Saturday, August 03, 2013

Pope Francis Wants Special Ties With Muslims

Pope Francis has give his message of special respect for Muslims:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/03/world/europe/pope-sends-message-of-respect-for-muslims.html

To paraphrase Orwell, "all God's children are equal, but some are more equal than others" - at least so says the high priest of the Church of Rome.

It's interesting to note that Roman Catholicism and Islam share common institutional roots. When the Roman Empire originally split in two, the western half eventually came under the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church, while the eastern eventually came to be led by the Ottoman Caliphate.

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