Posted on 03/27/2016 9:15:38 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Pope Francis urged the world in his Easter message on Sunday to use the "weapons of love" to combat the evil of "blind and brutal violence", following the attacks in Brussels.
After a week of somber religious events commemorating Jesus' death, Francis said an Easter Sunday Mass under tight security for tens of thousands of people in a sun-drenched St. Peter's Square.
Afterwards, in his traditional, twice-yearly "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and the world) message, he spoke of violence, injustice and threats to peace in many parts of the world.
"May he (the risen Jesus) draw us closer on this Easter feast to the victims of terrorism, that blind and brutal form of violence which continues to shed blood in different parts of the world," he said, speaking from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.
He mentioned recent attacks in Belgium, where at least 31 people were killed by Islamist militants, as well as those in Turkey, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, and Iraq.
"With the weapons of love, God has defeated selfishness and death," the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholic said from the same balcony from where he first appeared to the world on the night of his election on March 13, 2013.
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The blood of Christ on the Cross is a real weapon. He is the only way to defeat Evil, Isis is a real manifestation of the power on Earth Satan currently enjoys. He fears Jesus the most that is why Christians are the target. Invoking Christ to a Satanist is by no means a comfy chair and soft pillows... it is torment.
I agree with this, but we must remember that Christ is the only way to truly defeat evil, and only He will rid the earth of the Satanic cult of Islam for good. That is not to say we should not aim to defeat ISIS militarily we should but it will only be a temporary band-aid.
The Pope should take his message of love directly to ISIS in Raqqa to see how they respond.
Good luck with that Francis. Sell your Robe for a sword.
Does this mean that Francis won’t be calling for a Crusade anytime soon?
Not a holy man by any stretch, the current pope is a dope, weak on conviction and just about everything else.
Unfortunately, vacuous exhortations to solve the worlds problems with love are not all that you need
Perhaps the Pope might consider adding the of the power of prayer as well.
But that would be so.....Catholic
The Jews told Jesus the same thing. Because he wouldn’t they set Barrabas free and crucified Him.
Your approach did not work against the Nazis or Japanese, why do you think it will work against the Muslims? The Nazi desire to rule the world, the Japanese suicide cult, and the Muslim murder/suicide cult are the same. Love will not work. You must kill them.
The pope washes a muslim’s feet. Apparently he didn’t believe it would help much since they increased security around the Vatican.
Whatever happened to the “whole armor of God”?
I am supposed fight inbred Muslim loons who have guns with my thunder stick, sounds fair. Thanks for the great idea pope.
Yeah...that’ll really protect you against the next bomb attack.
This False Pope knows better. Islam is only akin to Christianity if you presume that Allah is Satan.
They worship death. Christians worship Life.
The Pope is welcome to lay down his life for a gang of murderous thugs in a grand gesture of love and self sacrifice if that is what pleases him.
I prefer to shoot back.
This pope is looney tunes. You just cannot make this up.
“Belt-fed” weapons of love, in particular.
Nothing is more loving than good men slaying evil. It keeps things in proper order.
Are nuclear bombs considered “weapons of love”?
The Pope washes the feet of unbelievers. Worse than unbelievers! Muslims built themselves a false Christ, a lying Jesus. An Anti-Christ, who is coming back as Mohamed’s executioner!
For what twisted purpose does the Pope wash their feet? Has the Pope read the scriptures at all? Or just Carl Marx and Anthony Levey?
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