The Pope's personal preacher Rev. Raniero Cantalamessa delivers the Good Friday homily during a service celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. At a solemn Good Friday service, Cantalamessa likened the tide of allegations that the pontiff has covered up sex abuse cases to the 'more shameful aspects of anti-Semitism.' But within hours, facing a storm of criticism at the comparison, the Vatican felt it necessary to distance the pope from the preacher's remarks.
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