The simplicity of this appears to be going way over your head. The pope was talking to and about Israelis when referring to Semites. Obviously, he using the term Semite as it is commonly understood -- ie to refer to Jewish people.
There is this little thing called Context that you should really brush up on.
38 posted on 09/01/2013 10:17:08 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd
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