just because one representative of the vatican expresses his thoughts about israel doesn't mean the vatican is pronouncing "israel is untrustworthy." c'mon, have some journalistic integrity.

Amen brother. You speak the truth about these deceitful Israeli's. Their is a fine line between self preservation and selfishness.

For two thousand years Jews were killed by followers of the vatican,forced baptisms,forced conversions,torture,humiliation,ghettos, pogroms,destruction of our places of worship,our holy places,stealing our right as the chosen people.Burning our holy books.The list goes on and on. We should never had diplomatic relations with the vatican. The victims should never seek to be friends with the oppressors of his people.

"Their" or "there?" At least those "deceitful Israelis" can spell.

firstly it is more concerned with making agreements with human Governments, then it is with God. Second it is exercising too much 'faith' in promises of earthling man then the promises of God. Thirdly if you take all the pomp and grandeur and power the church has had and exercised over the centuries and measure it alongside Jesus of Nazerath, who refused all the Kingdoms of the world that was offered to him, well you get 'a deficiency in the weighing up of this organization."Come out of her my people' is the call of God, he still has some of his own in her but it is time to come out.

And pray tell me how are Catholics treated in Saudi Arabia? No complaints there are there? Maybe some of the pope's early teachings in the Nazi Youth groups haven't worn off much as the Pope has tried to distance himself from those days. Anyway it's easy to bash Israel and all the antisemites will come to the fore.

This coming from a man who represents the most bloody religion in history.A religion that has slaughtered millions in the name of "Jesus Christ". These self appointed hypocrites, who purpose to represent G-D, should be kicked out of the holy land & stay in that corrupt money & power hungry vatican.

Bad relations with the vatican? excellent, why have good relations with the whores of Rome. Israel should grant the vatican no quarter. I wouldnt even talk with them till they return every one of our Temples artifacts that they hold.

..let alone the maltreatment of the people from other religions !!!!!!

and can be spelled also from their and there

The Book of Revelation defines the Dragon as Satan. And the Dragon is angry with those who keep GOD's Commandments and those who brought the WORD of GOD to the world. Since the Dark Ages we see the emergence of the Antichrists. They ravaged GOD's people during the Dark Ages. And again, they were in cahoots in committing the atrocities of the Holocaust in WWII, and they continue to fuel the spirit of Antisemitism. Israel should say NO to the dark forces and keep her distance from them. The Holy Land is NOT a place of contaminations by the dark forces.

He needs to refocus on what the Church seems to really be about --- go find some children to molest QED

Article begins: "Archbishop Pietro Sambi lashed out at Israel......" He said: ''Everyone can see what kind of trust you can give to Israel's promises,'' A more proper reading of this statement would be: ''Everyone can see what kind of trust you can give to THE JEW'S promises...'' Father Giuseppe Oreglia, one of founders Vatican journal Civilta cattolica wrote: "The Jews --- eternal insolent children, obstinate, dirty, thieves, liars, ignoramuses, pests and the scourge of those near and far --- ... immediately abused [their new found freedom] to interfere with that of others." Civilta cattolica came to be regarded as the unofficial voice of the Pope himself. This is historic Catholic Church doctrine.

then maybe we'll talk.

what do you expect when you have a nazi pope?

We have heard this at least since the Middle Ages about "untrustworthiness" This Vatican official is still speaking the language of "the blood libel" and of Jews as "usurers" and "moneylenders" When he says that Israel cannot be trusted, what he really means to say is that "Jews cannot be trusted." In these current times of our, what with this idiot's stance, and Iran's statements of "wiping Israel off the Map," not to mention the blatant anti-Semitism of the UN and the EU, it is important for us Jews in the Diaspora to always remember that Israel is first and foremost a Jewish State; our eternal homeland. I hope Olmert remembers this in Annapolis.

