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Pope Francis’ Silence On Hamas

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Pope Francis, terminally naïve about Islam, believes he has a true understanding of the faith based partly on the reassurances given him by his new friend, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb. “War is deceit,” says Muhammad in a famous hadith, and Al-Tayeb has been cheerfully deceiving the Pope every chance he gets. Pope Francis has learned a lot from Al-Tayeb. He insists in his new book, Non Sei Solo: Sfide, Risposte, Speranze (You Are Not Alone: Challenges, Answers, Hopes), that “either you are a terrorist or you are a Muslim.” A “true” Muslim, he thinks, cannot be a terrorist. No one has pointed out to the Pope that Muhammad himself says in another hadith that “I have been made victorious through terror.” (Bukhari 4:52.220) And Muhammad is the Perfect Man and the Model of Conduct, whose behavior is to be emulated by Muslims.

Islam talks about peace, all right — the peace that will prevail once Islam everywhere dominates, and Muslims rule, everywhere. Until then war must be made on the Infidels, who when conquered must be either killed, or made to convert to Islam, or to accept the inferior status of dhimmis, enduring a host of social, political, and economic disabilities, including payment of the extortionate jizyah tax. In his infinite wisdom, the Pope has declared on many occasions, and in his latest book, too, that “Islam, in truth, is a religion of peace and the majority of its members are peaceful.” He’s wrong, of course. He need only look around the world at the Muslim terror groups that have been waging war against Infidels, and even against less fanatical Muslims, in recent years: the Islamic State, Al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Sipah-e-Sahaba, Boko Haram, Al-Shebaab, and so many more. Muslims have committed more than 44,000 terror attacks around the world since 9/11. The Qur’an is filled with verses about violence and waging war on Infidels. The Believers are instructed to “kill them [the Infidels] wherever you find them” (Qur’an 2:191, 4:89, cf. 9:5). But one has the distinct impression that the Pope has never read the Qur’an. Why should he bother to do so, when such authoritative experts on Islam like Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb assure him that Islam is all about peace?

Given the Pope’s affection for Islam, it is not surprising that he has been circumspect in his remarks on the atrocities carried out by Hamas on October 7. More on his failure to forthrightly condemn those attacks, which is risking the Vatican’s relations with the Jewish world, can be found here: “The Vatican is risking its relationship with the Jewish world,” by Vittorio Mascarini, JNS, November 16, 2023:

Relations between Israel and the Vatican have become tense in recent weeks.

In the immediate aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre, the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem, an ecumenical group of Christian leaders that includes the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, issued a joint statement in which they made no explicit mention of the Hamas atrocities. They included only a vague condemnation of any act that targets civilians.

The Israeli embassy to the Holy See criticized the statement’s “immoral linguistic ambiguity,” which failed to be clear about “what happened, who were the aggressors and who the victims. … It is especially unbelievable that such a sterile document was signed by people of faith.”

This controversy is only the latest in the fraught history of Israel-Vatican relations, which were officially established in Dec. 1993. Besides the Catholic Church’s historical antisemitism, the Vatican was long reluctant to formally recognize Israel for several reasons: Israel did not have internationally recognized borders, the status of Jerusalem and access to its holy sites had not been internationally guaranteed, and Catholics and their institutions were, the Church claimed, not adequately protected under Israeli law.

In addition, the Vatican had concerns about the treatment of Palestinians in the disputed territories and feared that relations with Israel could have negative repercussions for Catholics in Islamic countries.

This may explain why, to date, Pope Francis has not labelled Hamas a terrorist organization and has not met with families of Israeli hostages. The latter has not gone unnoticed, especially because the families were received by many leading national figures, including Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

According to the Catholic news site Cruxnow, the pontiff’s behavior can be explained as “positioning the Vatican potentially to play a mediating and peace-making role.” In addition, “The bulk of the Christian population in the Holy Land is Arab and Palestinian, so Middle Eastern bishops and clergy tend to be strong supporters of the Palestinian cause.”

Given the deplorable treatment of Israel by the Vatican — of which the failure to condemn Hamas is just the latest example, it is doubtful that Jerusalem would accept the Vatican as a mediator between the Jewish state and those who would destroy it.

Moreover, Cruxnow sees a historic shift underway in terms of the Vatican’s interfaith priorities: “Since the Second Vatican Council in the mid-1960s, Judaism has been the Church’s primordial relationship, unquestionably the highest priority in inter-religious dialogue. Under history’s first pope from the developing world, that’s no longer necessarily the case, as other relationships, especially the dialogue with Islam, have become at least an equally compelling perceived priority.”

Given this, it is not surprising that, since war broke out, Pope Francis has spoken with numerous world leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden, but there are no reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been among them.

