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Pope Francis: “Migrations are not a danger. They are a challenge for growth.”

Feb 18, 2017 10:29 am By Robert Spencer

Not a danger? Let’s see.

Somali Muslim migrant Mohammad Barry in February 2016 stabbed multiple patrons at a restaurant owned by an Israeli Arab Christian; Ahmad Khan Rahami, an Afghan Muslim migrant, in September 2016 set off bombs in New York City and New Jersey; Arcan Cetin, a Turkish Muslim migrant, in September 2016 murdered five people in a mall in Burlington, Washington; Dahir Adan, another Somali Muslim migrant, in October 2016 stabbed mall shoppers in St. Cloud while screaming “Allahu akbar”; and Abdul Razak Artan, yet another Somali Muslim migrant, in November 2016 injured nine people with car and knife attacks at Ohio State University. 72 jihad terrorists have come to the U.S. from the countries listed in Trump’s immigration ban.

What’s more, all of the jihadis who murdered 130 people in Paris in November 2015 had just entered Europe as refugees. In February 2015, the Islamic State boasted it would soon flood Europe with as many as 500,000 refugees. The Lebanese Education Minister said in September 2015 that there were 20,000 jihadis among the refugees in camps in his country. On May 10, 2016, Patrick Calvar, the head of France’s DGSI internal intelligence agency, said that the Islamic State was using migrant routes through the Balkans to get jihadis into Europe.

In spreading this nonsense, the Pope is endangering his own people, particularly in light of the papal idolatry that is rampant in the Catholic Church today.

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

“Stop hurling insults and listen, Pope Francis tells politicians,” by Philip Pullella, Reuters, February 17, 2017:

…Francis, the son of Italian migrants to Argentina, also warned against anti-immigrant movements and urged that newcomers be treated “as human brothers and sisters”….

The pope also warned against anti-immigrant movements, which have grown in the United States and a number of European countries, including Italy.

“Migrations are not a danger. They are a challenge for growth,” he said, adding it was important to integrate immigrants into host countries so they keep their traditions while learning new ones in a process of mutual enrichment.

He said immigrants should be welcomed “first of all as human brothers and sisters. They are men and women just like us.”

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  1. Somebody says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 11:22 am

    If you did not know there is a secret agreement between muslims and vatican, it is in the lost bible that was found in 16 th century;

    Then said the priest: “How shall the Messiah be called?” [Jesus answered] “Muhammed is his blessed name”.
    — Chapter 97[56]
    and
    Jesus confessed, and said the truth: “I am not the Messiah.”
    — 42:2[57]

    As far as we understand christianity (Vatican) accepts mohammed as the last messenger of god. We already know the agreement in details but general public doesn’t know it.

    • no_one says

      Feb 18, 2017 at 12:14 pm

      When you say “we”, who is that? Any link to the “lost bible”? It seems that you are making things up. Jesus and Muhammad thought different things.

      • Somebody says

        Feb 18, 2017 at 12:32 pm

        Gospel of Barnabas. What we heard was came from muslim participants of the agreement. One of the participants is a mullah named fethullah gulen and the other one was Saint John Paul II.

        I will try to provide more info about this is issue.

        • FP says

          Feb 18, 2017 at 12:56 pm

          The Gospel of Barnabus is filled with all sorts of treasures! For instance, it says Jesus sailed to Nazareth (if he sailed to an inland city, this was a real miracle!), that he was born in the time of Pontius Pilate (actually he was born years before under Augustus Caesar), and it mentions a papal jubilee (not a first century practice). This work was unknown to early church leaders and appears to have been composed hundreds of years after the time of Jesus. It is total rubbishy as an historical document.

        • no_one says

          Feb 18, 2017 at 1:18 pm

          The Gospel of Barnabas is not a recognized by the councils of the Church, therefore there is no point reading it. If it contradicts other Gospels it must be a heresy. Jesus is Son of God, since God’s voice was heard on Epiphany confirming that Jesus is Son of God.

        • abad says

          Feb 18, 2017 at 1:43 pm

          Gospel of Barnabus

          You mean, Pseudo-Gospel of Barnabus, right?

