JTA
Pope Francis reaffirmed his commitment to fighting discrimination and furthering Jewish-Catholic dialogue.
During an audience at the Vatican Thursday with a 60-member delegation from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, Francis said that he has “repeated many times, in recent weeks, the church’s condemnation of any form of anti-Semitism.”
Such condemnations were just part of the solution, he said, noting that Christians remain persecuted in some regions.
“I would like to underline that the problem of intolerance must be faced in its entirety,” he said, according to an official English text of his address released by the Vatican. “When any minority is persecuted and marginalized on account of its religious beliefs or ethnic origin, the good of society as a whole is placed in danger, and we must all consider ourselves affected.”
The church has raised particular alarm about discrimination and violence against Christians in some Arab countries.[Ron: HOW has it 'raised particular alarm'? WHY isn't that "alarm" featured all over the Jew controlled global media?]
“Let us unite our strengths to promote a culture of encounter, of mutual respect, understanding and forgiveness,” Francis said, stressing that education was key in transmitting experience, and not merely knowledge, to the younger generation.[Ron: What "experience" would that be? The "experience" of the Palestinians at the hands of the Jews? Or perhaps the "experience' of Christians and others at the hands of Jew-controlled USrael and NATO et al, in Libya, Syria, Iraq, and Afghanaistan et al?].
“We must be able to transmit to them not only knowledge about Jewish-Catholic dialogue, about the difficulties overcome and the progress made in recent decades,” Francis said. “We must, above all, be able to transmit to them our passion for encounter and knowledge of the other, promoting the active and responsible involvement of young people.” [Ron: As epitomised by the "encounter" between Jews and Palestinians?!].
During the audience, Wiesenthal Center Dean Rabbi Marvin Hier called the pope “an ally in our struggles against anti-Semitism.”
“We want to reiterate to you that you have an ally in the Simon Wiesenthal Center in your struggle to secure the rights of religious minorities everywhere, especially endangered historic Christian communities in Egypt, Iraq and beyond,” Hier said.
Hier said the he hoped that Francis’s expected visit to Israel next year would “help all those committed to a lasting Middle East peace, to finally recognize the existence of a Jewish state alongside her twenty-three Arab neighbors.”
The pope has said he would like to visit the Holy Land next year but no date has yet been announced.[Ron: Good luck with that!].
#1 by Isaac on October 27, 2013 - 7:37 pm
That Pope is making a mistake for the catholic church by making friends with the Jews. The man is ignorant or what?. The Jews are at the level of the snakes and Jesus told them, they lie, deceive, steal and use you as much as they can and they trash you when you are useless to them like a piece of toilet paper. The stupid politicians in Washington are going to find that very soon.
#2 by Todd Raine on October 27, 2013 - 7:37 pm
The Talmud, book of oral laws given to Moses by God, put into book form by two Pharisees, Hillel and Shammai, both alive in Jesus time. These are Clift notes but basically they put into book form a religion of self worship. Not what was given to Moses on the Mount, but their humanistic, racist, interpretation of it. It is a book of self worship that excludes any God beyond themselves. This a religion that has nothing common with Jesus. It was these scumbags Jesus was literally talking to and condemning. These are the same ones that put him on the cross. If this pope represents Jesus, what do these two have in common? What does light have in common with darkness? Hot and cold, or any other opposite? All that catholic gold is sitting in Jewish vaults. He wants to fight. anti- semitism? Why has he not defended the Arab Semites? I appreciate Bono’s voice for Africa. But have you ever heard a word from him about Palestine? He knows who his paymasters are. Same as saying you are against child abuse and doing nothing when you see a child being rapped. It is either all light, or all dark. These two as they present themselves can not be one.[Ron: Bono is a total shill for Monsanto, the Jews and his private bank account in AFRICA as well as elsewhere in the world. If he hasn't focussed on the Palestinians that's a blessing for them. Bono brings death and impoverishment wherever he goes in Africa and elsewhere. See eg: U2, Bono? Celeb partners with Monsanto, G8, to biowreck African farms with GMOs - http://abundanthope.net/pages/Political_Information_43/U2-Bono-Celeb-partners-with-Monsanto-G8-to-biowreck-African-farms-with-GMOs.shtml And:'Saint Bono' the anti-poverty campaigner facing huge Glastonbury protest – for avoiding tax. - http://abundanthope.net/pages/Political_Information_43/Saint-Bono-the-anti-poverty-campaigner-facing-huge-Glastonbury-protest-for-avoiding-tax.shtml And: Bono's ONE foundation under fire for giving little over 1% of funds to charity. See: http://abundanthope.net/pages/Political_Information_43/Bono-s-ONE-foundation-under-fire-for-giving-little-over-1-of-funds-to-charity.shtml
#3 by bigcree1That on October 27, 2013 - 9:46 pm
He has taken his forty pieces of silver and is worth nothing. Taking his position with his paymasters and working to further their now exposed sinister agenda; it should be all but too clear to those observing this world criminal act unfold. This man is a criminal and is not interested in bringing about real peace of any benefits for earthly humanity. All sensible people should be horrified by this and shame him into silence over it. I find this overt act of fealty and sycophancy to organized Crime (Racist Supremacist jewry) to be despicable and reason enough to haul him and his paymasters before a World Tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity.
#4 by BJ on October 27, 2013 - 10:51 pm
Why the disrespect to the Pope? Why was His title left out of the headline?
#5 by Dante Ardenz on October 27, 2013 - 11:55 pm
Two exccelt comments above. The Catholic Church ,once the vessal of much of Western Civilization,is now wholly a Jewish,Tamudic.Zionist entity. Gone is the tradition of the true Christ,and fused with Greco-Roman,/Neo-Platonic thought. Like everyone else, beginning at the end of Jew War 2, they are bought and payed for. Those Rothchild checks,Bank Of London,57 % US Federal Reserve,closed stock,are mighty nice.
#6 by fm on October 28, 2013 - 1:10 am
The “Church” has long been under the control of the tribe. The Medici of Florence were jew bankers. They had several popes. Christians were forbidden the usury trade (a sin) the monopoly went to the jews as it still is. Chew on that
#7 by Guy Nicholls (@Crebolina) on October 28, 2013 - 8:53 am
Is it just me or is Hier missing a “t” and an “l”? [Ron: NO he isn't! Hitler was an honest man, and NOT a liar, whereas those are contradictions in terms when talking about Simon Wiesenthal and anyone connected with him or his "Centre". DITTO for all professing Jews. See eg: Yom Kippur and the Kol Nidrei Liar's Liturgy. See: http://abundanthope.net/pages/Political_Information_43/Yom-Kippur-and-the-Kol-Nidrei-Liar-s-Liturgy.shtml And: Kol Nidre - Judaism's License To Lie. See: http://abundanthope.net/pages/True_US_History_108/Kol-Nidre---Judaism-s-License-To-Lie.shtml].
Just what the Jews have done for imperiled Christian communities in Egypt, Iraq and Syria is not clear unless trying to wipe them all out counts as doing something for them.
Hier’s chutzpah goes to extremes, methinks.