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Does the Pope embrace and endorse islamist terror

No, he has repeatedly condemned it, as he has all violence.

as his nuncio, pictured in post #2 above, evidently does?

How is his nuncio endorsing terrorism, by shaking hands with Arafat? Who hasn’t shaken hands with Arafat?

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, center, with the Imam of the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem Mohammed Hussein, left, the head judge for the Islamic courts in the Palestinian territories Sheik Tayseer Al-Tammimi, second left, Dr Theodosios Hanna, of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, right, at Arafat's compound in Ramallah, on the West Bank, on Saturday, May 4, 2002. Hanna brought Arafat the holy light, which was lit in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher today. (AP Photo/HO/Hussein Hussein, Palestinian Authority)

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, center, with Sheik Tayseer Al-Tammimi, the head judge for the Islamic courts in the Palestinian territories, left, and Dr Theodosios Hanna, of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, right, at Arafat's compound in Ramallah, on the West Bank, on Saturday, May 4, 2002. Hanna brought Arafat the holy light, which was lit in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher today. (AP Photo/HO/Hussein Hussein, Palestinian Authority)

Bodyguards for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat lead Riah Abu Al Assel, center, the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem and the Middle East, to a meeting with Arafat at his compound in Ramallah in the West Bank, Thursday, May 2, 2002. Arafat met with a number of religous leaders in the afternoon after he was released from 34 days of confinement in an office at the compound. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

In the last couple weeks Arafat has had similar “hand shake” photos with leaders of every major religious group over there, numerous countries (France, Germany, Britain, the U.S., Romania, etc.). Are all of these people endorsing terror? Have you directed your outrage against them as you have the Catholics? Or are we the only target of your scorn?

It would seem time for this Pope to finally take a stand. Which I fear, unfortunately, will be more like that of his current and continuing enablement of pedophilia within the clergy, apparently born of the same moral compass which gave direction to papal tolerance of naziism throughout World War II.

Whatever. The Pope has not micromanaged 4000 dioceses and 1 billion Catholics, so you say he enables pedophilia? Blame Cardinal Law for his own actions, the Pope didn’t do them.

As to papal tolerance of nazism, you are dead wrong. The record is clear that the Church opposed the Nazis, many priests were imprisoned, tortured and killed, and the Church saved more Jews than any other organization.

Is that clear enough?

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"How is his nuncio endorsing terrorism, by shaking hands with Arafat?

It seemed more like a victory celebration to me. As do the activities in these other disgusting images.

Actually, I have great reverence for Catholic theology and mysticism. Though I will certainly admit to frustration and anxiety over what I believe is perhaps "the" war for western civilization, which also admittedly drives a certain impertinence in trying to solicit a response when I'm actually doing more crowing, for which I probably should apologize. Though I yet don't feel taken down a peg by wondering what that papal representative would feel in common with the likes of Arafat, when I somehow cannot even imagine a similar embrace of Catholicism and Christianity's own lineage to the Jews.

I admire your spunk, though am yet wary of moral relativism. And, yes, particularly in battling its recognition within myself.

Thank you for a vigorous response as similarly insistent.