Vatican Official Raps US Treatment of Guantanamo Detainees
From Catholic World News:
Mar. 03 (CWNews.com) - A Vatican prelate has criticized American treatment of prisoners at Gauntanamo Bay in Cuba. "It seems clear that human dignity is not being fully respected," said Cardinal Renato Martino.My Comments:
Cardinal Martino, the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, spoke to the Italian ANSA news agency after returning from a trip to Cuba, during which he met with Fidel Castro.
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Did Cardinal Martino even bother visiting Guantanamo during his trip to Cuba? Did he actually see any violations of human dignity?
And while we're on the subject, did Cardinal Martino bother to visit any of Castro's prisons while in Cuba? Did he mention that "it seems clear that human dignity is not being fully respected" by Castro's regime?
posted by Pro Ecclesia 8:36 AM
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2 Comments:
Typical Martino. This guy has long been unfriendly to the US. His peace-love-dope version of the Church's policy on war, doesn't square with common sense. I remeber well his abhorrence of the US showing Saddam's tooth exam. Gimme a break Your Eminence. Unfortunately he has no problem buddying up to dictators and murderers.
As a guy who's in the same camp as the Cardinal Secretary of State--Angelo Sodano--it will be interesting to watch how his position shakes out. It looks like Sodano is going to get the boot due to his recent "suggestion" on Cardinal Ruini:
http://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=46410&eng=y
One can only hope that Martino too replaced--maybe being relegated to being the Archpriest of the Basilica of St. Peter in Chains.
And while we're on the subject, did Cardinal Martino bother to visit any of Castro's prisons while in Cuba? Did he mention that "it seems clear that human dignity is not being fully respected" by Castro's regime?
Damn straight.
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