Well, yeah, and long before he went to Iraq, too. See, for example, here and here. “Iraq: Pope’s Trip Leaves Collateral Damage,” by Jules Gomes, Church Militant, March 9, 2021: ERBIL, Iraq (ChurchMilitant.com) – Pope Francis’ Iraq trip has triggered a tidal wave of mockery on social media, with Muslims gleefully announcing that the pontiff has […]
Iraqi government blocked Jews from attending pope’s interfaith service, Vatican silently went along
Associated Press reported Saturday: “The Vatican said Iraqi Jews were invited to the event but did not attend, without providing further details.” Now we know the rest of the story. And so it is clear yet again: interfaith outreach and dialogue all go one way, and result in the Christian side becoming mute about Muslim […]
Pope Meets Ayatollah Sistani, Holds the Christianity
My latest in PJ Media (written before it was revealed that the Iraqi government barred Jews from attending the interfaith gathering): Pope Francis went to Iraq today and met with Iraq’s principal Shi’ite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, and, according to the Associated Press, “delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging Muslims in […]
Pope Meets Ayatollah Al-Sistani In Iraq: Interfaith Outreach, Heavyweight Division
Interfaith Outreach – heavyweight division – was on display when Pope Francis visited Iraq for four days in early March. The Pontiff met for 40 minutes with Ayatollah Al-Sistani in Najafon March 6.. Much has been made of this encounter, but after the hopeful tumult of this “historic encounter” dies down, we will likely […]
Pope meets Ayatollah Sistani in Iraq, repeats the usual comforting fictions about Islam
Church Militant asked me for comment about this meeting this morning, and I sent them this: “A genuine interfaith meeting at the “Birthplace of Abraham” would have included representatives of all three Abrahamic religions. But the Jewish representatives who were invited reportedly refused to attend. As the Qur’an is deeply antisemitic and calls Jews the […]
Iraqi official says that contrary to rumors, top Shi’a cleric won’t sign Pope’s ‘human fraternity’ document
Apparently Ayatollah al-Sistani is a bit less disposed to be deceptive than the Sheikh of al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayeb. The “Document on Human Fraternity” that Pope Francis signed with al-Tayeb, and is aggressively pushing upon the Catholic Church, states that “the protection of places of worship – synagogues, churches and mosques – is a duty guaranteed […]
Vatican conference to promote Mary as ‘model for faith and life for Christianity and Islam’
Does the Vatican really think that this will increase harmony and mutual respect between Muslims and Christians? Vatican top dogs should consider a statement of the Muslim Brotherhood theorist Sayyid Qutb: “The chasm between Islam and Jahiliyyah [the society of unbelievers] is great, and a bridge is not to be built across it so that […]
Belgium: Migrants once again occupy Catholic church in Brussels
They’re hoping to “negotiate directly with the Belgian federal government in order to stay in Europe,” and “the pope is constantly mentioned.” That’s a canny move, as the Pope has many times tried to shame Christians into supporting mass migration in Europe by claiming that it is a manifestation of the Christian obligation to welcome […]
The Media’s Oh-So-Devout Catholic Joe Biden Has Run Into a Little Trouble With the Bishops…
My latest in PJ Media: The establishment media has been pulling out all the stops, as Stephen Kruiser noted Monday, to convince us that Joe Biden is the most serene Catholic monarch since King St. Louis IX. Huffington Post writer Beth Stoneburner even wondered if “Christians will ever allow themselves to admit that a Democratic president is […]
Pope Francis set to travel to Iraq to meet with Ayatollah Sistani, who called unbelievers unclean
Another fool’s errand in pursuit of the chimera of “dialogue” that has never solved anything or improved the conditions of any Christians in Muslim countries. Sistani has called disbelievers impure on the order of dogs, pigs, blood, etc. However, he has specifically exempted Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians from this. That’s great, but will Francis implore […]