http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ugvm4MLBus0<\/a>\n<\/p> What is an ultra-conservative Catholic? A member of the Society of St Pius X? A faithful Sunday communicant? A Trappist monk? Or is it someone whose name appears on the subscription lists of both My Daily Visitor<\/em> and The National Review<\/em>?<\/p>\n There is nothing improper, from the perspective of good journalism, in describing someone as an ultra-conservative Catholic \u2014 newspapers make editorial assertions in their headlines and ledes all the time. It is what draws the reader into the story.<\/p>\n However, the main body of the story should define what the reporter means when labeling someone as an ultra-conservative Catholic. A report Tuesday in the Buenos Aires daily Clar\u00edn<\/em><\/span> on disturbances at the city\u2019s Roman Catholic cathedral illustrates the need to be precise with language and labels.<\/p>\n In an article entitled \u201cIncidentes en la Catedral<\/a>: un grupo ultracat\u00f3lico quiso impedir un acto por el Holocausto jud\u00edo\u201d, a group of young people attempted to disrupt a service commemorating the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht \u2014 the night in 1938 when the Nazis burned or ransacked hundreds of synagogues and thousands of Jewish owned shops, arresting tens of thousands of Jews. The \u201cnight of broken glass\u201d presaged what was to come in 1942 \u2014 the Holocaust.<\/p>\n Clar\u00edn<\/em><\/span> reported:<\/p>\n Un grupo ultraconservador cat\u00f3lico trat\u00f3 de impedir esta noche, a los gritos y con insultos, una ceremonia ecum\u00e9nica en la Catedral metropolitana al cumplirse el 75\u00ba aniversario de la \u201cNoche de los cristales rotos\u201d, considerada el inicio del Holocausto jud\u00edo perpetrado por el nazismo.<\/p>\n A group ultraconservative Catholic tonight tried to stop with shouts and insults, an ecumenical ceremony in the Metropolitan Cathedral to mark the 75th anniversary of the \u201cNight of Broken Glass\u201d, considered the beginning of the Jewish Holocaust perpetrated by the Nazis.<\/span> <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Let\u2019s start with the basics. Who: ultra-conservative Catholics; What: disrupted Kristallnacht ceremony; Where: Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral; When: Nov. 11, 2013, Why: That we do not know yet.<\/p>\n The story continues:<\/p>\n Seg\u00fan contaron testigos del episodio a la agencia oficial T\u00e9lam, cuando el arzobispo de Buenos Aires, Mario Poli, intent\u00f3 comenzar la liturgia de conmemoraci\u00f3n, un grupo de feligreses se puso de pie y comenz\u00f3 a rezar a los gritos para impedir el desarrollo de la ceremonia.<\/p>\n According to eyewitness testimony gathered by the\u00a0 official <\/span>T\u00e9lam news agency, when the archbishop of Buenos Aires, Mario Poli, tried to start the memorial service, <\/span>a group of worshipers stood and began to pray and cry out in an attempt to stop the ceremony.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Los manifestantes tambi\u00e9n repartieron volantes con las leyendas \u201cFuera adoradores de dioses falsos del templo santo\u201d y \u201cLos pastores que llevan a los hombres a confundir el Dios verdadero con dioses falsos son lobos\u201d.<\/p>\n The protesters also handed out fliers with the motto \u201cNot worshipers of false gods holy temple\u201d and \u201cPastors who lead men to confuse the true God with false gods are wolves\u201d.<\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n El accionar intolerante del grupo, compuesto en su mayor\u00eda por j\u00f3venes, gener\u00f3 de inmediato el repudio de las autoridades diplom\u00e1ticas, funcionarios y representantes de la comunidad jud\u00eda presentes en la Catedral, as\u00ed como de miembros de organizaciones de derechos humanos y de los credos cristianos.<\/p>\n The intolerant actions of the group, composed mostly of young people, were immediately repudiated by diplomats, civil servants and representatives of the Jewish community in the Cathedral, as well as by members of human rights organizations and Christian denominations.<\/span> <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The article continues with an account of the archbishop\u2019s reaction to the protest, the content of the service, and background on Kristallnacht. What we do not learn is who these protesters were and why they did it.<\/p>\n The only description given is that they were ultra-conservative Catholics. May we assume these are members of the SSPX? Their anger appears not to be racial but theological. Their protests, as evidenced by the content of their banners as reported by Clar\u00edn <\/em>and in their chants shown in the video above indicate they were opposed to the participation of Jews in worship held in a Catholic Church \u2014 not in Jews being Jews, per se. <\/span>(As if that were an excuse.) Leaders of the SSPX have made the news in recent years through outbursts<\/a> of anti-Semitism<\/a> and Holocaust denial<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n But what if were not the SSPX but Roman Catholics giving voice to views once propounded by the inquisition? Suspicion and hatred of conversos<\/a> or Marranos? (<\/span>Descendants of Jews who had converted to Christianity but suspected of secret adherence to Judaism.)<\/p>\n Or, are the fair skinned and some light haired youthful protestors (Argentinians of European descent) pictured in the video Dr. Mengele\u2019s children? Descendants of Nazi exiles to Argentina who have come out in the open? Preposterous as this sounds, if I were the editor of a British red top tabloid I would go with that explanation. Hitler and Nazis are tabloid gold in Britain.<\/p>\n