Why is he going? To report to his superiors?
Pope Francis last year met in the Vatican with Dr. Muhammad bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, the secretary general of the Muslim World League (MWL), a group that has been linked to the financing of jihad terror.
During the meeting, al-Issa thanked the Pope for his “fair positions” on what he called the “false claims that link extremism and violence to Islam.” In other words, he thanked the Pope for dissembling about the motivating ideology of jihad terror, which his group has been accused of financing, and for defaming other religions in an effort to whitewash Islam.
I don’t object to the Pope’s meeting this man. After all, Jesus was a friend of tax collectors and sinners. But the meeting appears to have been a pointless feelgood session, probably featuring some sly dawah from al-Issa. According to Breitbart News, “the two men reportedly exchanged views on a number of ‘issues of common interest’ including peace and global harmony, and discussed cooperation on issues of peaceful coexistence and the spread of love.”
The spread of love. Yes, that’s what the Muslim World League is all about.
Nor is this the first time a Muslim leader has thanked the Pope for being so very useful. Last July, Ahmed al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Cairo’s al-Azhar, thanked him for his “defense of Islam against the accusation of violence and terrorism.”
Has any other Pope of Rome in the history of Christianity ever been heralded as a “defender of Islam”? Should he be a defender of Islam? Shouldn’t he instead be defending the Christians who are being persecuted in Muslim countries?
“Leave them; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” (Matthew 15:14)
“Pope plans Morocco trip in March to strengthen Christian-Muslim ties,” by Ella Ide, Times of Israel, November 13, 2018 (thanks to Paul):
VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) – Pope Francis, who has made building bridges between Christianity and Islam a cornerstone of his papacy, will visit Morocco in March, the Vatican said Tuesday.
Francis, 81, will be the second pope to travel to Morocco, following John Paul II more than three decades ago.
He will take in Rabat and Casablanca on the March 30-31 trip to the Muslim-majority country, the Vatican said.
The pontiff was “accepting the invitation extended by King Mohammed VI and the bishops,” it said.
Francis has already visited several Muslim countries, including Turkey in 2014, Azerbaijan in 2016, and Egypt in 2017.
John Paul II went to Morocco in 1985 on a trip that was also seen as an opportunity to build ties between Muslims and Christians….
Foreign Christians worship freely and are protected by the authorities. But those who convert to Christianity — estimated to be a few thousand people — do so quietly.
And why is that? Because they’ll be killed if they announce their conversions, per Islam’s death penalty for apostasy. But AFP doesn’t want you to know about that.
Benedict says
This is one of the most stupidest pope that I have seen. His priorities are all lopsided. The Catholic Church is in dire straits, there is rampant homosexuality, pedophile cases, murder, financial corruption and freemasonry. Being the pope he is at the helm of the Catholic Church, faith based teachings is thrown in the dustbin, radical changes are being made to dilute the Catholic faith, Jesus Christ who instituted the Holy Eucharist is downgraded to the lower rungs in present day teachings. Priest and nuns are supposed to be celibate, but they are any thing but celibate. Our Blessed Mother is not being given importance. This heretic pope is talking about human climate change, migrants so on, when he should be addressing these important faith based issues, he is going to talk to Muslim people when they want to kill Christians. The countless beheadings by Muslim thugs and the Asia Bibi case in Pakistan he says nothing. When quits being the pope the Catholic laity around the world will heave a sigh of relief, that a worst pope is gone.
Raja says
Benedict,
I see this papa from a different perspective.
I strongly believe that the Islamic world considers the pope to be the evilest religious office on the face of the earth. They would love to have him on their side for the purpose of sharia and global hegemony.
The Muslim world would be more or less be content with his posturing as he is passive about sharia, baying for the blood of non-Muslims and so on. Given these hard realities, he would be more happy with realpolitik.
What a wonderful way to maintain the status quo!!! He seems to be in fool’s paradise. On the one hand, the erratic church is on a slippery slope and these events are only going to make the fall precipitous.
All the churches that have deviated from the truth of the Bible should have the swiftest demise as they have far outlived their spiritual value.
Sam says
Pope is not a Christian. Period!
Lillith Wept says
Well maybe some Moslem will fall victim Tom”sudden jihadi syndrome” and think killing this pope, the head of Rome will earn him a ticket to paridise , maybe even some kind of special treatment from Allah in paradise because he kills such an important Christian leader.
christianblood says
He serves the Devil!
Doris Frech says
Every time he opens his mouth I could vomit. He makes me so sick. And yes, he is the most stupid man ever.
FYI says
The Listening Pope with his Listening Church.
pope “I’m all ears” francis.
He probably won’t be doing any actual listening
Persecuted Christians?What?Hah?
“A proper reading of the koran show it to be opposed to every form of violence” said francis famously…islam’s greatest apologist and underminer of christianity{especially catholicism}
Ginder says
Next visit: Pakistan (not).
No Muzzies Here says
I’m sure they will be happy to have him, since he is bowing before his new masters in submission.
somehistory says
He wants to get in on the binding and gagging before all of the Christians are bound, gagged and beheaded. He must do his part to “strengthen the ties.” Question is: Will he tie the feet or hands of the Christians? He has already done his part to condemn them.
Peter WF says
When is the Vatican going to lead by example and settle refugees in the VATICAN?
ArendHendrik says
“After all, Jesus was a friend of tax collectors and sinners”. That was not exactly the case: Jesus was called so by His opponents, see Matthew 11:19 and Luke 7:34.
gravenimage says
Jesus reached out to sinners–that is not the same as his condoning their sins.
