Does anyone think that a major newspaper like the Los Angeles
Times would ever allow a hateful and patently false anti-Semitic or
anti-Muslim personal attack to be published in its letters to the editor? Of course
not. But check out this whopper of anti-Catholic vitriol that is in the
pages of the Times today (Mon. 2/2/09):
The Jesuits have a saying, "Give me the boy until he is 7, and I
will give you the man." You can now add, "Give Adolf Hitler the boy
until he is 7, and he will give you the pope."
RALPH WETTERHAHN
Long Beach
Yes, that's
the entire letter. In the eyes of Ralph Wetterhahn of Long Beach,
California, Pope Benedict is a Nazi, personally groomed by Hitler
himself, apparently. And the Times has no problem publishing this?!?
Good ... grief. More anti-Catholicism by the Times? Of course.
Letters from Wetterhahn and other readers were in response to the
news story regarding actions by Pope Benedict toward four excommunicated
bishops of the Society of St. Pius X. (There's a lot to it, but for more
on this, see
"Vatican: Comments by Holocaust denier unacceptable" (AP).)
(By the
way, I also came across
this eye-opening opinion piece from the Jerusalem Post.)
No matter what anyone may think of what Pope Benedict did, Catholics and non-Catholics alike should
be outraged that the Times would allow such a specious and vicious piece
of slander to be printed in its paper.
Maybe you might want to let the Times how you feel with a
(polite) letter of your own:
letters@latimes.com; or contact the Readers' Representative Jamie
Gold at readers.rep@latimes.com.
The catalog of
anti-Catholicism at the Times continues to grow.
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The letters section also contained this garbage of a letter by some
ignoramus/buffoon in Yorba Linda.
I was astonished to read that the pope has rescinded the
excommunication of anti-Semitic Bishop Richard Williamson, who claims
the Holocaust never happened.
As a cradle Catholic, I am appalled that the prelate of my church would
hide behind the legal technicalities of canon law to allow this
obviously loathsome man to resume his affiliation with Catholicism. This
is as horrifying to me as learning that Pope Pius XII at the time of the
Holocaust turned a blind eye to the annihilation of the Jews, Gypsies
and anyone else who did not measure up to the Third Reich standards.
If our papal leaders are not courageous and honorable during true tests
of faith and morals, why should anyone believe in their infallibility in
ordinary times?
How could this pope not know this unfortunate decision would cause the
world to wonder what has happened to the Catholic Church.
MAUREEN ARDRON
Yorba Linda
Forget the fact that the ignorant Ardron has no clue on the doctrine of
papal infallibility. The ignorant Ardron harps the patently false
"Pope-Pius-XII-aided-the-Nazis-in-the-Holocaust" lie. Ardron's claim has
been thoroughly and completely debunked and discredited.
I encourage the ignorant Ardron and others learn the truth
about Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust:
Also highly recommended are the
books,
The Myth of Hitler's Pope: How Pope Pius XII Rescued
Jews from the Nazis by David G. Dalin and
The New Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable
Prejudice by Philip Jenkins.