If the utter worthlessness of the “Human Fraternity Declaration” weren’t already clear, this makes it obvious to everyone except the most indefatigably willfully ignorant. “Leave them; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” (Matthew 15:14) “Turkey Moves to Reclaim Basilica as Mosque,” by […]
Catholic bishop: Pope’s claim that Quran opposes violence “not true simply based on a plain reading of the Quran”
Schneider and Müller are likely now to run afoul of Pope Francis, who has made the risible claim that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence.” Although this is not and could not ever be a dogma of the Roman Catholic Church, it is assumed to […]
As US bishop excoriates Trump, bishops in Middle East and Nigeria applaud his executive order on religious freedom
Wilton Gregory’s religion is not Christianity, but Leftism, as is the case with many of his colleagues as well. And so his primary concern is not stopping the persecution of Christians, but stopping Donald Trump. In contrast, Ignace Joseph III Younan, Matthew Hassan Kukah, and Yousif Habash are Christians who live in areas where Christians […]
Charles De Foucauld, Who Took Islam’s Measure, To Be Canonized (Part 2)
Charles de Foucauld, a Catholic priest who is about to be canonized by the Vatican, spent much of his adult life living alone among Muslims, first among Arabs in Morocco, and then among Tuaregs in Algeria. He wished for, but did not himself attempt, the conversion of Muslims. He instead saw his mission as one […]
Charles De Foucauld, Who Took Islam’s Measure, To Be Canonized (Part 1)
This does not signify a change in Pope Francis’s own views of Islam. It only means that Charles de Foucauld (1858-1916), a French priest who lived among Muslims in Morocco and Algeria , where by his own example he hoped to promote their conversion to Christianity, has been willfully misunderstood by the Vatican, for de […]
Here’s a Relief: Corpus Christi Jihad Attack Condemned by…Catholic Bishop
My latest in PJ Media: Few Americans even know that there was a jihad attack in Corpus Christi, Texas last week. But Michael Mulvey, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Corpus Christi, is well aware. Last Thursday, a 20-year-old Muslim migrant from Syria named Adam Salim Alsahli, according to CNN, “attempted to rush the security gate […]
Ex-Muslims expose Muslim-Catholic dialogue as deceptive exercise in proselytizing for Islam
“The chasm between Islam and Jahiliyyah [the society of unbelievers] is great, and a bridge is not to be built across it so that the people on the two sides may mix with each other, but only so that the people of Jahiliyyah may come over to Islam.” — Sayyid Qutb, Milestones, chapter 10. (Mother […]
Texas: Roman Catholic bishop condemns Corpus Christi jihad attack, pledges to be “force for peace”
This is just dandy for all those who were worried about Michael Mulvey’s virtue; it has now been abundantly signaled. But the bitter irony here is that no matter how hard he tries to be a “force for peace,” he will find his efforts unable to persuade jihadis to lay down their arms and stop […]
Palestine Liberation Organization asks Vatican for help over possible West Bank annexation by Israel
The PLO went to the right place for sympathy: “In January 2017, Pope Francis received Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Vatican for a formal inauguration of the first Embassy of the State of Palestine to the Holy See. The new Palestinian embassy, said Abbas, “is a sign that the Pope loves the Palestinian people […]
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, president of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, celebrates Ramadan at home
Once again, as always, the outreach goes only in one direction. Yet no matter how many times this outreach fails, useful idiots such as Cardinal Nichols eagerly keep doing the same things over and over again, hoping for a different result. “Leave them; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind […]