“Gossipers are terrorists because with their tongues they drop a bomb and then leave, and the bomb they drop destroys reputations everywhere,”
But Islamic jihadis are not terrorists: “Christian terrorism does not exist, Jewish terrorism does not exist, and Muslim terrorism does not exist. They do not exist,” Francis said in a speech last year. “There are fundamentalist and violent individuals in all peoples and religions—and with intolerant generalizations they become stronger because they feed on hate and xenophobia.”
“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 Francis says ‘to gossip is to kill,’ compares it to form of ‘terrorism,'” by Nicole Darrah, Fox News, November 14, 2018:
Pope Francis implored his faithful followers on Wednesday to refrain from gossiping, as he believes it’s a form of “terrorism” and “to gossip is to kill.”
“Gossipers are terrorists because with their tongues they drop a bomb and then leave, and the bomb they drop destroys reputations everywhere,” Francis said during his weekly general audience….
“We all live by communicating, and we are continuously on the edge between truth and lies,” Francis said. He added that gossip “kills because the tongue kills like a knife.”…
Roger Gangitano says
Gossip is dishing the dirt about somebody’s secrets.
Terroism is violence to achieve a political goal.
This Pope should stick to saying Mass and avoid political statements. He’s already blown his credibility on that front.
mortimer says
TERRORISM is THREATENING to do harm. “SUBMIT TO ISLAM AND YOU WILL BE SAFE.” – This was the THREAT of Mohammed and his early followers.
ISLAM’S HOLY BOOKS are FULL of messages of TERRORISM. This is FACT, rather than ‘gossip’.
“TURHIBUNNA” (terrorize them) – Koran 8.60
Andy says
Billionaire Soros Group Slams Facebook
https://www.spencerfernando.com/2018/11/15/billionaire-soros-group-slams-facebook/
Rufolino says
Well the Pope in Italy should know about the killing-power of gossip !
Living in Italy myself, it is evident that it is the censorious Church which creates the climate where gossip thrives ! Italians are terrified of stepping outside the stereotypes created by the Church’s influence. Italy is NOT an accepting society !
If you DO step outside, you will be gossipped to death and excluded from society. The Church created this climate, and thus destroys lives ! It has a lot to answer for, not to mention the mind-boggling hypocrisy !
No wonder there is such a terrible drug problem in Italy afflicting those “who don’t fit in”.
Andrea says
“it is evident that it is the censorious Church which creates the climate where gossip thrives ! Italians are terrified of stepping outside the stereotypes created by the Church’s influence.”
Are you drunk? Most of people in Italy don’t give a damn of what the Church say.
No dire strunza paisa!…
J D S says
I agree that gossip hurts everyone and that includes the gossiper themselves but people who gossip surely aren’t terrorist compared to Muslim Terrorist..This pope seems to be a “lost sheep” that has not yet been found and the Catholic church should find away to replace him before he brings catholicism to ruin.
gravenimage says
Agreed, J D S–of course, gossip is not a good thing. But it is a minor sin that even most of the most decent people have engaged in from time to time. It is *nothing* like mass slaughtering innocent people.
Carolyne says
I think the old man means that if you know of an instance where a child was sexually assaulted by a priest, you should keep your mouth shut. The Catholic Church has done this for generations.
Richard says
Yes, Carolyne, that is exactly what he Pope means – which is so very atrocious. There is a big difference between gossiping about someone and exposing a terrible situation like child molestation which could result in the loss of at least one soul. On the other hand, gossip is absolutely not “a minor sin”…”like the mass slaughtering of innocent people”. To the contrary, it murders souls. There is a beautiful scene in Rigoletto where a court jester talks with an assassin, and then says: “How alike we are! He kills with the sword, I with the word!” One line can destroy a reputation someone has spent a lifetime building. A man once confessed to a priest, St. Philip Neri, that he had gossiped and the priest told him his penance was to take a chicken and walk all around Rome plucking out all its feathers and tossing them aside, then return to the priest for the rest of the penance. When the man returned with his plucked chicken, Fr. Neri told him: “Now go back and pick up every last feather you have plucked out” When the man gasped that it was impossible, they have blown everywhere, Fr. Neri said “”Even so the vile story you have told!” We have three ladies who gossip at our church whom I call “the three witches”. One recently told me a priest’s brother wasn’t his brother because he didn’t look like him. That meant, said she, that he was really his homosexual lover.” Yes, it is ridiculous, but how very many people will believe it? And how many will leave that church because of it? There is a wonderful line in Sicilian: “Qui para si confessa, e qui fa detta si paga” “He who speaks confesses, and he who has debts will pay.”
vlad says
Pope Dhimmi the First is fill of excreta, but what can one expect form Satan’s appointed Judas goat for humanity?
