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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Instead of “Walk softly, and carry a big stick,” “walk softly, and carry a big *ick.”
I knew that the Pope-bashers would bash hard even on Easter Sunday. Pitiful, ain’t it?
I’m all for the Pope to visit Iraq, Syria, Iran in his love bug Pope mobile.
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Thousands of Christians have been beheaded, shot and crucified, and this moron preaches this crap.
He should be walking the streets preaching to ISIS instead of riding around in that silly bullet proof cartoon car behind 20 foot walls in the Vatican.
I guess I kind of love my 1911s, FNFAL and M1 Garrand though I never thought of them quite as objects of love, but they will work.
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.
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I agree 100% ... but like that old story about first getting that mules attention with a 2x4 to the forehead before he will listen we must accept that there is some number of Muslims that must die to get their attention... I think all Muslim males 10 and older would be the proper starting point along with bulldozing all their mosques and monuments ... God put some mighty powerful weapons in the hands of the Jews when they were physically assaulted ... Self reliance pleases God.
I knew that the Pope-bashers would bash hard even on Easter Sunday. Pitiful, aint it?
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NO , the only “pitiful” thing about the critiques of this pope is that it’s all truth based. I am Catholic and this Pope isn’t fit to be dogcatcher. He spouts Communism as a cure for the worlds evils. He “mis-speaks” constantly (and yes I know on some occasions it has been misreporting) ...
I knew the Pope would express his Dhimmitude even on Easter Sunday.
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