        • Mark Swan says

          Feb 18, 2017 at 4:29 pm

          Jude, writing three decades after the founding of the New Testament Church, exhorted the brethren to earnestly contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3). In other words, the true Christian faith had already been delivered, intact, prior to Jude’s writing. Jude—Jesus’ half-brother as a son of Joseph and Mary—explained that ungodly men had secretly crept into the Church, and were already beginning to distort the true doctrines that Jesus Christ had delivered to His disciples.

    • faraway says

      Feb 18, 2017 at 1:13 pm

      On the contrary,mohammed knew he was a false prophet because he made up the koran himself.Just before dying,he confessed to the christian god for he reckoned it was his only chance of getting to heaven.

      • no_one says

        Feb 18, 2017 at 1:20 pm

        If Muhammad confessed there would be no Quran and islam.

        • faraway says

          Feb 18, 2017 at 1:59 pm

          He confessed to god;he didn’t tell the muslims in case he didn’t die.He wasn’t going to say:”sorry folks,it was just a big scam because I’m a pathological narcissist and I wanted to feel important”.He might have got ripped to pieces on the spot.

          Look at David Wood’s “Who killed mohammed?” and draw your own conclusions.

    • Somebody says

      Feb 18, 2017 at 1:22 pm

      I need to make things clear, I am not claiming the Gospel of Barnabas is correct, however, one front of muslim organisations using this argument to convert christians to islam and they are called moderate muslims.

      • abad says

        Feb 18, 2017 at 1:48 pm

        That may be, but most Christians do not recognize the Gospel of Barnabas (if they have even heard of it) as genuine.

        So if a Muslim attempts to use that gospel as a tool to convert someone well-grounded in the Bible – good luck with that one.

        • no_one says

          Feb 18, 2017 at 1:53 pm

          I agree here. When the church councils were held, no one dealt with the gospel of Barnabas. I haven’t heard of it either. There were many fake gospels at the time when emperor Constantin organized a council that was supposed to decide which texts should be included in the Christian faith.

        • John C. Barile says

          Feb 18, 2017 at 7:22 pm

          This wasn’t one of them. This was fabricated by a Muslim in the 15th Century.

    • Jack says

      Feb 18, 2017 at 6:01 pm

      You’re 100% correct abad, maybe those that don’t like Christians.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 19, 2017 at 12:33 am

      Somebody, this is silly. The apocryphal “Gospel of Barnabus” is not recognized by the Catholic Church. The Vatican has a huge library; the idea that all works in that library are church doctrine is very much mistaken.

      • Franc says

        Feb 19, 2017 at 2:44 pm

        “apocryphal”? More like “pseudepigraphical”

        • gravenimage says

          Feb 19, 2017 at 4:30 pm

          True, Franc–it is not merely apocryphal, but fabricated.

        • Mark Swan says

          Feb 19, 2017 at 10:31 pm

          The Bible asserts that it is God’s infallible, authoritative revelation to mankind. It claims to reveal truth that can be known in no other way. How did we actually get the Bible?

          The portion of the Bible that we commonly call the Old Testament was completed in the days of Ezra the Priest and Governor Nehemiah, about 420bc. Ezra was sent by King Artaxerxes of Persia to Jerusalem in 457bc with the temple scrolls and other treasures which had been kept in Babylon since the days of Nebuchadnezzar (Ezra 7:14). Ezra came back to teach Scripture to the people (v. 10) and to institute religious reform for people who were on the verge of losing their very identity and absorbing the syncretistic paganism of their neighbors. About thirteen years after Ezra’s return, Nehemiah returned as governor and had the authority to insist that Ezra’s reforms be carried out.

          The first century Jewish historian and priest, Flavius Josephus, recorded the history of the Hebrew Scriptures and contrasted them to the Greek writings extant in his day. “For we have not an innumerable multitude of books among us, disagreeing from and contradicting one another [as the Greeks have], but only 22 books… which are justly believed to be divine…” (Against Apion, 1, 8). Josephus went on to state that the Jewish scriptures had been compiled in their final form in the days of King Artaxerxes, who reigned in the days of Ezra and Nehemiah. He emphasized that, while many books had been composed among the Jews since that time, they were not considered to have divine authority, because there had not been a succession of prophets since the time of Malachi, a late contemporary of Ezra and Nehemiah. In addition to Josephus, the book of 1 Maccabees (second century bc), writings by the first century ad philosopher Philo, and traditions preserved in Seder Olam and the Talmud (ancient commentaries) all testify to a fixed canon since the time of Ezra.

