Like any standard-issue Leftist, the pope assumes that Israel will commit human rights violations in Gaza, but he doesn’t dare say a word about the possibility that those whom he has courted so assiduously for “dialogue” might engage in another orgy of slaughter against civilians, as they did on October 7. After all, he has claimed that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran reject any form of violence,” so he likely thinks that Oct. 7 was an anomaly that his pious friends won’t repeat.
Pope Francis and the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar, Ahmed el-Tayeb, in 2019 published “A Document On Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together.” Here’s one of its egregiously false statements:
Terrorism is deplorable and threatens the security of people, be they in the East or the West, the North or the South, and disseminates panic, terror and pessimism, but this is not due to religion, even when terrorists instrumentalize it. It is due, rather, to an accumulation of incorrect interpretations of religious texts and to policies linked to hunger, poverty, injustice, oppression and pride. This is why it is so necessary to stop supporting terrorist movements fuelled by financing, the provision of weapons and strategy, and by attempts to justify these movements even using the media. All these must be regarded as international crimes that threaten security and world peace. Such terrorism must be condemned in all its forms and expressions…
Terrorism is due to “an accumulation of incorrect interpretations of religious texts and to policies linked to hunger, poverty, injustice, oppression and pride.” So when the pope sees the Hamas massacres in Israel, he sees something that needs to be addressed by wiping out hunger, poverty, injustice, oppression and pride. We have to shower money and aid upon the poor dears, not defend ourselves against them.
Israel has taken exception to the papal myopia:
Minister of Foreign Affairs Eli Cohen spoke this evening with the Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See. In their conversation, FM Cohen clarified that Israel has the full right to defend itself against Hamas attacks, and called on the Vatican to clearly and… pic.twitter.com/h0qfU1X6Yf
— Lior Haiat 🇮🇱🎗️ (@LiorHaiat) October 15, 2023
“Pope Francis calls for humanitarian corridors to help those under siege in Gaza,” Reuters, October 15, 2023:
VATICAN CITY, Oct 15 (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday called for humanitarian corridors to help those under siege in Gaza and again appealed for the release of hostages held by the militant Islamist group Hamas.
“I forcefully ask that children, the sick, the elderly and women, and all civilians do not become the victims of the conflict,” he said at his weekly address to thousands of people in St. Peter’s square.
“May humanitarian rights be respected, above all in Gaza, where it is urgent and necessary to guarantee humanitarian corridors to help the entire population,” he said…
John1 says
I’m a practicing RC, so I get to comment. It’s a sad fact Francis is a woke pope. I guess Argentina doesn’t teach world history.
Eva says
You expect an argentinian pope to be on the side of the Jews?
The love anyone who slaughters Jews, and the more sick and depraved the method, the better they like it.
OLD GUY says
Remember Argentina allowed a lot of NAZI party members and German money into their country during WWll and after.
Eva says
I hadn’t forgotten, no matter how many others have.
There’s still a mass of Jew-hatred there.
ChrisFromCincinnati says
“Above All in Gaza” (where HAMAS is commanding it’s people to STAY and be human shields and body counts for their own publicity. That’s how uncaring Hamas is about human life.
Yet our Pope is so FLAWED and WOKE that he puts Gaza “above all”…. Disappointing.
FYI says
Frank and Ahmed:get a room.Please..
Ernie says
Dark room ( if you know what I mean FYI ) . But putting the filth aside , this “pope” is changing The Roman Catholic Church according to his personal views/liking and recently appointed new cardinals who are in accordance with his views . The man disguises himself as a servant of The Light , of The Christ . He is ( my personal view ) a servant of darkness , of evil .
Goofy says
Islam was high on the agenda of Vatican II, so please don’t tell me that the Roman Catholic church has no clue about the evil “religion” or rather Deen of Islam.
Mr Pope has the audacity to put Christianity on par with Islam by calling them both Abrahamic religions. He has forgotten that God of the Jews and Christians wants a direct and personal relationship with his people and that He despises religious rituals known from pagan practices!
