Vatican Cardinal Robert Sarah said Thursday that the West must wake up to the threat of Islamism after three people were killed at a French church by an attacker shouting “Allahu Akbar.”
The Guinean cardinal wrote on Twitter Oct. 29 that “Islamism is a monstrous fanaticism which must be fought with force and determination.”
“It will not stop its war. Unfortunately, we Africans know this all too well. The barbarians are always the enemies of peace,” the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments wrote.
“The West, today France, must understand this. Let us pray.”
An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church in Nice and wounded others, the mayor of the French city said Thursday.
The incident took place at the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Nice Oct. 29 at around 9am local time, according to French media.
Christian Estrosi, Nice’s mayor, said that the perpetrator, who was armed with a knife, was shot and arrested by the municipal police. He described the incident as a terrorist attack.
He said in a video posted to Twitter that the attacker repeatedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” during and after the attack.
Estrosi wrote on Twitter that two of the victims were killed inside the basilica. He paid tribute to the church’s guardian who he said was “so appreciated by the parishioners.”
The attack in Nice follows the beheading of a Paris school teacher, Samuel Paty, in an Islamist terror attack earlier this month.
The day after the murder in Paris, Sarah tweeted that he was praying in Rome “for martyred France.”
The above comes from an Oct. 29 story on the site of the Catholic News Agency.
God Bless and protect Cardinal Sarah, and may the souls of the Faithful departed in this tragedy, through the mercy of God rest in peace.
May the French Christian people be blessed and protected, especially Jean-Baptiste Commins, Pretre Pour L’eternite (a young French priest from whom I received Communion several years ago in the United States.).
I will never vote for a Muslim, ever. Their religion allows lying and killing as good ways to get their point across. No, this false religion must be defeated and we can’t shy away from taking a hard line now, before they start beheadings in American churches. Islam is not a religion of peace.
Mohammed also married one of his first cousins and approved it for others, which has caused serious, serious genetic problems for Muslims who have married so closely generation after generation. One can look that up on line.
Europeans had to learn the hard way not to marry so closely, such as in the Hapsburg line where royalty married into royalty too closely, thus the deformed Hapsburg jaw on one Hapsburg. The Lord Jesus Christ never gave approval to such a thing. My grandmother told me very early in life, “You cannot marry your cousin.” It used to be unlawful in California to marry ones first cousin at least.
After looking for quite awhile on line, I am not sure that marrying first cousins was ever illegal in California, but it certainly was in our family, and we never had any serious deformities in our close family such as are in ethnic or religious groups that do marry close cousins often.
It seems the average couple have a 3 – 4% chance of having a child with a serious disease or deformity, first cousins marrying have a 4 – 6% chance of having such a child, and it gets worse and worse with each generation that marries first cousins.
Anne TE– A dangerous birth defect and disease suffered by many males in European royalty, as a result of intermarriage with close kin– is hemophilia, a deadly illness. Queen Eluzabeth II and Prince Philip of the UK, are third cousins, both are great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria was a carrier of hemophilia, and three of her children also were carriers. One of her sons died due to this genetic defect. Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert, were first cousins. All of our states have different restrictions on the marriage of cousins. In California, first cousins may marry– but the marriage may not be legally recognized if the couple moves to a different state.
Hemophilia can also appear spontaneously, without any previous genetic heritage. That’s how it seems to appeared in Victoria’s line.
Anne TE– There is no evidence of hemophilia in Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, or their children, grandchildren — or great-grandchildren. It appears that hemophilia is not a problem, for modern European royalty.
Anne TE– According to Canon Law, first cousins cannot marry in the Catholic Church.
Well my grandmother’s father was Lutheran and her mother Methodist, so they must have learned something from, and kept some of the good rules of, Canon Law in spite of it. Thank God for that one.
Me and my gun that I always carry on me will deal with it just fine if it ever comes looking for me. I don’t care that California says I can’t carry. I do. You’re stupid not to arm yourself during these times, and the police won’t protect you. The Second Amendment is my license to carry.
Hope I am on your jury when CA prosecutes you Kevin, because I will exonerate you. Locked and loaded.
Yep. When seconds count, the cops are minutes away.
I used to say that. Now we can’t even count on them showing up or protecting those they have sworn and are paid to do so,.
Kevin– a Christian must always depend on the great supernatural Power of Almighty God, first — not on the power of a brutal, dangerous weapon. One must always walk with Christ– and let Him guide you, in all situations. Christ is your supernatural Divine Power! Catholic doctrine supports self-defense, and lawful protection and defense of others. Above all– we must daily seek to walk with Christ– and to live and to die in a state of grace!
It’s like Déjà Vu all over again.
So a Roman Catholiic Cardinal is saying all Muslims are evil?
Kevin, one may have a right to carry a firearm. One also has a duty to use that firearm safely and only when justified.
“So a Roman Catholiic Cardinal is saying all Muslims are evil?” So what? He is certainly in some good Catholic company.
