Anne Applebaum is right

She pretty much says it all, here.

I don't much buy the "Blame America First" rhetoric coming from the Ann Coulters of the world, but I do have to wonder why the Western press is so loath to hold everyone to the same standard. I haven't parsed the pope's speech all that carefully, but I can see how it was offensive. But honestly, the point he was trying to make was valid, even if his references were poorly chosen.