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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 12:00 AM

Back to the Dark Ages

Pope Benedict's animosity toward other faiths reveals a deep arrogance rooted in a blinkered Catholicism utterly out of place in the 21st century.
By Madeleine Bunting

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  • Wednesday, September 20, 2006 08:00 AM

    It's funny

    that the muslims want to kill the pope because he said they are violent.

    Poco

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