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[HapaxLegamenon]

The thing to understand about this pope is that Vatican II (1962-65) is the starting point for everything. Thus everything must be rehashed accroding to the liberal ideals of modern man. Thus, his preocupation with ecumenism. Hostlities between religions must be avoided at all cost. Thus the Catholic Church continues to make concessions in every corner while receiving nothing back. This war, inasmuch as it shows the cruelty and bloodiness at least of some forms of Islam (Cut your enemies heads off, sucide bombing for alah, etc), threatens to destroy the shadows and Phantam sucesses that he thinks ecumenism has wrought.