My latest in PJ Media:
In his new encyclical Fratelli Tutti, the Woke Pope casts aside 2,000 years of unbroken tradition and declares: “Today we state clearly that ‘the death penalty is inadmissible’ and the Church is firmly committed to calling for its abolition worldwide.” That’s just great, but there’s one little catch. In the encyclical he cites and praises al-Azhar’s Grand Sheikh Ahmad al-Tayyeb, who has declared: “The four schools of law all concur that apostasy is a crime, that an apostate should be asked to repent, and that if he does not, he should be killed.” Apparently Pope Francis now subscribes to the idea of the death penalty for thee, but not for me, all in the name of “dialogue.”As you might expect with Pope Francis, it gets even worse. ChurchMilitant notes that in the new encyclical, al-Tayyeb is very much the star of the show; he is mentioned five times, including this: “I have felt particularly encouraged by the Grand Imam Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, with whom I met in Abu Dhabi, where we declared that ‘God has created all human beings equal in rights, duties and dignity, and has called them to live together as brothers and sisters.’”
Francis was referring to the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together that Francis and al-Tayyeb signed. Both that document and the new encyclical are as filled with falsehoods and wishful thinking as one would expect coming from a practiced deceiver such as al-Tayyeb and someone so eager to be deceived as the Pope.
What does al-Tayyeb really think about the equality and dignity of all human beings? In a 2016 interview, al-Tayyeb said that “We should be aware that the concepts of human rights are full of ticking time bombs.” In a 2019 interview, the grand imam elaborated: “Is equality an absolute principle or a limited principle? We can see that the Islamic notion of equality is limited. However, the Western notion of equality is, I’m very sad to say, absolute. It has destroyed – or has strived to destroy – many of the values that are more vital for the stability of people’s lives. If we examine the Western notion of equality… As a researcher I have the right to say that in my opinion this notion is false.”
There is much more. Read the rest here.
mortimer says
Confused old Pope Francis. He doesn’t care what the facts are … full speed ahead, guided by his hunches, whims, guesses, wishful thinking and warm, snuggly kumbaya singing.
How can those Muslims not get all SQUISHY inside, and then COMPLETELY FORGET the JIHAD VERSES in the Koran???
The Koran’s 164 Jihad Verses: K 2:178-179, 190-191, 193-194, 216-218, 244; 3:121-126, 140-143, 146, 152-158, 165-167,169, 172-173, 195; 4:71-72, 74-077, 84, 89-91, 94-95,100-104; 5:33, 35, 82; 8:1, 5, 7, 9-10, 12, 15-17, 39-48, 57-60, 65-75; 9:5, 12-14, 16, 19-20, 24-26, 29, 36, 38-39, 41, 44, 52, 73, 81, 83, 86, 88, 92, 111, 120, 122-123; 16:110; 22:39, 58, 78; 24:53, 55; 25:52; 29:6, 69; 33:15, 18, 20, 23, 25-27, 50; 42:39; 47:4, 20, 35; 48:15-24; 49:15; 59:2, 5-8, 14; 60:9; 61:4, 11, 13; 63:4; 64:14; 66:9; 73:20; 76:8.
Pope Francis thinks it’s only a matter of time for his CHARM OFFENSIVE to work on the Muslims!
It won’t beat Allah’s eternal words, though .How can the pope be so dense?
Sam says
Jihad is the Arabic word which means struggle, effort, hard work , fight in self defense, try to achieve etc.
All the quraanic verses that you mentioned in your comment above are applicable only and only of a condition that is the same as the condition that called for issuing the verses you mentioned above, just similar to the British law system which does not have a written constitution(you can do a minor research to understand the similarity between the British law system and the Islamic sharpish law specially in regards to jihad) .
The Catholic pope is a decent human who is trying to promote peace in this ugly hateful world that people like you are destroying (Venezuela, Iraq, Libya, Syria, N.korea, Agghanistan) etc etc etc….
