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Pope calls for end of military operations in Gaza in Christmas message
The Hill ^ | 12/25/2023 | Jared Gans

Posted on 12/25/2023 7:45:47 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Pope Francis called for the end of military operations in Gaza and the release of Israelis being held hostage in the area in his annual Christmas message.

The pope in remarks at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican in front of thousands of people gathered to pray said that the world should work toward the coming of the day when “nation shall not lift up sword against nation.” He called for it to come to Israel and Palestine, where the war has been “devastating the lives of those peoples.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christmas; gaza; military; pope; war
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How about NO
1 posted on 12/25/2023 7:45:47 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Pope Francis has shown that he’s unabashedly pro totalitarian and pro fascist. JPII he’s not.


2 posted on 12/25/2023 7:48:02 AM PST by Spok (It takes a lot of learning to understand how little we know. (Paraphrasing Thomas Sowell.))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well heck frankee, we can rest assured that ham-ass will comply right? NOT! Back to Argentina with you. Are we certain the college of cardinals didn’t drop the wrong smoke pellet? 🤔


3 posted on 12/25/2023 7:50:08 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Commie Pope.


4 posted on 12/25/2023 7:51:42 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Whatta great guy. My contempt for this cretinous, self-worshiping prick grows only larger. The Pope who knows better than the Carpenter, correcting His errors, opening wide the Gates of Hell.


5 posted on 12/25/2023 7:51:54 AM PST by Quentin Quarantino
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If they really wanted to end the war, the Palestinians could release the hostages and pile up weapons in the streets for IDF collection.


6 posted on 12/25/2023 7:53:16 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: ChicagoConservative27
the world should work toward the coming of the day when “nation shall not lift up sword against nation.”

Tell that to Hamas, dummy. This is a nation's reply to attack - destroy them.

7 posted on 12/25/2023 7:54:32 AM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Nuts!


8 posted on 12/25/2023 7:56:36 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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To: rktman

“Back to Argentina with you.”

They hate him there, too.


9 posted on 12/25/2023 7:57:05 AM PST by irishjuggler (I)
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To: Quentin Quarantino

He thinks he knows better than the Catechism. Thats a fact

He thinks he can solve this age old conflict by ordering people around like a suburban liberal.


10 posted on 12/25/2023 7:57:30 AM PST by stanne
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To: Brian Griffin

Exactly.


11 posted on 12/25/2023 7:58:28 AM PST by yldstrk
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Has the pope called for the end of muslim terror, violence, and murder around the world? If he could get them to acknowledge and stop that, I’ll listen.


12 posted on 12/25/2023 7:58:44 AM PST by boycott
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To: Spok

Sadly, you are correct.


13 posted on 12/25/2023 7:59:27 AM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: irishjuggler

Is there an island we can put him on? Merry Christmas!


14 posted on 12/25/2023 8:00:04 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

STFU, anti-Christ pope.


15 posted on 12/25/2023 8:02:05 AM PST by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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I’ll take Pope Francis more seriously once he gets rid of his heavily armed Swiss Guards.

Lots of nasty-looking weapons there, Frankie.


16 posted on 12/25/2023 8:02:07 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: grobdriver

“Tell that to Hamas, dummy. This is a nation’s reply to attack - destroy them.”

I think you misunderstand him. He knows their intent. For a long time after WW2, there was a debate about whether and how much the Catholic Church aided and abetted the Nazis’ Holocaust. This pope is reopening that debate and making sure the world knows the position of the pope in Rome today.

Fortunately, more and more Catholics are recognizing the nature of this man.


17 posted on 12/25/2023 8:04:41 AM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (The fiWhat do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Pope Francis calls for ‘the immediate release’ of all hostages taken by Hamas, expresses concern for Gaza civilians”

https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2023/10/11/pope-francis-israel-hamas-246263

Note the date.

I suspect most of the hostages were taken by irregulars.


18 posted on 12/25/2023 8:06:42 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: rktman

“ Is there an island we can put him on? Merry Christmas!”

We can put him on Devils island.

Patmos is too good for him.


19 posted on 12/25/2023 8:08:36 AM PST by Redcitizen
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To: ChicagoConservative27

And The Ukraine?


20 posted on 12/25/2023 8:11:11 AM PST by Ge0ffrey
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