Editing Westboro Baptist Church (section)

====Catholicism====
Westboro Baptist refers to Catholic priests as "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire vampires]" and "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula Draculas]" and talks of Catholic priests sucking semen out of male children's genitals like vampires suck blood from their victims. In addition, WBC calls [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI Pope Benedict XVI] such [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithet epithets] as "The Godfather of [[Pedophilia|Pedophiles]]" and "Pervert Pope". In April 2008 the WBC protested Pope Benedict XVI during a papal visit in New York City.<ref name = Chronicle>[https://www.chronicle.com/article/a-friendly-welcome-to-a-hate-filled-church/ A Friendly Welcome to a Hate-Filled Church], ''The Chronicle of Higher Education''</ref>

The WBC launched a website called Priests Rape Boys in which they criticize the Roman Catholic Church because of the [[Catholic church sexual abuse scandals]], saying, "Every time any person gives any amount of money to the Catholic Church, that person is paying the salary of pedophile rapists."

The WBC describes the Roman Catholic Church as "the largest, most well-funded and organized pedophile group in the history of man" and goes on to say that, "There are over 1 billion Catholics in the world—that's one out of every six people alive today—and every single one of them will split Hell wide open when they die—period. And there is nothing they can do about it." The WBC also criticizes Catholicism, as it does [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church Eastern Orthodoxy], for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veneration venerating] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Mary Virgin Mary], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saints Saints], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relics relics], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icons icons]; they accuse the Catholic Church of committing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idolatry idolatry].