Lydia Church says
“Gossipers are terrorists…”
So now the pope is a terrorist… because he just ‘gossiped’ about others!
There is a difference between all of the following:
Telling the truth, exposing false teaching, revealing sin so that the crimes can stop, expressing your opinion, accusing the guilty, accusing the innocent (as far as evidence is available), lying, gossiping, slandering and bearing false witness. Some of these are good, others not good. The sorting activity requires a brain.
Richard says
Absolutely! God bless you! There is an old Chinese saying: “Water can support a ship; water can upset it.”
Chris Tomlinson says
Exactly.
Rahui Tepapa Mairi David says
So sooo TRUE Lydia
This Pope Francis was and is one of the most Evilest Pope in the World
As the Scriptures said
Awake o thou that’s Sleepeth
Arise from the Dead and Christ shall give thee LIGHT
Renate says
That Pope is a disaster.
Wellington says
Seconded.
Andy says
Pope on a rope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_PHpE38V1k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2LGwBKCQVo
Richard says
Thirded
gravenimage says
Absolutely.
JW_Reader says
The Pope is giving enough material to make a Hollywood comedy “Bad Pope”.
Jaladhi says
The Pope should be checked out for mental disorder!! He has completely lost it!!
mortimer says
POPE GUIDO SARDUCCI’S 5-MINUTE UNIVERSITY COURSES … ISLAM MADE E-Z … !!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO8x8eoU3L4
nicholas tesdorf says
The Pope seems to be positioning himself as a candidate for the next Caliph as well as Pope.
mortimer says
Disagree. He is positioning himself as the FIRST DHIMMI POPE … totally submitted to LIVING UNDER DISCRIMINATORY SHARIA LAW and totally COMPLIANT with the SHARIA LAW BLASPHEMY LAWS.
DHIMMI DOPE FRANK has SUBMITTED TO ISLAMIC rules.
PATRICIA KOENIG says
Francis was NOT validly elected to the papacy…which makes him an anti-pope. He is also the False Prophet of Revelations and he will work with the Antichrist when the Antichrist goes public. Do NOT listed to what he says, for he frequently lies.
Jay says
Yes I agree, He is a “one world order” plant supported by the likes of Soros! He came out of
no where and then suddenly Pope Benedict retires under odd circumstances (?).
It never made sense to me. I do not trust him and his communist views and his eagerness to support
the Muslim terrorists and but not Italy or its citizens ! Why is this Pope so political too??
I have been a Roman Catholic my entire life but
have not supported the Catholic Church since Francis became pope. And when I get the envelopes from my local church, Pope Francis’ pix is on every envelope. It’s insulting as he is not an exemplary
pope in many respects! He cannot compare to Pope John Paul on any level ever! ???
Islam Is Islam says
Pope Benedict XVI is still the pope. The precise translation of his announcement on Feb 11, 2013 shows that he did not renounce, abdicate, or resign ANYTHING. Rather, he announced the reality of his inability to “administer rightly” two of the powers of the office–teaching and governing. This inability arose because of the hidden and outward disobedience of the bishops and cardinals. Benedict has never stopped being the pope and thus protects both the indefectibility of the Church and the infallibility of the office. An anti-pope doesn’t need to be deposed or to resign because he never held the office.
Carolyne says
Didn’t the white smoke miraculously appear from the Vatican’s chimney when he was elected?
somehistory says
Destroying someone’s reputation is not nearly the same thing as murdering them, by torture, bombing, knifing, shooting, rape of children, gang rape, etc. A reputation can be restored. A life, or lives, lost cannot be restored apart from God’s power.
This fool is a “gossip.” He minds everyone’s business but his own. As Christ said, “First remove the rafter from your own eye before you attempt to remove the straw from your brother’s eye.”
