Blasphemous Cartoons: A Right in a Democracy?
“Are blasphemous cartoons a right in a democracy?” - Avignon Archbishop Jean-Pierre Cattenoz has asked (LeSalonBeige.fr, October 29). His answer is: no. He recalls the attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine …More
“Are blasphemous cartoons a right in a democracy?” - Avignon Archbishop Jean-Pierre Cattenoz has asked (LeSalonBeige.fr, October 29).
His answer is: no. He recalls the attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine when everyone was saying, "I am Charlie."
Cattenoz, “I have always affirmed: I am not Charlie’.” He disassociates himself from a newspaper that publishes blasphemies against all religions.
When Charlie re-appeared, it published a cartoon representing Benedict XVI sodomised by Mohammed. The press was delighted, Cattenoz recalls.
He admits “that I wept in the face of such a caricature that wounded my Christian sensibility.” And, “Everyone's freedom stops where I hurt my brother.”
“I can enter into dialogue with a brother who doesn’t share my point of view, and use all my powers of persuasion, but to declare from the outset that blasphemy and caricatures, whatever they may be, are a right in a democracy, that is not right, that is not true.”
Picture: Jean-Pierre Cattenoz, © wikicommons, CC …More
His answer is: no. He recalls the attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine when everyone was saying, "I am Charlie."
Cattenoz, “I have always affirmed: I am not Charlie’.” He disassociates himself from a newspaper that publishes blasphemies against all religions.
When Charlie re-appeared, it published a cartoon representing Benedict XVI sodomised by Mohammed. The press was delighted, Cattenoz recalls.
He admits “that I wept in the face of such a caricature that wounded my Christian sensibility.” And, “Everyone's freedom stops where I hurt my brother.”
“I can enter into dialogue with a brother who doesn’t share my point of view, and use all my powers of persuasion, but to declare from the outset that blasphemy and caricatures, whatever they may be, are a right in a democracy, that is not right, that is not true.”
Picture: Jean-Pierre Cattenoz, © wikicommons, CC …More
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“Everyone's freedom stops where I hurt my brother.” -There is no God but Allah and Mohammmed is His Prophet- is blasphemy against The Church. So Islam's freedom stops when they hurt us, correct? ;-)
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This illustrates the problem with liberal democracy: Orthodoxy is determined by the State. Until our bishops recognize the absolute supremacy of our Faith, the situation will always be far less than perfect. Muslims should be protected from violence and blasphemy, but their false faith should have not public rights. This will be very difficult to establish, since there is no longer a living memory …More
This illustrates the problem with liberal democracy: Orthodoxy is determined by the State. Until our bishops recognize the absolute supremacy of our Faith, the situation will always be far less than perfect. Muslims should be protected from violence and blasphemy, but their false faith should have not public rights. This will be very difficult to establish, since there is no longer a living memory of a true Catholic society, but it is what is necessary.