Pope Benedict, President Obama, Hitler & Malta's Pedobear

Why is it that when people paint a Hitler mustache on images of Pope Benedict, they're called vandals...

...but, when people put the Hitler mustache on President Obama, they're called patriots?

     The Catholic News Service reports:

     A spray-painted message discovered April 13 on the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI in southern Germany was quickly painted over, police said. Police spokesman Konrad Rutzinger said the message appeared to be connected to the abuse scandals within the Catholic Church. He declined to provide details of the graffiti's message.  Graffiti also was discovered on billboards promoting Pope Benedict's April 17-18 visit to the island nation of Malta, according to The Times of Malta.

     The vandalism included what is known as "Pedobear," an image that has become a symbol in online communities to mock people showing a sexual interest in underage girls. Other vandals painted images of the pope with a Hitler mustache. The bear image also showed up on the choir stand next to the stage being built for the April 18 papal Mass, the newspaper reported.

     What is this Pedobear?

     Times of Malta explains:

     Pedobear is one of the most popular memes on non-English image boards, and is gaining recognition across Europe. Although the meme is apparently unknown in Poland, it has been used as a symbol of paedophilia by Maltese graffiti vandals.

     Pedobear is the new sign of the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, an internet symbol used to mock those having sex with under age children.  Pedobear is a mocking tool used against people and institutions that sexual abuse children.  For more information see "A Beginner's Guide to Pedobear, the Internet's Favorite Pervert." 

     The Pedobear-Priest is a true sign for the Catholic Church of the new millennium.

     Postscript:  Click here to see the video of Pope Benedict's Billboard with a Hitler Mustache.

Image Credits:

Pope Benedict BillboartDefaced, or Unmasked & Pedobear from Times of Malta

Pedobear on the Papal Stage form Times of Malta

Pedobear from Daily Dish

No Maltese Dick for Pope Benedict! Mayor of Luqa, Malta, Pleads

     Pope Benedict XVI is visiting Malta, and all sorts of sordid discussions are taking place before his arrival.  One involves art, male genitalia, and an ancient Egyptian symbol that predate the Catholic Church (another, Hitler mustaches and Pedobear).

     BBC News reports:

     The mayor of a town in Malta has called for a "phallic" sculpture displayed close to the main airport to be removed ahead of the Pope's visit this weekend. Mayor John Schembri described the art work as "vulgar" and "embarrassing", saying it should go "as a sign of respect" for Pope Benedict XVI.

     Colonna Mediterranea was created by artist Paul Vella Critien and has been on show in the town of Luqa since 2006. Mr Critien responded by calling his critics "ignorant" and "uneducated". Mr Critien said his creation was not a phallic symbol but a modern representation of a symbol dating back to ancient Egypt.  [BBC photo to the left]

     As if the pope has never seen a cock before.  Please.  Give it a rest, Mayor Schembri.  Respect the pope by acknowledging that he's got a crosier and censer dangling between his legs, as tiny as they might be and even though the embers may have burnt out.

     Pope Ratzinger's probably got a poster of The Little Mermaid over the papal bed, right next to a naked, muscular, sweaty, and bloody Jesus hanging on an instrument of erotic torture.