Posted on 08/11/2014 2:12:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Pope Francis has joined with Christians facing genocide in Iraq and Syria, calling upon the world to make an armed response to the Islamic State. He has asked the world to "stop these crimes" and called for the use of "a professional, well-equipped army."
You know a situation is bad when a pope calls for an armed response. Pope Francis, widely appreciated as a practical and realistic man, is not just calling for a cease-fire or negotiations. Instead, he is inviting an armed response to the terrorism of the Islamic State.
Such a call is virtually unprecedented for a pontiff in modern times, but our age is an extraordinary one and the Islamic State has no interest in a bargaining table. Instead, the Islamic State is bent on genocide and barbarism, ruthlessly exterminating anyone who opposes them.
On Sunday, Pope Francis said he held "dismay and disbelief" over what is happening in Iraq. He called the Islamic State fighters terrorists and said there was a need for "a professional, well-equipped army." "The situation is going from bad to worse," he warned.
Meanwhile, Pope Francis was not the only cleric calling for swift and decisive action to end the genocide in Iraq. The Episcopal Vicar of Iraq, Canon Andrew White, managed to visit the town of Qaraqosh under cover and personally assess the situation in that community following Islamic State capture.
His words are chilling. "Today, Qaraqosh stands 90 per cent empty, desecrated by the gunmen of the fanatical Islamic State terror group now in control. The majority of the town's 50,000 people have fled, fearing that, like other Christians in this region, they will be massacred.
"The militants, in a further act of sacrilege, have established their administrative posts in the abandoned churches."
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Oy
Let the CRUSADE begin!
The only person to stop a bad person with a gun, is a good person with a gun.
“a professional, well-equipped army”
Or when it happens here: 10,000 righteous Americans using the stuff from their own gun safes.
This is amazing! Does anyone know when was the last time a Pope called for an armed response?
Turn the other cheek. It gives you a better sight picture.
Doesn’t have those cute Swiss Guards he can send?
First step towards the (8th??) crusade?
Thank-you your holiness for waking up and smelling the coffee!
RE: “a professional, well-equipped army”
Is this the same as a well-regulated Militia? (See 2nd Amendment)
No.
The militia are not professional soldiers — though many of them will be former professionals.
RE: Turn the other cheek. It gives you a better sight picture.
“For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.” (St. Paul writing in the Book of Romans 13:4 )
Thank you your Holiness. Someone, somewhere, had to finally take a stand! And we knew it wouldn’t be Obama. The war to fight Satan has officially begun.
I doubt the Swiss Guards could accomplish much.
No, don’t know but I know I mentioned this to my wife yesterday saying I wonder when the Papal State is going to wake up.
Bump
The eighth Crusade?
“This is amazing! Does anyone know when was the last time a Pope called for an armed response?”
When the Pope sanctioned St. Bernard to appeal to the French King after having his pilgrimage was assaulted by muslims on the way to Jerusalem.
(Heh, heh, heh!)
History rhymes.
Amen and pass the ammunition!
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