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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Catholics, Jews condemn Sarandon's pope Nazi quip

Updated: Oct 18, 2011 - 20:36PM


NEW YORK -Catholic and Jewish groups are condemning actress Susan Sarandon for referring to Pope Benedict XVI as a Nazi.

The head of the Catholic League says her comment was "obscene" and the Anti-Defamation League released a statement calling on the actress to apologize to the Catholic community for the "deeply offensive" remark.

Sarandon, who won an Academy Award for her role in the 1995 anti-death penalty film, "Dead Man Walking," made the comment during an interview Saturday at the Hamptons Film Festival on Long Island.

As first reported by Newsday, Sarandon said she gave a copy of the book on which the film is based to the German-born pope, referring to him as a Nazi.

A telephone call to Sarandon's representative asking for comment was not immediately returned.

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2 comments:

  1. Douglas Andrew Willinger12:47 PM

    Sarandon seems okay with the previous Pope, apparently being against B16 because he is German- so she has a long way to go.

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  2. Arsenio A. Lembert Jr.10:49 PM

    Douglas:

    I believe she is referring to Ratzinger's participation in the 'Nazi' Hitler Youth movement.
    http://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-508-the-vatican-rag-part-ii-der-panzerkardinal/

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