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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 [2006-09-20]

  • What's the context?

    Despite having read several accounts of the pope's remarks as well as Bunting's commentary, I have no clue as to the pope's use of the Manuel II Paleologos quotation. Did he just use the quote out of the blue or was he illustrating some larger point? Everyone, including Salon, has repeated the quote but no one has given a synopsis of the speech in which it was used. How can we decide on the pope's intent if we don't know the context in which he used the citation?

    -- Max
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    Wednesday, September 20, 2006 11:21 AM
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