more info at Wizbang
And is anyone pointing out that the ADL and other groups have already announced that they have no problem with Ratzinger? Some even attack him for being too pro-Jewish.
… The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today welcomed the election of German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the new Pope, Benedict XVI. Under his leadership in Germany and Rome, the Catholic Church made important strides in improving Catholic-Jewish relations and atoning for the sin of anti-Semitism. Cardinal Ratzinger has been a leader in this effort and has made important statements in the spirit of sensitivity and reconciliation with the Jewish people.
Also see this:
Radical Traditionalists also responded in a flurry of vehement and righteous protest against Reflections on Covenant and Mission, deeming it a convenient example of the post-conciliar Church's slide into apostasy under John Paul II and Cardinal Ratzinger. In the words of Christopher Ferrara, Covenant & Mission can only be considered "a response to the Vatican's green light on the repudiation of the Church's mission to the Jews."
Meanwhile, Robert Sungenis of Catholic Apologetics International alleged that the document was "one in a long line of Vatican attempts to advance the Zionist agenda and change Catholic teaching", launching into a long tirade of Zionist conspiracy-theorizing that made use of anti-semetic material, slanders against the Talmud and references to Holocaust revisionists.
See Update from ADL.
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