For Amichai Chikli, the Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs, there is no turning of the other cheek when the Pope spreads blood libels against the Jewish state. The Pope has accused Israel of “cruelty,” of “machine-gunning children,” and of possibly committing “genocide.” Chikli’s furious response can be found here: “‘The Vatican was silent during the […]
Israel Accuses Pope Francis of ‘Genocide Blood Libel Against the Jewish State’
Minister for combating antisemitism gives pontiff a robust history lesson on the Jewishness of Jesus. Israel is rebuking Pope Francis for committing a “genocide blood libel against the Jewish state” and reminding the pontiff of the Vatican’s silence during the Nazi Holocaust amid an escalating diplomatic row between the Holy See and Israel. In a […]
Why the Pope is Wrong About Israel
The pope recently gave vent once again to his anti-Israel animus: “Pope Doubles Down on Criticism of Israel,” JNS, December 22, 2024: The Pope, as leader of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church, is usually careful about taking sides in conflicts, but he has recently been more outspoken about Israel’s military campaign against Palestinian terrorist group […]
Pope Francis Again Maligns Israel for What He Calls Its ‘Cruelty’
Pope Francis has repeatedly defended Islam, claiming that “Islam is a religion of peace.” He has called on Muslims to proselytize for what he has described as the “peaceful religion of Islam,” and in his 2023 book Non Sei Solo: Sfide, Risposte, Speranze (“You Are Not Alone: Challenges, Answers, Hopes”), Francis asks Europeans to be more open to […]
Vatican ambassador to Israel summoned by Israeli Foreign Ministry over pope’s anti-Israel Gaza comments
The pope’s rhetoric is dangerous in that it emboldens and encourages terrorists who systematically spread manipulative propaganda as they take aim at Israeli civilians. While Pope Francis is playing into Hamas’ hands, nothing is more disturbing and cruel than Hamas using Palestinian children and civilians as human shields in the way of jihad. The pope […]
Pope reveals that in Iraq in 2021, two ‘kamikazes’ tried to blow themselves up and take him with them
What’s this? Japanese pilots mounted suicide attacks against the pope in Iraq? They weren’t really kamikazes, of course. They were jihadis, motivated by this Qur’an verse: “Indeed, Allah has bought from the believers their lives and their wealth, because the garden will be theirs, they will fight in the way of Allah and will kill […]
Pope Francis Embraces Holocaust Denier Who Rewards Jihad Terrorist ‘Martyrs’
Pontiff trusts Islamic jihadists to provide stability and protect Christians in post-Assad Syria Pope Francis warmly embraced Palestinian holocaust denier and terrorism sponsor Mahmoud Abbas to Rome last Thursday, a day after the Vatican was forced to remove its politicized nativity scene portraying a “Palestinian” Jesus lying on a swaddling “terrorism” scarf. While in Rome, Abbas also […]
Away in a Manger, Swaddled in a Keffiyeh, the Baby Jesus Lay Down His Sweet Head
Pope Francis’ growing animus toward Israel for defending itself has been noted repeatedly at this website, as has his latest offense to history and the truth — permitting a creche at the Vatican with the baby Jesus swaddled in a keffiyeh, the very thing that mobs of students like to wear on American campuses when […]
Pope Francis Prays to ‘Palestinian’ Jesus Lying on Swaddling ‘Terrorism’ Scarf
Keffiyeh, which is banned in multiple parliaments and countries, finds place of pride in Vatican At best, the iconic keffiyeh is a provocative symbol of Palestianian resistance and solidarity with Palestinian nationalism. At worst, the checkered black-and-white scarf made most famous by the late Yasser Arafat is synonymous with the headgear worn by Islamic terrorists and antisemitic […]
At the Vatican, Pope Francis puts baby Jesus in cradle draped with ‘Palestinian’ keffiyeh
Pope puts Baby Jesus in swaddling keffiyeh at the Vatican pic.twitter.com/uiX4mK1WV6 — Peachy Keenan (@KeenanPeachy) December 7, 2024 There is so much wrong with this, it’s hard to know where to begin. The worst aspect of it is that Pope Francis is endorsing a bloody and genocidal jihad that does not allow for the existence […]