Posted on 07/31/2016 5:33:24 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Pope spoke to reporters on the flight back to Rome from Kraków
Speaking to journalists aboard his return flight from Kraków, Poland, on Sunday, Pope Francis said that violence exists in all religions, including Catholicism, and it cannot be pinned to one single religion.
“I do not like to speak of Islamic violence because everyday when I look through the papers, I see violence here in Italy,” the Pope told reporters.
“And they are baptised Catholics. There are violent Catholics. If I speak of Islamic violence, I also have to speak of Catholic violence,” he added.
Spending about 30 minutes with reporters and responding to six questions, Pope Francis was asked to elaborate on comments he had made flying to Poland on July 27 when he told the journalists that religions are not at war and want peace.
The Pope’s initial comment came in speaking about the murder July 26 of an elderly priest during Mass in a Catholic church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France. Two men, armed with knives, entered the church during Mass. The attackers murdered 84-year-old Father Jacques Hamel, slitting his throat. ISIS later claimed responsibility for the murder.
Although the death of the French priest was committed in the name of Islam, the Pope said that it is unfair to label an entire religion violent because of the actions of a few fundamentalists.
One thing is true. I believe that in almost all religions, there is always a small fundamentalist group. We have them, too,” the Pope said. “When fundamentalism goes to the point of killing — you can even kill with the tongue. This is what St James says, but (you can kill) also with a knife. ”
He added: “I do not think it is right to identify Islam with violence. This is not right and.......
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Is it the cabin pressure which does this to him?
Past time he start paying attention.
Where did they come up with this guy?
Your popeness, Italians aren’t killing unbelievers
in your name.
What a leftist shill!
Good grief, here we go again!
Dope Francis Strikes Again.
This pope has to be the biggest idiot ever selected for the position.
This guy sounds like a Bush.
It used to be a joke to ask “Is the Pope Catholic?”
With this guy, it seems he leaves a lot of doubt.
Catholics and Christians commit crimes yes, but not in the name of Jesus. That is the difference and only a naïve fool would fail to understand that.
The fake Pope should just shut up.
Islam IS the main factor behind the violence in many parts of the world.
Islam will not become soft and fuzzy if you wish it hard enough.
Islam has always been a religion of murder and mayhem, conquest and slavery.
Islam means submission.
Submit or die
Mad Mo made it so.
(wishing it were not so won’t change Islam)
Ok, then, if “equate” seems overly harsh, how about “correlate?”
“If I speak of Islamic violence, I also have to speak of Catholic violence,”
Are Catholics killing people in the name of Jesus and Yahweh?
Good. Maybe he should visit Mecca on a journey of good will, while he carries a cross and a Bible. Then he can prove that Islam isn't about violence.
It is exactly right and good to equate islam with violence and death and chaos.
1,400 years and tens of millions dead just isn’t enough to go on... D’oh!
Why do dumbasses find it ao hard to admit ISLAM is the problem?
I’m waiting for him to ssy it’s all the Christian’s faulr
Also not right to equate Francis with a moral Pope.
Pope Clueless I, get back to us when two Catholics behead an imam during Friday prayers. You and Obama are cut out of the same cloth, and that’s no compliment.
But it is proper to say Islam and Christianity are at odds theologically speaking! WHO IS THIS GUY??? Never mind, I think I know.
Convert, Francis. Get it over with.
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