Brazil: The Pope's No Diplomat

Leftside affirms ^[1] that Pope Benedict XVI made a number of gaffes during his trip to Brazil, but few are as indefensible and disrespectful to the people of Latin America as his comments on the region's indigenous people and the “purification” that came with European colonialism. Boz lists ^[2] the Pope's attacks (in alphabetical order): abortion, authoritarianism, capitalism, contraception, divorce, “ethical relativism”, gay marriage, hedonism, indigenous religions, liberation theology, Marxism and Pentecostalism (along with Catholics who are too much like Pentecostals). “He then encouraged everyone who is left to attend church because attendance seems down recently“.