A Lesson for Pope Francis on Walls and Muslims

[SirLinksALot]

SOURCE: PJ MEDIA

URL: https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/a-lesson-for-pope-francis-on-walls-and-muslims/

"I appeal not to create walls but to build bridges” has long been Pope Francis’s mantra.

Most recently, when asked last Sunday “a question about migration in general and about U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to shut down the southern border with Mexico,” the pope pontificated in platitudes: “Builders of walls,” he said, “be they made of razor wire or bricks, will end up becoming prisoners of the walls they build….  With fear, we will not move forward, with walls, we will remain closed within these walls.”

Less than a week earlier, Pope Francis lectured the mayor of Rome about the need to be more welcoming to Muslim migrants. “Rome,” he declared, “a hospitable city, is called to face this epochal challenge [Muslim migrants demanding entry] in the wake of its noble history; to use its energies to welcome and integrate, to transform tensions and problems into opportunities for meeting and growth.”

“Rome,” he exulted, “city of bridges, never walls!”

The grand irony of all this is that Pope Francis lives in the only state to be surrounded by walls—Vatican City—and most of these bastions were erected to ward off centuries of Islamic invasions.

Most notably, in 846, a Muslim fleet from North Africa consisting of 73 ships and 11,000 Muslims, landed in Ostia near Rome.  Muslim merchants who frequently visited Italy had provided them with precise intelligence that made the raid a success.  Although they were unable to breach the preexisting walls of the Eternal City, they sacked and despoiled the surrounding countryside, including—to the consternation of Christendom—the venerated and centuries-old basilicas of St. Peter and St. Paul.  The Muslim invaders desecrated the tombs of the revered apostles and stripped them of all their treasures.

Pope Leo IV (847-855) responded by building many more walls, including fifteen bastions along the right bank of the Tiber River, the mouth of which was forthwith closed with a chain to protect the sacred sites from further Muslim raids and desecrations.  Completed by 852, the walls were in places 40 feet high and 12 feet thick.

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[jafo2010]

This commie pope is such a hypocrite, he is disgusting.  He lives behind rather tall walls, and his city closes at 11:30PM each day.  As long as the Catholic hierarchy is plagued with active pedophiles, and the church works to protect these predators, I think that the Catholic church should be denied tax exempt status.

For many reasons, I no longer view the Roman Catholic church as a valid church.  Seeing the movie Spotlight was a shock for me, and I would end the tax free status of the church.  The end of the movie indicated I believe 250,000 children have been sexually molested by priests.

An interesting note on the movie, no one left the theater until long after the credits rolled by and were done.  I spoke to the couple that sat behind me, and the husband indicated he was sexually molested as a young boy.  He was sitting there with tears in his eyes when the movie ended. 

I grew up in the Catholic church, but I was never subjected to this abusive behavior.  After seeing the movie, I felt very fortunate.

Until the pope addresses the issues in the church he runs, he should shut the hell up on anything going on in the USA.  If it was not for the USA, him and his cohorts of child abusers would not exist, for Hitler would have dismantled the Catholic church. 

[Absalom]

This commie pope is such a hypocrite, he is disgusting.  He lives behind rather tall walls, and his city closes at 11:30PM each day.  As long as the Catholic hierarchy is plagued with active pedophiles, and the church works to protect these predators, I think that the Catholic church should be denied tax exempt status.
For many reasons, I no longer view the Roman Catholic church as a valid church.  Seeing the movie Spotlight was a shock for me, and I would end the tax free status of the church.  The end of the movie indicated I believe 250,000 children have been sexually molested by priests.
An interesting note on the movie, no one left the theater until long after the credits rolled by and were done.  I spoke to the couple that sat behind me, and the husband indicated he was sexually molested as a young boy.  He was sitting there with tears in his eyes when the movie ended. 
I grew up in the Catholic church, but I was never subjected to this abusive behavior.  After seeing the movie, I felt very fortunate.
Until the pope addresses the issues in the church he runs, he should shut the hell up on anything going on in the USA.  If it was not for the USA, him and his cohorts of child abusers would not exist, for Hitler would have dismantled the Catholic church.

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Hmm............walls, pedophiles and tax exemptions, all in the same rant!!!
A noisy, unhinged and slanderous rant about the Roman Catholic Church.
The great religions throughout history were created/driven by the spiritual; yet their fate
was always in the hands of man; who is flawed from birth and riddled w/shortcomings.
While the current Pope is an example of incoherent performance; this does not detract
from the achievements of the Catholic Church over 2,000 years.
He will be gone soon enough and replaced by another in the mold of Peter.
As well, the door will be closed to the homosexuals, as the Church recovers its eternal
mission and purpose.

[Smokin Joe]

This commie pope is such a hypocrite, he is disgusting.  He lives behind rather tall walls, and his city closes at 11:30PM each day.  As long as the Catholic hierarchy is plagued with active pedophiles, and the church works to protect these predators, I think that the Catholic church should be denied tax exempt status.

For many reasons, I no longer view the Roman Catholic church as a valid church.  Seeing the movie Spotlight was a shock for me, and I would end the tax free status of the church.  The end of the movie indicated I believe 250,000 children have been sexually molested by priests.

An interesting note on the movie, no one left the theater until long after the credits rolled by and were done.  I spoke to the couple that sat behind me, and the husband indicated he was sexually molested as a young boy.  He was sitting there with tears in his eyes when the movie ended. 

I grew up in the Catholic church, but I was never subjected to this abusive behavior.  After seeing the movie, I felt very fortunate.

Until the pope addresses the issues in the church he runs, he should shut the hell up on anything going on in the USA.  If it was not for the USA, him and his cohorts of child abusers would not exist, for Hitler would have dismantled the Catholic church.

Well, the producers of the movie played you like a cheap fiddle, and got just the tune they were looking for.

I, too, grew up in the Catholic Church. I was never approached nor molested. Nor was anyone I knew, nor anyone I had knowledge of.

Funny how well Hollywood types can manipulate you far beyond reality into the little corner they want you in.

In the meantime, the finger pointers (Democrats all, Liberals all, often homosexuals) are burying the stories of their casting room couches, molestations, and even murder, behind a smokescreen of what the 'evil' church is doing.

Typical tactic, and it serves a purpose. After all, the Catholic Church still won't perform homosexual weddings, and still staunchly opposes abortion, and that just pisses the Left off.