If the Pope were going to reach out to Muslims but condemn their sins, I would be with him–but that isn’t what he’s doing at all.
dan christensen says
In the Greek mythology, Hypnos is the son of Nyx (“Night”) and Erebus (“Darkness”). His brother is Thanatos (“Death”).
Neither the christian nor the muslim god is the greatest.
The greatest must be Hypnos, because without sleep you will surely die, in which case Hypnos surrenders you to his brother Thanatos.
You can easily live a long and happy life without submisssion to the Pope’s god, Muhammed’s god – but you must submit to Hypnos.
Walter Sieruk says
Shame of pope Francis to engage on a fools quest “To strengthen Christian -Muslim ties.” With all the information stored for easy access in the Vatican’s computers about the nature and history of Islam and along all the additional information of Islam’s essence and different methods of jihad which includes the use of Taqiyya as well as also much other information that must be contained in the Vatican Library about Islam there no excuse for the pope not to know and well understand the awful folly and foolishness of striving for a genuine “Christian -Muslim ties” Whatever the details of that idea might consist of .
The very idea and concept of doctrinal connections between Christianity and Islam is absurd and false.One of the major reason that the concept and idea is false is because the God of Christianity is not the god of Islam As this is explained by the following essay.
There are a number of apologists for Islam, some are imams and mullahs and strangely enough, even some so called “Christian” leaders, including pope Francis , who have made the outstanding claim that Christians and Muslim both believe in and worship the same God. So it stands to reason that it’s important to know if this claims valid and true or invalid and false. The facts are that the god of Islam or the Muslims is a single being. In great contrast the God of Christianity, of the Christians consists as the Trinity. By the Trinity it means that “Within the essence of the one True God there are Three Persons. Being God the Father. God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Not three gods in one But Three Distinct Persons in One God. Being the Tri-Personal Nature of God, Matthew 3:13-17. Second Corinthians 13:14. . The Bible teaches, the Father is God, Galatians 1:1.The Son is God, First John 5:20. The Holy Spirit is God, Acts 5:3,4. Not three gods but the one and only Triune God.
As further explained in the Christian book MAJOR BIBLE THEMES by Lewis Sperry Chafer on page 39 which informs the readers that “Many believe that the doctrine of the Trinity in implicit in the use of the word Elohim, as the name of God which is in a plural form and seems to refer to the Triune God. “ Likewise, in the Christian magazine PERHAPS TODAY November/December 2013 on page 8 it reads about Genesis 1:1. “In the beginning God [this is the plural noun Elohim, meaning ‘more than one’] created the heaven and the earth.” Furthermore, a bit of a view of the inner workings of the Trinity together may be seen in that the God the Father raised Jesus from the dead. Romans 10:9,10. Jesus raised Himself from the dead, John 2:19,20. The Holy Spirit raised Jesus from the dead, Romans 8:11.The inner-workings of the Trinity of God may also be seen in the fact that the Father sanctifies, First Thessalonians 5:23. The Son sanctifies, Ephesians 5:26. Hebrews 2:11; 9:12,14;13:12.The Holy Spirit sanctifies ,Romans 15:16. Second Thessalonians 2:13. Getting back to the Bible book of Genesis. In Genesis 1:26 in reads “The God said let US make man in Our image , according to our likeness…” The words are the plural “Us” and “Our.” As in “We the Trinity” For the very next verse, 27, it further reads “So God created man in His own image…” In verse 26 it’s the plural “Us” and “Our” to the singular “His” That is Three Persons in One God. In addition, in the New Testament in Matthew 28:19 It further reads the Jesus said “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the the Son and the Holy Spirit.” [N.K.J.V] That is “name” not “names.” In conclusion the many apologists and propagandists for Islam for Islam who make the claim that Christians and Muslims believe in and worship the same God are make an untrue and outright false claim. For the God of Christianity, Christians and the Bible is not the god of Islam Muslims and the Koran.
gravenimage says
Pope Francis, defender of Islam, to visit Morocco to “strengthen Christian-Muslim ties”
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Maybe Muslims should consider stopping mass murdering Christians? Just a tjhought…
Kepha says
Doesn’t the Poope know that the Qur’a denies both the deity of Jesus Christ and his atoning death on the cross?
Indeed, one of the things that proves Jesus Christ infinitely superior to Mo is that he rose from the dead. Muslims agree that Jesus, body and soul, sits in Heaven awaiting the time to judge the living and the dead; but Mo lies in a grave in Medina awaiting that judgment along with the rest of the dead. Is the Pope unwilling to confess Jess Christ crucified and risen? If he is so unwilling, then he definitely does not fit the definition o Christian demonstrated in the New Testament–and I will trust the New Testament over a deluded person who, by claiming to be vicar of Christ, would put the Holy Spirit Himself out of a job.
The more I see of this Pope, the more I am convinced that the Reformation of the 16th century was a good, holy, and necessary movement; and it remains relevant to our own age. Hence, I will remain away from both the theological liberals and the Pope’s circle.
James Lincoln says
Pope Francis is being used, by both Muslims and the far left, as a useful idiot to effect further Islamization of the West.
Roman Catholic parishioners could send a strong message by boycotting the Church – no Mass attendance and zero donations for one month – and see what happens. Call it a “Mass” boycott!!!
A strong Roman Catholic Church with strong Christian values could act as a backstop for the spread of Islam. Instead, the flock is already shrinking – for its leader is despicable.
Rufolino says
The most wonderful “useful idiot” Islam has ever had, because this idiot is doing Islam’s job for it. Makes you gasp with incredulity.
Vicky says
A goat making alliances with a jackal.
Richard Courtemanche says
A Pope’s infallibility which has never been.