Wouldn’t you think that after the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust, the Pope would have wanted to speak with the leader of the Jewish state, if only to express his solidarity and understanding? But though the Pope has spoken with many world leaders about the ongoing war in Gaza, he has apparently snubbed the Israeli President. How does he hope to ever be a mediator if he will not talk to the Israeli prime minister?

The larger Catholic world has shown equal ambivalence towards the war. Among Eastern Catholic leaders, the Latin Catholic and Eastern churches in communion with Rome have issued what Israel deems a lukewarm and insufficient condemnations of Hamas. Their first communiqué, issued on Oct. 8, contained a generic statement “against any acts that target civilians, regardless of their nationality.” The next, on Oct. 13, decried the humanitarian situation in Gaza and called for de-escalation. It singled out only Israel in connection with humanitarian issues….

Instead of deploring the Hamas atrocities, the Eastern Catholic leaders uttered a generic condemnation “against any acts that target civilians.” They were afraid of the Muslim reaction if they singled out Hamas — as they should have — which would, however, make the lives of Catholics in the Arab countries more difficult. And just like Pope Francis, they did not mention the 240 hostages held by Hamas, or call for their release.

The Pope has to understand that the Jews of Israel now deserve his unambiguous support as they fight to destroy a murderous enemy that has pledged not only to destroy the single Jewish state and replace it with a twenty-third Arab one, but to kill Jews everywhere. No moral equivalency should be allowed. And he must also denounce, as he has not yet done so, the tidal wave of antisemitism, prompted in part by the war in Gaza, that threatens to engulf much of the world. He needs first to unambiguously denounce Hamas and all those who support the terror group. But will he? The signs from this Pope, who believes “Islam is all about peace,” are not good.

So far, Pope Francis has been weighed and found wanting.

Comments

  1. I feel badly for anyone of sense and knowledge still clinging to the Roman Catholic faith. Such faith started to die with Vatican II (1962-1965) and no longer exists. The current pontifex maximus is an inevitable result of the ecumenical council called for by a most foolish man, Pope John XXIII (1958-1963).

    It should be obvious to all who have an admiration for old Catholicism (as I do) that, effectively, it exists no longer. It had a two-thousand year good run but Vatican II did far more damage to it than did the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. Surely, and with such an egregious personage as Francis I, this can no longer be denied by any sensible and informed person.

    The old Catholic Church is dead and it is never coming back. Never. Vatican II killed it and Francis I is nothing more than a symptom, not a cause, of this tragic reality. What a waste, what a monumental waste.

    N.B., Francis has appointed far, far more Cardinals than did Pope Joh Paul II and Benedict XVI, both good men fighting noble rear-guard actions against the rot which Vatican II spawned, and thus Francis’ legacy will live on much longer after him and to the detriment of so much which was once valuable.

    • I agree.
      I miss the old Catholic church and do not appreciate Vatican II. Or the moral equivalence that seems to permeate within it. I am part of the lost old school Catholics , lots of them. Left out of our own church. It certainly seems that way.

  2. Not a word on the genocide of Christians in Africa, either.
    I guess he’s too busy going after conservative bishops in the US.

  4. If Jews and Christians are wise, they will avoid this pope creature at all ties and places.
    He’s too focused on making Christians accept things the Bible warns against and condemns. He’s promoting same sex couples and other perversions.
    Jesus said that God joined together male and female.
    Jesus said not to throw pearls before swine nor give what is holy to dogs
    Jesus said His friends are those who obey His commandments.
    Jesus would never call islam peaceful nor say mozlums are like God. Jesus said that when we see Him, we see God.
    This pope creature, false shepherd, likened mozlums to Christ on several occasions. And even contradicted Christ.

    There will come the time for this liar to reap his wicked harvest.

    • The Pope is not promoting same sex couples. He has said that the Church cannot bless “gay marriage.”

      • Lo and behold, he’s making changes to church doctrine. Just this week past, he’s come out with some “decisions” that would please sodom and gomorrah citizens.
        BTW, the “church cannot bless” anything.

        Read your Bible…pray as you read in order to understand your pope…and to understand God and Jesus…which the pope doesn’t.

        • “Pope’s Decision – Blessings for Same-Sex Unions Marks Historic Moment in the Catholic Church”
          “Historically, the Catholic church has not always been the most accepting of LGBTQ+ issues. But after a letter from Pope Francis became public on same-sex couples, it appears that significant change may be on the way for the church.”
          This week, Pope Francis made a stunning public statement implying that Catholic priests may soon be able to bless same-sex unions.

          The Vatican has released a letter that the Pope wrote in response to five cardinals who had written to him in July. His response has since made headlines around the world.
          n 2020, he referred to gay people as ​​”Children of God” who “have the right to be in a family,” referring to same-sex unions.”
          https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/popes-decision-%E2%80%93-blessings-for-same-sex-unions-marks-historic-moment-in-the-catholic-church/ss-AA1k1Svl#image=15

          Give him time and he’ll say it outright.
          And “misinformed.”.haha…one is either informed or not.
          the pope is a charlatan and is an aid to satan

        • Yours is trusting the pope.
          The msn just ran the story based on another….not main stream…site.
          If you had bothered to read it, you would have noticed that it names the original site for the news.
          Try again.

