The World Jewish Congress has criticized Pope Benedict XVI for moving Pope Pius XII (his WW2 era predecessor) closer to sainthood. For years now, Pius XII has been vilified as “Hitler’s Pope” by Jewish groups and historians for not doing enough to save European Jewry from the Third Reich.
Pope Benedict XVI has decided to visit Rome’s leading synagogue as a friendly gesture. This is in line with the Vatican’s long established policy of engaging in “interfaith dialogue” (read: appeasement) with the Jewish community. As far as I can tell, the “culture war” that secular Jews are openly waging against Christianity is not a part of this “dialogue.”
The Catholic Church was once a mighty institution. The notion that the Vicar of Christ would ever one day humble himself before the partisans of Barabbas in such a servile manner would have struck previous generations as unthinkable. It is another indicator of how far the balance of power has shifted (away from the “Apollonians,” and toward the “Mercurians”) in the last hundred years.
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“The Catholic Church was once a mighty institution. The notion that the Vicar of Christ would ever one day humble himself before the partisans of Barabbas in such a servile manner would have struck previous generations as unthinkable. ”
Amen.
Do you recall the previous pope JPII apologizing to the Jews and to Muslims (for the Crusades), and kissing a copy of the Qu’ran? Unbelievable. Hell, all he seemed to do in his later years was apologize, apologize, and apologize.
When it comes to the Jews, non-whites, and immigration, the Catholic Church always seems to take one step forward, three steps backward.
Screw the Papists.
Luther had the right idea – http://www.humanitas-international.org/showcase/chronography/documents/luther-jews.htm
” Hell, all he seemed to do in his later years was apologize, apologize, and apologize.”
Who in their right mind would want to join such a weak mealy mouthed Faith where one goes around in sack-cloth and ashes seven days a week!
My hunch is is that Pius 12 will never get to Saint-hood though, the Catholics are too weak to push the issue, but Benedict knows that he needs to ‘move him up the ladder’ a little to keep some of the more extreme Catholics happy… that is all this is in my opinion.
And the Jewish response? Well Hutton Gibson (pbuh) summed up Jewry pretty well a few years ago:
” Is the Jew still actively anti-Christian – He is, for by being a Jew, he is anti everyone else. ”
http://tinyurl.com/yf3wcay
Who in their right mind would want to join such a weak mealy mouthed Faith where one goes around in sack-cloth and ashes seven days a week!
What faith is that, exactly? Sounds like Jainism.
Christianity is a Jewish religion.