Papal Greetings

Understandably the Cuban Catholic community seems upset, that the Pope gave greetings to Castro.

It was like a slap in the face to Cuban Catholics when Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Archbishop of Genoa, visited the "island prison" known as Cuba, Oct. 3-10, during which time he had an interview of two hours with the communist dictator Fidel Castro. Adding insult to injury, the Archbishop extended a "special" greeting to Castro on behalf of His Holiness Benedict XVI.

I find the whole thing absurd if not totally unlikely. It seems that this may not be the facts at all.

"It is difficult, not to say impossible, to suppose that Cardinal Bertone traveled to Cuba without the knowledge of the Office of the Vatican Secretary of State, and even of His Holiness Benedict XVI himself, judging from the information of the press, not contradicted up to the present that the Archbishop of Genoa was a bearer of a "special" greeting of the Pontiff to the dictator," said Valladares.

Of course the Pope may never say that this was not his message. I find that assuming if he does not object that he is complicit, is at the least a bad argument.

The whole story.

Via Canada Free Press