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Heightened security for Midnight Mass at the Vatican due to Islamic State threats

Dec 24, 2016 2:41 pm By Robert Spencer

All these heightened security measures should immediately be dismantled. Why? The Pope’s own words. These security measures are hardly welcoming to the stranger.

“It is hypocritical to call yourself a Christian and to chase away a refugee, or anyone who needs your help. Jesus taught us what it means to be a good Christian in the parable of the Good Samaritan.” — Pope Francis

“The sad experience of these brothers and sisters recalls that of baby Jesus, who at the time of his birth could not find a place to stay when he was born in Bethlehem….Today the current economic crisis unfortunately fosters attitudes of closure instead of welcome. In some parts of the world walls and barriers are being built. It appears that the silent work of men and women who, in different ways, do what they can to help and assist refugees and migrants is being drowned out by the noise made by those who give voice to an instinctive egoism.” — Pope Francis

“What has happened to you, the Europe of humanism, the champion of human rights, democracy and freedom? What has happened to you, Europe, the home of poets, philosophers, artists, musicians, and men and women of letters? What has happened to you, Europe, the mother of peoples and nations, the mother of great men and women who upheld, and even sacrificed their lives for, the dignity of their brothers and sisters? I dream of a Europe that cares for children, that offers fraternal help to the poor and those newcomers seeking acceptance because they have lost everything and need shelter … I dream of a Europe where being a migrant is not a crime.” — Pope Francis

“We see, for example, how quickly those among us with the status of a stranger, an immigrant, or a refugee, become a threat, take on the status of an enemy. An enemy because they come from a distant country or have different customs. An enemy because of the color of their skin, their language or their social class. An enemy because they think differently or even have a different faith.” — Pope Francis

“In every age, the phenomenon of immigration calls for a response of openness and solidarity. In our own day, the growing influx of refugees fleeing war, famine and poverty is a summons to welcome and care for these brothers and sisters.” — Pope Francis

“Leave them; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” (Matthew 15:14)

“CHRISTMAS TERROR: Vatican braces for growing ISIS threat in Midnight Mass warning,” by Tom Batchelor, Express, December 24, 2016:

THE Vatican is bracing itself for an increased threat this Christmas after an Islamic State attack killed 12 people in a busy Berlin market.

Visitors to this year’s Christmas Eve Mass can expect heightened security including tougher checks and bag searches.

But despite a heightened threat in recent years the pontiff has refused to change how he conducts the annual ceremony….

This year is likely to be no different with increased checks but no radical changes to the service schedule….

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  1. Buford says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 2:47 pm

    If he feels that way how many is he taking into the Vatican what a phony hypocrite

    • mortimer says

      Dec 24, 2016 at 3:51 pm

      Pope Frank is indeed a hypocrite because we ordinary people haven’t the resources to hire tough, killer Swiss Guards to defend us from Islamic terrorists.

      Terrorists are like needles in a haystack. If you are searching for needles in a haystack, don’t pile on more hay.

    • laura ann says

      Dec 24, 2016 at 6:08 pm

      The pope is a hypocrite like most modern day liberal clergy that continue to preach political correctness to maintain their 501c3 tax exempt status and salary with perks. Folks with any sense will stay home from churches until after New Year, also out of crowded events and shopping centers. Better yet, quit going to these gov. controlled corp. churches and meet with close friends in private settings not tied to any church org.

      • somehistory says

        Dec 24, 2016 at 6:21 pm

        Jesus Christ said, “When two or more are gathered together in my name, there I will be also.”
        It is not necessary for faith or in pleasing Our Lord to meet in large groups in a big building with signs saying for what the building was made.

        • Anne Smith says

          Dec 25, 2016 at 6:33 am

          Nor were there any Popes – or indeed Bishops – in the Bible.

      • gravenimage says

        Dec 24, 2016 at 6:46 pm

        laura ann wrote:

        The pope is a hypocrite like most modern day liberal clergy that continue to preach political correctness to maintain their 501c3 tax exempt status and salary with perks. Folks with any sense will stay home from churches until after New Year, also out of crowded events and shopping centers.
        …………….

        With all respect, laura ann, if Westerners are too terrified to go out in public, shop, or even attend church, then Muslims have already succeeded in imposing Shari’ah law on us.

        • Carmel says

          Dec 25, 2016 at 1:35 pm

          If you feel so safe , graveanimage, take you vacations in muslim countries or no -go zones.

        • gravenimage says

          Dec 25, 2016 at 6:53 pm

          Dear Carmel. I am *not* dismissing the threat of Jihad–please don’t think I am. And I have no intention of setting foot in Dar-al-Islam.

