Opinion  Giulio Meotti
Vatican’s twisted priorities
Giulio Meotti
Published: 16.03.12, 14:26
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61. I am Christian and feel shame on Vatican too...
Anna M Sedda ,   Rome-Italy   (03.16.12)
62. catholics
spookey ,   birmingham uk   (03.16.12)
to shuan usa henry the eighth of england, wanted a divorce from ann of cleeves his german wife , england then was roman catholic but the pope was having none of it , henry was furious so he , invented his own relegion the church of england which became the protestant relegion to protest this suited henry because he could then out law the catholics and grab there wealth which he did and since then england been church of england you can not become priminster if you are catholic no member of the royal family can marry catholic in fact the catholic relegion is a foreign relegion because it is the church of rome and the vaticon is a country in its own right good old henry died at 56 that was a great age in the 15 centry , he was a giant of a man over 6 ft tall the average height was about 4 ft he died of the pox
63. Catholics dyingout in Europe
Rachel ,   Boston   (03.16.12)
This is the real reason for the suck up. Catholics think it will be easier to convert muslims than Jews. Good luck with that. As an ex Catholic ( converted to the original faith, Judaism) I agree that Catholicism in this form is not Xtian. Any belief that damns a group of people in perpetuity is worth of being called a faith
64. #53 Daoud - You know you speak nonsense
Carl ,   USA   (03.16.12)
Palestinian MUSLIMS terrorise Christians, blackmail them and force them out of their own holy city of Bethlehem. Only under Israeli authority have all faiths had the freedom to worship at their holy sites, not under the jackboot of Jordanian occupation.
65. the Church says God has changed His mind about chosen people
Do they hear God?   (03.16.12)
wow! if they hear God, and they heard him say that he changed His mind they better start thinking to convert to Islam. Moslems, too say that they heard God said He didn't like Jews anymore and they say God said that now He has decided that Moselms are the chosen people. they also say the "old tastement" and the "new tastement" are not valid anymore and only the "Final tastement" meaning Quran is right. the only problem with Church and Moselms hearing God is that they say God keeps telling them to kill others and behead others and torture others and burn others at the stake in order to make them God-beleiving good people. 2000 years of spreading hatred and murder and maybe finally they should realize the god who keeps telling them to do all this evil, and hate Jews among many others is not really God but Satan?
66. Papism is not Christian
Brod ,   USA   (03.16.12)
Papism is not Christian. It is Paganism. The Bible declares that it is not a follower of the GOD of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob-the Creator of the Heavens and Universe-the GOD of the Bible. The Book of Daniel calls Papism the "Little Horn" power and the Book of Revelation calls it "the Beast," "Babylon the great"...that would persecute GOD'S people. They persecuted GOD'S people-Jews and Judeo-Christians for 1260 years starting in 538 AD during the Dark Ages. The Book of 2Thessalonians calls it "Son of Perdition...the Lawless One..." The Book of 1John calls it "the Antichrist." The Book of Revelation says that behind this entity is the "Dragon"-Satan!
67. Appeal to true Christians:
Johannes ,   Norway   (03.16.12)
Revelation (HaHitgalut) 18:4-5 (NKJV): 4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities..."
68. Thanks, Meotti
Stephanie ,   Tlv   (03.16.12)
For exposing the truth
69. Holy Sea's Vision 20/20
Golden Dome ,   Washington USA   (03.16.12)
The 'hostile' Palestinian identity can be traced directly back to Israeli policies that are hostile toward Palestinians. Don't blame the Catholic Church for pointing out the obvious.
70. # 6 first one that think and write the way thinks are
Gayray ,   Israel   (03.17.12)
Congratulation Raymond, that's the true story of the world.
71. #56 You are so Fake like all the Palestinians
Gayray ,   Israel   (03.17.12)
72. Vatican Priorities
Henry ,   Manila, Philippines   (03.17.12)
The Vatican plays politics, has played politics and will continue to play politics. The ordinary True Catholic person makes religious decisions devoid of politics apart from local or national elections and even so they weigh in the religious ramifications of their choice. In the end times the Catholic Pope will not be of Jesus but of Satan and so are many of his Cardinals, Bishops and priest and they together will make horrible and abominable changes in the original dogma and doctrines of Catholicism until the return of Jesus.
73. JADE 57 FACE THE TRUTH WITH STRENGTH
zimbi ,   njusa   (03.17.12)
74. You better repent for what you said
andy prigge ,   ORANGEVILLE   (03.17.12)
May Jesus have mercy on you. Don't forget you will be held accountable for all your words and actions. Check that out buddy, its in the Torah....
