Pope: not right to talk about a 'violent, terrorist' Islam

AP via Yahoo ^ | 07/31/16

[Enlightened1]

Pope Francis on Sunday said he won't label Islam as "terrorist" because that would be unfair and not true.

Reporters aboard the papal plane flying him home after a pilgrimage to Poland that began the day after extremists slit the throat of an elderly priest celebrating Mass in a French church, asked him why he never uses the world "Islam" to describe terrorism or other violence.

While in Poland, Francis made an unscheduled stop at a church in Krakow to implore God to protect people from the "devastating wave" of terrorism in many part of the world.

Francis replied that "it's not right to identify Islam with violence. It's not right and it's not true."

[Biggirl]

While watching the WYD gathering this past weekend, I had seen a number of Lebanon flags and the first person I was thinking is Brigitte Gabriel who came from that country and boy she would give Pope Francis a speech on Islamofacism.

[Pietro]

What is it about liberals that they consistently misstate an issue in order to attack a position that no one holds.

I know it's a strawman argument but when its repeated so many times it becomes engrained in the minds of people not paying attention.

[Biggirl]

Boy do I miss him!

May his memory be eternal.

[Dagnabitt]

This creepy old Marxist from Argentina is one of the worst traitors today against Western Civilization. Second only to Frau Merkel (because she is using actual state powers to destroy her people).

[utahagen]

“This Pope is a dope.” Would that it were so. Pope Francis is much worse than a dope...much, much worse.

[Maudeen]

The “Last Pope”?

[bassmaner]

There must be hurricane-force winds coming from the ground at JPII’s grave ...

[Gamecock]

The Pope said that? You mean the Pope who is the

Successor Of St. Peter, Prince Of The Apostles,

Bishop Of Rome And Vicar Of Jesus Christ,

Supreme Pontiff Of The Universal Church,

Servant Of The Servants Of God.

That Pope?

[Vendome]

Oh, then the Crusades were a giant misunderstanding

[bassmaner]

"Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope?"

"Do you think he's a fool?"

[all the best]

The correct term is “jihad”. Maybe the pope does not like nontheological terms such as “terrorism”.

[T-Bone Texan]

No, I mean the current Red Pope who serves Moloch, which to the uninformed is Satan.

The current Pope serves Satan.

There, I said it.

[pgkdan]

Every time this man opens his mouth, he convinces me all the more that he is a total fool, completely ignorant of history and what Mohammad did and what he taught.

[pgkdan]

Every time this man opens his mouth, he convinces me all the more that he is a total fool, completely ignorant of history and what Mohammad did and what he taught.

Not a fool...just evil.

[castlegreyskull]

I would guess that this Pope/ Any pope reads about 1 book a day, aside from their own Bible, and are among the top 100 most educated people in the World at any given time. There is no way he is ignorant on this subject. He knows what he is saying and doing.

[Gamecock]

[angelcindy]

they just cut off a priests head....good Lord get reL

[GOP_Party_Animal]

If you look at the popes who have served they have all been from Italy.

Peter was from Syria.

[RitaOK]

Perfectly said.

Truth is fiction and fiction is truth.

[Gritty]

What does the Pope think is happening in the Middle East with the mass murdering of his flock? Who does he think is doing it if not “violent, terrorist” Islam... the tooth fairy?