Over at FrontPage is this expanded version of my post from a few days ago, about how the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Gregory III Laham is taking the Stockholm Syndrome to a new level. Gregory III Laham, the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch, Alexandria, Jerusalem and All the East, has proudly declared: “We, the […]
Iran’s President: Insulting people’s faith not part of freedom of expression
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has worked for years to compel the West to criminalize criticism of Islam — a Sharia provision — under the guise of ensuring “respect” for “all religious traditions.” This initiative will probably succeed soon. The Pope agrees, as he made clear after the Charlie Hebdo jihad massacre. The President […]
Pope Francis meets Iran’s President to boost nuke deal, Mideast peace
“If we want peace in the Middle East, Iran and Iranian Islam have a vital role to play,” said the Rev. Bernardo Cervellera. Good to see the Pope giving his blessing to a rogue regime with genocidal aspirations. It is a wise move and perfectly in line with the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch’s robust defense […]
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch: “No one defends Islam like Arab Christians”
“We, the Arab Christians, always defend Islam and our Muslim brothers – no one defends Islam like the Arab Christians do.” And Lord knows they need defending: our Muslim brothers seized the Melkite Greek Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation, removed all the icons and crosses and every trace of Christianity, and made […]
Pope’s envoy warns of “silent genocide” and “biggest terrorism in the world”
“A silent genocide” and “the biggest terrorism in the world.” Did Charles Maung Bo mean the Muslim persecution of Christians that has eradicated ancient Christian communities in Iraq, while Catholic bishops in the West stand by silently afraid to harm their precious and utterly useless “dialogue” with Muslim leaders? Did he mean the terrorism that […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Francis, Far From Infallible
At the beginning of every year, the Pope delivers an address in Rome to welcome the foreign diplomatic corps accredited to the Vatican. Pope Francis, a nice guy, has just delivered such a speech. It deserves attention. The main theme of Francis’s speech is immigration, the mass movement of peoples, now this way and now […]
U.S. Christian Groups Support Muslim Refugees, Ignore Persecuted Christians
According to recently released figures from the State Dept., the United States has let in a minuscule number of Christian refugees from Syria — only 34 — during the four years since the Islamic State began its campaign of mass slaughter. Put differently, although Christians amount for 10 percent of Syria’s population—and so should at […]
Pope to refugees: Muslims can “expel the illness within our hearts” with Qur’an
This is two years old, and while we generally don’t feature archival material, it seemed newly relevant in light of the events in Cologne. The Pope tells Muslims to expel the illness within their hearts and assuage their bitterness with the Qur’an. He doubtless has no idea that the Qur’an says that Muslims can sooth […]
Vatican spokesman: Islam teaches “non-violence in the name of God”
How could an organization that claims to speak for God and to be led by the Holy Spirit be so indefatigably committed to a lie? For it isn’t only Bruno Forte: the Pope has said the same thing, and it’s the official policy of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which winks at dissent on […]
Robert Spencer in PJ Media: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of L.A. Wants ‘Greater Solidarity with Islam’
In PJ Media today I discuss more foolish wrongheadedness and disastrously suicidal naivete from today’s Catholic Church: The contemporary Catholic Church has wholeheartedly endorsed the ideas that Islam is a religion of peace and that Muslims are the first victims of jihad terrorism. This proposition is enforced as an iron dogma, the one non-negotiable point […]