Neo-Paganism, Source of All Evil

It is perhaps good that the Pope visited a synagogue in Cologne. It is good public relations for both. It is however hardly a moment of truth and reconciliation. The speech Benedict XVI gave was self-serving and full of denials. Take his explanation of the Nazi’s anti-Semitism for example: “And in the 20th century, in the darkest period of German and European history, an insane racist ideology, born of neo-paganism, gave rise to the attempt, planned and systematically carried out by the regime, to exterminate European Jewry.” The Catholic Church and its teachings had nothing to do with Nazism at all. It is instead the evil of neo-paganism! So, the Nazis were a bunch of new world witches running about killing the chosen of God. Isn’t this convenient? He would have been more convincing if he had blamed Calvinism. But he blames a non-existing religion? It is blaming a ghost, a ghost killed by Catholicism. So, after all is said and done, the only way the European Jewry can be safe is when Catholicism is the dominant religion of Europe. How very nice for him. If the Catholic Church really had nothing to do with the Nazis, then there is no explanation needed from the Pope. If there are culpabilities, then he should own up to it. A religious leader acting hypocritical and self-serving, who would have thought?