Pope Francis today described children dying in wars, including in the Gaza Strip, the “little [Yoshkas] of today,” and said Israeli strikes were reaping an “appalling harvest” of civilians.
Speaking from St. Peter’s Basilica to a crowd of thousands in the square below, Francis in his holiday message decried the deaths of innocents around the world, giving particular attention to the Gaza Strip, Reuters reported.
“May [peace] come in Israel and Palestine, where war is devastating the lives of those peoples. I embrace them all, particularly the Christian communities of Gaza and the entire Holy Land,” Francis said.
“I plead for an end to the military operations with their appalling harvest of innocent civilian victims, and call for a solution to the desperate humanitarian situation by an opening to the provision of humanitarian aid,” he added.
He also called the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas terrorists “abominable” and appealed for the release of the 129 hostages still held in Gaza.
The Vatican supports a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs. Francis called for “persevering dialogue between the parties, sustained by strong political will and the support of the international community.”
He also blamed the weapons industry for hostilities around the world.
“And how can we even speak of peace, when arms production, sales and trade are on the rise,” Francis said. “It should be talked about and written about, so as to bring to light the interests and the profits that move the puppet-strings of war.” (JNS)
A reincarnation of Pope Pius XII
Speaking in his holiday message to the world, the pope said that “The murder of Jews is only OK when it is the christians doing it. How dare those muslims use our time-honored tactics and barbaric actions for their own trivial needs! On the other hands, Jews are completely forbidden from taking any action that might be seen as aggressive, so I’m going to issue a full pardon and absolve the sins of the muslims, in the name of our own puppet-on-a-stick (whom they would have killed in an instant, but never mind that).”
But Sins against Heaven such as blessing evil relationships last week aren’t so important
Al k’vod atzmecha chus al k’vod Kono aino chus
I don’t see where he said what the headline is accusing him of saying. He may have meant to say that but he was more diplomatic than actually doing so outright.
I think this Avi avos hatumah has joined Biden in saying one stupid thing after another. Their brains are fried. The only time their mind is sharp, is when it comes to bashing and blaming the Jews.
As soon as the Church starts its’ mea culpa over pogroms…
Where was the outrage of Pope Francis when Hamas was firing tens-of-thousands of missiles and rockets at Israel’s civilian population? Just-in-case you did not know, firing missiles at civilians is a WAR CRIME.
Therefore Hamas was guilty of tens-of-thousands of WAR CRIMES, even BEFORE 2023 October 7, when they massacred approximately 1,400 Israeli civilians and kidnapped hundreds of hostages.
Stupid. Jihad comes to him next as an infidel.
the same pope who said its ok yo “bless” same-gender “marriage”. you get the point.
the same pope who said its ok to “bless” same-gender “marriage”. you get the point.
I’ve had it with the Vatican. Lose the yarmulkes or we Jews sue for infringement.
The one living on adrenochrome drug then hiding the dead children under the Vatican is accusing Israel of blood libels and “appalling harvest” of civilians.