Pope Francis has claimed risibly that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence.” This has become a superdogma in the Catholic Church: if you don’t believe that Islam is a Religion of Peace, you will be ruthlessly harassed and silenced by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the hierarchy elsewhere as well. The bishops of the Catholic Church are much more concerned that you believe that Islam is a religion of peace than that you believe in, say, the Nicene Creed.
“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 Accused of Silence on Persecuted Christians,” by Brian Freeman, Newsmax, February 4, 2019:
Pope Francis has remained silent about the destruction of Christian communities in the Muslim world and the persecution of those who remain there, Il Foglio cultural editor Giulio Meotti wrote in an article published by The Gatestone Institute.
The pope, who is in the United Arab Emirates and plans to visit Morocco in March, has a stance on Islam that is based on fantasy, Meotti insisted, emphasizing that this policy of appeasement must be abandoned.
He cites Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal, who wrote recently that “It is as if all of the pope’s efforts have been directed to exonerating Islam from any of its responsibilities. He seems to have been doing this even more than observant Muslims.”…
Meotti refers to what Renaud Girard wrote in Le Figaro that, considering these facts, “The stubborn silence of European leaders on the question of religions, Islam in particular, astonishes and disappoints,” adding that by “refraining from defending Christians in the East, the West… gave a signal of weakness by abandoning its ideological friends [and] it has renounced its creed.”
Ferdinand (@StFerdinandIII) says
Pope Stupidus I. Ignorant of Muhammadanism which is the anti-thesis and opposite of Christianity. In the handbook of war, named Recital or Mein Koran, Christianity is targeted for destruction. All Moslem actions over 1400 years simply confirms this fact.
Imagine if this dunce was a Pope during the savage Moslem invasions of Europe during the Middle Ages. Europe would now be Europistan.
J D S says
Well so far “The Anti-Christ Has not made himself known to the world but there are plenty of anti-Christ people out there…
Frederick King says
A Borgia Pope, that will call fora Crusade would be more appropriate, though the be kind gesture is certainly ok. Problem is, they do not reciprocate.
Walter Sieruk says
By his claiming that Islam is “a peaceful religion ” Pope Francis has proven himself to be a liar. Pope Francis is a liar who ironically , and obviously care nothing at all about the teachings and wisdom of Jesus.
For example, what pope Francis as well as as the other apologists for Islam is call “Hijacked ,warped type of Islam” , is very much based on religion. The religion of Islam. For Islam’s “holy book” the Qur ‘an [the Koran] instructs on the use of violence and killing for the advancement of Islam. As found in ,for example 2:191. 4:89. 5:33. 9:5,111,123. 47:4. Furthermore, it may be illustrated that if Islam is represented as a tree then the fruits then the fruits of that tree are the many brutal, violent and deadly jihad terror entities. Such as ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, al Shabaab , Hamas, Hezbollah, P.I.J. etc. With this statement, the Wisdom of the teachings of Jesus may, very much, apply to this subject. For Jesus taught “Ye do know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.” After saying this Jesus told them what He told them when He said “By their fruit ye shall know them.” Matthew 7:16, 17, 18,.20. [K.J.V.] In conclusion, Islam is a corrupt tree and also a false religion, Proverbs 14:12. John 14:6. First John 2:22,23. 4:14,15. 5:12,13,20.
abad says
Pope Francis is no longer the spokesman for Christianity, he is the official spokesman for Islam.
mortimer says
Pope Francis is PRETENDING not to see the discrimination, blowing up of churches and bombing of congregations celebrating Christmas and Easter, the MASSACRE OF PRIESTS EVEN WHILE THEY ARE STANDING AT THE ALTAR, the threats and false charges of blasphemy directed at Christians in Pakistan, the SLAUGHTER of 2,000 Christians a year in Nigeria, the ABDUCTIONS and ENSLAVEMENT of Christian girls.
