My latest in PJ Media: What’s the absolute last thing in the world that Pope Woke, aka Francis, would want to do? What would cause him to recoil in the most spine-tingling horror imaginable? That’s right: the prospect of following in the footsteps of his long-gone predecessor, Pope Urban II, and calling for a […]
Islamic State: Pope’s Iraq trip a ‘crusade’ to ‘remove the Sharia of Allah from this land’
The ISIS guys can relax: the last thing the Pope wants to do is remove Sharia from Iraq or anywhere else. Extensive comments from me below. “Islamic State: Pope’s Iraq Trip Is New Crusade,” by Jules Gomes, ChurchMilitant.com, March 23, 2021: MOSUL, Iraq (ChurchMilitant.com) – Islamic State (ISIS) is threatening fresh attacks on Iraqi churches following […]
Sunni cleric: Pope’s Iraq trip was meant to bless ‘mistreatment of Sunnis Iran’s lackeys perpetrated under ISIS’
The Pope has become embroiled in matters he knows nothing about. As I explained below to Church Militant: Whatever can be said about the pope’s naïveté (and worse), there is no doubt that he did not intend to strengthen any alliance between the Church and Shiites against Sunnis any more than he intended to strengthen […]
Why the Pope’s ‘Interfaith Dialogue’ in Iraq Excluded the Jewish Community
During Pope Francis’ recent apostolic pilgrimage to Iraq, many Iraqi political and religious representatives — including the country’s president, Muslim religious leaders, and Christians of various denominations — were present, except for one community: Iraqi Jews, who are also one of the world’s longest surviving Jewish communities, with a history of around 2,700 years. […]
Video: Robert Spencer on Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq
Yesterday, on Securing America with Frank Gaffney.
In Iraq, pope views mosques and churches destroyed by the Islamic State, laments ‘our cruelty’
The pope was making a theological point, that all human beings are sinful, and that this destruction is a manifestation of that sinfulness. But it is also noteworthy that he ascribed the destruction he saw to all of humanity, and decried nations that sell weapons, but never said a word about why the ruined buildings […]
Iraqi convert to Christianity: ‘Muslims are triumphantly declaring that the pope has surrendered to Islam’
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 […]