          The 22 books mentioned by Josephus correspond to the books of our Old Testament—normally counted as 39 books in modern translations. The difference in number is because of a difference in the way the books were counted. The 12 Minor Prophets, for instance, were kept on one scroll in Hebrew, and were counted as simply one book, not as 12 separate ones. There are several other combinations as well.

          How can we know that the text of the Old Testament has been accurately preserved? The Jewish community has officially preserved the Old Testament in what is called the Masoretic Text. How was this done? Note the explanation from Appendix 30 of The Companion Bible: “The text itself had been fixed before the Masorites were put in charge of it… the Masorites were authorized custodians of it. Their work was to preserve it. The Masorah is called ‘A Fence to the Scriptures,’ because it locked all words and letters in their places.… It records the number of times the several letters occur in the various books of the Bible; the number of words, and the middle word; the number of verses, and the middle verse… for the set purpose of safeguarding the Sacred Text, and preventing the loss or misplacement of a single letter or word.” This meticulous attention to detail provides a background for understanding the literal truth of Jesus’ statement in Matthew 5:18 that not one jot or one tittle would pass from the Law. The jot refers to the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet and the tittle describes a part of a letter.

          While the Hebrew Scriptures were complete from the days of Ezra, God’s revelation to mankind was not finished. In the aftermath of Jesus’ resurrection, accounts of His life and ministry were written. Letters to fledgling congregations were written. As the decades passed, those who were firsthand witnesses of what Jesus Christ said and did began to pass from the scene. False teachers arose who were teaching “a different gospel” (2 Corinthians 11:4). They also wrote letters, often signing the name of one of the Apostles (2 Thessalonians 2:2). In such confusion, how was an accurate account of Christ’s teachings and the teachings of His Apostles to be preserved for future generations of disciples?

          Peter addresses this issue in 2 Peter, the last letter that he wrote. Written shortly before his execution, not long after Paul’s death, Peter puts things in perspective. Referring to his soon-approaching death in verse 14, Peter states: “Moreover I will be careful to ensure that you always have a reminder of these things after my decease” (2 Peter 1:15). The only way that he could ensure a permanent record of what he had taught was to leave behind writings officially designated as Holy Scripture.

          Beginning in verse 16, Peter abruptly switched from using the first person singular to using “we,” the first person plural. Who was the “we” to whom Peter referred in verses 16–19? He defined the “we” in verse 18, when he referred to them having witnessed the transfiguration of Jesus in the Mount. This event is detailed in Matthew 17:1–13 where we learn that only Peter, James, and John accompanied Jesus to the mount and were first-hand witnesses of this event. James the brother of John was the first of the Apostles to be martyred (Acts 12:1–2) and had been dead for decades at the time Peter was writing 2 Peter. Therefore, the “we” being referred to by Peter could only refer to him and John.
          He goes on to explain in 2 Peter 1:19 that “we”—he and John—were the only ones remaining who possessed the “sure word of prophecy” (KJV). In other words, Peter was pointing out to his readers that he and John were the ones designated by Christ to leave behind an authoritative record that would guide the Christian community in generations to come, long after the death of the original disciples.

          In 2 Peter 3:15–16, he referred to Paul’s writings in a way that indicated that they were complete, mentioning “all” his letters. He also referred to people distorting them as they did “the rest of the Scriptures.” Peter defined Paul’s letters as Scripture, on a par with the Old Testament, and intimated that Paul was no longer alive to respond to those who sought to twist his meaning.

          There are 27 books in the New Testament, five of which are attributed to the Apostle John and believed to have been written approximately three decades after the death of Peter. This would indicate that Peter, prior to his death, put together a canon of 22 books, exactly corresponding in number to the Jewish way of reckoning the books of the Old Testament. The Apostle John then completed our New Testament canon, adding his five books—a gospel, three epistles and Revelation—for a total of 27 books in all. The 22 books of the Hebrew scriptures, added to the 27 books of the Greek scriptures, make 49 in all—seven times seven, God’s number of completion and perfection.

          This account differs significantly from assertions, which allege that it was the Council of Carthage which fixed the New Testament canon in 397ad. How accurate is that claim? What did this particular council really do?

