Yes. He kissed the Koran. It's called manners. He knew the history of Islam.
Of course, PapaBenXIV was quoting in the statement you guys attribute to him. Fine. Whatever.
This manners thing can be used to lead people down the wrong path. It's one of the strongest tools the evil one has to get Christians to remain silent. The initial post heading down the road to claiming this leader of yours was brilliant, etc was what I responded to. If he had been so smart he would never have allowed himself to create an image in which Christianity was symbolically made to be bowing down and subservient to islam.
Another example of how "manners" were used to give islam a "soap box" was your current leader sitting still while a muslim talked about the Jews and Israel in despicable terms. In this instance if your leader didn't know what was being said someone with him should have told him and they should have told the jerk to shut up. Instead, they were polite.
Of course, PapaBenXIV was quoting in the statement you guys attribute to him. Fine. Whatever.
I know he was quoting someone. The point was the quote was correct and initially he was right. Unfortunately, he retracted his comment. I guess he has good manners.
When thinking about the importance of manners try remembering Jesus Christ in the Temple and the moneychangers. I'm sure the "establishment" didn't think much of His manners.
LOLOL. "Manners." Yeah, that's the ticket.
If JPII had really known the history of Islam, he would NOT have kissed a book that demands death to all Christians.
Satanic. Absolute blindness. Utterly depraved. Debasing.
Rome cannot apologize enough for this pope's total insanity; for his crude and detestable "manners."