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Addressing pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's Square, Francis praised those who were "sensitizing public opinion about the persecution of Christians in the world."

While not suggesting any particular course of action, he urged "concrete participation and tangible help in defense and protection of our brothers and our sisters, who are persecuted, exiled, slain, beheaded, solely for being Christian."

-- Vatican City, April 6

I guess it's stronger wording than Lurch would use... but not by much.

Anyway, I'm underwhelmed. And I hope you realize the 2,220,000 results really doesn't mean all that much.

The fact is, he's not making it "his issue". And he's definitely not out there PROCLAIMING that what is going on is "bloody murder".

Imagine Winston Churchill alive today.

What would Churhill do? He would not let the complacency of the leftist media and the complacency of the leftist governments of the West stand.

Pope Francis is a major player in the game of leftist media and leftist policy-making in the West today. His statements on the ongoing bloody mass murders of Christians seem pro-forma to me. Not anything he's really all that excited about.

And BTW, in my original post I mentioned Christians AND Jews.

Google the same thing about Pope and Israelis. This is the top hit:

Pope Francis’s unfriendly visit

This story IS right in line with Lurch.

The Pope doesn't ask "what would Churchill do", but he does seem to ask, "what would Kerry do".