          Since we do not have a bound copy of the New Testament consisting of all of the original manuscripts dating from 100ad, what proof do we have that the books we know as the New Testament were acknowledged as Scripture prior to the Council of Carthage? Among other evidence, we have the testimony of early writers dating from within a few years of the death of the Apostle John. These men—including Clement of Rome, Polycarp, Ignatius and Justin Martyr—all wrote within 50 years of John’s death. They quote from various New Testament books, showing that they were known and acknowledged as inspired writings.

          Why, then, did several contradictory canon lists circulate? And what can we learn from them? The Muratorian canon was in use at Rome around 200ad. It omits Hebrews, 1 and 2 Peter and 3 John, and contains two spurious works—”Revelation of Peter” and “Wisdom of Solomon.” Yet soon after, when Origen drew up a canon list, the uninspired nature of these two spurious works forced him to omit them altogether. Origen’s list was otherwise almost identical to the Muratorian canon, except that he included 1 Peter and excluded James and 2 John and Jude. Shortly prior to the Nicene Council in 325ad, Eusebius gave a list of the books accepted as part of the New Testament by the western “orthodox” church. His list was virtually identical with Origen’s.

          Neither Origen nor Eusebius wished to accept Hebrews or most of the General Epistles, but they acknowledged that these books existed and that many considered them inspired. These two men also advanced several other spurious works, such as the “Letter of Barnabas” and the “Didache,” for possible inclusion. Yet although Origen and Eusebius were influential theologians, they were unable to get their way, and the canon set by John remained intact—powerful evidence of God’s hand in the preservation of His inspired Word.

          It is worth noting that, during debates on the canon, those writings which drew the greatest opposition. had two characteristics in common. They either contained warnings of an apostasy from the truth (2 Peter, 2 and 3 John and Jude), or they contained a strong “Jewish” flavor (James and Hebrews).

          Clearly, many were uncomfortable with the message contained in these books! However, there was such an overwhelming awareness of the genuine nature of these books, particularly in Asia Minor and in Greece, that removing them from the New Testament proved impossible. The Council of Carthage, far from establishing the New Testament canon, simply represented an acknowledgment that the canon known and established since the end of the first century could not be altered.

    • Frank says

      Feb 20, 2017 at 12:47 pm

      Let them GROW in the Vatican.

  2. somehistory says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 11:31 am

    This lying fool, tool of satan, is the one who needs to “listen.” But he’s too busy spouting his satanic garbage to listen to anyone of common sense, morality or truth.

    He has sold his soul to the beast.

  3. Johan Elzinga says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 11:32 am

    How many immigrants welcomed the Vatican? I remember it was something like 5 persons. Christians, of course. Wow!
    What has this pope to say to the families of the now dead victims of muslim terror attacks in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United States? Did he ever visit those relatives? Did he allow them to counter his assertions? I think not.

    Over the last 1200 years, ever since the beginning of the Catholic church, the church has ALWAYS denied apparent truths and facts. This is no different from the trial against Copernicus for stating that the earth was a sphere and that it apparently revolved around the sun. Witch burning was the result of allowing stupid believes take precedence of fact finding. What kind of witch burning will be next dear pope? Or are we next to be burned by the muslims? Written by a very concerned person from the Netherlands.

  4. Roberta Siena says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 11:40 am

    Mr. Spencer, In Modesto California a 3-day social justice Catholic-Muslim meeting – The Vatican’s World Meeting of Popular Movements MUST BE EXPOSED! http://popularmovements.org/ Site has the Agenda and LiveStream .

    The pope’s letter to which you write about was sent to the participants at the Modesto meeting.

    I hope you will read what I dug up https://californiaresettlementblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/17/modesto-marxist-muslim-catholics-resistance-movement-meeting/ . Includes offensive USCCB Bishops’ “racism” video which I found before they removed it. Yesterday the topic was Racism! Are you a Catholic racist? Me, neither. Yet a CAIR Muslim, Zahra Billoo, was on a Racism Panel!

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 19, 2017 at 12:35 am

      If you want to send something directly to Robert Spencer’s attention, you can use the “Contact Us” box at the right-hand or bottom of this page.