The shoe that’s in the pipes feet is holier and cleaner than you and the crimes you keep promoting using your ugly and deceptive propaganda and lies.
Money and oil should not be your God.
Ecosse1314 says
Sam you obviously have an extremely limited knowledge of Islam and history in general.
I only need to ask you one question. Why do so many muslims not agree with your cuddly and woolly understanding of jihad?
FYI says
Who knew ‘jihad’ was an Arabic word?We here at JW thought it was Greek.
The ‘oh you don’t know Arabic’ trick { oh you don’t understand the meaning of the word ‘jihad’} is a trick that doesn’t work any more thanks to the internet and Arabic speakers{atheists,Christian,ex-muslim}.I have Arabic speaking relatives{not arabs: one used even collect Classical Arabic manuscripts} who laugh at this Arabic nonsense muslims go on with.
I’m sure you know allah’s ‘perfect’ koran is riddled with grammatical errors in the Arabic itself.
The catholic pope isn’t actually a catholic{what with all the 7 heresies and all}gets praise from his muslim friends but muslims know less about catholicism than they do about their islam.Many catholics do not regard francis as ‘a decent human being’ let lone see him as competent enough to be a pontiff.
Speaking of shoes:didn’t muslims go on the rampage once because some nike sneakers looked like the word ‘allah’ was written on their soles?They are so easily triggered.
Shoes have soles:islam has lost souls.
Now i’m off for some exercise or as I call it a ‘Health Jihad’ because Jihad is a completely innocent word isn’t it and it and has no connection with violent terrorism.
It would be ‘islamophobic’ hate speech to say that.
JimJFox says
We’ve had all this taqiyya before, Sam so don’t waste your time with islamic bullshitting.
world@70 says
So True! Polishing a turd does not make it any cleaner.
gravenimage says
“Sam” wrote:
Jihad is the Arabic word which means struggle, effort, hard work , fight in self defense, try to achieve etc.
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We’ve certainly heard *this* crap before. But of course the use of the term Jihad in the Qur’an and other canonical texts of Islam virtually always refer to violence against Infidels, *not* hard work.
And note that pious Muslims consider murdering peaceful Infidels to be “self defense”, merely because no non-Muslims are allowed to live free of the Muslim heel.
More:
All the quraanic verses that you mentioned in your comment above are applicable only and only of a condition that is the same as the condition that called for issuing the verses you mentioned above, just similar to the British law system which does not have a written constitution(you can do a minor research to understand the similarity between the British law system and the Islamic sharpish law specially in regards to jihad) .
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The “condition” for these Qur’anic verses are in most cases just the existence of Infidels who have not submitted to Islam.
The idea that British law persecutes and murders all non-British people is *utterly* false.
And what does civilized British law have in common with the horrors of Shari’ah? British law does not amputate the hands of petty thieves, flog those who tale a sip of alcohol, murder apostates, and stone rape victims to death.
And there is *no* Jihad in British law. How can “Sam” here think we don’t know this?
More:
The Catholic pope is a decent human who is trying to promote peace in this ugly hateful world that people like you are destroying (Venezuela, Iraq, Libya, Syria, N.korea, Agghanistan) etc etc etc….
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How is praising an Imam who preaches the death penalty for those who dare to leave Islam “decent”? This murderous crushing of freedom of conscience is appalling.
And Venezuela and North Korea have been destroyed by their own imposition of Communism–it is not the free West that has imposed Communism. Then, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan have been ruined by the horrors of Islam–again, it is not the West that imposed Islam on these places. In fact, some, like Afghanistan would be even worse if not for some lingering trace of Western influence. Under the Taliban, Muslims there were stoning women to death.
But this is probably what “Sam” wants to see return here.
More:
The shoe that’s in the pipes feet is holier and cleaner than you and the crimes you keep promoting using your ugly and deceptive propaganda and lies.
Money and oil should not be your God.