Pope Francis is giving Islam a FREE PASS on all the cruelties stemming from its FOUNDATIONAL TEXTS.
Is that moral, Pope Francis?
Is it not a SIN OF OMISSION NOT TO DENOUNCE SIN AND CRIME IN DEFENSE OF CHRISTIANS.
Can’t Pope Francis defend persecuted Christians EVEN A LITTLE?
abad says
Nah, he is too busy alienating a lot of Roman Catholics to the point of them leaving the church.
And, really, speaking from experience, if someone wants to leave the Roman Catholic church, that person may do so, they won’t hunt you down and behead you – which is what Islam does to Moslems who want to leave Islam.
Raja says
Yes Abad,
All of the flock of Roman Catholic Church are free to leave it. Same with all traditional churches.They seldom bring people closer to God.
You head and soul won’t be decapitated or destroyed. How wonderful…
Raja says
Sorry for the typo,
You should read Your..
Kay says
Many of the saints honored by the Catholic church were martyred at the hands of Mohammedens. The Pope must know this.
gravenimage says
And his own namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, faced Martyrdom when he preached to the Sultan. The Sultan was amused, and decided not to have him killed.
Rufolino says
By a conscious refusal to know or acknowledge this, the Pope makes himself complicit with evil. The atrocious scenario currently unfolding in the Papacy defies credibility.
Anjuli Pandavar says
Agreed, Mortimer. The Pope is as bought and paid for as the EU leadership. They are both imposing dhimmitude and leading by example.
mortimer says
Who is pulling the strings of Bergoglio? His themes and sermon topics should clue us in. He talks mostly about helping migrants invade Europe.
Is the RCC under the control of the EU elites? Are they bribing him with hidden subsidies to keep him afloat?
How is the importation of Christian-hating Muslims to Europe going to affect the church in 20 years?
Anjuli Pandavar says
Sorry, here’s my source: https://cruxnow.com/church/2016/01/26/the-bond-between-the-vatican-and-iran-is-a-partnership-destined-to-endure/
Steve says
Will Pope Karl the 1st be visiting to view the hajj, next?
Raja says
Steve,
I won’t be surprised if this pope makes a haj visit at all. He is itching to be the first pope to be killed by terrorists. Terrorists are only Islamic terrorists as they are well indoctrinated, rest should be called fringe elements though they also terrorize.
mortimer says
You’re both misinformed. No kafir may set foot in Mecca. The pope is technically a dhimmi in the eyes of Muslims.
Pope Francis is humbling himself under Sharia law, rather than preach the Gospel to Muslims who constitute 20% of humanity.
To preach the Gospel to Muslims requires explaining many things that are contradicted and condemned in Islam … even the ethic of the Golden Rule which is contradicted by Al Walaa wal Baraa.
Gail Grifffin says
Well he got his foot in the door of the UAE and the crowd turned out in their thousands. Even moslems had a listen. It even made the Saudi papers. There was music and happiness . Maybe some moslem eyes were open.. I give him credit.
Anjuli Pandavar says
Gail, it’s more likely the spectacle of seeing/hearing the caliph of the Christians coming to pay his respects (especially if they missed out on seeing the President of the United States do so in Cairo). They’ll be gloating over this for generations to come.
Anjuli Pandavar says
Mortimer,
When I was an undergrad, we had a visiting architect (infidel) from a Western country talk to us about a project he either was doing or had done in Mecca. I don’t remember who it was and couldn’t find info online. But he had to run the entire project from outside Mecca over television set up for that purpose, so they managed to not defile their holy city with an infidel presence. It seems the best of people, after almost 1400 years of plunder and jizya, still couldn’t muster a Muslim architect for a job in Mecca.
gravenimage says
Gail, I’m afraid the Pope was in the UAE to pander to them:
“Pope Francis praises UAE as ‘model of coexistence’ with ‘respect for diversity’”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/01/pope-francis-praises-uae-as-model-of-coexistence-with-respect-for-diversity
Walter Sieruk says
With all the access of Information for the computers and books in Vatican City and in addition the grand and large Vatican Library there is no excuse for Pope Francis to come out with such blatantly false statements as “Islam is a peaceful religion that has been hijacked by criminals” and ” and “terrorists have warped Islam for politics .” What an outright liar pope Francis has made of himself. Shame on him !
