Pope Francis calls for ARMED RESPONSE to defend Christians from Genocide

Catholic Online ^ | 08/11/2014

[grania]

The Vatican preserved the portions of Rome under its control through every dark time between the Roman Empire and the present time. I doubt it was always by prayer.

[rdcbn]

Interesting times to live in.

Should make for a very interesting visit to the pews this coming Sunday

[SeekAndFind]

How about the Vatican Army? Or the Swiss Guards?

[don-o]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna

[Army Air Corps]

Bump.

[lulu16]

I have been wearing religious pins of warrior saints, and though I don’t know who they are, to me they represent the saints who defied the scourge of Islam.

Pope Benedict XV canonized 800 who were killed by the Ottoman Turks rather than submit to Islam. Pope Francis had the ceremony.

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/12/18210322-a-saint-making-record-is-also-a-diplomatic-headache-for-pope-francis

[SeekAndFind]

“The Pope? How many divisions has he got?”

The Assyrians once asked that question to King Hezekiah.

The real answer was -- He doesn't need a division. Just one person.

[mware]

Traditional arms[edit]
Sword
Command baton
Partisan
Halberd
Flamberge
Cuirass with spaulders

Modern arms[edit]
Vetterli rifle (Retired from service)
Mauser 98k (Retired from service)
Dreyse M1907 (Retired from service)
Suomi KP/-31 (Retired from service)
SIG MKMS (Retired from service)
Karabiner K31 (Maintained in inventory)
SIG P220 (P75)
Glock 19
Steyr TMP
Heckler & Koch MP5A3
Heckler & Koch MP7A1
SIG SG 550
SIG SG 552

Less-than-lethal weapons[edit]
Pepper spray
Tear gas

[ansel12]

Switzerland doesn’t have 600 Special Operations troops sitting at the Vatican.

“Recruits to the guards must be Catholic, single males with Swiss citizenship who have completed basic training with the Swiss military and can obtain certificates of good conduct.”

[Oldeconomybuyer]

bookmark

[BigEdLB]

The Pope more willing to fight than The Emperor? Whoda thought!

[Romulus]

Just one more tossed-off in a stunning sequence of Things I Never Thought I’d Hear A Pope Say.

[I want the USA back]

So he gets it.

[HKMk23]

“The only person to stop a bad person with a gun, is a good person with a gun.”

YUP. An’ there ain’t any of those in this current Administration.

[oldsicilian]

10th?

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Thank God. Humanity can’t stand by and watch genocide.

[taxcontrol]

Yeah, the numbering gets a little weird. LOL, I just thought of “Crusades X”.

[exit82]

Yes, 185,000 Assyrian soldiers dead in a single night.

By one angel.

[EXCH54FE]

“Let the CRUSADE begin!”

Only problem with that is that the CRUSADE stopped way to soon, we did not get them all!!!

[zot]

Thank you for answering my question.
Pope Pius V in 1571 — 443 years ago.