75. Pope John Paul was a true saint
Barry ,   Tokyo   (03.17.12)
He went so far in try to correct the injustices commited by his co-reliogionists. This was too much for Satan's helpers within the devil occupied church. What we have now Satan's CEO, PapaNazi and his gang working tirelssly to undo everything the former Pope worked so hard to implement. Get ready Vatican, the great showdown is approaching and you will pay for your unspeakable sins permeated throughout the centuries. You are already cursed.
76. The Vatican
RC ,   USA   (03.17.12)
Siding with a religion that believes God turned some Jews into apes and pigs, deny the crucifixion of Christ, and whose Koran contradicts the Holy Bible shows just how wrong and corrupt the Vatican is. But what can one expect from a sect of Christianity that has murdered so many people in its history. The Holy Bible states that there is only one mediator between man and God (1Timothy 2:5, Acts 4:10-12) and that it is Yahushuah Messiah whom they call Jesus Christ. No one else can replace Him as mediator, not the Virgin Mary, not the Apostles, surely not the Pope. As for the false theory that Yahushuah ordained Peter as the leader (first Pope) of the church, anyone with common sense can figure out that Jesus was referring to himself being the rock, the cornerstone of the church (1Corinthians 3:11, Matthew 16:18) for Peter who was a sinner like the rest of us was a small rock, a stone, while Messiah which is sinless is the boulder, the corner stone. The Pope should know that he cannot have two masters. It is either יהוה the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, or the Allah of the Muslims which is anti-Christ (John 5:43, 1John 2:18, 2:22, 4:3, 2John 1:7). As for the Jews not believing in Christ, most of them cannot because they are being supernaturally veiled until the time of the gentiles be fulfilled, (Romans 11).
77. JESUS WAS A JEW killed by the Romans
disgusted ,   ISRAEL   (03.17.12)
I guess the Pope forgot Religion 101. That Jesus was born a Jew, circumcised as a Jew, became a Bar Mitzvah, was crucified (standard means of Roman execution) because he was a Jew, a buried according to Jewish Second Temple Period customs. This Pope is a disgrace.
78. How do you know that Fouad Twal is christian.
leo ,   usa   (03.17.12)
79. Egypt's Pharoah antithetical of Moses.
BUTSeriously ,   Australia   (03.17.12)
He never spoke Hebrew, never had alphabetical writings, believed himself divine and condoned slavery. Moses gave the world Liberty and inalienable human rights.
80. #40 #41 Haddad
(03.17.12)
Your frequent comforting words are a waste of time and effort. These people are addicted to hatred. They would be lost if there was no hate in the world. Their leaders constantly whip up this paranoia for their own purposes. Read Meottis article then research it to see how much is true and how much is deliberate distortion and lies. The readers here don't care if its true or not because they want it to be true so that they can revel in their hatred. Meotti taps into this to make money.
81. These freakazoids are a waste of our time
EZRA THE PROUD JEW ,   USA-ISRAEL   (03.17.12)
No talking to these schizophrenic lunatics. One day its this, the next day its that. The truth is: a Jew can NEVER trust a christian. Unless its an armchair christian. No reason to talk to these mongrels: they hate us Jews and don't deserve a moment of our consideration. We should take back EVERY ounce of land these thieves stole from us in Israel and run the tourist sites ourselves, without their 'authority'! LOL! Dummies. They can't even keep their own places in a decent state anyhow. Catholicism: a 3rd world religious ideology!
82. Such anti-Jewish sentiments are only
Israeli 2   (03.17.12)
the result of a deep inferiority complex embedded deep into the subconscious as well as the conscious. Examples: Erdogan, Chavez, Ah! MINI djihad, TUTU, and their hordes. Basic- Psychology 101.
83. @Carl #64
Daoud ,   Bethlehem   (03.17.12)
Palestinian Muslims do nothing of the sort. No where. Palestine and the West Bank was 20% Christian, now since the immigrants showed up it is 8% Christian here. Sorry, I am not oppressed nor is any Christian I know oppressed by Muslims. Maybe in Gaza and Israel but not under the PA. In fact we Christians are very dominate in the government here and even have laws favoring us. You never cease with your lies.
