New Zealand Conservative

Very moving.

Today Pope Benedict XVI visited the Rome's main Synagogue, an event which no reasonable person could find fault with surely? Well no - Pope Benedict gets right up the noses of those with a Liberal bent and the story becomes not one of joint worship, rather - " Anger over wartime pontiff Pius XII overshadows Pope’s synagogue visit ". That is the Times' take and the usual suspects have a similar view. And indeed there are Jews who are upset about the current Popes moves towards beatification of his wartime predecessor. Could have Pius XII done more to aid European Jews during the dark days of World War II? Possibly - but he didn't do nothing. Jews were hidden in convents, monasterys and even the Vatican itself with the Popes encouragement and blessing. It is obvious to anyone with half a functioning braincell that that Pope had to walk a tightrope to negotiate the difficulties that that time presented to all statesmen The sad truth is that many people behaved rep...

[Background Reading to the issue: St Matthews on the Terrace ] I think David Farrar is just a little off the deep end with his latest post , having a dig at the people who have reacted aggressively to the billboard mocking Joseph and Mary. His point is that some have applauded an illegal act (vandalism), and that indicates a level of intolerance for freedom of speech that has him discussing extremists as if that applies to all Christians. The next time a female streaker performs an illegal act by running across the rugby pitch, perhaps those that applaud the law breaking will realise they themselves have become extremists heading down the road to burn an embassy? So I find myself fisking DPF. How strange, it's usually Idiot/Savant, or a Green press release that has me busy. Are times a-changing? It has been amazing to see the intolerance on display by some extremist Christians. Yeah, I’m amazed extremists are so extreme, but I’m equally amazed that all the moderate peo...

Pope Pius XII is on the road to sainthood. However, The Times Online has to mention in their article title that he was 'silent on Holocaust'. Nevermind that anything he did say was met with deadly repercussions by the Nazis. Related Links: Holocaust survivors announce symposium on Pius XII’s work to save Jews during WWII ~ Catholic News Agency Pope Pius XII who was 'silent on Holocaust on road to sainthood' ~ TimesOnline Previous Post: Soviet KGB falsly linked WW2 Pope with Nazis ~ NZ Conservative

It seems to come up with annoying regularity - the myth that Pius XII supported the Nazis. You've got to wonder how a myth of such ferocity could be born, and yes, it wasn't accidentally. The KGB wanted to destroy the moral authority of the West and what better target than the Catholic war time Pope? As they said, dead men can't defend themselves. KGB intent on linking Pius XII with Nazis, says former spy Washington DC, Jan 26, 2007 / 04:18 pm (CNA).- A former high-ranking officer with the KGB claims that the Kremlin and the Russian intelligence agency in the 1960s were set on executing a smear campaign against the Catholic Church, and the main target was Pope Pius XII. In a recent issue of the National Review Online, Lt. General Ion Mihai Pacepa, who eventually defected from the former Soviet bloc, recounts how the KGB and the Kremlin designed the deliberate campaign to portray the Pius XII “as a coldhearted Nazi sympathizer.” “In February 1960, Nikita Khrushchev ...