Extolling the Jews' greatest papal friend

Cleveland Jewish News ^ | 2-17-05 | MARILYN H. KARFELD

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

[ijcr]

It is considered by some that in evaluating the Papacy, of John Paul II and judging it harshly is being sacrilegious. However, history will condemn him and eventually society will recognize his much vaunted deeds as style over substance.

[SJackson]

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[MassRepublican]

... there is a little line about not judging others in scripture. John Paul II has worked so hard and for so many years. I will not take one instance that I don't understand and dismiss all he has done as "style over substance".

[onedoug]

Take the right, and pray for the difference.

Thanks for the ping, SJ.

[reagandemocrat]

The Great Triumvirate of the latter 20th Century---Ronaldus Maximus Reaganus, Maggie (now don't go all wobbly on us) Thatcher, and this pope..

May God bless them all.

RD

[mista science]

The Hidden Pope is an interesting book about the lives of Karol Wojtyla and Jerzy Kluger from their childhood in pre-WWII Poland through their collaboration as Pope John Paul II and Kluger. This collaboration helped facilitate the Vatican's official recognition of Israel in 1994.

[SuziQ]

The caption on that picture is totally FALSE!! The Pope is not symbolically accepting anything of the sort, he's simply being courteous, gracious, and DIPLOMATIC. He is, after all, a Head of State, as well as the Earthly Leader of the World's Catholics. What did anyone expect him to do, spit on it?

[NYer]

The pope's prayer at the Western Wall, where millions of Jews have prayed since the Romans destroyed the temple, "acknowledged the whole validity of Jewish prayer," Dalin said. "He affirmed Judaism, with no political, theological or social caveat."

NOSTRA AETATE DECLARATION ON THE RELATION OF THE CHURCH TO NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS

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[vox_freedom]

"...He affirmed Judaism, with no political, theological or social caveat."

That pretty much says it all, doesn't it?
Church teachings, dogma, and practices over 1,500 years tell us that there are theological, social, political caveats to be engaged as we follow our one, true, Roman Catholic faith.

[Grzegorz 246]

Exactly.

[Dominick]

The Koran pic gets trotted out when people want to accuse the Pope of apostasy. Generally, kissing a that book is a custom of diplomacy. The Pope would do anything to keep the Church running in the Mideast, most notably Saudi Arabia.

I am surprised the clown pic hasn't been trotted out by now, or the claim that the Church is building a Hindi Temple at Fatima.

One other thing, why wouldn't Jewish Prayer be heard by God, after all, doesn't he know the hairs on your head, or where the sparrow falls? There are theological differences, of course, if there were none, we would invite all these people to Communion at Mass freely.

[ijcr]

There are many that evoke that line and forget to read the next sentence. "For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be
measured to you."

Surprisingly few people have read his book "Crossing the Threshold of Hope".The Pope's rejection of the view that there is a lack of governance and discipline in the Church , his focus on Marism,mysticism,tolerance of Islam, and condemnation of Buddhism leave one to the conclusion that certain tenets of the Catholic faith are not important to this Pope.

I do not denigrate the man or his office and one can only admire his opposition to contraception, abortion and euthanasia,yet his stewardship has been an unmitigated disaster.

[Barnacle]

Being the biggest target, the Catholic Church attracts a plethora of poor marksmen.

[NYer]

You should make that comment your tagline ;-D

[Barnacle]

I do not denigrate the man or his office...

From:http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=denigrate

den·i·grate ( P ) Pronunciation Key (dn-grt) tr.v. den·i·grat·ed, den·i·grat·ing, den·i·grates

1) To attack the character or reputation of; speak ill of; defame.

2) To disparage; belittle: The critics have denigrated our efforts.

...his stewardship has been an unmitigated disaster.

... history will condemn him and eventually society will recognize his much vaunted deeds as style over substance.

I do not denigrate the man or his office...

[SaltyJoe]

Pope accepting of Islam doctrine?

So, when Rummy shook hands with Saddam back in Reagan's day he was accepting of all of Saddam's horrific acts?

I don't follow your logic. Perhaps you should see both Jesus and the Pope as theives that steal souls away from the devil. The Pope isn't bound by Islamic doctrine. It's the Islamic clerics who are tied up and struggling against their lies.

Furthermore, "history" doesn't judge. God Judges all, and it's His judgment that matters. Since God is the author of history, we'll see who's held in higher regard when time is complete. Us bloggers don't matter much when compared to the Pope. We don't risk enough to have more than the required respected regard. The Pope risks his entire self all the time. Thus, I'll side with the Pope and not worry about single frame photos and quick captions sniping at his character.

[Barnacle]

Consider it done

?:^T

[BlessedBeGod]

The caption underneath that picture is a lie. Stop spreading it.