84. The Qur'an promised to the Jews
Rassoul mimoun ,   Montreal, Canada   (03.17.12)
Qur'an 5:21 in which Moses declares: "O my people, enter the Holy Land which God has prescribed for you, and turn not back in your traces, to turn about losers." Khaleel Mohammed, Ibn Kathir (1301–1373) interpreted Qur'an 5:20-21 using the following terms: "'That which God has written for you' i.e. That which God has promised to you by the words of your father Israel that it is the inheritance of those among you who believe." Muslims correlate the word Israel in Arabic to the word ‘Azra’il that sounds like Israel but means “Angel of death”. This created a link in the minds of most Muslim children the need to hate the word Israel. According to the Qur'an, God gave the Israelites the land of Israel as their promised land (Quran 17:104): And We said thereafter to the Children of Israel, "Dwell securely in the land of promise". The Quran went even further to consider the Promised Land as the permanent inheritance for the Israelites (26:59): "Thus it was, but we made the Children of Israel inheritors of such things (the Promised Land)" – therefore no Muslim has the right to interfere with the gathering of the Jews in Israel, as this is the will of God himself. There is a wrong perception that Islam is in disagreement with Israel. This is caused by Arab propaganda. Israel has a reputation as a nation with a high regard for God and religion - there is then no reason we have to be against Israel. Verse number 21 of Surat Al-Maeda of the Holy Quran emphasizes the right of “Bani Israel” – Israel’s right to rule Jerusalem. Jerusalem is sacred to Muslims because of its prior holiness to Jews and its standing as home to the biblical prophets and kings David and Solomon, all of whom are sacred figures also in Islam. The Qur'an expressly recognizes that Jerusalem plays the same role for Jews that Mecca has for Muslims. The Qur'an specifies that the Land of Israel is the homeland of the Jewish people, that God Himself gave that Land to them as heritage and ordered them to live therein. It also announces that - before the end of the time - the Jewish people will come from many different countries to retake possession of that heritage of theirs. Whoever denies this actually denies the Qur'an itself. Sura 5 verse 21 of the Qur'an, and the medieval exegetes of the Qur'an, say that Israel belongs to the Jews: "[Moses said]: O my people! Enter the Holy Land which God has written for you, and do not turn tail, otherwise you will be losers."
85. He's a bit mixed up, I think.
nibor ,   israel   (03.17.12)
In the Bible there is no justification for Christianity. And if Jesus were alive today, he would not recognize the religion started in his name. (I think he would be ashamed).
86. #69 golden
solomon ,   bklyn   (03.17.12)
Any Israeli policies that are 'hostile to Palestinians' are for self defense. How many wars have the arabs started? How many pogroms, even before 1948? And don't forget that they started calling themselves "Palestinians" in the 1960's as a political ploy (admitted by one of their spokesmen). Don't blame me for pointing out the obvious. You can't see reality with eyes as tightly shut as yours are.
87. History indicts the catholic church
Mahlon Drumgoole ,   Newark NJ USA   (03.17.12)
Most recently, we have the pedophile priests and the refusal to keep known abusers from kids. Who knows where the ultimate orders for the cover-up came from. Before that was the refusal of the Vatican to recognize Israel. Of course, that lack of recognition is nothing compared to the Vatican's behavior during the Holocaust. Not only did the Vatican refuse to condemn the slaughter of the Jews, they participated in the ratline which helped nazi murderers escape to Latin America. Of course, one can only speculate on what would have happened if the Pope had declared that any Catholic who participated in the massacre would be denied entry to heaven. Maybe the local Poles and other catholic nazi sympathizers would have thought twice about their murderous behavior. I know that apologists will claim that the Pope was afraid of further persecution of Europe's catholics and was afraid that the nazis would takeover the nazis. What is the excuse for the Pope not demanding that Father Coughlin stop his vicious and antisemitic rants? Was he afraid of America somehow invading the Vatican? The anti-Israel Vatican, the disgrace durin g the Holocaust and the Inquisition. All of this history comes together in learning about the Vatican's tolerance of child-abusers.
88. Please try to understand
Reality Check ,   FL USA   (03.17.12)
this pope was an active member of the Hitler Youth, and with his cohorts facilitates ongoing rationalization of child rape. That they believe they can overide the written word of G-d should be no surprise to good people of any belief.
89. The Jewish Jesus
zivron   (03.17.12)
Islam does not accept the divinity of Jesus or Jesus crucifixation a pagan barbarism .
90. Australia invented world's best religion: "FAIRGOISM" [end]
BUTSeriously ,   Australia   (03.17.12)
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