Priestly Pedophilia and Jews

The New York Times: A senior Vatican priest speaking at a Good Friday service compared the uproar over sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church — which have included reports about Pope Benedict XVI’s oversight role in two cases — to the persecution of the Jews.

Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa: Yes, the Catholic Church knew about a few priests and their unfortunate decisions regarding children. And yes, instead of defrocking them, we just moved them to a new church so they could continue to make unfortunate decisions. But what is getting lost here is how very few priests we’re talking about. The vast majority of priests are good people, and by criticizing us for a few bad apples, you’re no better than anti-Semites.

Consider the middle ages. Most Jews at the time were good, decent people. Sure, a few of them were responsible for the black plague, but that doesn’t excuse the destruction of hundreds of Jewish villages throughout medieval Europe anymore than our approach to priestly misconduct excuses all the bad press we’ve been receiving.

And in 18oo’s, some Jewish bad apples were planning a global Zionist takeover, but the Russian pogroms that killed an estimated 300,000 innocent Jews was an over-reaction on par with the strongly worded op-ed pieces that have criticized our systematic cover-up of hundreds of child abuse cases throughout Europe.

And yes, some money grubbing, hook nosed Jews were responsible for Germany losing World War I and its subsequent economic collapse, but I think we can all agree that the Holocaust was as unwarranted as the recent calls for Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation.

My point is this: If you criticize us for protecting child rapists, you’re just as bad as the Nazis, about who our pope at the time, Pius XII, remained neutral.

Happy Easter!

Photo Potpourri

Sometimes I take photos that amuse me, but aren’t worth their own post. Here are a few.

First up, I’d like to announce the opening of my lingerie store.

As the sign implies, it’s the anti-Victoria’s Secret. Only unglamorous, utilitarian bras.

This Chinese Restaurant looks like they got their sign from a former Chili’s.

I assume their baby back ribs come with barbecue soy sauce.

With this next one, I first read it as Pimp Ark

Which makes sense. Noah was ostensibly running a brothel at sea.

Here’s candy I saw for sale, one week before Easter.

It wasn’t discounted either. Maybe on Easter, the Quax duck rises from the dead. Hollowed out sculpted chocolate is very Christ-like.

Here’s the front page headline from a New Jersey newspaper, The Trentonian (#1 in daily readers, no less)

Say what you will about The New York Post, but at least their headlines are clever. “Murder” doesn’t sound anything like “Wanda” and she doesn’t look anything like Jamie Lee Curtis. Also, if you read the sub-headline, she didn’t even kill the guy with a fish. She killed him because he rejected her cooking. If I worked at the Trentonian, here’s what I’d have done.

And my last one is a Shriners ambulance.

Now, if you’re going to name clowns that play with children, there are good choices.

And bad choices.

After Laffy, that’s the best you could come up with? What’s a name you didn’t go with? Nambla the Clown?

And on an unrelated note, “thanks” doesn’t have an apostrophe.