  5. Ciudadano says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 12:08 pm

    The plan is to replenish aging and declining European populations with immigrants in order to fight labor shortage. For decades liberal Western governments have supported anti-Christian policies like abortion legalization, LGTB, feminism, contraception, family deconstruction, etc. that have caused the decline of Western populations. Now the same liberal politicians want to bring Muslim immigrants to replenish population and fight labor shortage. Those liberal-secularist politicians could care less about native Christians, who anyway probably vote conservative.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 19, 2017 at 12:37 am

      Most Muslims don’t work–they sponge off welfare and plot violent Jihad.

      • Ciudadano says

        Feb 19, 2017 at 6:35 pm

        Well, it seems Western liberal politicians think different:

        Labor Shortage: Germany Needs More Immigrants (http://tinyurl.com/zyxmymn)

        Tapping refugees to combat Germany’s labor shortage (http://tinyurl.com/hfxze8f)

        Maybe liberal politicians like Merkel think they can kill two birds with a stone: solve the labor shortage problem bringing in more immigrants and stay in power forever thanks to the immigrant vote. Or thinking more cynically, labor shortage is just an excuse to bring immigrants in order to grow their constituencies.

        I think the solution is kick out progressive/liberal politicians and bring to power politicians that want to promote pro-live policies to grow native populations.

        • gravenimage says

          Feb 20, 2017 at 9:26 pm

          Some immigrants are very industrious and hard-working–Muslims, not as a rule. Mostly, they cost the Infidel societies they invade.

  6. andra says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 12:18 pm

    They are not a challenge for groth, but a challenge for peace.
    In Germany´s Rhineland the high time of Carnival is coming (starting thursday next week). In the good old days everybody was in the streets, having fun, wearing costumes and so on. Today I found the third or fourth article on the German Focus referring about how women can protect themselves during Carnival.
    I cannot see that this modern problem is a symptome for groth.

    • somehistory says

      Feb 18, 2017 at 12:59 pm

      It is a *challenge for growth,* but not in the way he means it.

      There will be no growth for non-moslims, only an increase for them in being raped and/or killed by the moslims. There will be *growth* in the number of moslims, and there will be in the number of crimes committed in the *cause of islam.*

  7. mortimer says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 12:23 pm

    Pope Francis is contradicting thousands of Austrian women who are buying firearms to carry in their purses. Why? Because they are planning NOT to be raped by the supposedly non-evil economic migrants.

    The pope is surrounded by bodyguards 24/7.

    If the pope were a beautiful, young woman living in Germany, Sweden or Austria, he would have a different opinion. He would live in constant fear of the migrants whenever walking alone!

    Roman Catholics have to show their disapproval by sending all their offerings to the American Knights of Columbus which is the only association in their church AWARE of the JIHAD PROBLEM. They must write to the pope and tell him he simply doesn’t have the facts about jihad. Their are priests who are knowledgeable about jihad (even Jesuits). Why doesn’t the pope consult them?

  8. mortimer says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 12:25 pm

    There is no punishment in Sharia law if a Muslim rapes a kafir. A kafir is considered to be like an animal without human rights.

  9. FP says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 12:47 pm

    The pope is correct: It is an opportunity for growth…the growth of the caliphate.

  10. mortimer says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 1:10 pm

    HERE’S A GOOD QUESTION FOR COUNTERJIHAD ROMAN CATHOLICS:

    How many Roman Catholic women are being raped by MUSLIM MIGRANTS? Which countries?

    Send the info to the dumb pope.

  11. Milad Meah says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 1:21 pm

    Twit to @Pontifex “Migration challenge for growth?” – Egypt, Iraq, Syria etc Judeo-Christians before Islam – where is the growth? After 1406 yrs!

  12. Milad Meah says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 1:31 pm

    what is the point in comments – WHO IS GOING TO HIT HIM ON THE HEAD is the dilema

    • Carolyne says

      Feb 20, 2017 at 11:02 am

      Your comment is the only one I have read here which acknowledges the “Hit on the head” solution. They must have that silver hammer locked up somewhere close by in the event it is needed. Well, it is now needed.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 20, 2017 at 9:35 pm

      I’m sorry. this is just silly.

      The idea that popes are murdered by being hit on the head is anti-Catholic calumny.

