Bill Maher, Wearing a Catholic Boot DEEP in His Ass, Forced to Apologize to Pope!

April 18, 2008

Maher to Apologize for Calling Pope a 'Nazi'

Friday, April 18, 2008

Liberal talk show host Bill Maher, whose controversial comments about the

pope drew fire from the Catholic community, is planning to apologize Friday

night for falsely accusing Pope Benedict XVI of being a Nazi, the Catholic

League announced Thursday.

Catholic League President Bill Donohue received a phone call Thursday from

an HBO executive regarding comments Maher made last Friday on HBO's "Real

Time With Bill Maher."

As Cybercast News Service previously reported, Donohue said Maher "lied when

he said the Pope 'used to be a Nazi.' Like all young men in Germany at the

time, he was conscripted into a German Youth organization (from which he

fled as soon as he could). Every responsible Jewish leader has acknowledged

this reality and has never sought to brand the Pope a Nazi. That job falls

to Maher."

Apparently HBO agreed with Donohue's assessment. "Apparently, now Maher does

as well. Ergo, the apology," Donohue said.

So will the Catholic League accept Maher's apology?

"Assuming it comes across as genuine, the answer is yes. But I hasten to add

that what we would really like to see is for Maher to stop with his hateful

diatribes against the Catholic Church. So this is a start, but it hardly

puts to rest our concerns," said Donohue.

"After all, there are plenty of factually accurate things Maher could say

about other groups that would insult its members, but he chooses not to go

there. Perhaps he can add Catholics and the Catholic Church to that

protected list as well," he added.

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