What is so great about him? The religion he respresents has done Jews no good, the religion he represents burned at the stake anyone who was not authorized to read their holy text or tranlate it to a vernacular, and once it was read the people found out that it was fiction, so deep was this obscurantism that the depth of its falsehood is still being discovered by scholars today.

Benito Mussolini, Adolph Hitler and Francisco Franco were all baptized Roman Catholics.

Congrats everyone, Israel [and her wonderful Defenders] has succeeded in turning back Herzl's/Ben Gurion's wonderful Zionist dream. From these talkbacks, and in several other articles, I read a free country that has turned into a fearful shtetl. It reminds me of a scene from "Fiddler on the Roof" and their small minded thinking. The Pope, whether you agree with Roman Catholicism or not, is the leader of one of the largest Christian denominations on earth. As such he deserves respect and treated with hospitality. Israel, the Holy Land- Eretz haKodesh is blessed/cursed with thousands of years of religious and secular history for many different religious groups and beliefs, not just Judaism. We are blessed/cursed [for some] to have the responsibility to safeguard all the Holy sites and extend hospitality to those who come on their various pilgrimages. Step out of your mental ghetto, Bob Marley sang it, only you can free your minds. Be free Jews in a Jewish homeland standing as equals to all.

blather blather blather pope pope pope bla bla bla - journos and elites once again enjoy their own mental space

than chrismas ! "free jews" ... thank's to Who ? and "jew" at all ? you're light years away from getting it ! wake up baby ! Pessah CASHER & Sameach !! (Pessah = 'the Jump' &/or the 'Mouth Speaking', Pe Sach, wonder why and start learning YOUR identity, not Bob's)

the current pope is number 7 of their little kingdom. The 6th is Soon to show up as the son of perdition. You'll get it when it happens, don't worry.