        • That article is from MSN, not the MSM.

          And if you don’t like this source, this story has also been covered by NBS, CBS, ABC, Time Magazine, the Independent, the Washington Post, USA Today, Reuters, and AP–and if you don’t trust sany secular press, there are Catholic publications such as the National Catholic Reporter, National Catholic Register, and Crux.

          There are many more. What are you claiming is inacurrate here?

    • One thing I wonder: why would any non-Catholic, let alone non-Christian, pay any attention to what this (or even any) pope says? It’s like paying attention to the Archbishop of Canterbury, or the Patriarch of Moscow

      • I have often wondered the same thing. There was that split centuries ago when many disagreed with the Catholics. Why would they listen to him now? Esp the current faker.

        • What African Christian needs enemies when there’s a friend like Francis in the mix?

        • Yes; they don’t have to worry whether he will stab them; they just wonder and worry about the size of his knife.

  5. I would love to be able to ask this idiot about the non-terrorists who destroyed the once great city states of Antioch, Aleppo not to mention Constantanople and Jerusalem which were all Christian inhabited. These cities, governed by Christians became Christian over a number of centuries through the words of Jesus Christ, not the sword. The poor inhabitants of these places were slaughtered like sheep and yet this sorry Communist, piece of feces is so stupid and arrogant as to use the words, peaceful religion in the same talk or writing about Islam. If he is so sure about his statements, maybe he should travel to Nigeria or South Sudan to hold a mass in a local village. I bet he would see firsthand the passivity that Islam demonstrates.

    • Someone in Africa should invite him to give a sermon in one of the nigerian villages; and then when his trip is scheduled, invite all the local mozlums to a special “meeting” to “dialogue.”

  6. This Pope is not only an apostate, but he denies the reality of evil in Islamic doctrine and actions. He is either possessed or ignorant – perhaps both.

  7. The pope, like the rest of the western politi’Kal ‘Klass, hasbeen/is extorted – bribed – both – or a morrow… I all cases, the mohammadans are the masters.

    • I doubt that the Pope is being extorted by Muslims. Grimly, many leftists have a soft spot for Jihad terrorists. I have experienced this many times, often first hand.

  8. Mr Pope, instead of producing apologetics for Islam why do you not open your Bible to contemplate what our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ warned his disciples about the last days?

    Mt 24:4

    *Beware that nobody deceives you!”

    You are supposed to be a follower of Christ, you are supposed to be shepherding his people as the restored Peter was told by the risen Christ.

    You are supposed to protect your church and its faithful from deception, but what you are doing is deceiving them!

    Qur’an 3:54

    “Allah is the best (or greatest) of deceivers.”

    Allah has nothing in common with our God, who cannot lie. The rest of Islam is blasphemy of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ denying him being God in the flesh, denying his redemptive death on the cross, and denying his resurrection!

    2 Cor 6:14

    Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

    Mr Pope, unless you repent immediately and in public your faithful better read

    Revelation 18:4

    “Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.”

    The Roman Catholics better take the consequences of the apostasy of their Pope and his church by leaving it before it is too late!

    • Yes. It is urgent that everyone who professes to believe in Christ, “make sure of all things; hold fast to what is fine.”
      As Jesus said, “True worshippers worship the Father with Spirit and Truth.”
      the pope spouts lies with the spirit of islam…evil, demonic.

  9. A previous Pope ran a ratline escape for German Nazis through the Vatican to South America where their honoured descendants still prosper. Expect this genius Pope to organise an escape route for Hamas Officers to Palestinian support countries such as Eire, Britain New Zealand and Australia.

  10. The Catholic Church would be better off having NO pope than having the Marxist / globalist / muslim apologist that they have now.

  11. Religion should stay out of this one. As for Islam being a religion, it is actually a proto-nazi hegemonic political movement cloaked in a veil of self-righteous, sanctimonious religiosity.

    • Not sure about the first, but definitely agree w/ you on the latter. Had Hitler lived in the 500s, Nazism would be a religion

    • Islam is a religion–an evil religion. It is also, as you note, a totalitarian ideology. Sadly, these things are not mutually exclusive.

  12. La Salette.Read it.

    Just because Francis is pope doesn’t mean he is serving God,
    Francis is at war with Traditionalist Catholics.They are an obstacle to his progressive marxist view of a more inclusive church.
    One that EXCLUDES faithful catholics!
    You will be surprised by what comes out of this synod.
    Blind obedience to the pope is a mistake.

  13. Dope Francis is the Sleepy Joe of the Vatican.

    Everything that he is touches turns to crap.

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