[NYer]

Pope Francis issued an appeal to “identify the causes” of such terror, when the answer plainly is the pretension of the false prophet Mohammed and various elements of Sharia law, including torture and amputations and beheadings for sexual perversion, which the Holy Father’s apostolic heart would find insensitive. His recently appointed archbishop of Chicago prayed for his “gay and lesbian brothers and sisters” while seeming oblivious to the fact that some of the brothers think of themselves as sisters and vice versa.

Catholic ping.

[trisham]

Excellent article.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It isn’t so hard to talk about evil once it actually steps up and shoots you.

[Mrs. Don-o]

+1

[Jan_Sobieski]

This current debate is a misdirection. Why? What we are experiencing is not “Radical Islam”, but rather everyday “normal Islam!” Normal Islam is a religious political totalitarian machine of conquest and submission. If we allow ourselves to create a false dichotomy between good Islam and bad Islam, we end up defending Islam itself! Question: Were the normal NAZIs good and the radical NAZIs bad? Were the normal Kamikazes good and the radical Kamikazes bad? Obama, or the demon behind Obama, is brilliant. To be able to lead thinking people down this path is diabolical.

[orchestra]

[Talisker]

In that period, the limpid Christology of the Arian Visigoths had softened up the Iberian peninsula for easy conquest by Moorish Muslims.

Enjoyably written. However "limpid" means clear and unambiguous, not "limp." So in this case, if the Arian Visigoths actually had possessed limpid Christology, the Iberian peninsula would have been a fierce opponent to Islam, and not softened up for easy conquest.

I point this out because it sticks in my mind after I completely misunderstood the word under somewhat important conditions. On the other hand, it's rarely used, so the error is understandable.

[Salvation]

I knew the facts about St. Anthony of Padua but had no idea that St. Francis of Assisi has confronted the Muslims.

St. Francis and St. Anthony pray for us.

[AndyTheBear]

ping to finish reading after work...

[BwanaNdege]

Someone has done his homework!