Posted on 08/11/2014 4:10:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
Pope Francis has joined with Christians facing genocide in Iraq and Syria, calling upon the world to make an armed response to the Islamic State. He has asked the world to "stop these crimes" and his envoy called for the use of "a professional, well-equipped army."
You know a situation is bad when a pope or his envoy calls for an armed response. Pope Francis, widely appreciated as a practical and realistic man, is not just calling for a cease-fire or negotiations. Instead, he is inviting an armed response to the terrorism of the Islamic State.
Archbishop Giorgio Lingua, the Vatican's nuncio to Iraq, told Vatican Radio, "This is something that had to be done, otherwise [the Islamic State] could not be stopped."
Such a call is virtually unprecedented for a papal envoy in modern times, but our age is an extraordinary one and the Islamic State has no interest in a bargaining table. Instead, the Islamic State is bent on genocide and barbarism, ruthlessly exterminating anyone who opposes them.
On Sunday, Pope Francis said he held "dismay and disbelief" over what is happening in Iraq.
The Catholic He called the Islamic State fighters terrorists and said there was a need for "a professional, well-equipped army."
"The situation is going from bad to worse," he warned.
Meanwhile, Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad said, "There is a need of international support and a professional, well-equipped army. The situation is going from bad to worse."(continued)
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Why didn’t it come up in search, do you think?
My bad. I will ask to have my comment deleted. That source DID have a bogus story saying the POPE had called to arms.
What? The Pope was misquoted/misunderstood?
I’m shocked, I tell ya, SHOCKED!
Upon further review, the source still has it wrong - with a different headline
see
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3191615/posts?page=90#90
Muslims never change. The crusades are back on and let history show that, again, they started it
So then mine is the most accurate?
I think Pope Francis should come right out and say it. But he's still using puffy, equivocal language.
Pontifex, The Pope's Tweets on Twitter
August 9
I ask the international community to protect all those suffering violence in Iraq.
It could be construed that "protect" means with arms, not with underarm deodorants, but --- in a Tweet? This is not Pope Urban II at Claremont in 1054.
Pope might want to keep an eye out for drones!
Usually Pope’s lament about the decline of spirituality and why the West has to flood itself with 3rd World types.
Times are getting interesting. If ISIS and that bunch want a rerun of the holy wars from the Middle Ages, they might just get that.
Interesting. And here I thought the mission of the Church was to feed the hungry and bring an end to poverty by cajoling wealthy nations into adopting laws that re-distribute the wealth of their citizens? I guess not. It seems that the new mission is to goad foolish nations into using its military power to save one crazy bunch of Muslim from another crazy bunch of Muslims (okay, throw in a few “Christians” too); with the ultimate goal of “bringing peace” to the Middle East. What could go wrong?
Call me old fashioned, but I can remember a day when the singular mission of the Church was to lead all mankind to salvation. That was way back in the days when the popes, bishops and priests of the Church not only prayed to God for the needs of His people, but they actually believed and trusted that He would provide their every need.
That doesn’t sound like the Catholic religion I know and admire...But who does this pope expect to pay for this little endeavor??? Did he offer to get up off some of the Vatican’s hundreds of billions to kick in for his war???
So Catholicism preaches pacifism?
So the Crusades didn’t show up in your history textbooks?
Good research, Mrs. Don-o.
Lol. The "Magic Negro"--that is a GOOD'UN.
Obama is the "great, do-nothing mystifer" to my way of thinking. Pretty useless.
So is this true or not? I, for one don’t see Francis saying anything of the sort.
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