[sitetest]

Dear narses,

It's more than a stretch to say that that was an act of false religion.

Especially, from what I could see, the Holy Father just watched. Watching all the supplicants from all over the world offering their words for peace, under the guidance of the Vicar of Christ.

I kinda like that picture.

sitetest

[narses]

I sorta see him as the presiding officer. Certainly he ought to be in any prayer service he calls. I also have a very hard time understanding the invitation to pagans to use a Catholic religous house for pagan prayers. Fire worship, animism, voodoo and the like. Is that really a work of evangalism? Could HH not be in error on this call?

[Land of the Irish]

the Holy Father just watched.

Do you realize what you just said? Yes, again, I agree with you.

[narses]

The secular press described it thus:

Imams, patriarchs, monks and rabbis from around the world joined the pontiff on Thursday to pray for peace in a ceremony designed to proclaim that religion must never be used to justify violence.

I dunno, that sounds to me like a religous act. If it was, was it Catholic?