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Poles Pray En Masse at Border; Some See Anti-Muslim Agenda
ABC News ^ | 10/7/17 | Vanessa Gera and Karel Janicek

Posted on 10/07/2017 6:21:30 PM PDT by marshmallow

Polish Catholics held rosaries and prayed together Saturday along the country's 3,500-kilometer (2,000-mile) border, appealing to the Virgin Mary and God for salvation for Poland and the world in a national event that some felt had anti-Muslim overtones.

The unusual "Rosary to the Borders" event was organized by lay Catholics but was also endorsed by Polish church authorities, with 320 churches from 22 dioceses taking part. The prayers took place from the Baltic Sea coast in the north to the mountains along Poland's southern borders with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and all along the border of this country of 38 million where more than 90 percent declare themselves Roman Catholics.

Organizers say the prayers at some 4,000 locations commemorated the centenary of the apparitions of Fatima, when three shepherd children in Portugal said the Virgin Mary appeared to them.

But the event also commemorated the huge 16th-century naval battle of Lepanto, when a Christian alliance acting on the wishes of the pope defeated Ottoman Empire forces on the Ionian Sea, "thus saving Europe from Islamization," as organizers put it.

Prime Minister Beata Szydlo showed her support by tweeting an image of rosary beads with a crucifix and sending greetings to all the participants.

While organizers insisted the prayers Saturday were not directed against any group, some participants cited fears of Islam among their reasons for praying at the border.

Halina Kotarska, 65, traveled 230 kilometers (145 miles) from her home in Kwieciszewo, central Poland, to express gratitude after her 29-year-old son Slawomir survived a serious car wreck this year. She described it as a miracle performed by St. Mary.

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TOPICS: Catholic; Islam; Prayer; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: europejihad; poland; polandprayer
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1 posted on 10/07/2017 6:21:30 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Why would anyone in their right mind not want Muslims infiltrating their country??


2 posted on 10/07/2017 6:23:19 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: marshmallow

ABC says “Anti-Muslim Agenda” as if that’s a bad thing.


3 posted on 10/07/2017 6:23:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: marshmallow
Pro-Polish Agenda
4 posted on 10/07/2017 6:25:44 PM PDT by captain_dave
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To: marshmallow

Outstanding!


5 posted on 10/07/2017 6:26:01 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Learn How To Search. Ask Me How.)
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To: captain_dave
Pro-Polish Agenda

Tak jest.

6 posted on 10/07/2017 6:26:33 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: marshmallow
***WARNING***

ABC = All Bull & Counterfeit

Always Bogus & Counterfeit

Don’t believe these Lying Leftist Media outlets that proved themselves during the 2016 campaign to be operatives of the DNC and intentional liars. They are presumed to be lying and we should presume what they publish is a lie. The presumption can only be rebutted with the outlet providing clear and convincing evidence they are not lying.

Truth: Anti-Muslim Agenda = Good Agenda

7 posted on 10/07/2017 6:27:45 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: marshmallow

Not really seeing a problem with an anti-Moslem agenda.
After all, Islam has an anti-Christian and anti-Western agenda.


8 posted on 10/07/2017 6:27:55 PM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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After all, Islam has an anti-Christian and anti-Western agenda.

And the Koran is their battle plan

9 posted on 10/07/2017 6:29:39 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: BenLurkin
> ABC says “Anti-Muslim Agenda” as if that’s a bad thing. <

It's also worth noting that ABC never sees an "Anti-Christian Agenda" when large groups of Muslims gather.


10 posted on 10/07/2017 6:30:12 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: BenLurkin

Here we go. Christianity is offensive just by being Christianity. Just seeing who it offends is enough to make one a believer.


11 posted on 10/07/2017 6:30:36 PM PDT by Spok
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To: marshmallow

The whole world could use some anti-Muslim agenda....


12 posted on 10/07/2017 6:30:39 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: marshmallow

I guess I’m missing something. Why should the Poles worry about a culture that wants to rape, enslave, and kill them, when virtually no other culture in Europe seems to have a problem with that outcome?


13 posted on 10/07/2017 6:31:04 PM PDT by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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To: marshmallow

So, what’s wrong with an anti-Muslim agenda?


14 posted on 10/07/2017 6:31:23 PM PDT by Petrosius
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To: Spok

Islam is a doctrine of Hell.


15 posted on 10/07/2017 6:32:11 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: marshmallow

Posting this again:

Wouldn’t it be ironic that Eastern Europe survives and possible saves Europe itself from the coming Muslim hoards because of their prolong Iron Curtain Russian occupation, a time that tempered those countries making them tough, resourceful and more resilient than their rich neighbors.

Yes it would be so ironic if in the end the former Eastern Block countries and posible Europe end up owing their survival to Joseph Stalin and his brute Iron Curtain rule?

I add that these former Eastern Block countries have and continue too retain their Christianity while in Western Europe churches sit empty with many being turned into mosque. The East knows what it means to live a life of adversity with only their faith in Christ to sustain them.

It is almost like God prepared them for this time.


16 posted on 10/07/2017 6:37:06 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Rurudyne

The Poles definitely have their act together in this instance.


17 posted on 10/07/2017 6:37:16 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: marshmallow

Nice photos on twitter.


18 posted on 10/07/2017 6:39:13 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: marshmallow

So ABC expects the Catholics of Poland to be careful not to be anti-Islamic? How nutty this world has become.

The Poles and Hungarians are saving their own people. And incurring the hate of the EU for that one sensible act.


19 posted on 10/07/2017 6:39:19 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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“...some felt had anti-Muslim overtones....”

I should hope so ... do you have to be really obvious to get some to understand .... like “Muslims go home”!


20 posted on 10/07/2017 6:47:26 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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