I'd like to address the term "brotherhood" here. It was a term that was used in the Church and even in ads on television by other groups back in my day.
I was instructed as a Catholic that brotherhood meant that we were all God's children, made in His Image and Likeness, and that the color of a person's skin, what they believed, and where their family came from should not stop us from being good to them, even sticking up for them if they got picked on. Simplistic, sure. It was geared toward kids, but that's how I was raised.
Catholics get criticized for the Crusades; now the Pope gets criticized for not doing enough to fight the Muslims. Is he expected to gather up an army? Should he encourage more hatred? All he can do is be an example of kindness. We're going to need that in the times to come, because, if we hate, even if we are persecuted, then the enemies- both the jihadists and the devil himself- will have won.
Hatred is one thing...calling a spade a spade is another.
I don’t follow everything the Pope says, but I do believe in lies of ommission and complicity through inaction.
In this instance, by insisting that islam is a religion of peace and all that crap, he is acting in a complicit manner...it is deceptive to continue to insist so. It is an act of lulling people into complacency.
Any semi-literate individual who has even briefly reviewed islamist teachings/doctrines would know that the koran is rife with violent teachings that have NOT been superseded.
I have no argument with Catholics in general, so please don’t take my comments as an “attack” on Catholicism...
IMO, The Pope has a responsibility to properly prepare and shield his flock...I don’t see that his words on this matter match his responsibilities...
Christ Himself said to sell one’s cloak and buy a sword...however one chooses to interpret that verse, I do not believe that laying down one’s life in defense of another in a righteous war would be “frowned” upon by the most High.