Charlie Hebdo rejects Catholic support
January 15, 2015
The editors of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo have announced that they do not want the support of the Catholic Church in the wake of a massacre at their offices in Paris.
In an editorial published in the first issue following the killings, the staff of Charlie Hebdo poked fun at some of the public figures who had joined in shows of public support. The editorial said:
What made us laugh the most is that the bells of Notre Dame rang in our honor. We would like to send a message to Pope Francis-- who also was Charlie this week: We will only accept the bells of Notre Dame ringing in our honor when it is Femen who make them ring."(Femen is the radical feminist group whose members have staged topless demonstrations in several European cathedrals.)
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- Posted by: Nuage - Jan. 15, 2015 7:12 PM ET USA
Words can be used as weapons, and words as weapons can be as ruthless as the sword. Words can and do kill. The so called "satirists" at Charlie Hebdo are not innocent lambs, they are vicious, sadistic character assassins who take great pleasure in doing injury to and inflicting pain on those with whom they disagree. President Obama was correct in not going to Paris for the demonstrations. The massacre cannot be justified, and is a crime, but the staff at Charlie Hebdo are vicious people.
- Posted by: feedback - Jan. 15, 2015 1:42 PM ET USA
And the Heads of European States just marched in support of this drivel.
- Posted by: Jason C. - Jan. 15, 2015 12:28 PM ET USA
Ha--what a treat! Churchmen are always denigrating themselves and weighing in favor of this or that secularist cause. Most secularists are awkwardly content to use the churchmen as useful idiots; would that more were honest in simply calling them idiots as this trashy French rag has done.
- Posted by: garedawg - Jan. 15, 2015 12:24 PM ET USA
They are picking a less dangerous target this week.
