Actress Susan Sarandon raised the dust: the Pope is a Nazi

With this statement, Sarandon provoked criticism from Catholic and Jewish organizations, as well as a colleague who conducted an interview with her, after which she repeated her statement
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Ažurirano: 18.10.2011. 15:04h

American actress Susan Sarandon called Pope Benedict XVI a Nazi during a public discussion at the New York Film Festival.

The actress, who won an Oscar in 1995 for her role in the film "Dead Man Walking", which deals with the issue of the death penalty, said in an interview with her colleague Bob Balaban that she sent a copy of the book on which the film was based to the Pope.

"To the last pope, not this Nazi now," she explained.

With this statement, Sarandon provoked criticism from Catholic and Jewish organizations, as well as a colleague who conducted an interview with her, after which she repeated her statement.

The organization "Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights" called Susan Sarandon's comments "grotesque" and assessed that her "ignorance is intentional." Oscar's agent did not want to comment on her statement.

Susan Sarandon is known for supporting various organizations to fight hunger and AIDS, she opposed the initiation of military action against Iraq, and she was appointed as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF in 1999.

Pope Benedict XVI was a member of the Hitler Youth (Hitler Jugend) as a teenager.

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