[Mrs. Don-o]

Pope Francis spoke out against the killing of Christians (Nigeria, Egypt, Libya, Iraq, etc) in strong terms on Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter, and at the vigil of Divine Mercy Sunday. That's at least six times in the past 2 weeks not counting some spontaneous remarks to the press.) And now this on the Armenian Genocide.

But who is listening?

[ebb tide]

And just how many times did Francis specifically identify muslims as the perpetrators of the mass killings?

Pope Francis just released a bull where he praises the "mercy" practiced by members of Islam.

Among the privileged names that Islam attributes to the Creator are “Merciful and Kind.” This invocation is often on the lips of faithful Muslims who feel themselves accompanied and sustained by mercy in their daily weakness. They too believe that no one can place a limit on divine mercy because its doors are always open.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Some may object that Pope Francis has praised mercy shown by Muslims. (The Kurdish Defence Force --- Sunni Muslims--- which rescued thousands of Chaldean Christians and Yashidis comes to mind.)

I would think it's OK to praise mercy wherever and in whomever it is found. Jesus praised the mercy of the Samaritan: a member of a group who had some "wrong" Scriptures and worshipped God on the "wrong" mountain, as I remember it.