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A prominent French atheist and intellectual, Bernard-Henri Lévy, has come to the defence of the Church and Pope Benedict, saying Catholicism was "the most attacked religion in Europe".In an interview with the Spanish newspaper ABC last week, Levy, who is Jewish, said it was unfortunate that so many injustices were being committed against the pontiff, reports Independent Catholic News.Levy said: "The Pope's voice is extremely important, and we are very unjust to this Pope. I am not Catholic, but I think there is prejudice and especially major anti-clericalism that is taking on enormous proportions in Europe.""In France there is much talk about the desecrations of Jewish and Muslim cemeteries, but nobody knows that the tombs of Catholics are continually desecrated. There is a sort of anti-clericalism in France that is not healthy at all." He added: "We have the right to criticise religions" but he said the scale of the criticism was "out of proportion."

Cathnews.com
Sept 30 2010