An example of those false and lying words of Francis about Islam being “peaceful” are those cruel, vicious , malicious misogynistic , murderous Muslims with who are full of Islamic hate and malice for human life who are ISIS/ Muslims with all Islamic heinous spite for all Westerners that they had inflicted the most savage Islamic behavior possible brutally callously s the they heartless and heinously murder those two young women. Those malicious jihadists of that jihad-minded Muslims , are actually putting in to the practice, with all their ruthless actions, the violence and killing that is part of the teaching of the “holy book” of Islam ,the Koran. Which contain the doctrine of extreme violent force for the advancement of Islam. As seen in the Koran, for example, 2:191,4:89. 5:33. 9:5,111,123. 47:4. So in misogynistic and deadly religion.
One of the major reasons as the how those men are so cruel and murderous is found in the Bible. For the Bible teaches that there are some people who are extremely heartless, cold, callous and dangerous because they have had “their conscience seared with a hot iron.” First Timothy 4:2. [ K.J.V.] In this case of the “hot iron” is Islam.
Those Muslims who viciously and creel murdered those young women in cold blood have proven by their action the is a false religion but also they have proven the Islam is a violent ,murderous demonic religion .
Richard says
The Pope kisses the Muslims feet. The Muslims approve.
It is afterall what is required by Islam from non-Muslims to bow before Muslims in humble submission and kiss their feet.
What a crass display of cowardly surrender.
Sam says
POPE (POOP) can not be a Christian. Shame also on all Catholics who do not call on him on his dhimmitude
to Islam. What an ignorant (or evil) person.
Genba says
Pope Franciscus is a pretty inappropriate name. They should have called him Pope Dhimmitrius I.
(Not to be confused with any Pope Demetrius from the Coptic Orthodox Church: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Demetrius … This one would be the first Dhimmitrius of a whole bunch that’s going to arise in the Roman Catholic Church.)
FYI says
He’ll have a great time meeting his beloved muslim “brothers”.How they must laugh at the kafir kowtowing to them.You notice Smiley Joe Bergolio only ever seems interested in the islamic world.You would not get him showing such concern over fellow Christians.Now that he is on yet another of his visits to his muslim friends he may have the opportunity to take time off from his public displays of false piety{no wonder muslims love him:they are the world champions at false piety}and indulge in his favorite virtue-signalling pastime:
fraudulent frankie’s foot-washing fetish
{thumbs up,wink at camera..}
gravenimage says
“It is as if all of the pope’s efforts have been directed to exonerating Islam from any of its responsibilities”
………………….
It sure seems that way. Kudos to Giulio Meotti and Boualem Sansal for pointing this out.
Canada? says
Robert,
There are very few humans who will willingly poke the Devil and for many obvious reasons.
Let us really get down to the bare truth.
# 1. Fear of death.
I will let the watchers fill in more numbers.
Easy as that.
gravenimage says
Fear of death is the big one.
Fear of being smeared as “Islamophobic”, “racist”, and “far right” is right up there for many, as well.
WPM says
The Pope is in a position of power his main job is to defend the Catholic faith ,lead her flock to heaven ,and protect his flock in this world. He fails in all three ,he is protected 24 /7 by guards payed for by donations from his flock, if his biggest fear is being label a “Islamophobic ” he is true coward and not fit to be a leader of anything. If he cannot condemn terror acts and call on other “Islamic leaders” to public condemn there own people who persecute Christians in the name of Islam. I think the true faith with the current Pope is NWO socialism ,he sees Islam as a great “leveling” of the rich society vs the poorer society ,he is a socialist SJW fool.
gravenimage says
I was *not* excusing the Pope here, God knows.
