Media Keeps Lying About Pope - HE DID NOT APOLOGISE

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Yet again, Joseph Ratzinger (the pope) has refused to apologise for the handling of the sexual abuse committed by Catholic priests and nuns, instead doing what politicians do - making it look like he is saying something that people want to hear, but actually using weasel words to absolutely avoid saying it.

And yet again, the media is claiming he apologised. The BBC, supposedly known for it's independence and unbiased reporting (rubbish!) has even stated on BBC Radio 5 (which has many listeners) "The pope has said sorry"!

Frankly the way the media is dealing with the pope's avoidance of an apology is a blatant attack on victims. This is because anyone who does not know what the pope actually said, but who has heard the bull from Radio 5, will be annoyed at the "way the victims are refusing to accept the pope's apology" - thus creating a state of affairs where people are actually angry at the victims of abuse - and all because of the BBC and other media outlets which clearly support the pope.

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If the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) had asked Prime Minister David Cameron: "Despite idiotic Daily Mail reports to the contrary that focus on a tiny minority of individuals who manage to cheat the system (and a few made-up individuals in order to sell the Daily Mail), it is a fact that people on Jobseeker's Allowance (a state benefit) get just £65 a week - this does not realistically meet the cost of living, therefore can you confirm that Jobseeker's Allowance will increase to a more acceptable level that takes into account the current cost of living?" and his response was "I really care for poor people. I can assure you that they are very important to me, and that there will be no reduction in Jobseeker's Allowance. We are currently looking at the current rate of payment and we want to protect the most vulnerable in society", the media would be all over him as he had clearly avoided actually saying what people wanted to hear - "yes, the amount will increase to a more acceptable level". The media, especially the BBC, would certainly not be going around claiming the PM had stated that Jobseeker's Allowance will be increased. Yet when the pope speaks in a similar way to avoid giving an apology, the media instead claims he has apologised.

This just goes to show that the Vatican still wields a lot of power. In fact if you do some basic "googling", you can find that it has a lot of shares around the world, and I'm willing to bet that those shares include the BBC, MSNBC, and other media outlets which are currently engaged in lies about the pope in order to make it look like he has apologised and the abuse victims are being unforgiving - lies made worse by the fact that Christianity, of which Catholicism is supposedly part (despite obvious ignorance of various biblical teachings), considers forgiveness to be important.

To be clear, the pope expressed sorrow. I feel sorrow at what has happened yet I had nothing to do with it, and I'm sure most people with a heart feel sorrow, so clearly that is not the same as an apology.

Ratzinger has consistently refused to utter the word 'sorry' and I want to know why. Considering the fact a number of priests (and no doubt many nuns) who were involved, either directly or indrectly, in the abuse scandal, are still serving members of the Catholic Church, I think I have my answer: he does not care a jot about the victims, and only cares about those who sexually abused children and those who facilitated the abuse.

One more thing: let's be clear about this. The media is engaging in 18th-century "it's not as bad when it's a woman" sexism. Nuns abused too and that abuse is no less traumatic for the victims*. He disgusts and sickens me, and so does our supposedly "independent" media.

*See http://www.snapnetwork.org/female_victims/complaints_abuse_by_nuns.htm for example.