Posted on 05/17/2016 8:45:40 AM PDT by marshmallow
The election of a Muslim as London mayor 'illustrates the need for Europe to rediscover its capacity to integrate', the Pope told La Croix
Pope Francis has hailed the election of London’s first Muslim mayor in a wide-ranging interview with a French newspaper.
Discussing the migrant crisis with French daily La Croix, Pope Francis said “the worst form of welcome” for migrants is “to ‘ghettoise’ them”.
“On the contrary, it’s necessary to integrate them,” the Pope said.
“In Brussels, the terrorists were Belgians, children of migrants, but they grew up in a ghetto. In London, the new mayor (Sadiq Khan) took his oath of office in a cathedral and will undoubtedly meet the Queen. This illustrates the need for Europe to rediscover its capacity to integrate.”
Francis gave the one-hour interview to two of La Croix’s journalists at his residence in the Vatican on May 9. The Pope was speaking in Italian. The daily said the Vatican read the piece before it was published.
Asked whether he thought a fear of Islam fuelled “the fear of accepting migrants”, the Pope said he didn’t think that “there is a fear of Islam as such but of ISIS and its war of conquest, which is partly drawn from Islam.”
“It is true that the idea of conquest is inherent in the soul of Islam. However, it is also possible to interpret the objective in Matthew’s Gospel, where Jesus sends his disciples to all nations, in terms of the same idea of conquest,” the Pope said.
In reference to the Pope’s meeting with Bishop Bernard Fellay, the superior-general of the SSPX, in April, Francis was asked whether the re-integration of the SSPX into the Church was being considered.
The Pope told La Croix that the SSPX “love the Church” and “Bishop Fellay.......
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It’s hard to imagine a worse Pope.
The implications are profound.
Francis....You have dementia...when will the college of cardinals do their duty.
I’m thinking he is an Antipope.
hussein is not my president and francis is not my Pope.
“It is true that the idea of conquest is inherent in the soul of Islam. However, it is also possible to interpret the objective in Matthew’s Gospel, where Jesus sends his disciples to all nations, in terms of the same idea of conquest,” the Pope said.
That was the last straw (in a whole baleful).
The pope is an idiot. (something I have refrained from saying ever since he took office, hoping that I was wrong...)
The Pope, safe from ISIs with his Swiss Guard... Maybe he should hire muslims...
There was a pope (Pope Stephen VI) who dug up his predecessor and put him on trial, then threw the body into the Tiber.
I agree. This man is a disgrace and his statement calling Christ’s teaching to evangelize the equivalent of Islam’s teaching is beyond the pale.I thought accepting the hammer and sickle crucifix was his worst offense of many. This tops that. No excuses can wash away this one.
simply put, this man is Petrus Romanus and he will see to the destruction of the Church.
Are you kidding me? That settles it once and for all. This pope is unworthy to be pope.
My simple mind can't grasp how a pope who's elected while the previous one is still alive is legit.
Average believers in Christ can see through all of this quite easily. Poor Pope seems to have lost connection to the Head (if he ever did have one). Christ Jesus is death to every other way, but LIFE to all who come to God THROUGH HIM.
Where is Pope Urban II when we really need him?
Well, of course he does. Oh, and btw, that whole gay marriage issue? Not a problem. Abortion? Well, gosh, if you do, you still need a hug.
It is true that Marxism calls for the violent overthrow of the filthy plutocrats, but didn't Jesus also throw the moneychangers out of the Temple? /sarc"It is true that the idea of conquest is inherent in the soul of Islam. However, it is also possible to interpret the objective in Matthew's Gospel, where Jesus sends his disciples to all nations, in terms of the same idea of conquest," the Pope said.
Choose who you will serve.
This man wakes up in the morning thinking of new ways to insult and offend Catholics.
An idiot or or an agent of destruction like hussein.
Seems an islamist facilitator to me.
Yes, he does.
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