I just know that this is a big fear among people in general, and stops otherwise good people from speaking out against Islam. I agree it is cowardice.
Jean Terry says
I think this pope is political, as a socialist, rather than a spiritual leader. I don’t know how he got elected but I can’t imagine true believers would follow him.
abad says
I will say this much about Pope Francis: he makes traditional Roman Catholic “liberation theology” look positively conservative.
Would past Popes, such as John Paul II, acknowledge Francis as a genuine Pope?
Probably not.
Martin says
JAN 04 2019 – Pope visits the mega-mosque in Abu Dhabi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdKhFFQrDas
Martin says
video : Abu Dhabi – FEB 04 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57oOOLPGIeQ
Martin says
FEB 04 2019 – Abu Dhabi: Historic Document Signed by Pope Francis and Grand Imam of Al-Azhar
Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar on February 4, 2019, signed the Document on “Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together.”
The signing following the Holy Father’s speech to the Global Conference on Human Fraternity in Abu Dhabi, a key element in the Holy Father’s February 3-5 apostolic visit to the United Arab Emirates.
[…]“With unambiguous words, the Pope and the Grand Imam declare that no one is ever authorized to exploit God’s name to justify war, terrorism or any other form of violence.
[…]In the name of orphans, widows, refugees and those exiled from their homes and their countries;
[…]to intervene at the earliest opportunity to stop the shedding of innocent blood and bring an end to wars, conflicts, environmental decay and the moral and cultural decline that the world is presently experiencing.
[…]lack of equitable distribution of natural resources – which only a rich minority benefit from
[…]we resolutely declare that religions must never incite war, hateful attitudes, hostility and extremism, nor must they incite violence or the shedding of blood. These tragic realities are the consequence of a deviation from religious teachings.
[…]We thus call upon all concerned to stop using religions to incite hatred, violence, extremism and blind fanaticism, and to refrain from using the name of God to justify acts of murder, exile, terrorism and oppression.
[…]The firm conviction that authentic teachings of religions invite us to remain rooted in the values of peace
[…]The West can discover in the East remedies for those spiritual and religious maladies that are caused by a prevailing materialism.
more :
https://zenit.org/articles/abu-dhabi-historic-document-signed-by-pope-francis-and-grand-imam-of-al-azhar/
Martin says
Abu Dhabi: Pope Francis’ Address to Interfaith Meeting at Founder’s Memorial (Full Text)
Pope Francis on February 4, 2019, addressed the Interfaith Meeting at the Founder’s Memorial in Abu Dhabi. Following is the Vatican-provided text of his address.
[…]There is no alternative: we will either build the future together or there will not be a future. Religions, in particular, cannot renounce the urgent task of building bridges between peoples and cultures.
[…]It is important for the future to form open identities capable of overcoming the temptation to turn in on oneself and become rigid.
[…]Here, in just a few years, with farsightedness and wisdom, the desert has been transformed into a prosperous and hospitable place. From being an unapproachable and inaccessible obstacle, the desert has become a meeting place between cultures and religions. Here the desert has flourished, not just for a few days in the year, but for many years to come. This country, in which sand and skyscrapers meet, continues to be an important crossroads between the West and East, between the North and South of the planet: a place of development, where once inhospitable spaces supply jobs for people of various nations.
on this page :
https://zenit.org/articles/abu-dhabi-pope-francis-address-to-interfaith-meeting-at-founders-memorial-full-text/
gravenimage says
Martin, the pontiff has also said this, just a few days ago:
“Pope Francis praises UAE as ‘model of coexistence’ with ‘respect for diversity'”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/01/pope-francis-praises-uae-as-model-of-coexistence-with-respect-for-diversity
What a useful idiot.
Martin says
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA9rx1M-wks
gravenimage says
The Grand Imam was of course lying.
