Anti-Muslim Writer, Pope Meet in Secret

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Anti-Muslim writer, Pope meet in secret
By John Hooper in Rome
September 2, 2005

Oriana Fallaci, the controversial Italian journalist and author who is awaiting trial on charges of vilifying Islam, has been granted a secret audience with Pope Benedict.

Fallaci's diatribes against Muslims' persuasions have turned her into a hate figure for the Italian left and a heroine for the anti-immigrant right. The Pope's decision to grant her the privilege of a private meeting came after he appeared to reach out to Muslims on his first trip abroad as pontiff.

Benedict's discussions with Fallaci are bound to fuel concern among liberal Catholics, already dismayed by discussions on Monday between the Pope and leaders of an ultra-conservative group of breakaway Catholics. The Society of St Pius X, whose founder, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, was excommunicated in 1988, rejects many of the progressive initiatives taken by the Second Vatican Council.

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No announcement was made before or after their encounter and not even Fallaci's family was aware that the writer, who lives in the US, had been in Italy.

http://smh.com.au/news/world/antimuslim-writer-pope-meet-in-secret/2005/09/01/1125302683902.html

[ShockediSay]

1. Peddling false gospel

the pawns of Satan. It's all in the last book of the Bible.

[kiraboo]

2. It ain't much of a secret if news of the meeting has been published.

Now, is it?

[JNelson6563]

3. When do we kick off the crusade

against the wretched infidel?

[MountainLaurel]

4. What do you think Iraq was?

Remember: going after the evildoers?