Pope Francis -- Into an ice age: 1. “fuels an already out of control global antisemitism” 2. “Inappropriate comments while antisemitism runs rampant in Europe” and around the world
Shortly after the October 7 attacks, hundreds of Jewish leaders and scholars wrote an open letter to Francis, asking the Chuch to unequivocally condemn Hamas’s attacks and to distinguish terrorism from Israel’s war on the group
It took three months for the Pope to respond in a letter that condemned antisemitism, reaffirmed the bond between the Church and Jews and stressed,
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“his heart is torn at the sight of what is happening in the Holy Land, by the power of so much division and so much hatred”
— but failed to mention Hamas
German Catholic theologian Gregor Maria Hoff blasted the Pope’s response,
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“It is not enough to condemn violence without unambiguously identifying the responsible actors”
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Originally Posted by Trojan
I say, No excuse Unfit for the position
I say, clean up your own backyard, First -- All the Church abuse....
