BammyPal Chavez' Church-Hating: A Prelude?

BammyBoy sure has nasty pals. Don't be surprised. Think, again, about the language-shift employed by Bammy and HRC, who now refer to "freedom of worship" rather than "freedom of religion" in the US.

The Vatican newspaper weighed in on an increasingly hostile war-of-words being waged by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez against Caracas Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino.

...The Vatican newspaper said the very serious insults came after the cardinal recently denounced the government shutdown of many media outlets critical of Chavez and urged the government to respect the democratic rights guaranteed in the country's constitution.

The newspaper and Vatican Radio both reported how Catholic leaders in Venezuela have rallied behind the cardinal, saying he has every right to express his concerns about the direction the country is taking and to guide Catholics on religious and moral values.

The cardinal reiterated his fears that the president was leading the country down the path of Marxist socialism and creating a dictatorship. He said the church does not presume to play a political role but that it does have a right to speak out about things that affect the life and future of the Venezuelan people.

"We desire what's best, social harmony and progress for Venezuela with opportunities for all people," he wrote.

Venezuelan Catholic leaders have been among the harshest critics of the policies of Chavez, who was first elected in 1998 and has promised to transform the oil-rich nation into a socialist state. Church officials have accused the Chavez government of violating civil rights, permitting an explosion of crime and weakening democracy. Chavez, in turn, has accused the church leadership of elitism.

Straight out of the Fascist/Communist cookbook. Wonder when it will happen here...