Anti-Semitism is truly a mental disease. At the time when RC C is facing a complete loss of influence in Europe, the very cradle of Christianity, to Islam, the destruction of the Jewish state takes for them a much higher priority over their very survival. RCC would rather see Muslims control the Holy Land than the Jews. Muslims now stand poised to take control of Europe and turn St. Peters into a mosque and the anti-Semites of the Vatican still want to humiliate Jesus' and Mary's kin to prove to themselves the legitimacy of their religion. The RC Church is beyond redemption and they deserve to lose, even if Islam doesn't deserve to win.

stuff out of the Vatican's basement. While I bet you're a full time Israel basher who never did a day's worth of decent research, I bet you have no problems calling Catholics infidels in your spare time. "Bart" I don't know why that name sounds to Arab to me. They must dub the Simpsons.

an agreement till ratified by a democratic institution like the Kinesset. Don't try and explain this to the Pope, the leader of the worlds largest, freeist, democratically elected institution. What a bunch of cry babies. All my Catholic friends and newer ones I meet every day have had it with their own church for different reasons. These guys have don't everything to curry favor with the Muslims due to Vatican investments. Back in the "70's the church lost its 5 star credit rating over Arab investments. Pope John the 23rd was one of the few honest popes that took is responsibility to the Jews seriously regardless of the vatican powers to be. Hey, Vatican:speak up about our temple the Muslims built their dome one. Got guts to help us with that? NOW if we can only figure out where they are going to build a Mosque next and give that land to the Church.

This coming from the Catholic church is a joke, they have more blood on their hands than you shake a stick at! Judgement is coming from almighty God, and a history of cursing Jews is not a good position to be in!

I wonder how many dead Jews this "church" is resoponsible for? Does anyone know? The pope is the anti christ, a killer of Jews, and has no roots in the holy land other than the disaster called Rome. This "church' is responsible for many Jewish lives beginning with Jesus. Even St. Peters Square is the site of another crucifixion, that of Peter. This pope, a former Nazi, carries with him a history one can't ignore. I've read the vulgate bible. They changed the words in the 10 commandments!!. This pope represents the last in the line of a truly evil empire. Let him go to hell.

Can't spell 'there' and displays this ignorance to all. Deciet? Rome first mastered this, the pope is the anti Christ, rome and their 'church' all prophecied about in the New testament. More Jews died due to the 'empire' of Rome ( which became the 'church' after the followers of Jesus were routinely used for the "lions and the Christians' matches in the colisuem rome built by sacking Solomons temple in Jerusalem.) Of course, if you are for pedophiles, bank scandals, murdering those who would not bown down to false gods, support them and call it a 'religion'., you will still defend this atrociety called catholicism. Take all from them as they did to the Jews. Then, tell the pope to go to hell.

EXCUSE ME BUT, THIS POSTER WHO CAN'T SPELL REMINDS ME OF MANY CATHOLICS. CAN'T SPELL, CAN'T THINK, CAN'T ENJOY JEWS FOR THE BIGOTRY, IGNORANCE, AND ANTI SEMITISM THAT GROWS IN THE 'CATHOLIC CHURCH'. NOT TO MENTION, PEDOPHILIA, BANK SCANDALS, RAPES OF BOTH MIND AND BODY CALLED A 'RELIGION'. I'VE READ PARTS OF THE VULGATE BIBLE, THE 10 COMMANDMENTS WERE CHANGED FOR THESE PEDOPHILES AND THOSE WHO CALL THEMSELVES 'CATHOLICS'. A TRUE BLASPHEMY TO THE WORDS WRITTEN BY G-D TO THE ISRAELITES. 666 DESCRIBES THE POPE TO A TEE. LET THE POPE GO TO HELL.

tHEY CAN'T MAKE US ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE CHOSEN PEOPLE, G-D SAID IT, AND NO POPE OR HIS MIONIONS CAN CHANGE G-DS LOVE FOR THE CHOSEN PEOPLE.

Yes to everything you said. However, no one can change what G-d has decreed. We are the chosen people no matter what an old nazi called the pope says. I hope Israel throws the bums out and tells them to go to hell.