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How is standing against murdering apostates and the other horrors of Jihad and Shari’ah “crimes”?
And how is standing against these atrocities indicative of worshipping money? What claptrap. “Sam” just hates good people standing up against the savagery of his foul creed, and has to pretend that this is not moral. Just disgusting–but hardly surprising given his posting history here.
Ecosse1314 says
Well said GI. Sam seems to be unaware that the”personal jihad” they like to fool us with is from the 11th/12thcentury and even muslims regard it as unauthentic(unless they can use it as taqiyya)
gravenimage says
Thanks, Ecosse.
“Sam” is a regular apologist for Islam. I think he knows this–he just hopes that we *don’t*.
mortimer says
Pope Francis declares that the death penalty is inadmissible! But will Muslims listen to the king of the DIRTY KUFAAR? Francis doesn’t get that bit.
Allah is superior to everyone and to the divine Christ of Christianity … ALLAHU AKBAR! The pope is deaf to what that means.
Thousands of Christians are murdered by Muslims in jihadic activity every year. Muslims feel thrilled to do so. They will be reward beyond our dreams by Allah for the murders … or so they think. Francis doesn’t get that either.
The only people today who should unquestioningly receive the death penalty are those who shout, ‘WE LOVE DEATH’ … the jihadic terrorists.
They want death? Let us introduce all the Muslim terrorists to the public hangman.
No Muzzies Here says
The pope is a disgrace. As a good communist, he is able to hold two mutually exclusive thoughts in his mind and the same time.
maria says
Agree. How could the cardinals elect him? He is both communist and pro islam,
How can the catholics accept him??
Ecosse1314 says
Most RCs are aware that we can have incompetent ,stupid and even heretical popes. Or all three as in the present incumbent. Popes are a bit like buses if you get a bad one you know there will be another one arriving shortly.
nicholas tesdorf says
Please don’t make the mistake of expecting to get any sense out of the statements of old Pope Francis. He is not interested in logical thought processes but follows the Islamic principle of mutually exclusive beliefs.
James Lincoln says
No Muzzies Here and nicholas tesdorf,
And here I thought that holding “mutually exclusive beliefs” caused unbearable cognitive dissonance…
Rufolino says
To Francis, cognitive dissonance is far from unbearable.
Not surprising, the Roman Catholic Church is full to overflowing with cognitive dissonances, which aren’t exceptions, they are the norm. Francis is accustomed to them.
Belief in a religion often appears to license cognitive dissonance.
GreekEmpress says
He has also gone against the church’s own doctrine that violence (war) is admissible in a case of self defense, as it is “too broadly used”.
gravenimage says
Pope Condemns Death Penalty While Praising Pro-Death Penalty Imam
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So is it only the death penalty for murder that is wrong, but slaughtering apostates from Islam is fine? Does the Pontiff even pay attention to what he is saying?
Wellington says
Over seven and a half years since Benedict XVI abdicated for health reasons and yet he is still living. Hmmm.
Something’s rotten in the Vatican. Time out of joint. Not right all around. Wrong people at the helm all over the West, not least being the present occupant of the throne of St. Peter.
Meanwhile, the worst religion of all time continues to make traction, even apologized for by the pontifex maximus. I sense a dawning of a new dark age. Hope I’m wrong but then hope, as Emily Dickinson wrote, is a subtle glutton.
Things not right; this much I know. What to do I don’t really know other than better to go down fighting than to merely exist submitting.
Sorry for the stream of consciousness progression but this is the best I can do right now.
Mauricio says
That’s fine, Wellington, that’s fine.
Vyx says
I agree with what you’ve said above.
However, I think that there’s another point you’ve missed. I think Francis is courting islam in the hope that islam and Catholicism merge and he is placed as the one in power. “Chrislam.”
And don’t forget… if islam merges with Catholicism, there’s lots and lots of Middle Eastern money that will, in theory, flow into the Vatican.
curious george says
Vyx,
The world is heading, may I say, at an accelerated rate towards a One World Government and a One World Religion.
