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Pope Francis Hails Election of Sadiq Khan as Mayor of London
The Catholic Herald (UK) ^ | 5/17/16 | Staff Reporter

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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The Pope is showing more love for Isis instead of Christians killed by Muslims.

UK: Muslim McDonald’s worker planned jihad mass murder attack at Heathrow Airport

Jihad Watch ^ | May 18, 2016 | Robert Spencer
Posted on 5/19/2016, 5:55:04 PM by Lera

“The court documents also claim Pham was told to maximise the carnage by coating the bomb with metal bolts and cause as many casualties as possible.” To show how much he loved Allah and Muhammad!

“Former London McDonalds worker plotted suicide terror attack at Heathrow Airport, court hears,” by Amita Joshi, GetWestLondon, May 16, 2016:

A former McDonalds worker was trained by Al Qaeda to become a suicide bomber and attack Heathrow Airport , according to US court papers.

Minh Pham, who previously lived in South London’s New Cross, was taught to wear a backpack containing a bomb and target passengers arriving from America and Israel in the west London airport.

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41 posted on 05/19/2016 6:11:30 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3432051/posts?page=12#12 for latest delegates count!)
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