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Osservatore Romano vergelijkt kritiek op paus is met "terrorisme"

VATICAANSTAD (RKnieuws.net) - De Osservatore Romano, het huisorgaan van het Vaticaan, heeft woensdag de kritiek op de paus vergeleken met "terrorisme". Aanleiding tot de kritiek is een rockconcert in Rome op 1 mei dat rechstreeks werd uitgezonden door de Italiaanse televisie.
Andrea Rivera, één van de presentatoren van het concert, had gespot met de beslissing van de Kerk om een kerkelijke begrafenis te weigeren voor Piergiorgio Welby, een voorstander van euthanasie. Een arts had de kunstmatige beademing die hem in leven hield uitgeschakeld.

"Ik aanvaard niet dat het Vaticaan een kerkelijke uitvaart weigerde. Voor de Spaanse en Chileense ’dictators’ Franco en Pinochet was dat ook niet het geval", aldus de presentator.

Deze uitspraken zijn puur terrorisme, schreef de Osservatore Romano woensdag. De krant verbindt deze kritiek met de recente bedreigingen van de leider van de Italiaanse bisschoppenconferentie Bagnasco die een brief kreeg waarin een kogel en een foto van hem met hakenkruis zat.

"Aanvallen tegen de Kerk lanceren, is terrorisme", aldus het huisorgaan van het Vaticaan. "Blinde en irrationele woede voeden tegen degene die altijd spreekt in naam van de liefde, is terrorisme".

In november nam Avvenire, de krant van de Italiaanse bisschoppenconferentie, de verdediging van de paus al op zich toen die ter sprake kwam in een aantal satirische programma’s op de Italiaanse televisie en radio. De krant sprak toen van "vulgaire programma’s die personen die geliefd zijn voor de katholieke kerk belachelijk maken". (tb)
Bron: http://www.rorate.com/rorate/scripts/nws_art.php?id=35752

Vatican calls verbal attack on Pope "terrorism"

By Robin Pomeroy
Reuters
Wednesday, May 2, 2007; 1:11 PM

ROME (Reuters) - The Vatican's official newspaper accused an Italian comedian on Wednesday of "terrorism" for criticizing the Pope and warned his rhetoric could fuel a return to 1970s-style political violence.

In an unusually strongly worded editorial, L'Osservatore Romano said a presenter of a televised May Day rock concert, which is sponsored by Italy's labor unions, had launched "vile attacks" on Pope Benedict in front of an "excitable crowd."

"This, too, is terrorism. It's terrorism to launch attacks on the Church," it said. "It's terrorism to stoke blind and irrational rage against someone who always speaks in the name of love, love for life and love for man."

At the concert, held every year in front of the Saint John in Lateran basilica -- Rome's cathedral where Pope Benedict sits as bishop -- one of the presenters, Andrea Rivera, spoke out against the Pontiff's stand on a number of issues.

"The Pope says he doesn't believe in evolution. I agree, in fact the Church has never evolved," he said.

He also criticized the Church for refusing to give a Catholic funeral to Piergiorgio Welby, a man who campaigned for euthanasia as he lay paralyzed with muscular dystrophy. He died in December after a doctor agreed to unplug his respirator.

"I can't stand the fact that the Vatican refused a funeral for Welby but that wasn't the case for (Chilean dictator Augusto) Pinochet or (Spanish dictator Francisco) Franco," he said between musical acts at the open-air concert.

The latest salvo between the Vatican and its critics in Italy comes a few days after the head of Italy's bishops' conference, Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco, received a bullet in the post after making comments that his critics say compared homosexuality with incest and pedophilia.

The Osservatore said Rivera's monologue came amid growing anti-clericalism in Italy which included graffiti and Internet messages supporting the Red Brigades, the Marxist group involved in political violence particularly in the 1970s.

"Some people have even twisted (Bagnasco's words) to start an insidious 'war', a new season of tension, which is inspiring those who are looking for motives to return to taking up arms," the newspaper said.

Prime Minister Romano Prodi, a devout Catholic who is backing legislation to give legal rights to unmarried couples, including homosexuals -- a bill opposed by the Church -- called for calm.

