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Mon Aug 1, 2016, 07:18 AM Aug 2016

Pope Francis denies that Islam is violent

On the papal plane returning from World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland, Pope Francis denied that Islam itself is violent and insisted that the potential for violence lies within every religion, including Catholicism.



Pope Francis answers reporters questions on board the flight from Krakow, Poland, to Rome, at the end of his 5-day trip to southern Poland, Sunday, July 31, 2016. (Credit: Filippo Monteforte/Pool Photo via AP.)

Inés San MartínJuly 31, 2016
VATICAN CORRESPONDENT

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE - Pope Francis on Sunday defended his avoidance of the term “Islamic violence” by suggesting the potential for violence lies in every religion, including Catholicism.

“I don’t like to talk about Islamic violence, because every day, when I read the newspaper, I see violence,” Francis said, when asked about why he never speaks of Islamic terrorism or fundamentalism when condemning attacks such as the murder of a French priest last week, who had his throat slit by an Islamic terrorist as he was celebrating Mass.

The pope said that when he reads the newspaper, he reads about an Italian who kills his fiancé or his mother in law.

“They are baptized Catholics. They are violent Catholics,” Francis said, adding that if he speaks of “Islamic violence,” then he has to speak of “Catholic violence” too.

https://cruxnow.com/world-youth-day-krakow/2016/07/31/pope-francis-denies-islam-violent/

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Yes Francis is correct 47of74 Aug 2016 #1
 

47of74

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1. Yes Francis is correct
Mon Aug 1, 2016, 05:06 PM
Aug 2016

Violence against others based on religious belief is not something just found in Islam. I think at one time or another violence in the name of religion has been done by members of every religion on Earth. Including Catholicism. I don't think there's any religion that has clean hands.

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