Pope Francis: Christianity And Islam The Same
Pope Francis is
now conceding Europe to Islam.
Speaking to the French newspaper La
Croix this week,
Francis equated Christianity to Islam, saying they both believed in conquest.
Francis said, “It is true that the idea
of conquest is inherent in the soul of Islam. However, it is also possible to
interpret the objective in Matthew’s Gospel, where Jesus sends his disciples to
all nations, in terms of the same idea of conquest.”
Of course, Jesus didn’t exactly tell his disciples
to kill the infidels, but let’s not get picky.
Francis has been ignoring the practical realities
of Europe absorbing thousands of Muslim migrants for some time; just recently,
in April, he visited the Greek isle of Lesbos, then returned to Rome with a
dozen Syrian refugees. He pontificated in Lesbos, “May all of our brothers and sisters on this continent, like the good
Samaritan, come to your aid in the spirit of fraternity, solidarity and respect
for human dignity,”
In the interview, Francis ignored the threat posed
by the massive influx of migrants, intoning:
When I hear talk
of the Christian roots of Europe, I sometimes dread the tone, which can seem
triumphalist or even vengeful. It then takes on colonialist overtones
… Yes, Europe has Christian roots and it is Christianity’s responsibility
to water those roots. But this must be done in a spirit of service as in the
washing of the feet. Christianity’s duty to Europe is one of service. As Erich
Przywara, the great master of Romano Guardini and Hans Urs von Balthasar,
teaches us, Christianity’s contribution to a culture is that of Christ in the
washing of the feet. In other words, service and the gift of life. It must not
become a colonial enterprise.
Francis’ denial of Christianity’s mission to
actively evangelize, albeit peacefully, is a betrayal of Christianity’s
mission, and fits comfortably with his efforts to emasculate the faith,
substituting the centrality of class warfare for moral rectitude and strength.
Sure enough, instead of blaming the massacre of Christians by Muslims on
anything connected with the Islamic faith, Francis utilized the time-honored
leftist mantra of crime being precipitated by poverty: "In Brussels, the terrorists were Belgians, children of migrants,
but they grew up in a ghetto.”
POPE FRANCIS, EXPLAINING
AWAY ISLAMIC MURDERERS
Asked what
caused Islamic fanaticism, Francis doubled down on his perspective that
poverty, not religion, caused the barbaric Islamic attacks, then segued into
his usual condemnation of the free market system:
The
initial problems are the wars in the Middle East and in Africa as well as the
underdevelopment of the African continent, which causes hunger. If there are
wars, it is because there exist arms manufacturers – which can be justified for
defensive purposes – and above all arms traffickers. If there is so much
unemployment, it is because of a lack of investment capable of providing
employment, of which Africa has such a great need. More generally, this raises
the question of a world economic system that has descended into the idolatry of
money. The great majority of humanity’s wealth has fallen into the hands of a
minority of the population. A completely free market does not work. Markets in
themselves are good but they also require a fulcrum, a third party, or a state
to monitor and balance them. In other words, [what is needed is] a social
market economy.
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