Pope on Thin Ice

[NewXD40fun]

Any guesses as to the life expectancy of Pope Benedict?



Pope sorry for remarks
Sat Sep 16, 2006 9:16am ET

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By Stephen Brown

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict is sorry Muslims were offended by a speech on Islam that provoked fury around the world and led to calls for the leader of the Catholic church to apologize, an aide said on Saturday.

"The Holy Father is very sorry that some passages of his speech may have sounded offensive to the sensibilities of Muslim believers," said Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone in a statement.

The worst crisis since Benedict was elected in April 2005 was sparked by a speech in his native Germany on Tuesday that appeared to endorse a Christian view, contested by most Muslims, that early Muslims spread their religion by violence.

The backlash has cast doubt on a planned visit to Turkey by the German-born Pope in November. In an early reaction to the Vatican statement, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said it was not enough and they wanted "a personal apology".
"We feel he has committed a grave error against us and that this mistake will only be removed through a personal apology," the Brotherhood's deputy leader Mohammed Habib told Reuters.


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How Many Divisions Does The NY Times Have? Grey Lady Demands Apology From Pope

Posted by Mark Finkelstein on September 16, 2006 - 06:46.

In a surreal clash of the sacred and the profane, the New York Times - that citadel of secularism - has declared in its editorial of this morning that Pope Benedict "needs to offer a deep and persuasive apology," for having quoted a 14th century Christian emperor who said:

“Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.”

The Times is only being fair and balanced, I suppose. [ ] After all, hardly a week goes by that you can't pick up the paper and read an editorial condemning this or that mullah, imam or ayatollah for the latest fatwa ordering the death of such-and-such infidel or the destruction of entire countries found to be an annoyance. Or not.

But the Times suddenly gets religion, if they'll excuse the expresssion, when it comes to the Pope. Oh well. At least there's one hopeful sign in all this. It was of course Stalin who dismissively asked how many divisions the Pope had. By its editorial according great weight to the words of the Pontiff, the Times would appear to be breaking with Uncle Joe. Might this be the start of a hopeful trend?

http://newsbusters.org/node/7681





Tom

[one-eyed-fatman]

My chess board has no Muslims, Popes or nukes. I need to buy a newer chess board.

[NewXD40fun]

Originally Posted by one-eyed-fatman

My chess board has no Muslims, Popes or nukes. I need to buy a newer chess board.

Bishops are Catholic...and you need to mate..and soon.



Tom

[hacker15]

Originally Posted by NewXD40fun

Bishops are Catholic...and you need to mate..and soon.

Hate to correct you, but Bishops are CHRISTEN, not just Catholic……In fact, some of the off-shoot churches (those where it's hard to see any connection to the more general Christen religion) have Bishops.

[The Knight Of Light]

My chess board has Alaskan Animals on it.

[one-eyed-fatman]

I like the software version of chess. They actually move, fight and kill each other. No pope or Muslims in that game either.

[NewXD40fun]

Let's ask Osama to apologize

Why didn't the Democrats think of this?



Tom

[beardman2]

Maybe I don't get it. when did anciant quotes become illegal? oh thats right. Only if you are into things like book burning.