Ratzinger) who runs his empire like a Mafia chieftain and protects his power base
at all costs.
As was noted in a previous column, Ratzinger was, for years, Pope John Paul’s
enforcer who had little sympathy or tolerance for the human condition,
evidenced by, for example, his stand on birth control. Ratz doomed third world
believers to a life of AIDS and hunger when he proclaimed the use of condoms
as a “sin”.
But little Joe’s finest hour came with his orchestrated cover-up of church
sex scandals. That’s why I almost put my fist through a wall when I heard
Benedict’s various speeches during last week’s perverted visit to America.
Upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force base, Ratz said, “It is a great
suffering for the church and for me personally that this (sex abuse) could happen.
It is difficult for me to understand how it was possible that priests betray
their mission to these children.”
But if anyone has betrayed his mission to children it is Benedict, whose
statements constituted the height of hypocrisy. Here’s why.
In 2001, charges were brought against a Columbian born priest serving at a
church in Houston, Texas. John Doe 1,2, and 3 alleged sexual abuse by Juan
Carlos Patino-Arango. In May of that same year, Ratzinger issued a letter
written in Latin to all Bishops, ordering that “crimes such as the sexual abuse
of minors” would be handled in private by the church.
Atila Sinke Guimaraes writing for Tradition in Action noted that in that
letter, Ratz also imposed two orders of silence upon his Bishops, and threatened
to excommunicate them if they broke silence on the matter of the sexual
abuse cases. Hatchet man Joe went even further. He ordered that the church bury
such cases for ten years after the minor turns 18, which was a clear
indication that the statute of limitations would favor the Vatican during ensuing
legal battles.
When attorneys for the abuse victims learned of Ratz’s letter, they named
him as a co-defendant in the Texas action, accusing him of conspiring to cover
up the molestations.
In April of 2005, Joe had become Pope and though powerful, he did not want
to face the scandal of a court trial in America. So he asked President Bush
to declare him immune from liability in the Houston case. The formal request
was made by the new Pontiff in August of 2005, but there is reason to believe
that a political conspiracy between Ratz and George W was actually hatched
back in 2004.
According to journalist Sidney Blumenthal, Bush “pleaded with the Vatican to
pressure U.S. Bishops to step up their activism against abortion and gay
marriage” during his re-election campaign against John Kerry.
One week after Bush made his request to the Pope, Ratz sent a letter to all
U.S. Bishops “pronouncing that Catholics who were pro-choice on abortion
must be denied communion”.
Catholics comprise about 20% of the voting public, and, following the Pope’s
pronouncement, Bush garnered the majority of Catholic votes, despite the
fact that Kerry is, himself, a Catholic.
Then came the formal request for immunity which I alluded to earlier. Bush
complied. Quid pro quo. Re-election in exchange for immunity. But that
shady deal was more than just unethical. It should have landed both Ratz and
Bush in jail for obstruction of justice.
That’s why I am offended by the Pope’s tarmac speech last week, and by
subsequent speeches he gave during his visit to Washington D.C.
One day after his arrival to our shore, Ratz was treated to a birthday
celebration thrown in his honor by Mr. Bush. At the party, the Papal Hypocrite
said, “Any tendency to treat religion as a private matter must be resisted”.
He also agreed with Cardinal Francis George of Chicago that the sex
scandals “had been badly handled” (by Bishops). Nothing like throwing your own
Bishops under the bus after you personally told them to orchestrate a cover-up.
Ratz clearly has balls, at least figuratively.
Then it was corrupt George’s turn to make a statement. Bush said the Papal
visit was a reminder for Americans to “distinguish between right and wrong”.
If ever there were two men who did NOT know the difference between right and
wrong, it is Nazi Joe and George W. It’s enough to make you want to take
the Lord’s name in vain.
And let’s not let the Vatican cardinals off the hook. They are as guilty
of obstruction as is Ratzinger. Following the death of John Paul, the
Cardinals knew of the sex scandal cover-ups, and knew that Ratz was directly
implicated in the Texas court action. Yet they still elevated him to Pope. Clearly
there will be no real reform or any true justice for victims so long as the
same power structure prevails in Rome.
And speaking of the victims, let’s consider how they and their families must
have felt when watching the media gush over Ratzinger last week. Instead
of being hand-cuffed and removed to a Texas courtroom, Benedict was feted and
praised.
Not one member of the mainstream media challenged the Pope’s lying
statements. In fact, all questions had to be submitted in advance and approved by
the Great Hypocrite.
Excuse me, but I thought our government was supposed to protect its citizens
from harm, torture and abuse, not grant immunity to the abusers. I thought
we were supposed to stand against despots, not throw birthday parties for
them.
All Americans, Catholics and non-Catholics alike, should be appalled at the
Pope’s crimes, and sickened by the charade of last week’s Papal visit here.
I look forward to the day when Rome has a real spiritual leader and America
has a real honest leader. I doubt that either will happen in my lifetime.
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