Hey Pope, tear down that wall!
Posted on 10/02/2019 8:34:43 AM PDT by ebb tide
PORT-LOUIS, Mauritius, October 1, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Maurice Piat, Bishop of Port-Louis, Mauritius, presented two gifts to a local mosque on behalf of Pope Francis last week, one a copy of the controversial Abu-Dhabi statement which claims that a diversity of religions is willed by God.
Piat went to the Jummah Mosque on September 24 to present Nissar Ramtoolah, president of the mosque, with the two gifts from Pope Francis, according to a translated report from the Diocese of Port-Louis.
Photos of the exchange show the cardinal dressed as a layman all in white.
The diocese’s report said the pope was touched by the gesture of brotherhood that the Jummah Mosque made for him during his recent apostolic visit to Mauritius, which was sending of a bouquet of flowers to Port Louis diocese when he was there.
The pope “also wanted to show his esteem and affection for the Muslim community,” according to the report.
Francis visited the nations of Madagascar, Mozambique, and Mauritius earlier this month. Mauritius is an island country in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa.
Francis offered Ramtoolah a memorial medal created for his recent papal trip to Africa, and also the copy of the problematic Abu Dhabi statement, which says in part that the “diversity of religions” is “willed by God.”
The pope signed the “Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together,” with Ahmad el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt, during an interreligious meeting in Abu Dhabi in February.
The statement has continued to receive criticism in the months following its release for the assertion that God willed the diversity of religions, which many say is in conflict with the Catholic faith.
Pope Francis has made repeated affirming statements about Islam, and has also been dismissive of Islamist violence. He ignited controversy in 2016 when he likened Islamic violence to individual violent acts committed by some Catholics.
Asked by a journalist on the papal plane in August of that year why he never spoke about Islamic violence, the question coming in the wake of the brutal murder of French priest Father Jacques Hamel – who was beheaded in the name of Islam as he celebrated Mass, the Pope said he didn’t like to speak about Islamic violence.
“I don’t like to speak of Islamic violence,” Francis said, “because every day, when I browse the newspapers, I see violence, here in Italy … this one who has murdered his girlfriend, another who has murdered the mother-in-law … and these are baptized Catholics! There are violent Catholics! If I speak of Islamic violence, I must speak of Catholic violence.”
A group of Muslims who had converted to the Catholic faith wrote an open letter to Francis in December 2017 questioning, “If Islam is a good religion in itself, as you seem to teach, why did we become Catholic?”
“Do not your words question the soundness of the choice we made at the risk of our lives?” the converts asked in the letter.
Jummah Mosque’s Ramtoolllah and several of his associates received Cardinal Piat and the gifts from Francis “very cordially,” last week, the Port-Louis diocese report said. “They exchanged [gifts] around a cup of tea and some cakes.”
Pope Francis appointed Piat as a cardinal in November 2016, in the same consistory that created Chicago Cardinal Blasé Cupich, New Jersey Cardinal Joseph Tobin and Cardinal Kevin Farrell.
Piat, as president of the Mauritius Episcopal Conference, was named an attendee of the October 2015 Ordinary Synod on the Family.
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Past Popes sent armies to defend Christianity.
Reminds me of the Ronald Reagan quote about the policy of appeasement— feeding everyone else to the alligators in the hopes that you will be eaten last.
Don’t get me wrong...I don’t hate Catholics. However, this guy Francis may very well turn out to be the False Prophet, working alongside the Antichrist.
This pope is a true nutjob. Is it OK to call a pope a “nutjob”??? Just askin’...
Pays Jizadiah, in islam that means he is weak and ripe for conquest.
When muslims have murdered Christians, he didn’t say a word.
Shows who’s side he is on.
I believe the proper term is “Jizyah tax”, not “gift”.
Or such is how this “gift” will be viewed by muslims. They will view this as subservience to the “superior” religion.
This man is dangerously ignorant of how islam works.
The man is a certified fool.
You can cut way down on the many Catholic posts on FR if you only post the ones where your pope actually proclaims Jesus is the only way to salvation.
That seems directly antagonistic to basic Christian theology.
It seems to be confusing free will, created by God, with God's will.
It is exploiting a basic Christian mystery in an attempt to change Christian theology.
It is a variation on "Why does God allow evil to exist?"
Mr. One Worlder and Mr. Global Warming and Mr. All Atheists Goes to Heaven. The guy ain’t no more a man of the Book than a full grown muzzie terrorist is. He is the photo of the coming False Prophet in my most humble opinion. Like it or not, that is my thoughts.
Jizyah, which is a tax accessed by the dominant Moslems on the dhimmi. Remember, Francis, once you start paying this, it is expected to be remitted each year, and on a timely basis, otherwise, you immediately fall subject to a fatwah.
While fatwahs are considered “non-binding”, they are the equivalent of putting a price on the miscreant’s head.
Dead or alive.
Jizya... the infidel tax paid by the communist anti-pope.
High echelon dhimmi sharia subdued.
In light of the Sec. of State’s office raid yesterday, perhaps Francis is getting rid of more incriminating material.
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