      Here’s the actual story, such as it is:

      “Tapping the Pope With a Silver Hammer”

      http://www.snopes.com/religion/hammer.asp

      Before modern medicine, it is possible that that pope after his presumed death was tapped and had his name called, to ascertain if he had actually passed away.

      It does not seem that this was ever standard practice.

      Somehow this bizarrely morphed into the belief that Cardinals regularly murder popes by beating them to death with a silver hammer. This is, of course, utter claptrap.

  13. utis says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 1:31 pm

    Jesus warned his followers about the shepherds “… whose own the sheep are not …” The hirelings leave the sheep to the wolves to save themselves. The wolves will not stop slaughtering the sheep because the sheep are surrendered; the slaughter will simply become wholesale, with nothing to stop it.
    I’m glad I became an atheist before all this immigration/invasion crap. I don’t have the crisis of conscience each Christian must have now to follow their bishops and pope to surrender to a religion that wants to destroy them.
    Jesus was using a rhetorical metaphor to educate. Humans are not sheep; they do not have to go meekly to slaughter. They do not have to pay attention to the Judas goats who lure them, neither the religious or secular Judas goats.
    On the campus where I work, signs encourage people to “resist Trump.” I say, resist the Judas goats, who want to destroy our values and our reason.

    • abad says

      Feb 18, 2017 at 1:52 pm

      Mm well so I have heard many Roman Catholics are leaving that church because of Pope Francis, for another denomination, or non-denominational church.

      And I know of none who have left Roman Catholicism for Islam.

  14. Angemon says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 1:48 pm

    Francis, the son of Italian migrants to Argentina, also warned against anti-immigrant movements and urged that newcomers be treated “as human brothers and sisters”

    Except, apparently, when it comes to admission processes – “newcomers” shouldn’t be treated like any regular human being and inquired about where they’re coming from and why they want to enter the host nation…

  15. RAB says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 2:21 pm

    No they are not just men and women like us. True, most of them resemble human beings on the exterior but their minds are warped beyond repair by Islam. Videos show little kids calmly shooting a helpless prisoner in the head or cutting throats as per the Koran. By the time ISIL, Boko Haram etc.. finishes with these boys and girls they are no longer children, they are little killing machines. A Muslim family is a greater risk than a jihadi who cuts throats or blows things up; they are the ones who will eventually breed us out of existence and impose Shariah on the rest of the world. From the depth of stupidity and willful ignorance exemplified by Pope Francis and others it’s only a matter of when, not if.

  16. Jerry says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 3:24 pm

    Part of treating others as “human brothers and sisters” is dealing with them in truth, something the current pope refuses to do for muslims. You don’t help others by ignoring their evil ideas or the bad things they do. We welcome them in with all manner of aid, and in return we get nasty enclaves, terrorism, cultural depravities, and the ideology that causes it all. We have no choice, we must speak and act against it, or we condone the criminality islam causes with our silence. That’s why this is just another empty proclamation by a feckless religious leader. He talks like a fool that only reads the headlines but never the article. He stands on his heavenly perch and chirps his lofty wisdom that helps nobody or anything. But he is right about one thing, muslims are a “challenge for growth.” Muslims are challenging us on every level–our morals, our freedoms, and our safety. By confronting their human rights abuses we reaffirm our dedication to our own best natures and grow in solidarity for our shared convictions. Every time we speak and act peaceably against islam’s sharia depravities and crimes we’re helping all humanity and are a good example of compassion and godly living. That is how we treats others as “brothers and sisters,” by dealing with them in truth and defending the morals and values we know serve humanity best. Could we do any better than that?

    The pope is not helping humanity, he’s hurting us by reaffirming the leftist lie of appeasement that protects islam’s evil ways. If there is a god that does speak to humanity, I don’t hear it in this man’s words.

    • carol says

      Feb 21, 2017 at 1:25 am

      Well said Jerry.

  17. Louise M. says

    Feb 18, 2017 at 10:31 pm

    The Globalists Plan is : one Government, one Religion (islam). Under their complete control.

    This globalist popelitician is just serving his terrestrial masters.
    He probably is an atheist, or a muslim.

  18. gravenimage says

    Feb 19, 2017 at 12:24 am

    Pope Francis: “Migrations are not a danger. They are a challenge for growth.”
    ………………………….