And the article says he speaks to his “followers.” One who claims to represent Christ should be wary of having “followers.”
gravenimage says
Good post, Somehistory.
mortimer says
The pope is referring to what certain ROMAN CATHOLIC LEADERS did to ROBERT SPENCER!
They gossiped and then spread false and fabricated reports to damage Spencer’s reputation.
Will the Roman Catholic leaders APOLOGIZE TO ROBERT SPENCER for their CHARACTER ASSASSINATION?
tim gallagher says
I agree with your comment, somehistory. It’s exactly what I thought when I read this imbecilic statement from the Pope. To compare murdering people the way terrorists do to mere gossip is ludicrous. Terrorism kills while gossip merely does some damage to a reputation. It’s an absurd comparison. Someone in a position as important as the Pope’s should be far more careful with the way he uses language and should never say something as absurd as this. The comparison he makes is so ridiculous as to defy belief. I think this Pope is either really dumb or, possibly, senile.
balam says
Reputation can be restored but you can not give life back after killing one.
Z says
Gossip is mostly false. Information distorted after being passed through one persons perspective after another. To that I agree. But it’s nowhere near as bad as murder for an ideology
mortimer says
Well worded … comparisons must be ‘within range’. The pope’s comparison is a FAR-FETCHED EXAGERATION … a great reach and thus not a valid or reasonable comparison, but HYPERBOLE.
FYI says
psst…hey francis?
Is this JUICY bit of GOSSIP true?..about Cardinal McCarrick being PROMOTED by you to a more senior position despite your knowledge of his proclivities?it is?I knew it was true..!
Is it true that Opus dei,that “personal prelature” of yours is running the RCC?DO tell us…
say francis?Did you hear that salty joke about the Chilean Sailors and your mot…..haha! Easy big fella,there’s no need for violence…I mean “Who am I to judge”?
gravenimage says
Pope: “Gossipers are terrorists,” but Islamic jihadis aren’t
……………………….
Moral insanity.
Ren says
A more stupid pope is welcome.
lisalles says
He has lost his mind……poor man.
Salah says
George Bergolio is an anti-Pope. Benedict XVI is the ONLY living Pope. Period.
Edward Pentin Reports: Respected Vatican Theologian Questions “Juridical Validity” of Pope Benedict’s Attempted Partial Resignation, Calls for In-depth Study and Investigation
“More useful” than a fraternal correction, [Msgr. Bux] said, would be to examine the “juridical validity” of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation and “whether it is full or partial.” Jesus, [Bux] said, did not give the keys of heaven to Peter and Andrew but “said it only to Peter.” Such an “in-depth study” of the resignation, [Bux] said, could help to “overcome problems that today seem insurmountable to us.”
http://edwardpentin.co.uk/monsignor-bux-pope-francis-must-urgently-issue-profession-of-faith/
Raja says
This papa has hardly been a moralistic man and hence never a Christian. He has outwitted Muslims in Islam sponsored taqiyya and has come with flying colors.
When you have so much of globalist, leftists trash chipped in the brain you only produce this kind of dopey. .
Adam says
Dear Dumbass,
Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me.
Like when I was two, we got this one.
Communist/Socialist One World/UN jerk.
shoehorn says
Exzackerly
mgoldberg says
In religious jewish thinking, ‘Lashon Hora’, or ‘derogatory speech about others is considered subtly very destructive, and discussed and warned against in many contexts and venues. But that is far and away different from the pope of catholicism, lecturing about the ‘terrorism’ implied by gossiping, who denies the terrorism inherent in terroristic phrasiology, throughout the qu’ran, the haddiths and sira’s of Mohammed, who denies the very history and meaning of ‘jihad’ and it’s vast historic connections across the globe and all nations afflicted by Jihad, by muslim terrorism.
The sidestepping away from all illumination of Jihad, in islam, in it’s entire history, is what Francis would have everyone do… to avoid any notation of any ‘terroris’ even as it goes on and about so many lands where Islam arrives.
WPM says
The Pope wants the Priest and his flock to not trash talk Islam. He is one of a lot of leaders jumping on the Sharia compliant appeasement of Islam .The truth of this death cult should be out there to warn people of its evil intensions ,he is failing to protect his sheep from the wolves .The first order of business for a good leader is to protect and guide his followers, not to appease people who want him and his followers dead or enslave. He is confusing “gossip” with knowledge ,common sense and self preservation .Knowledge of Islam like knowledge of Nazism keeps people informed of the intension of the people who practice and preach it as their way of life. There is nothing un-Christian in not trusting people who intension is to kill or enslave you and to spread the word that is what they do..
