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Good words and intentions are reversed when used by the Pope. Here is an example, the speech of Benedict to Muslim envoys (September 25). Ellopos’ comments in [square brackets]; this is the full text of the speech, interrupted by comments:

Benedict XVI to the Muslim envoys 

“I am pleased to welcome you to this gathering that I wanted to arrange in order to strengthen the bonds of friendship and solidarity between the Holy See and Muslim communities throughout the world. I thank Cardinal Poupard, President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, for the words that he has just addressed to me, and I thank all of you for responding to my invitation.” 

“The circumstances which have given rise to our gathering are well known. I have already had occasion to dwell upon them in the course of the past week. In this particular context, I should like to [not only disavow again any relationship of mine with what Manuel Palaeologus says about Islam, but even more to] reiterate today all the esteem and the profound respect that I have for Muslim believers, [this time] calling to mind [a fountain of pure wisdom,] the words of the Second Vatican Council which for the Catholic Church are [not a divine inspiration, but more than that, a conventional agreement as] the Magna Carta [, in our case, the Magna Carta] of Muslim-Christian dialogue:” 

“The [Catholic parody of a] Church [more than anything else, is opportunistic, so that in the multicultural world of today decided to show a mask of tolerance, and using ‘nice words’ with no meaning, to declare that she] looks upon Muslims with respect. [Because Islam is not a self-deception and spread of deception, No!, Muslims do what Jews and Catholics do,] they worship the one God living and subsistent, [it doesn’t matter that He is living elsewhere, it doesn’t matter that they don’t see Him - do Jews and Catholics see Him? But they worship Him inferring that He is] merciful and almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, who has spoken to humanity [revealing His will of a Master] and to whose decrees, even the hidden ones, they seek to submit themselves [not with the half-heart of a repressed slave, but with a full will to servility,] whole-heartedly, just as Abraham, to whom the Islamic faith readily relates itself, submitted to God” (Declaration Nostra Aetate, 3).“ 

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• Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria on religious fanaticism
• Papacy: The Worst Enemy of Christianity
• Orthodoxy and Papacy : A Discussion
• Opportunism reigns in Vatican as always

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