          As for the West, I believe we need to start dismantling No Go Zones, and I hope not to cede anything else to these thugs. If we cannot shop, worship, or do anything else that involves leaving our homes, then the Muslim thugs have already won.

  2. Rev g says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 2:57 pm

    Samaritans didn’t have a creed of slaughtering unbelievers, nor did they act in such fashion

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 24, 2016 at 6:52 pm

      So true, Rev g. And the person the Good Samaritan helped did not repay his kindness by raping his daughter and cutting his throat, either.

  3. Shmooviyet says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 3:00 pm

    Phooey on you Papa.
    The Europe you “dream of” already exists and has been taken great bloody advantage of.
    The masses don’t deserve or require protection; what dangers are you facing that you are guarded night and day?
    Hypocrisy is a sin…

  4. Burt says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 3:04 pm

    I agree! dismantle those security checks @pontifex unless you are fine with everyone knowing what a shallow hypocrite you appear to be, resembling any virtue signalling secularist atheist that bores the ass of us who still retain a modicum of common sense. There have been many popes since the days of the apostles Francis is the first one can say is malevolent against Christianity!

  5. Angemon says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 3:08 pm

    It is hypocritical to call yourself a Christian and to chase away a refugee, or anyone who needs your help. Jesus taught us what it means to be a good Christian in the parable of the Good Samaritan.” — Pope Francis

    I guess all “refugees” are equal, but some are more equal than others..

    • Wellington says

      Dec 24, 2016 at 4:44 pm

      And some really don’t count at all, for instance Middle Eastern Christian refugees.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 25, 2016 at 6:58 pm

      Angemon and Wellington, despite this Jihad ugliness, I wish you both the best Christmas!

  6. Mong says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 3:18 pm

    The Pope is a fucking liar, just like all these condescending twats who tell us to give up our security whilst increasing their own. May they all die a horrible death whilst the people of Europe and the West come together and defend our home and our way of life. In 2016 we made our voice heard. In 2017 we’ll take our freedoms back and prevail. Merry Christmas and a happy new year to every contributor to this site 🙂

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 24, 2016 at 7:33 pm

      Same to you, Mong!

  7. Darek says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 3:25 pm

    Merry Christmas To All and Peace on Earth !! Today is Jesus’s birthday
    link to a beautiful Christmas carol; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xtpJ4Q_Q-4

    • ISABELLA says

      Dec 24, 2016 at 3:43 pm

      MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WANTS PEACE ON EARTH.

    • Champ says

      Dec 24, 2016 at 4:20 pm

      Thank you, Darek! I enjoyed the Christmas song very much!

      Merry Christmas All!

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 24, 2016 at 7:39 pm

      An especially beautiful rendition of “Come O Come Emanuel”, Darek–than you and Merry Christmas!

  8. Dan says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 3:37 pm

    Wait a minute.

    The only security the Vatican should have is their normal security.

    Why is it “heightened?”

    Frank has all but assured us there is no Muslim threat.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 24, 2016 at 7:48 pm

      Good point–more cognitive dissonance.

      There are many who would excoriate us and call us “racists” for even suggesting that Jihad is a threat–but if some guy with a beard and a suspiciously bulky jacket started yelling “Allahu Akbar” in the local Starbucks, they’d be running for the door before you had time to tell them were being “Islamophobic”.

    • Westman says

      Dec 25, 2016 at 12:22 am

      Islam is the” badger” ideology of the world with just about as much respect for infidels as a badger has for any other animal. I’ll start believing Pope Franicis’ insistence that all ideologies can peacefully coexist when he successfully keeps a badger as his personal Vatican pet.

  9. mortimer says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 3:54 pm

    The ceremony in which the pope released white doves which were soon attacked by blackbirds is AN ILL OMEN.

    Italy will soon experience the same attacks as elsewhere. The only way for counterjihad Roman Catholics to get their message to Pope Frank is to withhold their offerings and tell the church why they are doing it. If thousands do that, the pope will soon get the message from the cardinals!

    • james.mich says

      Dec 25, 2016 at 6:01 pm

      Withholding offerings would only hurt those for whom they were intended. It would be gesture politics.

      Nothing the Pope said as quoted was wrong, and it probably needed saying. It is what he did not say, that is the problem. He is on the firmest possible ground in reminding Christians to “harbour the harbourless” – for Christ Himself teaches that, in St. Matthew 25.31-46.

  10. Keith Gilbert says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 4:04 pm

    This is the last ‘pope’ and it’s easy to see why considering the fool this old man in a dress has made of himself. The islamics intend to nuke their number one target, the Vatican and its resident ‘pope’ with whoever is there with the sick old man. Well, bye then!

