Whether he was born a Jew, or was the Grandchild of a Jew makes no difference, nor would it make any difference if he was born a Muslim, a Mormon, a Scientologist or a Unitarian. Provided that he was a baptized Catholic male and in agreement with the teachings of the Church he can be elected to the Papacy.
The point this guy is trying to make is..... what exactly?
No war worse than a family quarrel. once the bonds of charity are dissolved, then those of common humanity soon dissolve as well.
A certain class of FReepers will be the first to know! Pope John Paul II? Jewish! Sarah Palin? Jewish. Some unheard of writer has a last name that starts with ‘K’? Jewish! Jew-haters, what DON’T they know!?
Most catholics presume Peter was the first Pope.. that was Jewish and also married..
Wonder what would happen in WWII if that figment had crossed Hitlers beady noggin..
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph would be proud...
Hey, so was Jesus and his parents!
St. Peter was a Jew, so what’s the problem?
Scandal of all Scandals! The Founder of the Catholic Church was a circumcised Jew! And He put a bunch of Jews in charge of it! One of the key players in the whole mess had a confirmed anti-Christian history and even wrote about in his many letters! Oh, where did the Church go so wrong in its founding and let all those Jews in? -— All kidding aside, it was either Benedict or JP II who said it best on entering one of the Synagogues in New York:(paraphrased) “I take great delight in knowing that my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ prayed in a place such as this.”
Oy vey.
Shim`on Bar Yonah?
There’s also the story of the first Pope actually being a Jewish secret agent:
[It’s a PDF]
www.chabadtalk.com/forum/attachment.php3?attachmentid=1448&d=1282266929
...“After these events, contention
grew between the Jews and the
Notzrim (the early Christians, all of
whom were Jews). A Notzri would take
every opportunity to kill a Jew, and the
troubles continued to mount for thirty
years.
The Notzrim formed armies of
tens of thousands and prevented the
Jews from making the aliyah l’regel,
the ascent to the Beis HaMikdash on
the Yamim Tovim. … Twelve of
Yeshu’s students (the “apostles”) went
to twelve different countries and
prophesied to them about the new religion,
and many Jews joined them.
…
“The Sages saw the terrible events
and said: ‘Please, Hashem, give us advice
… for innocent blood has been
shed among your people because of oso
ha’ish …’
“When they finished speaking, one
of the wise men named Shimon Kepha
rose … and said to them: ‘Listen my
brothers, if it is good in your eyes, I
will cause these men to separate from
the congregation of Israel. … If you
will accept upon yourselves [the responsibility
for] the sin.’...
I do recall that early in Pope John Paul II’s reign, there was speculation that he might be succeeded by Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger, Archbishop of Paris. Born Aaron, he was a Jew who had escaped the attention of the Vichy French government.
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