Argentinean Jewish organization demands resignation of Catholic bishop

The Jewish umbrella group DAIA in Argentina has demanded that the Vatican remove a bishop accused of holding what it considers “anti-Semitic and racist positions”. The call by came after the national newspaper "Página 12" reported last week that Bishop Antonio Baseotto had said in 1986 that Jews go into “big businesses with lots of ability and lack of moral principles”, adding: “It doesn’t matter the way they enrich themselves. If pornography is a good business, they sell pornography. If it’s drugs, they sell drugs.” DAIA officials wrote to the Vatican that the views disgust “the Jewish community and all men and women who believe in equal rights”, and that reflected poorly on the Catholic Church.