Rufolino says
The current Papacy is an excruciating embarrassment. You can’t believe it.
James Lincoln says
“Pope Francis has claimed risibly that “authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence.” ”
Someone please educate me:
How is it possible for the leader of the Catholic Church – with years of formal religious education – to know less about Islam than the average Jihad Watch reader / poster ?
tim gallagher says
Good comment, James. There’s no excuse for this Pope’s lies. But what is this “proper reading” of the Koran. What a load of BS. The Koran’s calls for violence are just that. They are straightforward and acted on by Muslims everywhere over and over. I guess the “proper” reading of the Koran must be to ignore all the evidence and believe complete crap. It must mean that one day, when we all cave in and Islam rules, there will then supposedly be peace. Such garbage. A Pope should call evil (ie Islam) exactly what it is. This Pope is an dangerous embarrassment.
abad says
My guess is that the Pope – and the bishops, cardinals, priests, get their learning from a catechism, not the Bible. It’s not as if you were to talk about a Christian leader like Billy Graham or Pat Robertson, who are more likely to do a Bible study. BTW there is no such thing as a “catechism study” among non-denominational Christian churches.
Rufluc says
Satan moves in deceitful and cunning ways so that he may spread his evil domain. Islam could very well be the vesse in which he spreads his evil, whilst the weak minded are fooled by its duplicious rantings. Refusing to see what is so obvious to those of us who are not blind to its lies and evil.
Now look and listen to this ‘Pope’ very carefully and ask yourself ‘are his words,actions and behaviour really that of a rational thinking Papal head of the Catholic church?’.If he was a true man of God, he would be able to ‘see’ what the rest of us can see. It’s called the truth!
Wellington says
Worst of all is that Pope Francis is just the tip of a disastrous theological iceberg. He has appointed many cardinals and bishops who think like him and will outlive him by many decades. Hell, even many parish priests think like this rotten excuse for a Pope (to be fair, many parish priests don’t).
The source of all this rubbish is Vatican II (1962-1965), called by another foolish Pope, John XXIII, who did just about the stupidest thing one can do and that is trying to fix something that isn’t broken. The Roman Catholic Church when Pius XII died in 1958 and Angelo Roncalli came to the papal throne as John XXIII was not broken and was a stalwart defender of Western Civilization, the greatest civilization of all time, not the least reason being the emphasis that it placed via ancient Greek philosophical thought and ancient Jewish religious thought on the dignity and worth of the individual. The Roman Catholic Church before Vatican II was also not sentimental, anti-capitalist, against border security, against immigration laws, et al. Sure is now.
Vatican II not only destroyed the Latin Mass but, far worse, it opened the door to liberation theology, which is Marxism in Catholic disguise, as well as inaugurating the extremely flawed concept that all major religions have valid revelation experiences and thus should be respected—which overturned some 1400 years of opposition to Islam by the Church and by the West.
The origins of stupidity and foolishness are important to understand. In any attempt to comprehend the stupidity and foolishness of Pope Francis, not taking into account Vatican II and all the harm it did will insure that a person trying to figure out why Francis is such a doofus will not figure out why Francis is such a doofus.
In closing here I would assert that John Paul II and Benedict XVI did their best to fight rear-guard actions against what Vatican II spawned. Their attempt was noble, courageous and wise but, sorry to say, I think there efforts were in vain. Francis as Pope tends very much to prove this and how very sad, even dangerous, it is that the Roman Catholic Church can no longer be trusted where proper knowledge, real human rights and common sense are concerned. Tragic beyond all measure I would contend.
Wellington says
“…their efforts…” and not “…there efforts…..”
gravenimage says
All grimly true, Wellington.
Justicia says
The Pope thinks he understands Islam more than the Imams, Islamic Scholars and Muhammad. Unfortunately, the Pope understands Christianity even less than he understands Islam.
abad says
+1
Raja says
The head of RC church is just playing into the hands of Islam, that is devil’s will to steal all the liberties of man and enslave man and ultimately destroy him for eternity.
