From: MarkA 

On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 07:29:04 -0700, J Young wrote:

>
> No doubt that Archbishop Tomasi was referring to the spate of Catholic-
> bashing that has taken place in the world.
>
>
> http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/03/antireligious_fanaticism_threa.php
>
>
>
> Anti-religious fanaticism threatens religion and believers with insult,
> discrimination, persecution and injury that stands in contradiction to the
> promise of freedom hailed by democratic societies, said a Vatican
> representative to a United Nations body in Geneva, Switzerland.
>
> In a March 22 address to the fourth special session of the U.N. Human
> Rights Council, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, head of the Vatican permanent
> observer mission to the U.N. -- and other international organizations --
> called the international body to protect the "freedom of religion, of
> expression, of conscience, of worship in private and in public and respect
> of religious convictions for believers of all faiths and for non-believers
> alike" within the context of other human rights.
>
> "Abuse of rights of believers, even outright violence against them, state
> restrictions, undue impositions and persecution, public insult to
> religious feelings, unfortunately persist and call for remedy," he said.

This from an organization that used to torture heretics to death, and
probably still would if they could.  Boo-fucking-hoo.

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MarkA
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