“Even if all the things contained in his law were fables in philosophy and errors in theology, even for those who do not possess the light of reason, the very manners (Islam) teaches are from a school of vicious bestialities. (Muhammad) did not prove his new sect with any motive, having neither supernatural miracles nor natural reasons, but solely the force of arms, violence, fictions, lies, and carnal license. It remains an impious, blasphemous, vicious cult, an innovention of the devil, and the direct way into the fires of hell. It does not even merit the name of being called a religion.”
-St. Juan de Ribera (d.1611), Archbishop of Valencia, missionary to Spanish Muslims, and organizer of the Muslim expulsions of 1609 from Spain.
You know Mike, during the Reconquista of Spain. Look it up sometime.
I can find some from St Ligouri and St Francis, too if that will help?
“One also has a duty to use that firearm safely and only when justified.” What a nasty scold you are. I rarely defend Kevin but you have no concept of his level of training or competence.
Mike, in answer to your question, no, Did you read the article?
The Cardinal is warning all of the real danger of Islamists (not all Muslims). Islamism is evil.
hahahaha. You say potato..
As if there is any difference at all. You must understand mr deacon that once muslims attain 30% of population they are all become people who want to kill you because you are not muslim. Just see what happens in Paris or some parts of New Jersey.
They will cheerfully chop your head off Mr Deacon just as they did with that poor 90 year old Nicean Catholic woman. You’ll be their ticket to paradise.
Shockingly, I am still amazed folks lile the Mr Deacon don’t get that basic fact about Mohammedans
Mr. Petersen, if you have an issue that the good Cardinal did not say that all Muslims are evil, you really should take that up with him.
Do you know any Muslims? Though many would like to chop our heads off, not all would.
I am less ignorant of Muslims than you seem to think. Professionally (in my secular vocation), I’ve spent many hours in one of the largest mosques in the country and have been involved in public safety issues regarding terrorism, including Islamic terrorism. My brother-in-law, a priest in New Jersey, served for years where the mosque that harbored some of the 9-11 terrorists is located.
Also, an an Eastern Catholic, I’m particularly aware of the many Eastern Christian (Orthodox and Catholic) faithful who have been killed by Muslims.
To be clear: God does not (actively) will a diversity of religions and Islam was inspired by the anti-Christ (see 1 John 4:1-3).
Yet, your statement, “they are all become people who want to kill you” is untrue and not helpful. They are all misguided and wrong about religion, but, that alone does not make them all evil.
(And, thank you for bestowing a new title, “Mr. Deacon,” on me. I don’t know quite what that means, but I’ll consider myself thrice-blessed!)
The good Cardinal Sarah needs to have a serious conversation with Pope Francis about Islamism’s monstrous fanaticism, because the Pope is clueless.
Has the Pope said anything?
He’s said far too much
I am not able to understand these times. If someone goes into a Church and shouts “Allahu Akbar” before he kills people, a lot of people are upset. If someone shouts “Black lives matter.” and then burns down a Church, no one cares. Perhaps if someone wants to kill homosexuals, he should shout “Black lives matter.” before he carries out his attack.
Anonymous, what a ridiculous thing to say. No one has set fire to a catholic church and shouted Black Lives Matter. And your comment could be seen as a threat to the lives of gay people.
You missed the point that radical groups are threatening Christians but enough people won’t get upset until their pet group is attacked. Homosexuals may be at the top of your most favored list, but they are not the top Muslim target. By sheer numbers, Christians outnumber homosexuals and are at greatest risk from radical Islamic terrorism.
Apparently you missed the episodes where gay men were taken to the tops of buildings in Saudi Arabia and literally thrown off of them. The fact that you completely missed this shows that your pet group is not immune but you want to see other groups treated to horrors. Please stop making up accusations that “nobody cares” if Catholics get murdered. Did you care, did you even know, that this was happenning?
https://apnews.com/article/bc4cf13c2b41454b820d7297f50bbf08
Again, the astonishing lack of knowledge about what is happening in Islamic countries.
Nigeria is a country split into two, half Muslim, half Christian.
Every day in the Christian South, Christians are under attack by the Muslim North.
Estimates place the number of Christians killed as more than 50,000.
If you are a Christian in any Muslim country, you are under Islamic threat, “Convert, or Die!”
The media in the US ignores, indeed, censors any discussion of these Islamic murders and threats.
One wonders if this is due to a dislike of Christians, especially Catholics.
Or, are the Media groups in fear of Islamic terror?
Take an example in the Sunday Chronicle today, about the “Poor, destitute Muslim” man, who
was responsible for the beheading and deaths in that Church in France.
Half the article in the Chronicle was a discussion of Muslim motives, how this Muslim
was really a decent, simple man, very poor, moving to France for a better life.
So, once again, the Media supports the Islamic religion, despite the threats and violence.
The Media continues on in this ignorance, refusing to discuss the events, covering up for Islamic violence.
When will the Media wake up!!
So far, there is no evidence of any Media awareness of the threat of the Muslim religion.
Rather, they just continue complimenting them, patting them on the head, “Nice Muslims”!
