HUMAN EVENTS: Joseph Stalin is alleged to have asked contemptuously just how many divisions the pope had at his disposal. The answer came after the Soviet dictator’s death when the Berlin Wall came crashing down and Eastern Europe came out from behind the Iron Curtain thanks to Pope John Paul II, my father Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher -- the phalanx that drove a spike through the heart of Soviet tyranny.Mark Alexander
Pope John Paul II had no military divisions, but he had a huge army of people yearning for freedom who responded to his message that united they could prevail over a master who commanded vast military forces. Those forces eventually proved helpless in the face of the people’s determination and will.
Today the question might be, “How many supporters does the pope have among the world’s leaders?” Shamefully, the answer is none. Assailed all across the globe by millions of Muslims for quoting a few passages from a debate featuring the 14th Century Byzantine emperor Manuel Paleologos II -- next-to-last emperor of what had been the Eastern Roman empire -- Pope Benedict XVI has been left standing alone among the leaders of the Western world despite his warning that they face a foe determined to subjugate them and their citizens. How Many Divisions Has the Pope? by Michael Reagan
Friday, September 22, 2006
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The trouble is not perhaps that the Pope has no support, (I thought T Blair was a Catholic?) but that the Pope is the only world leader willing to stick to his beliefs and speak out.
What a difference between him and say,
Kofi Annan, who wishy washy tells off islamic Sudan but lets them carry on killing the non-believer Africans.
It won't go away peeps, it's gonna have to faced one day.
I thought that the previous Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey of Clifton, was openly adding his voice in support of Pope Benedict.
See here.
Anonymous:
No, Blair is not (yet) a Roman Catholic; though his wife is.
The Pope has been willing to place his head above the parapet; and for this we must be truly grateful. I admire the Pope greatly for this (and many other things).
It's not worth even speaking about Kofi Annan. He's a walking disaster!
Judah:
The link you have given us is already up on my website. I placed it up some days ago.
I don't quite understand what you're driving at. Don't you think he has added his voice of support after reading that article? I do. Perhaps I'm missing something.
The Pope has the moral authority of righteousness and human decency over and against those of murder and barbarism. THESE are the resources he has in place of divisions. Somehow I have the feeling that the Pope's resources will overwhelm the powers of barbarism, irrationality, and darkness which are endemic in the Muslim world.
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