As President Putin said after meeting Mr Pope for the first time in Rome: “This is not a man of God”
Unknown guy says
During these past days, I have seen many Christians oppose Israel because it kills chiristian palestinians. Christians don’t realise that preaching the gospel is only allowed in Israel. Other Islamic countries don’t even allow Christians to live a normal life, forget preaching. Highlighting islolated incidence of Jews disrespecting and beating Christians have created a false image about Israel. This few isolated incidence have been propagated by especially middle East eye, trt world and al Jazeera. These news channels are so shameless that while pointing about Christian atrocities in Israel they don’t even talk about the exodus of Christian from the palestinian territories. Iam astonished by the amount in which palestine supporters lie in order to further their agenda.
Tharmon says
Long past time for Francis the talking mule to open up Vatican city to the palestinians.
Westman says
“May humanitarian rights be respected, above all in Gaza, where it is urgent and necessary to guarantee humanitarian corridors to help the entire population…”
That “entire” population includes about 30,000 Hamas which the woke Pope won’t condemn.
somehistory says
Exactly.
Hoi Polloi says
How does any right-thinking individual demand that an “entire population” be helped without concern for justice for the perpetrators among them? This is completely contrary to the word he claims to believe. Imam tongue-bathing, foot fetish Francis seems to have a serious problem in this general area of his life.
somehistory says
His Bible, if he even has one, is covered in thick layers of dust. He doesn’t know the Word, any more than the feral cats in any neighborhood. He can’t follow and obey….much less represent….what he doesn’t know.
Hoi Polloi says
+1 (And I lowercased word only to note that it’s the way he views it. He doesn’t have the reverence required of him.)
somehistory says
Thank you, HP.
His insides are evil, given over to satan the devil and he is misleading all who listen to him.
There is a verse that says ‘their throats are open graves.”
and applies to this ‘pope.’ (Romans 3:13)
Hoi Polloi says
Here’s the kind of man they should seek when determining who should be pope: “Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, [announced that he] was willing to exchange himself for Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas and held in Gaza.” Too bad the choice was such a poor one in Francis’s case.
somehistory says
In John, it is recorded that Jesus said what is true Love….”the one surrendering his soul on behalf of his friends.”
Some people are decent. The current ‘pope’ is not a good guy.
Hoi Polloi says
Yes, somehistory. So right.
somehistory says
Thanks again, HP
James Lincoln says
somehistory,
Judging by his actions, dope Francis is not a Christian.
I wouldn’t trust him as far as I could throw him.
somehistory says
James, I believe everything out of his mouth, and everything he does, is a good example of a bad thing.
somehistory says
Who even listens to this evil false prophet? He speaks for himself, and on behalf of mozlums.
He doesn’t speak for Christians. How can he hope to have a clear voice for the Jews?
Having ways for the entire population of Gazs to leave, means that all of hamas can also safely leave….and travel into Israel.
Egypt cut off any route to that nation. So to have ways to leave, means entering Israel.
tim gallagher says
It seems like the equivalent of some church leader saying, back at the end of WWII, that advancing troops should go easy on the Nazis and the German people or on the Japanese troops and the Japanese people. After what the scum from hamas did in Israel, the Pope should get out of the way and let Israel do what it needs to do. I think this fool of a Pope will be ignored by realistic people everywhere.
Scotsman48 says
More and more people are leaving the Church and returning to God… Lenny Bruce.
somehistory says
The ‘pope’ claims he has been “attacked by Americans,’
““Backward” U.S Catholics
The Pope minced no words, asserting that U.S Catholic conservatives have veered off course, prioritizing ideology over genuine faith.
Francis went even further, arguing that being a Catholic means allowing your views to change over time, referring to subjects such as abortion and gay rights.”
“Francis issued a grave warning, “Doing this, you lose the true tradition and you turn to ideologies to have support. In other words, ideologies replace faith.”
The Pope advocated for a balanced view, “I want to remind these people that backwardness is useless, and they must understand that there’s a correct evolution in the understanding of questions of faith and morals.”
This isn’t the first time Pope Francis has acknowledged criticism from U.S. conservatives, even humorously referring to being “attacked by Americans.”
Imo, he’s the one replacing “faith” with “ideology.” He evidently never had any of the former, and wants anyone who has, to replace it with what he thinks….his personal “ideology.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/attacked-by-americans-pope-francis-insists-on-evolution-and-slams-backward-us-conservatives-for-letting-ideologies-replace-faith/ar-AA1ipZm1?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=40e849c2cdbf49c79eaf79fdf8013464&ei=120