Agostino Armo Pellegrini says
“Pope Francis says ‘to gossip is to kill…
…but he also said, “I think it is not right to identify Islam with violence,” so who’s guilty of “gossip” of the murderous kind here, me or the pope? So, if I talk trash about an irritating coworker I’m a “terrorist,” but if I bow to a god that says “slay the infidel” then I’m a child of god that deserves love, acceptance, and lots of welfare? C’mon pope, be consistent, stop talking trash, we aren’t dumb children. Stop making excuses for evil doctrines and then act all noble and moral about a little gossip that’s no where near the evils of islam which you so earnestly defend.
“Gossipers are terrorists because with their tongues they drop a bomb and then leave, and the bomb they drop destroys reputations everywhere,… pope Francis
What an odd choice of words, saying that gossipers “drop a bomb,” that destroys reputations, but the explicit bigotry in islam that provokes the real bombing of innocents gets a free pass with, “not all muslims are violent,” as he said himself (from Reuters article, Pope says it’s wrong to identify Islam with violence). So pope, does that mean an agnostic like me can be exonerated for being a gossiping “terrorist” because not all agnostics are gossipers? that’s the pope’s line of reasoning which I don’t find too intelligent.
“We all live by communicating, and we are continuously on the edge between truth and lies. pope Francis
…and nobody would know that better than the pope, who blames the devil for the sex scandal and division in the church but then denies the existence of hell. No hell, no devil? I’m confused. So it’s not the sexual deviancy of your employees–thousands of them–it’s that crafty devil that nobody has ever proven even exists. Sounds to me like the pope is the one living on “the edge between truth and lies.”
Sorry Francis, I’m sure you’ve done a lot of good in your life, but you are talking like the pot who calls the kettle black. Nobody is more of a gossiper than folks like you that lie and shill for islam as a true revelation of god when in reality it’s nothing more than a fascist ideology masquerading as a religion, invented by men with supremacist evil in their hearts. Gossip comes in many shades, when you ignore reality at the expense of our safety, our children, our peace and prosperity for islam then you are the worst kind of “gossiper” in my opinion. You are not defending muslims from islamophobic bigotry, dear Francis, you are defending islamic bigotry from those who speak the humanitarian truth. A man that truly loves humanity would do what Robert Spencer does, confront the evils of islam with a heart-felt commitment to truth and honesty. You do the exact opposite, pope, you blame an imaginary being like the devil for the crimes and sins of your own church, and then avoid reality to defend the violence of islam. In the end people will die and suffer for your complicity, but I know–blah blah blah–you don’t really care what an “islamophobe” like me has to say. And that’s why you’re part of the problem, dear pope, not the solution.
Ernie says
Dear Agostino Armo Pellegrini ; thank you for your brilliant comment here !
Older Canadian says
Idoit! When will the Catholics of the world start standing up to this guy. Whenever he opens his mouth he confirms he is just a ordinary man in a white dress who obviously, in his advanced years is sufferring some form if senility.
Jay says
The koran is no more than a torture/murder handbook and should never be allowed to be taught to anyone, especially children. Equating the koran with religious or spiritual scriptures of any sort, is really blasphemy of the highest order. It’s just wrong to say it. This pope is either a total moron or a very devilish deceiver. Either way, he should not be pope.
Craig says
Bad trees can’t bring forth good fruit. And this tree is rotten to the roots.
dan christensen says
“There are fundamentalist and violent individuals in all peoples and religions—and with intolerant generalizations they become stronger because they feed on hate and xenophobia.”
It is obvious that the pop feeds on a fundamentalistic violent hate to his own kind, with his gossip about western intolerance. When will he convert to his beloved religion of hate and war?
Peter says
The Pope and Vatican are new coming up Roman Imperium and Babylon.
