'Not My Pope' Hashtag Highlights French Divisions

BBC ^ | 4/2/16

[marshmallow]

When Pope Francis made a comment about terrorism and Islam it was bound to get attention. However, the sentiments expressed by the man who has been described as the "world's most popular leader", was not welcomed by all.

Speaking onboard the papal plane as he returned to Rome from Poland, the Pope told reporters why he doesn't use the word "Islam'' when discussing terrorism.

"It's not right to identify Islam with violence. It's not right and it's not true,'' he said. "I believe that in every religion there is always a little fundamentalist group.'' And referring to organised crime in Italy, he added: "These are baptised Catholics. If I speak of Islamic violence, then I have to speak of Catholic violence.''

It was the mention of Catholicism that caught the eye of one French social media user @HaussmannParis who tweets extensively about Catholic issues and has written several critical blogs about Islam. @HaussmannParis - who Trending has approached for comment - was one of the first to use the hashtag #PasMonPape following the Pope's comments on Sunday (the tag has been used in different contexts before). It translates as "not my Pope". The hashtag within hours became the number one trend in France, which has suffered several Jihadist terror attacks in recent weeks.

As the hashtag gained traction it became clear that @HaussmannParis was not alone in thinking that the pontiff had betrayed the Catholic faith.

[montag813]

"I believe that in every religion there is always a little fundamentalist group."

I hope this little Satanic shitbag dies in his sleep tonight.

[Lurkinanloomin]

The fake Pope is a fraud.

He has no moral authority.

[Carriage Hill]

“I believe that in every religion there is always a little fundamentalist group.”

Beyond mind-boggling.

[Salvavida]

Wow. Since "fundamentalism" is equivalent to "orthodoxy," where does that lead us?

Words mean stuff.

[MGG]

From what I saw of the KOC convention in Toronto this past weekend. You wouldn’t know we had a Pope.

[TMA62]

Devil horns

[TMA62]

Devil horns

[Bigg Red]

Rise up, Frenchmen! Deliver your country from this scourge.

[Carriage Hill]

No matter what math you use, the numbers of the enemy are h-u-g-e, and that pope is living in la-la-land. The pope is a dope.

[Arthur McGowan]

That’s encouraging. I hope that means that people have just tuned him out.

He is a stooge installed by the NWO to pervert the Catholic Church.

Of course, we have JPII to thank for this stinkeroo.

[Svartalfiar]

And referring to organised crime in Italy, he added: "These are baptised Catholics. If I speak of Islamic violence, then I have to speak of Catholic violence.''

The difference being, is that Islamic violence is part of Islam, and is pushed forward by the 'religion'. Catholic violence is generally political or something else, not religious. His Italian mob analogy fails because the violence is due to mob activities, not because they're Catholic. Irish/English violence is due to the English oppression, not because Irish people are generally Catholic. The Crusades were the only one that could possible be considered actual Catholic-pushed violence, except they were responses to, wait for it, Islamic violence!

[Svartalfiar]

So, we could say the big difference is one is Islamic violence, and the other is violence by Catholics.

[Company Man]

“Is the Pope Catholic?” is no longer a rhetorical question.