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Vatican praises Arafat for Palestinian vision
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| 11-11-04
Posted on 11/11/2004 7:16:53 AM PST by SJackson
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To: SJackson
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posted on
11/11/2004 4:26:14 PM PST
by
AlbionGirl
(+Ecce Agnus Dei, ecce qui tollit peccata mundi.+)
To: AlbionGirl
To: AlbionGirl; jwalsh07
They can't issue bland statements if they want to preserve the legal accords that grant the Vatican and the Catholic Church access to the Holy Sites that are now in the territories of the Palestinian Authority.
Also, they must be terribly careful to do nothing that what give an iota of impetus to Muslim madmen to go on a spree of blowing up Christian churches in the PA or killing Christian Palestinians for that matter.
It may seem like an odious and distasteful state of affairs, but it has been the judgement of the Holy See to do everything to preserve the Church's legal rights in the Holy Land with regard to the Israeli authorities as well as the PA. And of course a premium has been placed on trying to preserve the lives of Palestinian Christians and the Palestinian Christian community which is Catholic and Orthodox and is also intermarried with the Armenian community in Jerusalem.
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posted on
11/11/2004 5:17:56 PM PST
by
Siobhan
(Pray without ceasing.)
To: Pitiricus
"Yes I have a big problem with Poles... "
I'm Polish. What's your problem ?
To: Romulus
Actually quite false... But blinkers seem to be your stuff...
To: SJackson
The midrash got it right... :-)
To: Zionist Conspirator
Rabin with a bolshevik background?
LOL!
To: Grzegorz 246
Kielce would be one... The collaboration of the Poles in the Shoah another...
The crass antisemitism of the majority of Poles the final straw!
To: Pitiricus
"Kielce would be one... The collaboration of the Poles in the Shoah another... "
I'm sure that more Jews collaborated with Soviets, who killed Poles, but anyway I don't use to say "I have a big problem with Jews. I hate Jews etc."
To: Grzegorz 246
Well, the enemies of my enemies are my friends, and the soviets were less antisemitic than the average Pole...
Nice try, but no cigar!
To: SJackson
I thought what Carter said was a cheap cop out; but now the Pope eulogises. . .pathetic.
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posted on
11/11/2004 6:59:19 PM PST
by
cricket
(Don't lose your head. . vote Republican. . .)
To: Nachum
I will refrain from the howl of protest that wants to come from my keyboard
That'll be a first.
To: MarcoPolo
Uh, who is surprised that the Vatican would say something abominable in favor of a dictator? Their little inquisition in Spain didn't seem to mind murdering Jews by burning them at the stake in the 1400s and 1500s, so why wouldn't they just fall in love with a modern-day Jew-killer like Arafat? The Vatican is corrupt and always has been. I feel a great swell of sorrow for the everyday folks within the Catholic Church who are actually trying to find and follow God's way. It's sad because they're led by such wicked people, and the common Catholic deserves better.
Ah blow it out your ass, you phony bigot.
To: nmh
Praising the enemy of the Jewish people and Christians is not something we appreciate, hence the snub by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Just curious about your use of the word "we". Are you an Israeli?
To: Pitiricus
To: TapTheSource
Oy vey, another simp that mis-interprets the doctrine of Papal Infallibility. But hey, if it makes for a good insult, who needs accuracy?
To: Conservative til I die
I, of course, knew that. As a Protestant, I believe in Sola Scriptura. Having said that, the Pope was way off base praising a mass-murderer like Arafat (to include American diplomats) no matter which way you slice it. But then again, it's not hard to figure out who the Pope is rooting for in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute is it.
To: Siobhan
...it has been the judgement of the Holy See to do everything to preserve the Church's legal rights...
...and social justice and image and financial solvency and political capital and pride and book sales and irrelevancy ad nauseam. I guess there is no longer any concern for the salvation of souls. What do these worldly wolves in mitres have to do with Jesus Christ?
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posted on
11/11/2004 10:42:49 PM PST
by
broadsword
(Weren't there a couple of giant Buddhist statues in Afghanistan? What happened to them?)
To: JesseHousman
"Take a Muslim home to lunch!"
Or... We can start the "Invite a Muslim to Teach your Kid's in Sunday School" program.
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posted on
11/12/2004 1:51:44 AM PST
by
Preachin'
(Where is Murrymom?)
To: Pitiricus
"...and the soviets were less antisemitic than the average Pole... "
Poles and Jews didn't love each other. Asking who start it is like asking what was first: egg or hen. I could present you my opinions in these matters, however it seems that you are just an old fanatic, who are yelling all the time about those horrible Poles...
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