Download Download Why does O'Reilly use the Pope so--oh, why? Has he no decency? Has he no shame? Has he....Sorry, I got carried away...Bill O'Reilly attacks the LA Times because they printed an op-ed called "Teaching the Pope." In it they ask Pope Benedict XVI to not be influenced by hardliners: " He would be wiser to listen to other Catholics, laypeople as well as clergy, who know what mischief would be caused by a decree that would seem to force some Catholic officials to choose between their responsibility to their constituents or the Constitution and their standing in the church denied communion because of their views on abortion." Sounds reasonable, right? Not for BillO.

O'Reilly: The LA Times writes an editorial lecturing the Pope to stay away from Conservative Catholics hardliners, ummm and give communion to people who are pro-choice. They're actually telling the leader of the Catholic Church who to give the sacraments to. I mean, talk about hubris?

O'Reilly cries, "hubris!" to the LA Times for their unthinkable position of lecturing the Pope. It's an op-ed that actually would benefit Rudy Giuliani this presidential cycle. John Kerry didn't have that defense. Funny how BillO somehow forgets when HE lectured Pope John Paul because he was against the invasion of Iraq.

But as I’ve said before, I believe also that John Paul is naive and detached from reality. If America does not lead an attack on Iraq, once again, Saddam remains in power and is free to use his anthrax and other terrible weapons as he chooses.

So the pope does not seem to be concerned about that or about Saddam’s behavior in general. Once again, he must know Saddam is a killer. He must know he’s oppressed his own people using murder and torture. He must know that. Summing up, Jacques Chirac is our enemy, and the pope, well, I don’t know what to think.

Naive and detached from reality. Sounds like he's describing a crazy person. Bill even wrote a piece in the Jewish World Review calling him a "Saddam Enabler!" Talk about "hubris." What a hypocrite, but that's nothing new for The Factor.