Televangelist John Hagee apologizes to Catholics (AP)

May 13th, 2008 admin Posted in Top stories |

In this April 6, 2008, file photo influential Texas evangelist John Hagee of Christians United for Israel addresses a crowd of his followers and Israeli supporters at a rally at the Jerusalem convention center. 'In my zeal to oppose anti-Semitism and bigotry in all its ugly forms, I have often emphasized the darkest chapters in the history of Catholics and Protestant relations with the Jews,' Hagee wrote Tuesday, May 13, 2008, apologizing to Catholics for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church. 'In the process, I may have contributed to the mistaken impression that the anti-Jewish violence of the Crusades and the Inquisition defines the Catholic Church. It most certainly does not,' Said Hagee. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)AP - John Hagee, an influential Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized to Catholics Tuesday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having “emphasized the darkest chapters in the history of Catholic and Protestant relations with the Jews.”


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