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
Fecal Francis says:
“I believe that the media should be very clear, very transparent, and not fall prey—without offence [sic], please—to the sickness of coprophilia, which is always wanting to communicate scandal, to communicate ugly things, even though they may be true,” he said. “And since people have a tendency towards the sickness of coprophagia, it can do great harm.” (https://www.newsweek.com/pope-francis-compares-consumption-fake-news-eating-feces-529550)
Translated, Francis prefers pretty lies to the ugly truths. And he thinks listening to the ugly truth is like eating sh*t. My good God, this guy gets better every day. Alex Jones predicts his resignation is imminent. Gee I hope this is one of Alex Jones’ correct predictions.
gravenimage says
In Islam “slander” (Ghiba) is saying anything Muslims don’t want to hear. It does not matter if it is true or not. Very different from the Western conception of slander.
Daniel Rodger says
We can either gossip about people or pray for them. God bless the Pope.
gravenimage says
You can tell the truth about someone and still ultimately wish them well.
In fact, if you never face error, that is neither good for perpetrator or for others who suffer from his mistakes.
Angemon says
No difference, in nature, from all those stereotypical shrilling snowflakes who shriek that “words are violence” and use that “logic” to justify “punching” “nazis”…
gravenimage says
Good point. I doubt that the Pope is taking into account this sort of false slander.
David Longfellow says
The pope is probably worried about the “gossip” regarding child abuse by the Catholic clergy which he so studiously ignores.
gravenimage says
Good point, David.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops was set to issue guidelines in February for American Bishops reporting pedophilia in their diocese–and the Vatican shut them down.
This is supposedly because Bishops are only to report to the Pope, and not to have other Bishops issue guidelines for them–but this seems like a technicality. Of course, the Pope could have just approved of the issued guidelines (assuming they would properly deal with the problem)–but he did not do this. Very concerning.
Richard says
What else would you expect from a Marxist but to use the Hegelian dialectic and give us the antithesis?
Brother Charles says
And how many BOMBS have you dropped on the innocents mr pope sir , To many to count I would say .
Richard says
By pointing out his obvious worldview and technique? That is not gossip.
Frank says
I’d rather someone gossip about me than kill me. No… to gossip is (generally) not to kill. Some gossip can lead to a person getting killed… but either way, gossip and killing are not synonyms. And neither is the truth gossip.
dan christensen says
Popes are terrorists because with their double-tongues they drop demeaning words and then leave, and the evil they drop destroys reputations everywhere.
Popes rule by excommunicating, and popes are continuously on the edge between truth and lies.
Papal gossip kills because the papal double-tongue kills freedom like a knife.
Ric says
Pope Francis is a not a man of God but a man of Satan or perhaps a man of Allah which ironically is one of the same. Unlike some of my immediate family, I’m not Catholic; I have asked many their view of this professed Vicar of Christ, silence prevails. I will not hand this Pontiff and excuse by calling him senile; it is blatant that he is cognizant of outrages anti-Christian, anti-Western vitriolic utterances. One suspects, Francis has a Qu’ran and prayer mat at the ready upon the completion of the European Caliphate. He, Francis, is a traitor to Christ, his Faith, those of his faith, humanity and lastly, Western Civilization.
Alex says
Just pause for a moment and peruse the photograph heading this entry, showing the ugly distortion of features screwed up in hatred. The nearest to Pope Francis in this regard is Turkey’s Erdogan, always so full of vicious rage.
A clerical friend in Rome tells me that the normal courtesy of referring to the Pope as “His Holiness” or “the Holy Father” is frequently dropped in private clerical conversations. Instead they just refer to him as “Bergoglio”. This has never happened with previous Popes (in modern times, at least) and reflects declining levels of respect. It is also common knowledge within the Vatican that he has outbursts of temper, when he can be extremely rude and spiteful when speaking to or about others. At times he can also be foul-mouthed, which has been witnessed by not a few.
Polonus says
Pope uses very strong comparison, because in spiritual sense gossiping means to kill a soul. So it looks like He uses very strong words for people to refrain from gossip. Like terrorist are deeply rooted in fanatical islam’s ideology, which they choose to justify their violence and killings, and gossiping literally can damage someone’s reputation or psychologically putting someones down in our own term of thinking, its a very bad thing in a non violence manner, so i think thats why He compares gossiping to terrorism.
I think He is trying to be as simple as He can to convey his message and understating.
Richard says
Can you explain away why Islamic terrorism doesn’t exist?
unbeliever1 says
Mighty glad I ain’t a Catholic.