A pic is worth a thousand words they say. That pic is worth just about every word ever written or uttered. How dare that commie, white anter of a pope kiss that islamic war manual. He might as well go and kiss Mein Kampf whilst he is at it. He kisses Das Kapital every chance he gets too. Disgusting
(Hint: 1 Corinthians 9:19-23)
That's John Paul II, and as much of anticommunist as Ronald Reagan. It was May 14, 1999, at he was receiving a Islamic delegation in the Vatican. It was a gift and he was being courteous.
Popes are not going to be rude to invited guests in the Vatican, no matter how many years of bloodshed there has been. He was also 79 and maybe a bit senile.