Pope Francis And Islam [Papst Franziskus und der Islam]
I. The Question of Islam. Francis addressed greetings to the Muslims for the end of Ramadan. The Catholic Church never did this before the Second Vatican Council. The reason is very simple and obvious for any Catholic who has not lost his sensus fidei: the acts of other religions have no supernatural value and they turn their followers away from the only path of salvation, Our Lord Jesus Christ. How can we not shudder with horror when the Pontiff tells worshippers of Allah that “we are called to respect the religion of others, its teachings, its symbols and its values”?
It should be noted that they are quite far from what we learn by reading the Acts of the Apostles or the Epistles of Saint Paul! For, all the same, we must indeed respect people, but in no case must we respect false beliefs that deny the Holy Trinity of Divine Persons and the Incarnation of the Word of God…
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It should be noted that they are quite far from what we learn by reading the Acts of the Apostles or the Epistles of Saint Paul! For, all the same, we must indeed respect people, but in no case must we respect false beliefs that deny the Holy Trinity of Divine Persons and the Incarnation of the Word of God…
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