More bad press

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I've got to admit, in terms of a clever headline that is true in one sense but ridicules the church in the obvious sense, "Pope is warned of a green Antichrist is pretty effective.

The story pertains to a cardinal whom I had never heard of (Giacomo Biffi, formerly of Bologna), described as an "arch-conservative". Handpicked by the Pope to give meditations to the hierarchs, he warned of an Antichrist who is “a pacifist, ecologist and ecumenist”, citing Vladimir Solovyov.

It's possible he had reasonable things to say, but you couldn't really tell for sure from the article. I did like the explanation for his choice given by some — the Pope figured his verbal fireworks would keep people awake.

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Here's a related article, almost two years old: http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=32418&eng=y

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