Thursday May 15, 2008
HAGEE REGRETS OFFENDING CATHOLICS; CONTROVERSY ENDS
May 13, 2008
Pastor John Hagee sent a letter today to Catholic League president Bill Donohue that effectively ends the dispute the two men have had. Donohue comments as follows:
“After weeks of meeting with various Catholic leaders, and accessing scholarly literature on Catholic-Jewish relations, Pastor John Hagee has demonstrated an improved understanding of the Catholic Church and its history. In his letter to me, Hagee says, ‘I want to express my deep regret for any comments that Catholics have found hurtful.’ He specifically cites his emphasis of ‘the darkest chapters in the history of Catholic and Protestant relations with the Jews,’ and has pledged to provide a more complete and balanced portrayal going forward that will not reinforce mischaracterizations of the Catholic Church. And while he stresses that his invocation of terms like ‘apostate church’ and the ‘great whore’ were never meant by him to describe the Catholic Church, he acknowledges that anti-Catholics have long employed such language.
“The tone of Hagee’s letter is sincere. He wants reconciliation and he has achieved it. Indeed, the Catholic League welcomes his apology. What Hagee has done takes courage and quite frankly I never expected him to demonstrate such sensitivity to our concerns. But he has done just that. Now Catholics, along with Jews, can work with Pastor Hagee in making interfaith relations stronger than ever. Whatever problems we had before are now history. This case is closed.”
Catholic League: For Religious and Civil Rights
To read Paster Hagee's letter to Bill Donohue of the Catholic League check out this link.
http://www.catholicleague.org/images...ohue051208.pdf
I wonder if the Rev Wright has the capacity to admit he was wrong on some of the things he said? Or is the Rev Wright right all the time?
Hagee has shown he is a far bigger and better Christian than Rev Wright.