How the One World Religion plays out is a mystery. However, what I find most interesting, is how poorly women are treated in Islam, and yet, in the Qur’an there is an entire chapter devoted to the Biblical Mary, the woman who gave birth to Yeshua HaMashiach.
Could the worship of Mary, in Islam and the Roman Catholic Church, be something that facilitates an alliance between them, an alliance from which the One World Religion is birthed?
“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”
– Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Ecosse1314 says
Sigh… RCs do not worship Mary. We venerate her as the Mother of Jesus and ask for her intercession. No question of worshipping her as part of the Trinity.
Equally Mussies do not worship Mary and would affect their strict monotheism
gravenimage says
Spot on, Ecosse.
curious george says
Ecosse1314 & gravenimage,
Replace the word “worship” with any word that you are comfortable with, I stand by the rest of my comments.
Ecosse1314 says
Cg. It is not for me to replace the words you wrote. You are wrong and a simple check of Catholicism and indeed Islam would prove you hopelessly wrong.
gravenimage says
curious george, with all respect, the idea that Catholics worship Mary is simply mistaken.
curious george says
Ecosse1314
I was responding to the comment made by Vyx.
As I stated at the beginning of my comments; “How the One World Religion plays out is a mystery.” It appears that the word “worship” distracted you from my primary point… that a One World Religion is coming.
Frankly, I couldn’t care less about what Catholics believe or don’t believe about Mary. The hostility directed toward my use of the word “worship” was most certainly uncalled for, but not unexpected. Frankly, it’s a reaction one would expect from a devout Muslim, not someone claiming to be a Roman Catholic Christian.
The issue that I was addressing is a FUTURE EVENT, a One World Religion and HOW that might come about. Islam claims approximately 1.9 billion adherents and the Roman Catholic Church, somewhere around 1.2 billion, or approximately 41% of the World’s population.
It seems logical, considering the numbers, that these two religions will play a major role in the coming One World Religion. So, the question is; what could possibly bridge the divide between the two religions? What do they have in common that they can agree on? Might it be Mary?
How Mary can be a bridge between Christians and Muslims
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/05/11/how-mary-can-be-bridge-between-christians-and-muslims
Why Millions of Muslims are Seeing Apparitions of the Mother Mary…
https://www.tldm.org/news22/whymillionsofmuslimsareseeingapparitionsofthemothermary.htm
Ecosse1314 says
Now you are being ridiculous. You make a claim, wholly unsubstantiated, about a religion which you admit you couldn’t care less about. When I point out you are wrong you claim I am a devout moslem and hostile to you…sheeeeesh.
I suggest you grow up a bit and take your conspiracy theories with you.
I don’t suppose it has occurred to you that a one world religion would just lead to schisms and terrorist activities that would make the reformation look like a tea party.
curious george says
Ecosse1314
The One World Religion
https://christinprophecy.org/articles/the-one-world-religion/
What is the one-world religion described in Revelation? What will be the one-world religion of the end times?
https://www.compellingtruth.org/one-world-religion.html
What will be the end times, one-world religion?
https://www.gotquestions.org/one-world-religion.html
Walter Sieruk says
Pope Francis is a walking contradiction . His words and actions make me remember to be glad that I’m a Protestant.
gravenimage says
Alas, Walter, there are Protestant clerics who are dhimmis, as well.
Walter Sieruk says
Yes, for example, there is the pastor Rick Warren who is a toll of the imams . Waren even spoke at the ISNA praising Islam . I totally refuse to have anything to you with him . Likewise. at my home church I people,who are willing to listen what an awful man warren is .
The point is pastor Warren , as despicable as he is . isn’t the leader and head of all Protestantism . Sadly, pope Francis is the official leader and head of Roman Catholicism.
curious george says
Walter Sieruk says,
The point is pastor Warren , as despicable as he is . isn’t the leader and head of all Protestantism . Sadly, pope Francis is the official leader and head of Roman Catholicism.
