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Plunder the Philistines or Join them?
Benedict XVI used (N.B. Benedict XVI was the one whose meditations these were, yet he did not write them, nor did he actually read the aloud – for more details about this situation – see the letter from the Vatican, explaining – link) the following line in his “Good Friday” meditations: “Lead me from the…
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Not Something One Would Have Seen in Calvin’s Geneva
Vatican politically supports construction of additional mosques in Italy (first link) (second link). One would not see Calvin’s Geneva supporting mosque construction. Frankly, I don’t think one would even see Leo X (author of Exsurge Domine, against Luther) supporting mosque construction. Who would like to claim that this view expressed by the Vatican is fully…