a. The late Pope made a connection between God and Allah.
b. The Catechism is in line with the Pope's statements.
c. You said I am free to disagree with that.
So either you are right or the Pope/Rome is. Tell me, who is right and who is wrong and why?
Yeah, but that was his own theological opinion. He wasn't teaching that as Catholic dogma. As I said before, I am free to disagree.
There is one god, who is God. That one god is the creator of the world, and he is worshipped by Muslims as creator of the world. However, they believe so many wrong things about him, one may certainly be inclined to assert that it ain’t him they believe him.
If my neighbor believes that Noam Chomsky is a brilliant, honest man devoted to true democracy, and I believe he is a dishonest, manipulative, Stalinist prick, can it be said that either one of us doesn’t believe that Noam Chomsky exists?
If she believes he is tall, skinny, and shaggy-haired, and I believe he is short, fat and bald, do we still both believe that Noam Chomsky exists?
It’s a silly argument to make whether Muslims and Christians believe in the same God. I think the Pope was wrong to make that assertion, and I think you are wrong to quibble with him. I’d only say that they have a dreadfully incorrect notion of who God is.