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Eugene

(61,593 posts)
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 12:15 PM Sep 2016

Pope Francis: Killing 'in the Name of God is Satanic'

Source: NBC News

SEP 14 2016, 10:12 AM ET

Pope Francis: Killing 'in the Name of God is Satanic'

by CLAUDIO LAVANGA

ROME — Pope Frances urged religious leaders on Wednesday to tell their followers that any killing carried out in the name of God is "satanic."

The pontiff made the remarks during a Mass honoring Jacques Hamel, an 85-year-old priest murdered by ISIS-supporting teenagers who stormed his church in northern France in July.

"Killing in the name of God is satanic," the pope told the ceremony in the Vatican's Domus Santa Marthae chapel. "I would like it if all religions said this, 'To kill in the name of God is satanic.'"

Dozens pilgrims from France attended the Mass.

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Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pope-francis-killing-name-god-satanic-n648036
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Pope Francis: Killing 'in the Name of God is Satanic' (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2016 OP
Ironic, considering who it was that supposedly created Satan... anoNY42 Sep 2016 #1
Does that mean that Joan of Arc lost her sainthood? no_hypocrisy Sep 2016 #2
oh, my, that is absolutely hilarious coming from the rcc. crusades, anyone? burning times? niyad Sep 2016 #3
I guess his church was run by Satan for a while then? trotsky Sep 2016 #4
yes, you have that absolutely correct. niyad Sep 2016 #7
If killing in the name of God is satanic - No Vested Interest Sep 2016 #5
Is killing in the name of satan godly then? cleanhippie Sep 2016 #6
Pope Francis either 1) doesn't know the violent history of his church Brettongarcia Sep 2016 #8
Hmmm, nil desperandum Sep 2016 #9
 

anoNY42

(670 posts)
1. Ironic, considering who it was that supposedly created Satan...
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 12:38 PM
Sep 2016

Guess those Israelites in the OT who stoned adulterers to death were acting out their love for Satan?

niyad

(112,434 posts)
3. oh, my, that is absolutely hilarious coming from the rcc. crusades, anyone? burning times?
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 12:56 PM
Sep 2016

inquisition? the genocide of the indigenous peoples of the new world? are you ******* kidding me, frankie????

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
4. I guess his church was run by Satan for a while then?
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 01:17 PM
Sep 2016

Although even today their treatment of women and non-cis/non-straight people has led to loss of life.

No Vested Interest

(5,156 posts)
5. If killing in the name of God is satanic -
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 05:32 PM
Sep 2016

(and I accept that it is)-

then killing in the name of the state is (fill in the blank).

cleanhippie

(19,705 posts)
6. Is killing in the name of satan godly then?
Wed Sep 14, 2016, 05:55 PM
Sep 2016

I'd say killing in the name of anything is just wrong. It's even more wrong when done in the name of religious belief, considering the privilege religion enjoys in today's society.

Brettongarcia

(2,262 posts)
8. Pope Francis either 1) doesn't know the violent history of his church
Thu Sep 15, 2016, 12:12 AM
Sep 2016

Last edited Thu Sep 15, 2016, 07:23 AM - Edit history (1)

Or 2) he knows it, and wants to radically change it.

(DU members? Try to make and securely archive, off line, an actual copy of the video, not just a link. Conservatives are eventually going to be frantic about getting this video to disappear)..

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