Rabbi Abraham Skorka with Pope Francis in the Vatican, May 21, 2014. (Youtube screenshot / HolylandPilgrimage)
Times of Israel – In what would constitute a stunning rhetorical volte-face, Pope Francis reportedly walked back earlier statements praising Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and dubbed some of Israel’s detractors “anti-Semitic.”
In comments made to veteran Portuguese-Israeli journalist Henrique Cymerman Thursday, Francis was quoted as saying that “anyone who does not recognize the Jewish people and the State of Israel — and their right to exist — is guilty of anti-Semitism.” Read more at the Times of Israel
Also, from Israeli National News: ADL Thanks Pope for Support of Israel’s Right to Exist.
Hat tip: Yitzchak & Chana from the Israeli Little Duckies Blog.
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I do not like this Pope. I am glad to see he walked back his earlier asinine statement. Is he being truthful though? 🙄
I don’t know if it’s him, or his idiot advisors or the press covering him, but he sure does seem to get a lot of things wrong. I think climate change is the most irritating, followed by the capitalist-bashing.
Sometimes I wonder if the MSM is intentionally mistranslating what he says to recast the Pope in their mold? The jury’s still out…
I’ve wondered the same thing.