https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/30/pope-francis-israel-war-terrorism/

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As bombs fell and tanks penetrated deep into Gaza in late October, Israeli President Isaac Herzog held a fraught phone call with Pope Francis.

It is “forbidden to respond to terror with terror,” Francis said, according to a senior Israeli official familiar with the call, which has not been previously reported.

Herzog protested, repeating the position that the Israeli government was doing what was needed in Gaza to defend its own people. The pope continued, saying those responsible should indeed be held accountable, but not civilians.

That private call would inform Israeli interpretations of Francis’s polemic statement, at his Nov. 22 general audience in St. Peter’s Square, that the conflict had “gone beyond war. This is terrorism.”

Taken with the diplomatic exchange — deemed so “bad” by the Israelis that they did not make it public — the implication seemed clear: The pope was calling their campaign in Gaza an act of terrorism.

The Vatican declined to clarify whether the pope was publicly or privately describing Israeli actions in Gaza as “terrorism.”

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I guess "What would Jesus do?" doesn't fly in the face of "The guy who somehow found himself nailed to a tree?".

In article <20231203152825.00007836@ntlworld.invalid>,
The Happy Hippy <the.happy.hippy.nntp@ntlworld.invalid> wrote:

> It is "forbidden to respond to terror with terror," Francis said,

Well, Francis is welcome to offer a solution to the problem
posed by genocidal maniacs/Islamofascists, who would cut
his throat on live TV if they could.

Talk is cheap.

Not to mention, perhaps he should first clean up his own fucking act.

In 2015, Francis was criticized for supporting Chilean bishop Juan Barros, who was accused of covering up sex crimes
committed against minors.[373] In 2018, Francis acknowledged he had made "grave errors" in judgment about Barros,
apologized to the victims and launched a Vatican investigation that resulted in the resignation of Barros and two
other Chilean bishops.[374] In 2018, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò published an open letter denouncing Francis's
handling of sexual abuse allegations against Theodore McCarrick, accusing him of knowing about allegations that
McCarrick had committed sexual abuse and failing to take action. Viganò called on the Pope to resign.[375]