Posted on 12/03/2004 10:59:04 AM PST by yonif
The Vatican's foreign minister said Friday that the war on terrorism has furthered the spread of anti-Christian sentiment around the world.
Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo said such sentiment arose from the mistaken view that Western political strategies "are considered to be determined by Christianity, or at least not separated from it."
He told a US-organized conference on religious freedom that "it should be recognized that the war on terrorism, even though necessary, had as one of its side effects the spread of `Christianophobia' in vast areas of the globe."
He said Vatican diplomats have been fighting this, recently insisting before the Vatican Commission on Human Rights that "Christianophobia be condemned together with Islamophobia and anti-Semitism."
Lajolo did not mention any specific incidents of anti-Christian violence, but Iraqi insurgents have attacked Christian sites in recent months.
"it should be recognized that the war on terrorism, even though necessary, had as one of its side effects the spread of `Christianophobia' in vast areas of the globe."
Horsesh!t. The islamofascists hate us no matter what we do. Stop beating ourselves up about their problem.
No, the war on terror spreads an anti-Muslim stance.
No offense meant to those of the Catholic persuasion, but for a guy who is supposed to be infallible, the pope and his subordinates certainly do say a lot of dumb things.
I think rather Christianophobia is what led to the war on terror.
Reality: The Pope has only declared his infallibility on 3 different occasions, all dealing with doctrine on Mary.
Wrong, your Eminence! They were already anti-Christian. If you'd read your Church history, Islam has always been anti-Semitic and anti-Christian.
Rome is reaping what it has sowed by the implemetation of Vatican II and the hijacking of the Catholic Faith.
Sede Vacante' (The Seat is Empty!)
Rome must repent and reverse Vatican II, implement the Tridentine Mass, the Catechism of Trent and the Finale instruction of Fatima The Return and Concecration of Russia to the Blessed Mother.
In the U.S., just saying the name of God provokes an anti-Christian response but I don't suppose the Vatican will be telling me to stop doing that on account of the ignorant...
well i would say that after 911,most christians are concerned with islam.
then two weeks ago my pastors son who is serving in the marines was shot five times by terrorists in fallujah.
so this little family of baptists are suspect of the "religion of peace"on a bit more of a home town level.
the marine is back home with us now.
PTL
"Rome: War on terror spreads anti-Christian stance"
Note to Rome: Muslim Terrorism spreads dead Christians.
As a Catholic myself, I would think Rome should remember its history of leading the efforts to fight back the spread of Islam (e.g. Lepanto). Now might be a good time to speak up - before modern Europe falls without a wimper before a threat which its ancestors fought so courageously.
The Pope is infallible only when teaching definitively on a matter of faith or morals, that is, doctrine. Foreign policy isn't in the same ballpark. His subordinates aren't infallible under any circumstances.
Two words : B. S.
I wouldn't be too quick to bet on that!! I had a discussion with a Catholic priest writing for, I believe, the Catholic Reporter. This was when the Palestinians had taken over the church in Bethlehem and were using it as a bar/bathhouse/restroom - he wrote an article basically attacking the Jews and saying it was all their fault for everything. When I objected with facts, and challanged the 'delicate' handling of the viscious behavior of Islamofacists - his defense was that 'if the Church stood up to and responded to the actions of the Islamic savages - the Christians in Islamic countries would suffer even more' - basically the Church had no choice but to ignore atrocities because they feared even more if they were truthful and spoke out to defend Christians. - The 20th/21st Century manifestation of 'Onward Christian Soldiers' - sarcasm off.
Christians slaughtered and enslaved by the millions by the Muslim hordes and this is what the "Pink Mafia" (Homosexual infiltrators of the Catholic Church who were mostly educated at Georgetown)comes up with.
They should call for a Crusade to free the Holy Land.
We already know why they murder Jews. I wonder if the good archbishop has the intellectual wherewithal to figure it out?
NAH, 1,700 years and they still haven't grasped the obvious.
I don't think more instances of the Pope kissing the Koran will change minds in the Islamic world.
The National Catholic Reporter is the CBS of Catholic News. They gave John Kerry a grade of "B" for his stance on right to life issues, if that puts things into perspective.
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