Vatican: Military action against ISIS “is probably Necessary”.....

joG said:

American military action is playing quite well around the world and being ignored as far as possible by detractors of the US.

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Mornin Jog. :2wave: Yeah, usually they are always worried about what our presence will cause.

MMC said:

Truthfully I don't really know WN.....as I am not a follower or believe as they do. At least this time.....a Pope has come out to say something about what these Terrorists are about. As well as mentioning about that Inter-religious dialogue they like to have.

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Morning MMC

Fair point. This new pope seems to be a new, better person than his predecessors. Perhaps his coming from South America gives him a different view.

The Vatican has money - why don't they build a church/shelter in Erbil that will help the refugees? I read somewhere that they sent 40k or so - big deal. There has not been a more dire circumstance facing Christians in this century - time for the church to step it up. I have send a few hundred to organizations including 'Aid to the Church in Need' and 'Samaritan's Purse', but I don't know why the US gov can send 33 billion in aid to Africa, but do nothing for the displaced Christians who are in this predicament because the 'Shrub' decided to invade Iraq and get rid of the only person who could hold Iraq together - Saddam protected the Christians.

kramercat said:

The Vatican has money - why don't they build a church/shelter in Erbil that will help the refugees? I read somewhere that they sent 40k or so - big deal. There has not been a more dire circumstance facing Christians in this century - time for the church to step it up. I have send a few hundred to organizations including 'Aid to the Church in Need' and 'Samaritan's Purse', but I don't know why the US gov can send 33 billion in aid to Africa, but do nothing for the displaced Christians who are in this predicament because the 'Shrub' decided to invade Iraq and get rid of the only person who could hold Iraq together - Saddam protected the Christians.

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I'm not certain a shelter would help these people much and a Church may only provide some unwanted attention. It's good to know that you're volunteering aid to those who really need it.

Grant said:

I'm not certain a shelter would help these people much and a Church may only provide some unwanted attention. It's good to know that you're volunteering aid to those who really need it.

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The pope ordered the Vatican to send $40,000, but that is not nearly enough. I disagree with you about the church/shelter. The Christian refugees need food for the mind, body and spirit, and a church/shelter can meet those requirements. The church is the One Body of Christ, and should act accordingly. Exactly what group is able to carry out this task is unknown. The US government should certainly do something along those lines, and I see a lot of UNHCR tents so at least THEY are doing something. My gifts are a drop in the bucket, but $500 x 100,000 = 50,000,000, which I don't believe is an unrealistic response. Erbil has become a thriving economic 'port' in the Middle East, with US assets and US protection (as we have seen). Kurds do not persecute Christians and have received them warmly, so it's the best centralized location to house them. France has opened it's doors to them for asylum, which is very generous of them.

MMC said:

Both Lingua and Tomasi went on to say that the international community needs to do more to unmask whoever’s supporting the radical Islamic State forces and to cut off its supply of arms, signaling reservations about widening the conflict. At the same time, their endorsement of the American action, however grudging, was unmistakable. In light of recent history, it’s a sharp reversal of course.

The Vatican called on Muslim leaders to condemn the “barbarity” and “unspeakable criminal acts” of Islamic State militants in Iraq, saying a failure to do so would jeopardize the future of interreligious dialogue.....snip~

Vatican: Military action against ISIS “is probably necessary” « Hot Air


Even the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue weighed-in on the matter. What do you think about this?

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When one aggressively attacks another country, the Church will oppose it. When one acts in defense of another, the Church will support it.

It's really not that complicated.