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No, but he appears to have a major blind spot about Catholics and the Pope, in this article at least. I hadn't noticed it before.

And, no, I have no problems with NASCAR fans or energetic Americans. That part of it doesn't bother me at all.

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"-- he [VDC] appears to have a major blind spot about Catholics and the Pope, in this article at least. I hadn't noticed it before. --

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Hansen writes:

"-- Quote an ancient treatise, as did the pope, and learn your entire Church may come under assault, and the magnificent stones of the Vatican offer no refuge.

There are three lessons to be drawn from these examples. In almost every case, the criticism of the artist or intellectual was based either on his supposed lack of sensitivity or of artistic excellence.

The pope was [supposedly] woefully ignorant of public relations.

Yes, Pope Benedict is old and scholastic; he lacks both the smile and tact of the late Pope John Paul II, who surely would not have turned for elucidation to the rigidity of Byzantine scholarship.
But isn't that why we must come to the present Pope's defense- ; if for no reason other than because he has the courage to speak his convictions when others might not? --"


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I find him defending the pope, instead of being 'blind' to what he said.