TO MY MIND, this is a bigger disgrace than the arrest of Father Shanley. And harder for the Church to disassociate itself from — not that it appears to want to. As reader Eric Timmons, who sent the link, says: “This photograph says something about the French and the Vatican. You didn’t see Colin Powell doing this with Arafat, nor will you, I imagine. I also doubt you will see the good Cardinal doing this with Sharon.”

UPDATE: Reader Michael Gaddis writes:

I have a suggested caption for the picture you just posted of Arafat arm-in-arm with the Vatican cardinal:

“But is he a ‘NOTORIOUS’ terrorist?”