When I called out the current Pope’s seemingly non-involvement from the beginning of the beheadings of Syrian priests , persecution of Christians and Yazidis I was told “go contribute to Peter’s Pence”.
Peter’s Pence? I know what that is ! but there was NOTHING!
NOTHING! no statements from the Vatican on how to secure those being persecuted in the Middle East- the cradle of Christianity, the Chaldeans, the Syrians, etc., and the Yazidis (being a ethnic religious minority).
You did not hear one word until the massacre’s on Mt.Sinjar were completed by those ISIS thugs taking people into human bondage.
Pope Francis HAS spoken out about the plight of the Christians and Yazidis in Iraq, and throughout the Middle East. If I’m not mistaken, he even said it would be a good thing to bomb ISIS to keep them from attacking and killing the Christians they’ve managed to run out of their homes. He doesn’t shy away from recommending force be used against ISIS. He certainly hasn’t kept quiet about it, even if he doesn’t run up to a microphone every day.
Pope Francis has spoken a fair amount about the Islamic attacks, has asked for world help in protecting Christians, etc. One of the reasons you don’t hear much about it is that the press loves Pope Francis and any time he says anything that doesn’t go along with their line, it’s reported on page Z1000 if it’s reported at all.
They love him because they hated Benedict (even before Regensberg) and they see him as or want to make him into an anti-Benedict. Is he? What he actually says, except for a few confusing, probably well-meant but naively vague statements, frequently conflicts with the press’ image of him - so what do they do? Not report it.
I loved Benedict and I too find Francis or his style a little hard to take; I think Francis likes to be liked by the world and sometimes does stupid things for effect without considering the consequences. He is not the intellectual or theologian that Benedict was. But I think that the press is projecting him as far less orthodox than he is.