Posted on 06/27/2016 3:40:05 PM PDT by marshmallow
Pope Francis, who is “building bridges to build peace” around the world, has naturally reached out to embrace Sunni Muslims. Last month, for the first time after years of Vatican silence, Pope Francis summoned to his private library in Rome grand imam Ahmed El-Tayeb of Cairo’s Al-Ahzar Mosque Institute. Absent a press release before this event, the Pope was quoted as saying, “this meeting is the message” – leading all to dwell on the meaning and purpose of their 25 minutes together. Christians, especially Egyptian Coptic Christians, have observed the Catholic pope give the “sign of peace” to the grand imam who has yet been unwilling to denounce ISIS. Unity existed between the two religious branches previous to former Pope Benedict XVI condemning Islam’s inclination to violence. This message of reconciliation comes during the Al-Sisi government which has stood opposed to the favored and protected status of an organization entwined with Al-Ahzar -- the Muslim Brotherhood – and against the ascendency of this terror network and others beginning before his presidential campaign.
Two days before their historic meeting, headlines around the world reported the violent and humiliating act committed by a Muslim mob in Upper Egypt against a Christian woman in a Christian-majority village. Homes where razed and a grandmother was stripped naked, dragged from her house and beaten in the street. Egypt’s courts are not officially Sharia but street justice involving private matters is strictly Islamic doctrine (coercion of non-Muslims), and violence has no real consequences in the courts. No words came from either of the leaders in the “Jubilee of Mercy” meeting (its official title) to address this incident, which by the nature of this attack holds deeper, more serious implications in Egyptian culture. An elderly woman in Egypt is considered sacrosanct, and practically speaking, this means across..........
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this Holy Father is a TREMENDOUS disappointment!
and he’s dangerous to Christian life everywhere in the world
if he’s selling out to Satan’s Legions (Islamics)
Personally, I like this Pope. That said, it certainly wouldn’t be the first time Rome sold out the Eastern Church to the Mohammedans!
Uh, there is no Peace between the Vatican and Islam unless The Pope hands over the keys gefore his beheading. Because? Crusades.
Didn’t the Muzzies already shoot one Pope?
Better to be hated by some than loved by them.
How could a religious leader not know what Islam is about, and the danger it poses to all non- Muslims.
This Pope should be alerting all Christians to the dangers of Islam and not helping to spread confusion in the minds of Islam's intended Christian victims.
This Pope is a "useful idiot" for Islam and and aids Islamic Taqiyya. -Tom
As big a fool as Obama.
there is no peace with Islam because of Islamic teachings
you can’t be at peace with anyone who teaches and preaches and works to destroy or conquer and subjugate you
the only peace possible on this earth with such murderous barbarians is to kill them before they kill you
anyone who doesn’t like that..rest assured I don’t like it either, but it is the REALITY we all have to face up to, or die
agreed! he is (at BEST!) acting like an Useful Idiot for Islam conquering the Christian West
my neighbor says he’s an obvious plant like obama
Between this guy and catholic charities, they’ll have islam running the world.
The pope is playing a game of ‘good Copt, bad Copt....
Frankish Pope Francis sells out the Copts while calling for “full Communion” with the Armenians!!!!
All Oriental Orthodox Christians—Copts, Armenians, Assyrians, Ethiopians, etc.—should be moving toward full Communion with the Eastern Orthodox Church—NOT the Frankish schismatics!!!!
Besides that, Pope Francis sounds goofy—just like Goofy Elizabeth Warren! Really!!!!
ping
Churches generally do not do wonderful jobs overseeing governments, which is the level of concern here.
The Middle East needs more Ataturks and the like, who refuse to go in for the fanaticism.
What. Explain yourself.
Not My Pope.
I give up on this one.
Mega prayers for Pope Benedict XVI.
That's the reason the Vatican has a wall around it.
Could there be another raid on the Vatican? Why did a previous Pope kiss the Koran? Why is the LGBT being courted? Why is the clear text of the Bible being ignored, or twisted? Is there danger in Europe for all Christians? Is this the last Pope? Stay tuned to your local station for further updates.
The Pope should be leading Christianity in a global war to eradicate Islam.
Not helping Islam eradicate Christianity.
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