Re: [Goanet] The Great Benedict XVI

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Why They Bash Benedict?: The international media's long-running attacks on 
Benedict XVI stem in part because of an inaccurate view of him "as a 
retrograde, illiberal and anti-democratic conservative," says a noted 
Italian journalist. Andrea Tornielli, co-author of "Attacco a Ratzinger" 
(Attack on Ratzinger), analyzed why the Holy Father has faced persistent 
opposition from the press. "Secularized power fears the proclamation of an 
irreducible truth," said Tornielli. "There are lobbies and groups with power 
who are irritated by Christian morality and the Church's ethical teaching. . 
In certain situations the Church's voice remains the sole bulwark against an 
anesthetized conscience."