Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon -- the oldest of nine children raised in a religious Roman Catholic family -- stunned the world by a comment she made in an onstage New York City interview on October 15, 2011: She referred to Pope Benedict XVI as a "Nazi."
Apparently, Sarandon used the term "Nazi" to describe the current pope, because he became a member of Hitler's Youth Army in his native Germany -- a requirement of all German boys during Hitler's dictatorship of Germany.
Nonetheless, Sarandon should have known better than to use such a disgraceful epithet against a beloved pope.
What makes this situation even more incredible is that Sarandon was raised as a Roman Catholic and even graduated from Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington, DC in 1968. Moreover, she was married at CUA by a Catholic priest with whom she and her husband had taken courses.
Just what happened to the Catholic values that were instilled in her as a child -- and later as a college student -- remains an enigma. Sarandon, now 65, has obviously rejected these values in her adult life.
Indeed, Sarandon owes Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic community an apology for her insulting and uncalled for Nazi epithet.
Sociologists use a sociological term to describe Sarandon's slander of her own Catholic religion. The term is "self-hatred."
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The Jewish community was also upset and offended by Sarandon's remark.
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