Papa Ratzi backpedals, surrogate claims homophobic remarks 'misrepresented'
by: Pam Spaulding
Tue Dec 30, 2008 at 19:00:00 PM EST
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=BAF8C800C7CA2D905701B3C62CB060AF?diaryId=8856Oh this is rich. The deluge of MSM and blogosphere coverage of Pope Benedict's ludicrous recent statements comparing the saving of the rainforest to saving humanity from homosexuality and "transsexual behavior" clearly has the old man shaken and his PR machine in high gear. He's trotted out one of his boyz, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales to try to clean up the mess.
During an interview on this morning on Radio 4's Today programme, Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor said that the pope "wasn't condeming anyone or any person" with his comments.
The cardinal went on to say that the pope was only trying to emphasise the importance of the family, and the responsibility on humans to procreate.
