Update: Vatican blesses Muslim takeover of Belgian churches

posted at 11:44 am on May 10, 2006 by Allahpundit

You probably saw it linked at Michelle’s blog or LGF, but if not, here’s the original Brussels Journal post (with photos). Today comes the update:

Monsignor Karl-Josef Rauber, the Papal Nuncio (i.e. the Vatican’s Ambassador) to Belgium, supports the occupations of Belgian churches by illegal immigrants. “The Church has always sided with the weak,” the Nuncio says in today’s issue of the leftist newspaper De Morgen. With his statement the Nuncio comes out in support of the embattled Belgian Catholic Bishops. Hans Geybels, the spokesman of Cardinal Godfried Danneels, the Primate of Belgium, said the Nuncio’s support is “a positive signal.”

I hope for Rauber’s sake he ran this by the boss first; when it comes to Christian/Muslim disputes over territory, the Pope appears to have an old-fashioned streak.

The squatters happen to be illegal immigrants, a fact acknowledged by the following unintended laugh line from the BJ post:

“Belgium simply cannot regularise 40,000 illegals without papers. This wild immigration will be a disaster for the country,” Senelle writes.

The Catholic church, lobbying for illegals? Since when?

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I’ve heard of “turn the other cheek” but this represents opening the other one’s and letting the Muslims have their way. Appaling!

bucktowndusty on May 10, 2006 at 11:55 AM

Silly me. I thought the church always sided with Christ.

Bryan on May 10, 2006 at 12:38 PM

How can a church so stalwart on the sanctity of life, be so weak-kneed on this one? Render unto Ceasar …

Get over the Inquisition guilt trip. Wait a minute … you’re CATHOLICS! I just remembered my Baltimore Catechism: I’m feeling the guilt all over again.

dman on May 10, 2006 at 12:40 PM

… and the Crusades, too.

dman on May 10, 2006 at 12:44 PM

….a story in the story…
Look at the ‘since when’ link: http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20060510-093130-9012r.htm

“Immigrants’ rights advocates in Los Angeles have begun a campaign to get 1 million immigrants registered for citizenship before November’s election.”
I’m just positive they’ll all be legal immigrants…yep.
This should be used for an Illegal roundup.
Plus, with all these new (illegal) voters, it should be worse than CHAD when all the votes are counted.
It’s best we call, email, write congress NOW, dont wait!

http://www.conservativeusa.org/mega-cong.htm

shooter on May 10, 2006 at 12:55 PM

So when do they put ICHABOD over the doors of the church?

Scherzophrenic on May 10, 2006 at 1:02 PM

If the Church always sides with the weak, then they best side with themselves. The False prophet grows stronger each day even while its victims cheer them on and offer their children’s necks. IMO cowards who refuse to defend themselves deserve to be thrown on the ashheap.

ecamorg on May 10, 2006 at 1:19 PM