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Valid point Walter. The Roman Catholic Church, unlike any other Christian Denomination, does have tremendous influence around the World.
“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.”
– Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)
gravenimage says
True, Walter. We’ve also seen dhimmitude from the Archbishop of Canterbury and high-ranking Lutheran Bishops and others.
curious george says
The Church of England Chooses Extremist Islam
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4882/church-england-extremist-islam
Vladimir says
The theological trajectory of the Vatican for quite some time has all but ensured the spiritual demoralization of the Western world, Francis is just the latest iteration of the overall problem. And in the face of a resurgent and very active Islam, this could be nothing less than fatal for the Western world, followers of the Papacy made into Dhimmis by the influence of modernist Popes…
James Lincoln says
Vladimir,
The Pope certainly has influence regarding the parishioners of the Roman Catholic Church, but it may be less than one may think.
I know many Roman Catholics who are devout Christians who disagree with the political beliefs / objectives of Pope Francis. They may still remain Roman Catholics and attend mass, etc., but do not support the Pope.
Others simply leave the church and practice their Christian faith elsewhere. The Greek Orthodox Church seems to be a popular choice. Many others go the Evangelical route…
gravenimage says
+1
Brando says
As a REDPILLER/BLACKPILLER and Agnostic and Libertarian when the KORAN says Mohammed is in today’s Torah and Gospel in chapter 7:157, it is false. This is the MINIMALIST argument:
1.For argument’s sake, let’s say the Muslim claim is true: the “Prophet like Moses” in DEUT is about an ARAB, that JESUS says the PARACLETE in JOHN is about a MAN and not a spirit, that SONG of SONGS gives the name of Mohammed in the phrase:”He is Muhamadim/altogether beautiful”,etc.
2.ALL the NT scholars who are atheists,deists,non-Christian theists, agnostics agree the HISTORICAL Jesus was a Religious Jew who considered the LAW of MOISES to be the LAW of GOD.
3.At Most the HISTORICAL Jesus would approve of POLYGAMY, and the HISTORICAL Jesus would condemn ADULTERY and FORNICATION.
4.But the KORAN in like 5 passages: asserts a MARRIED MAN can sleep with his wife, and also with a woman to who is NOT MARRIED (but who is his slave).
THE PROBLEM IS THIS
All the NT scholars who are atheists, agnostics,deists,theists will affirm:the HISTORICAL Jesus would Never Have Accepted as an Authentic Prophet
a man who would have proclaimed that a MARRIED MAN can sleep with his wife, and also with a woman to who is NOT MARRIED (but who is his slave).
For the HISTORICAL Jesus:
1.Mohammed would be guilty of preaching ADULTERY ( since a Married Man is sleeping with a woman to who he is Not Married).
2.And approving FORNICATION (in the case of the UNMARRIED girl who is his slave).
3.And granting that the OT and Jesus in the Gospels prophesize about a Prophet to Come after Jesus called Mohammed who would be an Arab: it would be about ANOTHER Mohammed, not the one in the KORAN.
So ISLAM is FALSE by its Own Standards.
somehistory says
If Jesus Christ came to earth today, as a Perfect Man, the same as He did over 2000 years ago, He would preach the same Truths as He taught then.
And He would be telling what happens to liars and those who teach the devil’s doctrines, rape children, murder innocent ones and commit the worst blasphemy.
This pope would condemn Him for not bending over backward to accept islam, and welcome moslims in to “steal, kill and destroy.” This creep who calls himself a ‘ “shepherd of God’s flock,” would criticize Jesus Christ as he does those who attempt to follow Jesus’ commands, and “hate what is bad.”.
