[Grem] signs of the Vatican submitting to Islam

Emoke Greschik greschem at gmail.com
2016. Okt. 16., V, 18:38:42 CEST 

* by Giulio Meotti
<https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/author/Giulio+Meotti> October 16, 2016
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   "[Pope Benedict XVI] has doubted publicly that it can be accommodated in
   a pluralistic society... and tempered *(=mérsékelte)* his support for a
   programme of inter-religious dialogue run by Franciscan monks at Assisi. He
   has embraced the view of Italian moderates and conservatives that the
   guiding principle of inter-religious dialogue must be *reciprocitĂ *.
   That is, he finds it naive to permit the building of a Saudi-funded mosque,
   Europe's largest, in Rome, while Muslim countries forbid the construction
   of churches and missions." — Christopher Caldwell, *Financial Times*.
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   In that lecture, Benedict did what in the Islamic world is forbidden:
   freely discussing faith. He said that God is different from Allah.
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   Since then, apologies to the Islamic world have become the official
   Vatican policy. Pope Francis denied that Islam itself is violent and
   claimed that the potential for violence lies within every religion,
   including Catholicism. Previously, Pope Francis said there is "a world war"
   but denied that Islam has any role in it.
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   "It is clear that Muslims have an ultimate goal: conquering the
   world...But we find it hard to recognize this reality and to respond by
   defending the Christian faith (...) I have heard several times an Islamic
   idea: 'what we failed to do with the weapons in the past we are doing today
   with the birth rate and immigration'. The population is changing. If this
   keeps up, in countries like Italy, the majority will be Muslim (...) And
   what is the most important achievement? Rome." — Monsignor Raymond Burke,
   US Catholic leader.

........

On September 12th 2006, Pope Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) ....... was
expected to deliver a lecture
<https://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/it/speeches/2006/september/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060912_university-regensburg.html>
in front of the academic community at the University of Regensburg. .......

.........

In his lecture, Pope Benedict clarified the internal contradictions of
contemporary Islam, but he also offered a terrain of dialogue with
Christianity and Western culture. The Pope spoke of the Jewish, Greek and
Christian roots of Europe's faith, explaining why these are different from
Islamic monotheism.

..........

In that lecture, the Pope did what in the Islamic world is forbidden:
freely discussing faith. He said that God is different from Allah. We never
heard that again.

... the Muslim *umma* [community] ... reacted violently. Even the
international press was unanimous in a chorus of condemnation of the
"Pope's aggression on Islam."

The reaction to Pope's speech proved that he was right. From Muslim leaders
to the *New York Times*
<http://catholicexchange.com/pope-benedict-and-islam-too-deep-for-the-new-york-times>,
everybody demanded the Pope's apologies and submission.  ....... .

In the Palestinian area Christian churches were burned and Christians
targeted. British Islamists
<http://www.standard.co.uk/news/the-pope-must-die-says-muslim-7191047.html>
called to "kill" the Pope, but Benedict defied them
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1529464/Pope-defies-death-threats-to-greet-pilgrims.html>.
At the same time, in Somalia, an Italian nun
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/5353850.stm> was shot. In Iraq, a Syrian
Orthodox priest
<http://www.christiantoday.com/article/worldwide.christian.community.shocked.as.priest.is.beheaded.in.iraq/8023.htm>
was beheaded by al-Qaeda and mutilated after the terrorists demanded that
the Catholic Church to apologize for the speech. The Egyptian Muslim
Brotherhood <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5347876.stm> pledged
retaliations against the Pope. A Pakistani leader, Shahid Shamsi
<http://www.aljazeera.com/archive/2006/09/200849154441682442.html>, accused
the Vatican of supporting "the Zionist entity." Salih Kapusuz
<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/pope-compared-to-hitler-and-mussolini-over-islam-remarks-416123.html>,
number two in the party of the Turkey's then Prime Minister (now President)
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, compared Pope Benedict XVI to Hitler and Mussolini.
The Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
<http://aaj.tv/2006/09/iranian-leader-says-us-israeli-conspiracy-behind-pope-remarks/>,
insisted that the words of the Pope belong to "the chain of US-Israeli
conspiracy," and accused Benedict of being part of the "Crusader
conspiracy."

Security around Pope Benedict was soon massively increased. Two years
later, the Pope had been barred from speaking
<http://chiesa.espresso.repubblica.it/articolo/186421?eng=y> at Rome's most
important university, La Sapienza. After the Regensburg affair, Benedict
would not be the same anymore. Islamists and Western appeasers had been
able to close his mouth.

A few days after the lecture, exhausted and frightened, Pope Benedict
apologized <http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB115862615497066989>. I am deeply
sorry for the reactions in some countries to a few passages of my address
... which were considered offensive to the sensibility of Muslims," the
Pope told pilgrims at his Castelgandolfo summer residence. The quote did
not "in any way express my personal thoughts. I hope this serves to appease
hearts." The Pope may have said that to stop further violence.

But since then, apologies to the Islamic world have become the official
Vatican policy.

........

The Vatican's new agenda seeks "to reach political accommodations with
Islamic states and foreswear forceful public condemnation of Islamist and
jihadist ideology."
.........
The entire Vatican's diplomatic body today carefully avoids the words
"Islam" and "Muslims," and instead embraces a denial that a clash of
civilization exists.........

In May, *Pope Francis explained *that the "idea of conquest
<http://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Pape/Le-pape-Francois-a-La-Croix-Il-faut-integrer-les-migrants-2016-05-16-1200760525>"
is integral to Islam as a religion, but he quickly added that some might
interpret Christianity, the religion of turning the other cheek, in the
same way. "Authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed
to every form of violence," the Pope claimed in 2013
<http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html>.
A year later, Francis declared
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/12/23/pope-francis-muslim-christian-middle-east-christmas/20816259/>
that "Islam is a religion of peace, one which is compatible with respect
for human rights and peaceful coexistence." He claimed that it is the ills
of global economy
<http://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-francis-urges-poles-to-embrace-migrants-on-final-day-of-visit-1469963264>,
and not Islam, that inspire terrorism. And a few days ago, the Pope said
<https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/10/pope-denounces-christians-who-dont-want-muslim-migrants-as-hypocrites>
that "people who call themselves Christians but do not want refugees at
their door are hypocrites."

................
*.... there are brave cardinals who still speak the truth. One is the US
Catholic leader Raymond Burke,* who is featured in a recent interview
<http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/lislam-pericolo-vogliono-sottometterci-armi-e-i-figli-1314051.html>
with the Italian media, in which* he said: *

"It is clear that Muslims have an ultimate goal: conquering the world.
Islam, through the sharia, their law, wants to rule the world and allows
violence against the infidels, such as Christians. But we find it hard to
recognize this reality and to respond by defending the Christian faith
(...) I have heard several times an Islamic idea: 'what we failed to do
with the weapons in the past we are doing today with the birth rate and
immigration'. The population is changing. If this keeps up, in countries
like Italy, the majority will be Muslim (...) Islam realizes itself in the
conquest. And what is the most important achievement? Rome."

*Unfortunately*, *Rome's first bishop, Pope Francis*, *seems deaf and blind
**to these important truths*. It took five days for Benedict XVI to
apologize <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/17/world/europe/17cnd-pope.html>
for his brave lecture. But he opened a decade-long season of the Vatican's
excuses for Islamic terrorism.

........

*Giulio Meotti, Cultural Editor for* Il Foglio,* is an Italian journalist
and author.*

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