That should help.
B16 is a little more atuned to the global menace of terrorism.
4 posted on 08/29/2006 by dangus
Sorry, but I have not seen solid evidence of this, yet.
Posted on 08/29/2006 8:52:22 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
NEW YORK (CNS) – Since Sept. 11, 2001, the Catholic Church has worked steadily to overcome terrorism by examining the root causes behind the phenomenon, said the Vatican's nuncio to the United Nations.
Advertisement Archbishop Celestino Migliore compared the crashing noise of a falling tree to the quieter sound of a growing forest. "What the Catholic Church has been doing in the aftermath of 9/11 is more in the order of a forest that grows and expands every day without much fanfare," he said.
In written comments to Catholic News Service, Archbishop Migliore mentioned in particular the 2002 interreligious peace gathering that Pope John Paul II convened in Assisi, Italy, as well as Pope Benedict XVI's call for people to band together to overcome terrorism not only through analysis of its political and social causes, but also its "deeper cultural, religious and ideological motivations."
For example, he said, the church's commitment to migrants is "certainly not grounded on economic nor electoral interests, but on the conviction that by resolving such questions, swiftly and justly, nations can rob terrorists of the oxygen of hatred and of grievances, real or imagined, by which they attempt to legitimize their evil deeds and recruit the impressionable."
Archbishop Migliore, who has served at the United Nations since 2003, was at the Vatican on the day of the attacks in 2001, working as undersecretary for relations with states. He immediately called the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See to express his concern and solidarity.
"At the very beginning nothing was known about the motives nor the perpetrators, but from the circumstances, the target and the modalities of the attack, there was a clear perception that this was going to be an event full of consequences," he said.
As for the notion that the events of Sept. 11 "changed everything," the archbishop said that at the time such a statement meant little. Five years later, he said, it is clear that Sept. 11 "was an epoch-making event that upset the priorities of the world community and quickly skyrocketed security as our top concern."
But we must examine the attacks of Sept. 11 critically, he said, rather than simply denounce them.
"Just as every other epoch-making event – various totalitarianisms, the Holocaust and genocides of the 20th century, the collapse of the Berlin Wall – lead us to reflect, to remember and to draw lessons, likewise the whole human family is called to reflect on 9/11, to delve into its unconventional root causes, and to not be afraid of tackling first those root causes that most bruise and hurt our good conscience," said the archbishop.
Because the war on terror often involves stateless enemies, the United Nations has had to adapt itself to this new reality.
Archbishop Migliore said the world body is drafting a convention on terrorism that will identify "means to dissuade groups from resorting to terrorism or supporting it, denying terrorists the means to carry out an attack; deter states from supporting terrorist groups; develop state capacity to prevent terrorism; and defend human rights in the context of terrorism and counterterrorism." So far disagreement has surfaced on the definition of terrorism, the issue of noncombatants and the right of self-determination, he said.
One of the tests of the document, if and when approved, will be the implementation of the U.N. Security Council resolution that requires the disarmament of the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, Archbishop Migliore said.
Root cause? No big mystery, it's on line:
Milestones - By Sayyid Qutb
http://www.youngmuslims.ca/online_library/books/milestones/
Hey, it's August 29! The anniversary of the day the architect of modern day offensive jihad entered Paradise.
How are those 72 virgins workin' out for you, Sayyid?
Fighting terrorism by denying nations the right to maintain their borders? Dammit, looks like we've got another first-rate loser.
a, JP2 guy, not B16. B16 is a little more atuned to the global menace of terrorism.
we have an archbishop in charge of advertising?
That should help.
B16 is a little more atuned to the global menace of terrorism.
4 posted on 08/29/2006 by dangus
Sorry, but I have not seen solid evidence of this, yet.
I have -
Pope Benedict yanked Bishop Fitzgerald from the Fatima shrine and sent him to Egypt. (Fitzgerald was responsible for the Inter-Faith stuff at Fatima.) Also Benedict put the Franciscans of Assisi under control of the local Bishop of Assisi, to prevent more of the interfaith stuff there.
That photo of JP2 is a little misleading. The original caption was, "Wow, this does smell like 5-day old rotten pork!"
Thanks.
Those are examples that Pope Benedict may not be as ecumenical as JPII was. They're not examples that he is "more atuned to the global menace of terrorism."
My response was directed more to the pictures you posted. The Pope did retire Cardinal Sodano -- that's a start at least. We'll see what Benedict says when he goes to Turkey this November.
No, Benedict is quite devoted to creating unity with the Orthodox, SSPX, Lutherans, Anglicans, etc. But he recognizes that Islam is a danger.
I will admit the second picture looks like a snickers ad or a scene from South Park or SNL.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_16#Dialogue_with_Islam
I _hope_ you guys will be right, but he seems pretty "Kumbaya" to me, so far.
Um .... what?
You disagree that the situation of migrants should be resolved "swiftly and justly"?
looks like we've got another first-rate loser.
I see nothing in the AB's statements that a conservative would object to, except the idea of using the UN, though the Vatican doesn't exactly have the wherewithal to fly solo like the US can. He's talking about understanding the terrorists in order to beat them, not appease them.
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