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Title: Pope Calls Migrant Crisis ‘Arab Invasion’, Says Europe Must ‘Rediscover Its Cultural Roots’
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Breitbart
URL Source: http://www.breitbart.com/london/201 ... rediscover-its-cultural-roots/
Published: Mar 6, 2016
Author: Liam Deacon
Post Date: 2016-03-06 15:43:03 by cranky
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Views: 1798
Comments: 9
“Today we can talk about an Arab invasion”, the Roman Catholic leader told the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano this Thursday. “It is a social fact”. “How many invasions has Europe experienced in the course of its history?” he asked. “But [Europe] has always been able to overcome herself… increased by the exchange between cultures”, he answered. Millions of migrants from the Muslim world walked into Europe last year, and more than 131,000 have arrived via the Mediterranean in the first two moths of this year alone – more than the total number who made it in the first half of 2015. “There’s something that bothers me,” added Pope Francis, who has been considered a relatively liberal Pontiff. “Of course, globalisation unites us and thus has positive aspects. But, I think there are good and less good [aspects of] globalisation”, he said. In his view, a good version of globalisation would allow humanity to remain “united, but, every people, every nation, retains its identity, its culture, its wealth”. Thousands of migrants march from Croatia into Slovenia as authorities struggle to cope with Europe’s largest migration of people since World War II – October 26, 2015. (Getty) “The only continent that can bring some unity to the world is Europe,” he went on. “China has perhaps a more ancient culture, more profound. But only Europe has a vocation of universality and of service”, the Pope said. “If Europe wants to rejuvenate, it must rediscover it’s cultural roots. Of all the Western countries, Europe has the stronger and deeper roots. “Through colonisation, these roots have even reached the new world. But forgetting its own history, Europe weakens. It is then that it risks becoming an empty place”, he stated. Next he addressed the European Union (EU). “Sometimes I wonder where you’ll find a Schumann or Adenauer, these great founders of the European Union”, he said, appearing to imply that the EU was in need of reform. His criticism was cryptic: “It [the EU] confuses politics with circumstantial solutions. Of course, you must come to the negotiating table, but only if you are aware that you have to lose something because we all earn.” “Your secularism is incomplete… We need a healthy secularism”, he added, taking aim at France’s fiercely secular constitution. “In the Hispanic world it is said that France is the eldest daughter of the Church, but not necessarily the most faithful daughter”. Finally, he seemed to recognise that radical Islam was the root cause of much violence in the world. “We work hard to build dialogue between Christians and Muslims… Every religion has its extremists. The ideological degeneration of religion is at the origin of the war”, he concluded. 
Pope Francis has described the European migration crisis as an “Arab invasion”. He said that “Europe weakens” by “forgetting its own history”, but, because of its low birth rate and colonial history, the mass migration could be beneficial.
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#2. To: cranky (#0)
Wait a minute! Ain't this the same guy that was praising Islam less than a month ago? What happened,some mosque get a government welfare contract the Catholic Church considered to be theirs?
What happened,some mosque get a government welfare contract the Catholic Church considered to be theirs? Yes same Francis.
What happened,some mosque get a government welfare contract the Catholic Church considered to be theirs? Yes same Francis. And like in all dictatorships,none of his minions will call him on it.
There are conservative Catholics who watch this Pope very carefully. Take a look at some of the headlines at Lifesite.com It is primarily a Catholic Pro-Life site, but they also comment on the Pope's globalization love affair.
There are conservative Catholics who watch this Pope very carefully. Take a look at some of the headlines at Lifesite.com It is primarily a Catholic Pro-Life site, but they also comment on the Pope's globalization love affair. I have no doubt some rank and file Catholics call him on it,but I'm betting none of the Bishops or Cardinals have rocked his boat.
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#5. To: sneakypete (#2)
Wait a minute! Ain't this the same guy that was praising Islam less than a month ago?
#7. To: redleghunter (#5)
Wait a minute! Ain't this the same guy that was praising Islam less than a month ago?
#8. To: sneakypete (#7)
And like in all dictatorships,none of his minions will call him on it.
#9. To: redleghunter (#8)
And like in all dictatorships,none of his minions will call him on it.
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