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Pope says he 'wept' while meeting Rohingya refugees
TheLocal.it ^
| 3 December 2017 04:48 CET+01:00
| Catherine Marciano, AFP
Posted on 12/04/2017 7:27:53 PM PST by Olog-hai
Pope Francis on Saturday said he wept hearing the plight first-hand of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, adding that this meeting was a condition set for his trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh.
The Rohingya meeting was a highly symbolic gesture of solidarity with the Muslim minority fleeing violence in Myanmar, and the pontiff told journalists on his plane flying back to Rome that the refugees cried as well.
I knew that I was going to meet the Rohingyas, but I did not know where and how; for me, it was one of the conditions of the trip, he said.
The usually forthright pontiff walked a diplomatic tightrope during his four days in Myanmar the first papal visit to the country avoiding any direct reference to the Rohingya in public while appealing to Buddhist leaders to overcome prejudice and hatred. [
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The pope told the Rohingya: In the name of all those who have persecuted you, who have harmed you, in the face of the worlds indifference, I ask for your forgiveness.
The pope referred to the refugees as Rohingya, using the term for the first time on the tour in Bangladesh after the archbishop of Yangon advised him that doing so in Myanmar could inflame tensions and endanger Christians.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bangladesh; buddhists; burma; dakha; dhimmitude; myanmar; popefrancis; rakhine; rangoon; rohingya; rop; yangon
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posted on
12/04/2017 7:27:53 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
take the Muslims home with you then
To: butlerweave
I think this Pope might be a gay.
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posted on
12/04/2017 7:30:31 PM PST
by
bagster
(Mama tried to raise me better.)
To: Olog-hai
If only he wept for the victims of Mohammadanism. Y’know, Christians.
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posted on
12/04/2017 7:32:51 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: Olog-hai
Head muckety muck in charge of virtue signaling.
To: Olog-hai
Pope Francis on Saturday said he wept hearing the plight first-hand of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, adding that this meeting was a condition set for his trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Fine, weep - and then take these Muslims back to Vatican City. Don't ask everyone else to take them in.
To: Olog-hai
Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t the Rohingyas attack the Buddhist monks, then when the monks fought back the Rohingyas became the “victims”?
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posted on
12/04/2017 7:34:05 PM PST
by
KJC1
(Illegals: One hand out and the other one flipping us the bird)
To: bagster
Yeah, well he is going to weep a lot more when there are No donations to the Pontificate... Like since he stole his post.
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posted on
12/04/2017 7:34:17 PM PST
by
acapesket
(all happy now?)
To: Olog-hai
and so the kind hearted pope open his door to them...
Update: The refugees find the Vatican adequate...
“Needs ‘My Pillows’ on the beds”
To: butlerweave

"Hurry, hurry! We're getting out of here. The Pope is
sending us to something called "Veni-zwayla!""
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posted on
12/04/2017 7:38:56 PM PST
by
sparklite2
(I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
To: KJC1
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posted on
12/04/2017 7:39:20 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: Olog-hai
The treacherous moron. Immediately jumps in on the side of the moslems.
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posted on
12/04/2017 7:41:14 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ... we.)
To: Olog-hai
"The pope referred to the refugees as Rohingya, using the term for the first time on the tour in Bangladesh after the archbishop of Yangon advised him
that doing so in Myanmar could inflame tensions and endanger Christians"
So this Marxist Pope just heads across the border and still DELIBERATELY risks endangering Christians with his groveling to Satanic disciples despite prior warnings. Do we need any more proof as to which side this abominable apostate supports ?
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posted on
12/04/2017 7:43:00 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: KJC1
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posted on
12/04/2017 7:44:16 PM PST
by
silverleaf
(A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
To: bagster
I think this Pope might be a gay. Might be!
He's a butt-licking, boy-raping, screaming faggot!
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posted on
12/04/2017 7:50:29 PM PST
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(RATs, RINOs...same thing)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
He's a butt-licking, boy-raping, screaming faggot! So I was right!
I have the good gaydar.
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posted on
12/04/2017 7:53:33 PM PST
by
bagster
(Mama tried to raise me better.)
To: butlerweave
Poor guy. If only he had real experience dealing with these problems in the tiny little sovereign state he runs... (sigh)
To: Olog-hai
Where were the Rohingians during the eight years of Obama?
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posted on
12/04/2017 8:02:43 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
To: Olog-hai
Is the Pope auditioning for a Nobel Peace Prize?
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posted on
12/04/2017 8:02:56 PM PST
by
Vic S
To: BookmanTheJanitor
Can’t stand that phrase, especially since it refers to vice and not virtue.
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posted on
12/04/2017 8:03:30 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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