And the imama of whom the pope is so fond as to do the kissy-face thing and brag about how wonderful he is, would put out an order to have someone murder our Lord in the most horrific way possible.. The reason: because Jesus told the Truth about satan and He would do so again. Jesus would call out the devil’s “children” as He diid before and He would be clear that this includes those of whom the pop is so fond….and He would point out the evil works of this pope… and condemn them.As Jesus said then, He would say now:
“You are from your father the devil and you wish to do the desires of your father (John 8).”
Brando says
Jesus in the 4 biographies about him ( Mark,Luke,Matthew and John) says many phrases,but the one I like a lot and is advice for the Pope is:
““Behold, I send you out as SHEEP among WOLVES.
Therefore be CUNNING/SLY as SNAKES and as INNOCENT as DOVES.” ( MATT 10:16 )
Today we would: be as CUNNING as a FOX and as INNOCENT as a DOVE, it means:
Be GOOD but do Not Be STUPID.
James Lincoln says
Brando says,
“Be GOOD but do Not Be STUPID.”
Exactly!
curious george says
Amen.
A thought provoking comment.
And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them
Luke 21:7-8
Notice, when Yeshua HaMashiach answered the question, His first warning was, “heed that ye be not deceived.”
Sadly, too many of us do not know “why we believe, what we believe.”
gravenimage says
+1
somehistory says
In my opinion, this pope has no intention or thoughts of being “good” or “smart.” This fraud just wants to bow to moslims…even when it is obvious that they disagree with him…and he panders to them at every opportunity.
Given his position on the world stage, he has plenty of opportunity. He could make an attempt to be spiritually right for a change, but I don’t think he even knows how, if he cared to be so.
There are many of the things that Jesus said that one could say directly to the ope, but it would all go right over his head. He amy read the Scriptures, but he has no true understanding, and twists those that he might learn to apply, if he chose.
My daughter was reading lost and found ads today. She read about a lost dog that the owner didn’t want returned. The dog was said to not like blond children or adult twins…or this current pope. For the last part, I say, “good dog.”
OLD GUY says
For us tiny people who don’t count for much when it comes to Church leadership, and political leaders there’s not a hell of a lot we can do to change the direction of the people in power. Yes we can vote some of them out of office if one can get enough of the sheep to pay attention and vote. Don’t hold your breath.
These people in power know that the mass of populations are not paying attention to the direction the world ruling class is headed. The only thing blocking the one world order is America with its second amendment, right to bare arms. So their plan is too slowly change the population of America through migration.
curious george says
OLD GUY,
Valid points.
As I posted earlier; Sadly, too many of us do not know “why we believe, what we believe.”
Too many of us are frogs in the pot. The bad guys, primarily through social media and “data mining” know how we will react in any given situation, unfortunately, it’s almost always emotional, not rational. Notice, I said “react” not respond, there is a difference.
I agree, the USA is the last bastion of freedom.
“The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.”
– Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
Carolyne says
Those two pictured above should get a room and leave the rest of us alone.
hellenback7 says
I read the article on Charles de Foucault and was struck with the similar tone deafness on display in these two pieces.
Francis’ mind seems at war with itself, as he embraces the death penalty loving Imam of “the religion of peace”, after attempting to change his own religion to ban the same penalty.
And as for Foucault’s canonization? It seems the Pope is again confused about or is unaware of Foucault’s honest and open assessment of Islam, which was expressed in letters to those he trusted to not cut off his head for stating what he truly thought and experienced in life.
This link is to a good summation of the truth as to what Foucault believed re Islam and how he died: (I doubt it will be included in the canonization ceremony!)
https://www.crisismagazine.com/2014/victim-jihad-life-death-charles-de-foucauld
I also wonder how Francis’ command that we need to “obey the UN” is squared with his decrying one of their main population control methods as akin to “hiring a Sicario (HITMAN) to solve a problem”.
Pope Francis on Abortion:
https://youtu.be/D24jD6k8GGE
Pardon the Native American cultural appropriation in thus statement but….Methinks the white man speaks with forked tongue! (or “the man in white”, if you prefer).