    They are a danger when it comes to an influx of Muslims. Unless you want your society to “grow” into a violent sh*t hole, that is…

  19. No Fear says

    Feb 19, 2017 at 1:29 am

    “They (immigrants) are men and women just like us.”

    Mohammedans are not “just like” me. I am not a follower of a murderous gangster rapist torturer military commander. I do not hold up such behaviour as an “excellent example” for man. I do not wish to enforce a legal system invented by the murderous gangster. Mohammedans worship a vile thug.

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 19, 2017 at 4:49 pm

      Spot on, No Fear.

    • Carolyne says

      Feb 20, 2017 at 11:34 am

      If I thought I were “Just like” a Muslim, I think I would kill myself before I blow myself up and kill a bunch of people. What an absurd thing to say..

  20. Ali Bey says

    Feb 19, 2017 at 9:04 am

    Ché Bergoglio is a boludo pelotudo.

    • Carolyne says

      Feb 20, 2017 at 11:35 am

      Is that related to a mashed potato?

  21. Father Samir Khalil SAMIR, SJ says

    Feb 20, 2017 at 7:42 am

    In a way, it is true that « Migrations are not a danger. They are a challenge for growth ». But practically, among ten thousands emigrants you could find one terrorist, and it is enough to create a tragedy.
    The Pope, with his benevolence, thinks a priori that all religions preach peace and forgiveness. Unfortunately, he has never read the Quran and is deceived by the sayings of well-intentioned but ignorant Christian preachers. Dialogue, to be correct, must be based on perfect information and on truth, not on good feelings. This is what Pope Francis is lacking.
    The problem is terrorism and Islamic terrorism. Over the last few decades, there are many fundamentalist currents which adopt the Quranic text literally, and do not question its context. Every word is divine and must be applied.
    Now, there is no doubt that the Quran contains a lot of violent passages, inviting to kill all the disbelievers, next to relatively tolerant passages. For those fanatics, anyone who does not think like them is a disbeliever. The Westerners, who have a completely different culture, are seen by these fanatics as disbelievers, who deserve the death. So the evil comes from the teaching given in Quranic schools, including Al-Azhar University, and especially through fundamentalist radio and television.
    On the other hand, Christian emigrants do not have the culture of violence. It is not fair to consider all emigrants as potential terrorists. But it is true that it is not easy to discern who is pacifist and who is terrorist. Rigorous control must be done to avoid dramas.

    • Carolyne says

      Feb 20, 2017 at 11:30 am

      No one I have ever heard has “Considered All emigrants as potential terrorists.” You seem to say that Christians who are included in the emigration are thought to be, at least some of them, terrorists.. We must however acknowledge that some emigrants are indeed terrorists and some of them who are not now will become so. No one considers Christians who emigrate to be terrorists, as far as I know. So from that point of view it is easy to discern the Christians will not become terrorists. Many Muslims, however, will. It is in their nature, and that is not so easily discerned. In fact, it is impossible. Also there are not only two choices–pacifism or terrorism. There is a third choice. Many of us will fight back. I believe most Americans will do so. With violence, if necessary. Most of us are not pacifists and will defend our homes and families.

      The history of the Catholic Church has not been exactly pacifist, has it?

    • gravenimage says

      Feb 20, 2017 at 9:51 pm

      No one here is saying that all emigrants are potential terrorists–this is about Muslim migrants, who have caused a tsunami of crime, rape, and Jihad terror since they began flooding into Europe.

      There is more on this poster here:

      “An exchange on Israel and the ‘Palestinians’ between Fr. Samir Khalil Samir, S.J. and Robert Spencer”

      https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/01/an-exchange-on-israel-and-the-palestinians-between-fr-samir-khalil-samir-s-j-and-robert-spencer

  22. Carolyne says

    Feb 20, 2017 at 11:42 am

    That picture of the Pope kissing that man’s foot is one of the most disgusting things I have ever seen and it almost made me lose my breakfast.

  23. Carmel says

    Feb 20, 2017 at 12:30 pm

    Muslim migration is not a problem . SOROS funded Francis is the problem

  24. Buford says

    Feb 20, 2017 at 8:59 pm

    He is an evil demented old fool & needs to be removed Tarred Feathered & run out of Italy he should be sent to a Muslim Country to live

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