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The Blind Leading the Evil
One of the most prominent Catholics in American public life recently engaged in a pathetic embarrassment that reveals much about himself and the values of all too many Catholics.That prominent figure is not Mel Gibson. Raymond Flynn, the former mayor of Boston and former United States ambassador to the Vatican, asked Pope Benedict XVI in writing to lead Catholics worldwide in the quest for a just peace in the Middle East. Flynn publicized the letter as part of a commentary he wrote for the August 6-13 edition of the National Catholic Register, a conservative weekly. Flynns request, in and of itself, is anything but embarrassing. However, Flynns rhetoric reveals several disconcerting traits: a willingness to exploit the pope to serve a personal agenda, unrealistic expectations of the popes geopolitical role, latent anti-Semitism and a pervasive, dangerous naiveté about human nature. Posted by: mcsegeek1 2006-08-21 |
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