He has about 24 hrs to say "NO MORE WAR - US&Co, get your fingers - and bombers - out of Syria. Stop the killing, call off the mercenaries, stop the arms inflowing."
IF the new pope does *not* soon say something like the above, THEN he will prove - again, about 266 times now, that the catholic church is an accessory to mass-murdering for spoil - since that's what the US (& Zs, F+UK and such *rogue regimes*) do - and it must be stopped.
Go on, new pope, I dare you - to stand up for truth + justice = peace.
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[update, 20Mar'13]
update, 15Mar'13, 16:51
Usually, it doesn't matter who says what, but what is said. Here, it's a bit different; IF the pope said "NO MORE WAR!" THEN people would listen. I say, IF not (now/ever) THEN why not?
Francis I, speak now, or forever hold your peace - as in peace now, OR peace-off!
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update, 15Mar'13, 10:29
Well, my notional 24 hrs of 'grace' have come and gone; as I expected, no "NO MORE WAR!" from Pope Francis I.
It's *proof* of corruption (of the Catholic Church, but consistent with other x-tian churches = all similarly corrupt, as proven by the same *inaction* on wars), and exactly why I put '†' into the M/I/C/$4a†-plex = the tyrannical malefactors ruling most of our once jewel-like planet.
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Trigger article 1:
Francis uses first mass to urge spiritual renewal for church
By Europe correspondent Mary Gearin, wires
Updated March 15, 2013 07:58:05
«Newly elected Pope Francis has warned the Catholic Church could be in danger of becoming a compassionate non-government organisation without spiritual foundations if it fails to undergo renewal.
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Pope Francis replaces Benedict XVI, whose papacy was plagued by a series of public relations blunders.
He angered the Muslim world with a speech in 2006, in which he appeared to endorse the view that Islam is inherently violent.
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He is not afraid to challenge governments and other powerful interests.
Francis, the name the new Pope has chosen, is believed to represent poverty and humility.»
[AusBC/Mary Gearin, wires]
Comment 1, "compassionate non-government organisation without spiritual foundations:" - that's the correct comparison; NGOs like AI & HRW are not merely doing nothing effective, they're doing as good as nothing at all for truth + justice = peace.
Comment 2, "the view that Islam is inherently violent:" - there are at least two things about Islam and inherently violent, a) yes, proved by their recent (Herzl++, say) actions, they are a disorganised rabble, fighting within themselves, but b) the dissension is most likely to be deliberately revved-up from outside (mainly US-destabilising = divide&rule), primarily due to the alien invaders who thrust themselves into the ME-midst = the aggressive Zs.
Comment 2, "He is not afraid to challenge governments and other powerful interests:" empty words; proof needed, proof that will (IMO most likely) never come.
Comment 4, "Francis, ... is believed to represent poverty and humility:" again self-serving bullshit; as well as condemning war, any spiritual (ethical) so-called 'leader' who does *not* condemn neoliberalism&ilk further enriching the obscenely rich <1% (at the expense of the 99%+, especially with the vicious reductions in 'welfare') *proves* his/her corruption - as we'll be seeing with all the 'missing' condemnation(s).
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Trigger article 2:
God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule
News • God • ISSUE 37•34 • Sep 26, 2001
«Growing increasingly wrathful, God continued: "Can't you people see? What are you, morons? There are a ton of different religious traditions out there, and different cultures worship Me in different ways. But the basic message is always the same: Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Shintoism... every religious belief system under the sun, they all say you're supposed to love your neighbors, folks! It's not that hard a concept to grasp."
"Why would you think I'd want anything else? Humans don't need religion or God as an excuse to kill each other - you've been doing that without any help from Me since you were freaking apes!" God said. "The whole point of believing in God is to have a higher standard of behavior. How obvious can you get?"
"I'm talking to all of you, here!" continued God, His voice rising to a shout. "Do you hear Me? I don't want you to kill anybody. I'm against it, across the board. How many times do I have to say it? Don't kill each other anymore - ever!»
[theonion/God]
Comment 1, warning: There may be inappropriate ads on the cited page.
Comment 2: The fact that this pope and (AFAIK) all others, do not condemn war-making in any effective way, as before, proves their utter corruption. Proof of preceding statement: There is always *one* (or more) aggressors; the aggressor is always in the wrong (see Zs into Palestine, say) and an effective papal action - like unequivocal condemnation, with excommunication as consequence would a) show acceptable bona fides, and b) possibly halt all aggression. As it is, silence is also a form of consent; consent = assistance & any assistance draws guilt by the accessory mechanism.
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Trigger article 3:
Thou shalt not kill
«You shall not murder sometimes translated as You shall not kill, KJV Thou shalt not kill (LXX ?? f??e?se??, translating Hebrew ??? ???????? lo tir?a?), is a moral imperative included as one of the Ten Commandments in the Torah,[1] specifically Exodus 20:13 and Deuteronomy 5:17.
The imperative is against unlawful killing resulting in bloodguilt. The Hebrew Bible contains numerous prohibitions against unlawful killing, but also allows for justified killing in the context of warfare, capital punishment, and self-defense.»
[wiki/Torah(bible?)]
Comment 1: Already in here, the weasel-words "allows for justified killing in the context of warfare ..." In case it's not obvious (recall my above "There is always *one* (or more) aggressors;") IF one stops the aggressor THEN there's no war even possible - one, perhaps *the major function* of the UN. But the UN proves its own corruption, latest with UNGA181, 29Nov'47.
