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Olde Tyme Religion
Head of Christian community in Lebanon defends pope
2006-09-18
The head of Lebanon's Christian Maronite community defended Pope Benedict XVI Sunday against what he termed a 'misunderstanding' over the pope's comments on violence and Islam earlier this week.
“the criticism of the pope is part of a political campaign based on a misunderstanding...”
Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir said that 'the criticism of the pope is part of a political campaign based on a misunderstanding.' Pope Benedict had 'not spoken directly about Islam' in his speech, said Sfeir.

During his Sunday sermon in Bkirki, north of Beirut, the patriarch expressed 'sorrow about the reactions in the Islamic world' over the speech which the pope made Tuesday in Germany. Sfeir said 'the speech was misunderstood.'
Posted by:Fred

#4  Nah, SOP, more. He's right there in the middle of the pissy throngs.
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2006-09-18 19:46  

#3  That's as courageous as Benedict. Thank God some men still have spines. Hezbs probably schemming to blow him up already.
Posted by: SOP35/Rat   2006-09-18 13:22  

#2  Las Vegas now has a line on how long it will take some mentally deranged islamist (and are 100s of 1000s of them) to pop his cap.
Posted by: anymouse   2006-09-18 12:28  

#1  Let's keep count: Conservatives replacing Liberals in governments, religious and political leaders speaking up about the unacceptability of Muslim behaviour... The Path to 9/11 getting shown despite Clintonista seething, along with all the other 9/11 rememberences... we may have actually crossed a tipping point.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-09-18 09:13  

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