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AFP: New pope intervened against Kerry in US 2004 election campaign
The slurs have started! I did not think this was a smart move at the time, but that time has long passed and it is irrelevant to his selection as Pope.
German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican theologian who was elected Pope Benedict XVI, intervened in the 2004 US election campaign ordering bishops to deny communion to abortion rights supporters including presidential candidate John Kerry.
File under "whoopdy doo." He's a Catholic. That was his job.

Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-04-20
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=61847