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Will a notorious anti-Semite become the pope?

02/19/2013 20:49 By ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ

Rodriguez Maradiaga is an out and out Jew-hater who says that Jews are to blame for sexual scandals of priests.

Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga arrives to attend a Mass at the Vatican, 2005

Photo by: REUTERS

Among those being considered to succeed Pope Benedict XVI is a notorious anti-Semite, Cardinal Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras. His name has appeared on various media short lists and his photograph was featured, along with other possible candidates, on the front page of the Miami Herald. He was also under consideration the last time around, and his Latin American heritage is considered a plus this time. He is very charismatic and popular in his home country and was recently invited to speak to Latino Catholics in the United States.

To put it most simply, Rodriguez Maradiaga is an out and out Jew-hater. He has said that “the Jews” are to blame for the scandal surrounding the sexual misconduct of priests toward young parishioners! The Jews? How did Rodriguez Maradiaga ever come up with this hair-brained idea? Here is his “logic.” He begins by asserting that the Vatican is anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian (as he says it should be). It follows, therefore, that “The Jews” had to get even with the Catholic Church, while at the same time deflecting attention away from Israeli injustices against the Palestinians. The Jews managed to do this by arranging for the media—which he says they control—to give disproportionate attention on the Vatican sex scandal.

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Will a notorious anti-Semite become the pope?

Rodriguez Maradiaga is an out and out Jew-hater who says that Jews are to blame for sexual scandals of priests.

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