Comment 2: This wiki shows us exactly how wiki is corrupt and corrupted; see the attempted insertion of "The Hebrew Bible contains numerous prohibitions against unlawful killing of Hasidic Jews, but also allows for justified or unjustified killing of all others in the context of warfare, ..." - you may fill in your own dots; as at any crime-scene we ask cui bono, and the answer here is the I/J/Z-plex as mass-murderers for spoil = soil, legitimate owners thereof = the improperly dispossessed (i.e. by violent = murdering theft), hapless ELO/Os of pre-Zionist-invasion Palestine.
Allowing partisan editors - which wiki does, I've run afoul of exactly that myself, namely a Jewish editor on a Palestine-related issue, is *begging* for trouble. Jews are reputed to deliberately lie, if they are convinced such lying could aid their objectives, here and as usual, the illegitimate entity which is Israel.
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Argument: The Catholic Church calls itself 'exceptional' by claiming (as do all other such religions), a 'direct line' to some g*d. The fact that according to mankind's best science (i.e. the conservation laws), IF there were to be some g*d (n. 1 a (in many religions) superhuman being or spirit worshipped as having power over nature, human fortunes, etc. [POD]), THEN no message whatsoever could ever reach us. This in turn means one of two things; a) such putative g*ds violate physics OR b) there is no such thing. Given that belief is done on little or *no* evidence, one can see the fragile state of any 'believers,' here the #1 believer = the pope. As for the pope, so for his flock.
The US calls itself 'exceptional' by claiming to be 'leader of the free world' and 'the world's policeman,' among other foolishness. The incontestable fact is before all else, the US is the world's worst rogue regime, murdering for spoil looong *before* as well as after WW2.
The I/J/Z-plex calls itself 'exceptional' by claiming to be 'the only democracy in the ME' and 'G*d gave it to us!' In actual fact, Israel competes for world's worst rogue regime; the Zs having invaded (also by stealth) and stolen almost the entire pre-UNGA181 Palestine, and that by genocidal ethnic cleansing. Adding insult to injury, the I/J/Z-plex lies continually - as does the US-regime. Since lies are deployed to deceive, this is the *proof* of their vicious perfidy. (As if critical observation (through the MSM + PFBC obscuration and often *active* assistance) was not already more than enough.)
The UN thinks itself 'exceptional' by claiming to have as function war-prevention – but it shows its despicable corruption by assisting war, see from Palestine through to Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, next Iran.
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Fazit: Aggressive war is a crime, and aggressors must be brought to justice. Pfui; not the US, not Zs, not F+UK (regimes; all actual perpetrators = war criminals), not the UN (the nominal policeman), and here - not the Catholic Church (a so-called 'ethics leader'), do anything effective to stop war. A witness to a crime who makes no attempt to stop the crime makes him-/her-/it-self also a criminal (accessory). C'mon, Francis I; show us I'm wrong - at least about you.
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Update, 20Mar'13; PS Again, nothing happened = again, no "NO MORE WAR!" from Pope Francis I.
So here's an article:
Pope Francis, CIA and ‘Death Squads’
By Robert Parry
March 18, 2013
«In other words, yes, the U.S. government was covertly organizing and funding the activities of the supposedly “independent” internal opposition in Nicaragua. And, according to more than a dozen sources that I interviewed inside the Contra movement or close to U.S. intelligence, the Reagan administration had funneled CIA money to virtually every segment of the internal opposition, from the Catholic Church to La Prensa to business and labor groups to political parties.
“We’ve always had the internal opposition on the CIA payroll,” one U.S. government official said. The CIA’s budget line for Nicaraguan political action - separate from Contra military operations - was about $10 million a year, my sources said. I learned that the CIA had been using the Church and Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo to funnel money into Nicaragua.»
[globalresearch/Parry]
Comment: Just a sample, read it yourself - or not; I can't care more than bringing such to your attention, dear reader. Regardless, wishing you (unknown) well.
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Ref(s):
[1] deceive v. (-ving) 1 make (a person) believe what is false; purposely mislead. 2 be unfaithful to, esp. sexually. 3 use deceit. deceive oneself persist in a mistaken belief. deceiver n. [POD]
[2] lie2 -n. 1 intentionally false statement (tell a lie). 2 something that deceives. -v. (lies, lied, lying) 1 tell a lie or lies. 2 (of a thing) be deceptive. give the lie to show the falsity of (a supposition etc.). [Old English] [ibid.]
Abbreviations:
ELO/Os = erstwhile legal owner/occupiers
I/J/Z-plex; illegitimate IL squats on genocidally ethnically-cleansed = improperly alienated, mainly Palestinian ELO/Os' land/property = IL is an un-remedied crime-scene and *all* I/J/Z-plex (except any actively opposing) are guilty; sole remedy = reparations = revest where possible, adequate = acceptable recompense where not + *sincere* apology
M/I/C/$4a†-plex = military, industrial, Congress (US-speak for parliament); $ = banksters, 4 = 4th estate = MSM+PFBCs, 'a' = academia incl. think-tanks, † = the churches.
MSM = mainstream media (print and broadcast), aka 'corrupt&venal'
neoliberalism = 'economic rationalism,' 'supply-side,' (wicked) privatisations, 'small govt.' = minimised to no égalité etc. + globalisation = wage arbitration etc. = <1% rips off 99%+
PFBCs = publicly-financed broadcasters, like the AusBC
ppp-dd'd = pushed propaganda paradigm dumbed-down
PRopaganda = PR + propaganda, usual qualifier: 'lying'
SQSHsO = snivelling quisling sycophantic hangers-on
the Enlightenment well summarised by liberté, égalité, fraternité
US-MMH = Media (aka press, radio + TV), Madison Ave., Hollywood
US&/Zs = the US of A and/or Zionists; sometimes indistinguishable
XS-CO2-CCC = excess CO2 climate-change catastrophe
Zionism (latest post-Jabotinsky, '23) = permanent aggressive war