"We have to have calm and good sense," he told reporters. "Unfortunately the rhetoric has continuously been getting harsher over recent months. This country doesn't need it."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/02/AR2007050201301_pf.html


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	Osservatore Romano vergelijkt kritiek op paus is met "terrorisme" VATICAANSTAD (RKnieuws.net) - De Osservatore Romano, het huisorgaan van het Vaticaan, heeft woensdag de kritiek op de paus vergeleken met "terrorisme". Aanleiding tot de kritiek is een rockconcert in Rome op 1 mei dat rechstreeks werd uitgezonden door de Italiaanse televisie. Andrea Rivera, één van de presentatoren van het concert, had gespot met de beslissing van de Kerk om een kerkelijke begrafenis te weigeren voor Piergiorgio Welby, een voorstander van euthanasie. Een arts had de kunstmatige beademing die hem in leven hield uitgeschakeld. "Ik aanvaard niet dat het Vaticaan een kerkelijke uitvaart weigerde. Voor de Spaanse en Chileense ’dictators’ Franco en Pinochet was dat ook niet het geval", aldus de presentator. Deze uitspraken zijn puur terrorisme, schreef de Osservatore Romano woensdag. De krant verbindt deze kritiek met de recente bedreigingen van de leider van de Italiaanse bisschoppenconferentie Bagnasco die een brief kreeg waarin een kogel en een foto van hem met hakenkruis zat. "Aanvallen tegen de Kerk lanceren, is terrorisme", aldus het huisorgaan van het Vaticaan. "Blinde en irrationele woede voeden tegen degene die altijd spreekt in naam van de liefde, is terrorisme". In november nam Avvenire, de krant van de Italiaanse bisschoppenconferentie, de verdediging van de paus al op zich toen die ter sprake kwam in een aantal satirische programma’s op de Italiaanse televisie en radio. De krant sprak toen van "vulgaire programma’s die personen die geliefd zijn voor de katholieke kerk belachelijk maken". (tb) Bron: http://www.rorate.com/rorate/scripts/nws_art.php?id=35752 Vatican calls verbal attack on Pope "terrorism" By Robin Pomeroy Reuters Wednesday, May 2, 2007; 1:11 PM ROME (Reuters) - The Vatican's official newspaper accused an Italian comedian on Wednesday of "terrorism" for criticizing the Pope and warned his rhetoric could fuel a return to 1970s-style political violence. In an unusually strongly worded editorial, L'Osservatore Romano said a presenter of a televised May Day rock concert, which is sponsored by Italy's labor unions, had launched "vile attacks" on Pope Benedict in front of an "excitable crowd." "This, too, is terrorism. It's terrorism to launch attacks on the Church," it said. "It's terrorism to stoke blind and irrational rage against someone who always speaks in the name of love, love for life and love for man." At the concert, held every year in front of the Saint John in Lateran basilica -- Rome's cathedral where Pope Benedict sits as bishop -- one of the presenters, Andrea Rivera, spoke out against the Pontiff's stand on a number of issues. "The Pope says he doesn't believe in evolution. I agree, in fact the Church has never evolved," he said. He also criticized the Church for refusing to give a Catholic funeral to Piergiorgio Welby, a man who campaigned for euthanasia as he lay paralyzed with muscular dystrophy. He died in December after a doctor agreed to unplug his respirator. "I can't stand the fact that the Vatican refused a funeral for Welby but that wasn't the case for (Chilean dictator Augusto) Pinochet or (Spanish dictator Francisco) Franco," he said between musical acts at the open-air concert. The latest salvo between the Vatican and its critics in Italy comes a few days after the head of Italy's bishops' conference, Archbishop Angelo Bagnasco, received a bullet in the post after making comments that his critics say compared homosexuality with incest and pedophilia. The Osservatore said Rivera's monologue came amid growing anti-clericalism in Italy which included graffiti and Internet messages supporting the Red Brigades, the Marxist group involved in political violence particularly in the 1970s. "Some people have even twisted (Bagnasco's words) to start an insidious 'war', a new season of tension, which is inspiring those who are looking for motives to return to taking up arms," the newspaper said. Prime Minister Romano Prodi, a devout Catholic who is backing legislation to give legal rights to unmarried couples, including homosexuals -- a bill opposed by the Church -- called for calm. "We have to have calm and good sense," he told reporters. "Unfortunately the rhetoric has continuously been getting harsher over recent months. This country doesn't need it." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/02/AR2007050201301_pf.html