Archbishop blames Pope’s PR gaffes on his press advisors

What do you do when your infallible boss makes some disagreeable remarks in the press? Blame it on his PR people. That’s what Archbishop of Cardiff Peter Smith is doing in the Welsh media. He has said Pope Benedict XVI’s press advisors need “to get their act together” after the Pope lifted the ex-communication of a Holocaust-denying bishop and later said condoms have aggravated the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. Archbishop Smith is a contender to succeed Pope Benedict XVI. Smith has…

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