Fairy tale takes dramatic twist!

[Gob]

Pope Exonerates Jews

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


VATICAN CITY (AP) — In a new book, Pope Benedict XVI makes a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ.

In excerpts from the book, “Jesus of Nazareth — Part II,” that were released on Wednesday, Benedict explains there is no basis in Scripture for the argument that the Jewish people as a whole were responsible.

Elan Steinberg of the American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants said the pope’s argument struck at the “foundation of anti-Semitic persecution.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/world ... ?src=twrhp

That's fucked Mel's movie...

[loCAtek]

Most forgiving Pope ever?

[Sue U]

Thanks, I guess, you old Nazi.

[Lord Jim]

Thanks, I guess, you old Nazi.

Well now, there's a "fairy tale"....

Shame on you Sue; you know better than that.

[Sue U]

Thanks, I guess, you old Nazi.

Well now, there's a "fairy tale"....

Shame on you Sue; you know better than that.

A little joke -- a jokelet, really. Didn't you see the eye-rolling?

[Lord Jim]

A little joke -- a jokelet,

Very little....

Microscopic, in fact...

Re the topic:

Frankly I was somewhat surprised when I saw this on the news yesterday....

I thought that this had been formally addressed back in the early 60's in Vatican II.....

ETA:

I guess I should actually follow the links and read the articles before posting:

The Second Vatican Council made a similar declaration in 1965. But Benedict is the first pope to personally do so, and Jewish scholars said Wednesday that his arguments were a milestone attack on the “foundation of anti-Semitic persecution.”

Okay, so the Pope was not enunciating a new Church doctrine, just making a personal observation for the purpose of emphasizing the point. (This is what I kind of suspected was probably the case)

Well then, good for him.