[Lurker]

If the Vatican says something dumb true about Muslims, people will die in parts of Africa and churches will be burned in Indonesia."

Fixed it.

L

[pax_et_bonum]

Fr Thomas Reese, a Jesuit, said at the time: "The Pope's worst decision so far has been the exiling of Archbishop Fitzgerald. He was the smartest guy in the Vatican on relations with Muslims. You don't exile someone like that, you listen to them. If the Vatican says something dumb about Muslims, people will die in parts of Africa and churches will be burned in Indonesia."

Gee, why did they quote him?

Would he be THIS Fr. Thomas Reese?

[livius]

Getting rid of Fitzgerald was probably one of the Pope's smartest moves. The fact that Reese didn't like it proves that.

[Ken522]

..Archbishop Fitzgerald. He was the smartest guy in the Vatican on relations with Muslims.

That's right, and Bill Clinton was the smartest president we ever had - a Rhodes Scholar, no less!

[doc maverick]

People will die and churches will continue to be burned regardless of what the pope does or says. Islamic radicals are notorious for unprovoked attacks as we saw on 9/11.

"He is therefore less enthusiastic than his predecessor for interfaith summits such as that staged by John Paul II at Assisi, which critics fear can blur the distinctions between religions and diminish the status of Catholicism."

And it has nothing to do with status. Pope John Paul who bent over for islam was shot 4 times by a turkish muslim.

[prairiebreeze]

Fr Thomas Reese, a Jesuit, said at the time: "The Pope's worst decision so far has been the exiling of Archbishop Fitzgerald. He was the smartest guy in the Vatican on relations with Muslims. You don't exile someone like that, you listen to them. If the Vatican says something dumb about Muslims, people will die in parts of Africa and churches will be burned in Indonesia."

Fr Reese is practicing and honing his role of dhimmi quite well I see.

[TheCrusader]

"If the Vatican says something dumb about Muslims, people will die in parts of Africa and churches will be burned in Indonesia."

Wonder why the author thinks the truth is "dumb"?

[Cicero]

I'm delighted to hear about the demotion of Archbishop Fitzgerald. And if Fr. Reese, S.J., calls it a bad decision, then I'm doubly delighted.