Thursday, May 27, 2004

 

Pope Condemns Torture As Affront to Humans

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope John Paul II condemned torture Thursday as an intolerable affront to human dignity, lamenting that reports of abuses "constantly arrive from all continents."

The pope made no mention of any countries or specific cases in his speech to seven new ambassadors to the Holy See.

On June 4, John Paul is scheduled to meet with President Bush, whose administration is under heavy criticism for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by the U.S. military at Abu Ghraib prison. Several Vatican cardinals have already assailed the abuse.

Now, in scrupulous fairness to Dubya, the Catholic Church has little room to criticize -- after all, Bush's chief purpose was only "inquisitorial" as well . . .

posted by Michael 10:09 PM