Pope Francis: Catholics should treat compassion for Muslim immigrants as equal to pro-life activism
In
his third papal exhortation — a 100-page
guideline on how Catholics could strive for holiness in the modern world —,
Pope Francis said, “Not infrequently, contrary to the promptings of the (Holy)
Spirit, the life of the Church can become a museum piece or the possession of a
select few.”
With
the crisis of massive influx of Islamic immigrants in Europe, Francis said,
“For a Christian the only proper attitude is to stand in the shoes of those
brothers and sisters of ours who risk their lives to offer a future to their
children. Some Catholics consider the situation of migrants to be a secondary
issue. Can we not realize that this is exactly what Jesus demands of us, when
he tells us that in welcoming the stranger we welcome him?”
Are
Muslim invaders brothers of Christians? When Christians welcome them, are they
welcoming Jesus himself — or Satan?
Nevertheless,
Francis recognized that there are Islamic extremists: “If I speak about Islamic
violence, I need to speak about Catholic violence. One thing is true: I believe
that in almost all religions, there is always a small fundamentalist group. We
have them, too.”
“The exhortation was widely seen as a dig
at conservative Catholics in the U.S. and elsewhere who staunchly uphold
tradition on abortion, homosexuality, and divorce while pushing anti-migrant
laws,” said the British paper DailyMail.
In April 2016, he flew to the Greek island
of Lesbos on the frontline of the migrant crisis and returned to Rome with
three families of Syrian Muslims.
Even though I agree with the pope on his
stance against abortion, I cannot agree with him on Islamic immigration, which
poses a serious threat to the survival of the European culture and
civilization.
Yet, would a right-wing pope treat Islamic
immigration in Europe in a correct way? I do not know. Many right-wing
Catholics look to U.S. President Donald Trump, who is a Protestant, to have a
better stance on this subject. But actually Trump has been as contradictory as
the pope is. Trump has enlisted Saudi Arabia, the main sponsor of Islamic
terror around the world, to fight terror. In fact, most of the 9/11 authors
were Islamic Saudis.
Saudi Arabia has a great control over the
mass influx of Islamic immigrants to Europe. But Trump has never pressed the
Saudi dictators to stop it. And Trump has never ordered NATO, which is under U.S.
control and is responsible for the protection of Europe, to hinder the Islamic
invasion to Europe.
If
pro-life, conservative Catholics are distressed about the pope’s
contradictions, as a pro-life, conservative evangelical I am equally distressed
about Trump’s contradictions regarding
Saudi Arabia and NATO’s cowardice to hinder Europe
from being destroyed by Islam.
NATO, which is Trump’s responsibility, has
not been better than the pope to address the Islamic invasion in Europe. In
fact, while NATO is directly responsible for this invasion, the pope is not.
Perhaps
when Francis said that Muslims are brothers of nominal Christians he meant
Bush, Obama and Trump and their traditional friendship with Saudi Muslim
dictators.
Above all, the most powerful symbol
of welcoming or even submitting to Islam is not the pope. It
is the Liberty Statue. So if they tell
you that a Catholic is facilitating the Islamic invasion of Europe, tell them:
No, it is the largest Protestant nation in the world and its Protestant
president.
With information from the DailyMail.
Portuguese version of this article: Papa Francisco: Católicos
devem tratar a compaixão pelos imigrantes muçulmanos como igual ao ativismo
pró-vida
Source:
Last Days Watchman
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