[SE Mom]

Wow. This is stunning and unexpected - at least by me. In my lifetime I’ve not heard of a pope making a statement even close.

[lulu16]

I have been wearing religious pins of warrior saints, and though I don’t know who they are, to me they represent the saints who defied the scourge of Islam.

Pope Benedict XV canonized 800 who were killed by the Ottoman Turks rather than submit to Islam. Pope Francis had the ceremony.

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/12/18210322-a-saint-making-record-is-also-a-diplomatic-headache-for-pope-francis

[Romulus]

Just one more tossed-off in a stunning sequence of Things I Never Thought I’d Hear A Pope Say.