Most Catholics who know about this will not defend it. Pope JPII was the most liberal, politically correct Pope in the Church's history, and kissing the koran as a gusture of goodwill to muslims was an unbelievably assinine thing to do. That said, Pope Benedict is not Pope JPII, he is far more traditional and conservative. Pope JP II was the Bill Clinton of the Catholic Church; Pope Benedict XVI, praise God, is more like the George Washington of the Catholic Church. In any case, one must look at the entire history of the Church to gain a proper perspective of how she has traditionally thought of islam. Just read my tagline.
That's a little over the top. I don't think it was a good decision to kiss the Koran, but comparing him to Bill Clinton is the mother of all asinine statements.
71 posted on 12/01/2006 10:13:56 AM CST by TheCrusader
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Can't! You don't have one, LOL!!!
Pope John Paul II may have some liberal leanings, but his suffering and his undying love of Christ, coupled with his willingness to travel anywhere and everywhere in service to Christ put the lie to comparing him to Bill Clinton. Please do not do that again, it's disgusting.