Barbwire: Like the dying embers of the fire that consumed much of Notre Dame, Christianity is dying in Europe. Churchgoers are mostly elderly women.
The constitution proposed for the European Union a decade ago didn’t contain a single mention of the faith that was the continent’s defining characteristic for more than a thousand years. Secularists are embarrassed by Europe’s history.
The Muslim population of France has increased from an estimated 4.5 million in 2009 to 8.5 million in 2017, including 100,000 converts. There are believed to be more mosques than churches in Southern France. Attacks on Jews have grown correspondingly.
Late last month, Pope Francis lectured the mayor of Rome on the need to be more hospitable toward Muslim migrants. I wonder if the Vatican is up to date on its fire insurance? more …
Opinion: He called life-long terrorist Mahmoud Abbas an angel of light …
… and opened the first Palestinian embassy on European soil.
He embraced a Muslim Sheikh …
… and signed a pact for (human fraternity), a one world religion.
He visits a Moroccan king …
… to show Catholics and Muslims are not enemies.
He spoke out against Donald Trump for declaring Jerusalem the eternal capital of Israel calling for the status quo in Jerusalem.
There is one powerful motive that Pope Francis and Muslims are planning to share …
“And it shall happen in that day that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone for all peoples; all who would heave it away will surely be cut in pieces, though all nations of the earth are gathered against it” Zechariah 12:2.