By aligning with an evil ideology he is probably thinking that he is elevating himself as a “world leader”
But who cares? The RC church innovated evil long long ago as prophesied in the Bible:
Timothy 4: Apostasy
1 But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,
2 by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron,
3 men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth.
Dapto says
The Poop loves Muslims and loathes and hates all others
Or Else! says
Frankie is a PR Pope. The reputation of the Roman Catholic Church has taken huge hits (and rightly so) in recent years for its unforgivable management of pedophile clergy. Now we have nuns (rightly so) joining the MeToo movement. The Left and its bullhorn media have no problem reporting non-stop on these horrific situations. The Pope is on 24/7 damage control. Fine.
But….why won’t the Left look at Islam’s total history in the same way? Because the West’s education systems became controlled by neo-Marxist interests convinced that European/Caucasian civilizations are the evil oppressors. Islam is ignorantly framed as simply a victim of that oppression.
An unintellectual stance, for sure. But it’s a stance that legitimizes terrorist attacks….i.e. “The evil West deserves it.”
We’re living in a world in which one self-proclaimed supremacist ideology has been slaughtering/subjugating towards hegemony for 1400 years.
Meanwhile, we have another powerful ideology that has blinded itself to that fact.
Today’s neo-Marxists (post-modernists) can’t see Islam for what it is as long as Islam plays the Islamophobia card. Victimhood is tops in identity politics.
Singh The Sikh says
There is some commonality between the Catholic Church and elements of Islam:
Muslim IT expert, 40, accused of raping a boy, 13, in the front yard of his home after meeting him online; only stopping when teenager’s horrified mother saw him
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6238085/Blacktown-rape-attack-T-expert-40-charged-attacking-boy-13-teens-mum-ran-help.html?ITO=applenews
gravenimage says
You are mistaken in believing that Catholicism teaches the rape of children as does Islam.
Singh The Sikh says
I know the Catholic texts don’t teach child rape. In case I wasn’t clear enough, I was referring to what happens within the Catholic Church walls and is condoned and covered up by certain clergy, and affinities what happens in certain Muslim communities/countries, bacha baazi, etc
dan christensen says
If you look at the countenance of Frankie Boy, you may detect some facial resemblance to the earlier British prime minister Neville Chamberlain of infamous recollection. Is Frankie Boy an illegitimate descendant of Chamberlain ?
They are both appeasers ad nauseam. Chamberlain attempted to appease a certain Adolf Schicklgruber in Munich in 1936 and Frankie Boy tries to placate a ferocious islam.
somehistory says
He very much fits the description of the “false prophet” in the Bible book of Revelation.
The “false prophet” works with satan the devil, the “original serpent” and the “wild beast out of the sea”, to build an “image of the wild beast.”
The people of the world are then forced to bow to the “wild beast” and to this “image of the wild beast” and worship if if they want to stay alive and continue to “buy and sell.” Anyone who refuses to bow faces the “sword.”
This “pope” is helping all he can to “build an image of the beast” presenting moslims as deserving of respect, as peaceful, as victimized and deserving of hospitality; and he is demanding that Christians take them in as if they are all like Christ.
Lorraine E Blazich says
This last pope, this Jesuit pope is NOT a Christian. He is looking more and more like the false prophet everyday. Learn more about him in Paul L. Williams book “Operation Gladio” and then read Thomas Horn and Cris Putnam’s books “The final Roman emperor, the islamic antichrist and the vatican’s last crusade” and “Exo-Vaticana.” Also learn about the hierarchy of muslim gods in Hal Lindsey’s book “The Everlasting Hatred” on pages 91 and 92. Learn about Mohammad in Hal Lindsey’s book on pages 95 and 96, I find it difficult to believe that anyone would call the muslim “religion/form of government” a religion of peace. Jesus said “you will know them by their works.”