[Mb-civic] The Pope Pleaded. We Didn't Listen.

Wed Apr 13 07:14:41 PDT 2005

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The Pope Pleaded. We Didn't Listen. 
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It's conveniently ignored that John Paul strongly opposed Bush over Iraq.

Robert Scheer

April 12 2005

OK, I get it, the pope was a really important guy. So why, during weeks of fawning coverage of his humanity and the elaborate Vatican funeral rituals, did American journalists and politicians ignore the pontiff's passionate opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq? 

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