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 24, 2016 at 7:51 pm

      Yes, Pope Francis is a fool–but I see no reason to think that he is apt to be the last pope.

      • AvantiBev says

        Dec 24, 2016 at 11:59 pm

        As an Italian American R.C,, I comfort myself that for every Jorge Bergoglio, there is an Officer Luca Scata. Don’t F*** with the Southern Italians. (Trainee Scata was a Sicilian working in Milan).

  11. no_one says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 4:12 pm

    These ‘poor refugees’ use 10 year old boys to satisfy their ‘sexual emergency’ and the courts exonerate them, because they don’t speak the local language and didn’t know the kid was screaming ‘no’. If defending my children is egoistic so be it. Their are more important than pope Francis. He turned a blind eye on many rapes in Europe, including child rapes.

  12. Champ says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 4:27 pm

    “Heightened security” …in spite of the pope’s foot & ass kissing campaigns. More proof that appeasing mohammedans does NOT work; instead this makes things more dangerous.

    • gravenimage says

      Dec 24, 2016 at 7:52 pm

      Spot on, Champ.

  13. Sam says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 4:36 pm

    Pope or poop needs to break down the Vatican walls also and invite the “poor muslims” in.

    If this guy is a Christian I am Jesus Christ

  14. somehistory says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 4:48 pm

    The *pope* is a bigger threat to Christianity. And he is the *hypocrite* and *false shepherd* in “sheep’s clothing”…a “wolf” but he is not alone in being a danger to those he claims to guide. He advocates for all of the other “wolves” and the pack that spawns them.

  15. shosh7154 says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 5:25 pm

    Donald Trump had a great idea and he will implement it. Build safe cities in their own countries. Islam is in itself terrorism even muslim-on-muslim terror. Sooner or later the smart ones will own their self-deception and throw this religion into the toilet, but in the mean time, no muslim allowed to enter countries that their religion commands them to destroy.

  16. gravenimage says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 6:41 pm

    Heightened security for Midnight Mass at the Vatican due to Islamic State threats
    ……………………….

    More proof that no amount of foot-kissing is sufficient appeasement for Muslims.

    And yes–Pope Francis’s hypocrisy is amply on display here.

    Also notable is that the average Church or Christmas Market cannot afford anywhere near the level of professional security that the Vatican can.

  17. davej says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 7:13 pm

    Agreed. Replace all security checkpoints with dialog booths, all concrete barriers with foot washing stations and all armed Swiss guards with Welcome Refugee volunteers.

    If you just treat them with respect and generosity I’m sure they will meet you half way – probably waving a knife or wearing a suicide vest.

    The fact that all politicians and religious leaders who call for more refugees have their own sophisticated security details, paid for by us, is very telling. The year 2017 is going to be the year of Revolt against Islamization around the world.

    • EYESOPEN says

      Dec 24, 2016 at 7:51 pm

      Let’s hope so, davej.

      • EYESOPEN says

        Dec 24, 2016 at 7:52 pm

        Oh, and a very Merry Christmas (or Happy Hannukah) to all here at JW – AND a Happy New Year!

        • gravenimage says

          Dec 24, 2016 at 7:55 pm

          Same to you and everyone here, EYESOPEN!

  18. jewdog says

    Dec 24, 2016 at 8:31 pm

    That picture doesn’t quite tell the story. Instead, the Pope should be kissing his ass.

    • Rita says

      Dec 25, 2016 at 12:54 am

      THAT fake pope does (kiss his arse), but only off-camera.

  19. Rita says

    Dec 25, 2016 at 12:53 am

    They can have that old treacherous goat of a pope who does not like Christians/Catholics and has a fetish for snogging Muslim feet.

  20. Louise M. says

    Dec 25, 2016 at 3:41 am

    He compares baby Jesus to hordes of violent invaders…Same deliberate lies as Obama and all other western Jihadist-Leftist ”Leaders”. His gibberish is sickening.
    His call to Europeans to self-destruct and erase themselves in the name of their humanism and goodness of heart is criminal. This is the vilest possible manipulation…

    As if we didn’t know that this invasion was carefully planned…the worse being that he knows it too.

    No risk of a Jihad attack on the Vatican today. A Jihadist has already stolen it for Islam.
    They will never attack Imam Judas the First of Rome.

    One day, he will meet Christ face to face. This is my consolation…

  21. Benedict says

    Dec 30, 2016 at 3:30 am

    This pope has a way with words, he is influenced by the devil and very conveniently uses Christ’s name where it suits his agenda. No where has he spoken of Christian refugees, he is a radical priest who escaped the eyes of Saint John Paul II, had he come out with this garbage during the late Pope’s time, he would surely have got what was coming to him. He is one big fool

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