As disgusting as it is, homosexuals murdered by Muslims are a tiny fraction of their killings and because of the strong gay lobby, these deaths were well publicized. Muslim killings of Christians is a greater threat because, now consider this fact, Christians respect and fight for the lives of all people, including homosexuals. Be a defender of all things gay but look at the bigger picture.
Racist stupidity has no place here.
@ Annette -Islamic fundamentalism inculcates its followers to an intolerance of other faiths. This has nothing to do with racism. It is strictly a cultural phenomenon. Islamic extremism is also the antithesis of our Christian values and a threat to our Western culture.
Neither does support for abortion, yet here you are, claiming to be Catholic and stupidly supporting killing unborn babies.
One basic problem is that Muslim leaders do not forbid Islamic terrorist acts. To the contrary, many videos taken in mosques show Imams provoking and complimenting Muslims for anti-Christian actions. And on the street, other videos show Muslims smiling and cheering for their terrorist brothers. This means that all of Islam cannot be trusted, as Muslims continue to foment violence and will not accept any criticism for their actions.
President Trump is correct in his attempt to control Muslim immigration. Islam does not believe in Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, and all our basic American freedoms.
Muslims, you have to prove yourselves now. You have to stop provoking violence and cheering attacks on Christians. Imams must stop their attacks. Most of all, Muslims themselves must criticize and attack Islamic terror. You cannot remain silent any longer. End the silence! Imams, speak up and actively criticize islamic Terror.
You, the Muslims, must prevent and stop the violence! And do this, clearly and loudl
A Muslim friend once told me that Mohammed first married an older lady– 15 years older than him– when he was 25. The marriage was monogamous. I was told that she had a big influence on him, for charity and tithing, and helping women and children– especially for helping widows and orphans. After his first wife died, I was told that Mohammed took a six-year-old girl for his wife– and consummated the marriage when she was nine. That marriage also, was monogamous. Mohammed’s second wife grew up to become a great big Muslim scholar– and they said that about a third of the Shari’a is attributed to her. After that, I was told that Mohammed had polygamous marriages. Overall– I don’t think the extreme Muslims assimilate very well into Western countries. I think Western countries should be extremely careful about allowing them to immigrate– background checks and investigations should be done– although it sounds “discriminatory.” The welfare of a nation’s citizens must cone first and foremost. Of course– there are people of all ethnic and religious backgrounds, who are virtuous, loving and peaceful– and give a great deal to the country they immigrate to, responsibly. But I think that no one can trust Muslim extremists of today’s world!
I am so terribly shocked and saddenned, for that poor Greek Orthodox priest in Lyon, France, who was shot on Sat., by that horrific Muslim extremist! Hope his life can be saved!
May his soul, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
My apologies, the priest is still alive. May God heal him.
He survived and it is probably not a terrorist event.
As most people know– President Theodore Roosevelt (“TR”) and FDR (President. Franklin D. Roosevelt) were first cousins, from different sides of the wealthy, prestigious Roosevelt clan. And FDR married TR’s niece– Eleanor Roosevelt!
I have not checked out what you wrote, and cannot say for sure it is true, but one chief reason people marry cousins in any culture is to keep their wealth in families and tribes. I am sure some Republicans have probably done so too.
My grandmother was married twice, but neither husband was related to her, and there were no serious deformities in her children or grandchildren that I know. It is natural to be attracted to one’s opposite sex cousin or cousins, but just not safe to marry them, and if one does so, it is harder to tell one’s children not to do so.
What this is about are Muslim attacks on Christians. That is what is important here, not cousins marrying.
Pick any Muslim Country. Try to find a Church. They are not allowed. Sometimes will allow only one, to continue the
charade that “Islam is non violent”. There is NO freedom of religion in Islam
Take Turkey, supposedly the best and most “enlightened” Muslim country, once the center of Christendom, with
Haga Sophia, the great Catholic basilica. Haga Sophia has once again, been even more converted to a Mosque.
Let’s examine Turkish policy. Do you know that Turkey’s official government, has claimed that Turkey is 99.8% Islamic?
What happened to all the Christians in this once most important Christian Nation?
What that means, in translation, that they will ruthlessly stomp on you, if you are Christian. Christian churches and property
are confiscated and taken over by the government. They allow a Church here and there, but meant only for tourists.
Why is everyone so blase and ignorant of this rampant evil demonstrated by every Muslim country?
And, as it is coming to Europe, it will come next to North America. Continue sleeping and musing on cousins marrying…
Hope you don’t wake up with a start, wearing a burqa in a Mosque.
What you say is true. I only brought up the cousin situation because some countries with state ran health care, and who do not push marrying first cousins, are saying the birth deformities in the Muslim immigrant areas are strapping their health care system. They come over expecting “free” health care services, but will not stop marrying close cousins to help some the problem.
Correction to last line: ‘to help solve the problem”.
Remember people, if you are opposed to the toppling of statues, the burning of police cars, the looting of businesses, the burning of businesses, the burning of Churches, the harassment of people who are praying the Rosary, and the murder of Christians, you are an ignorant, bigoted, scum sucking racist pig. Speaking up against such things is “Racist stupidity” (Annette October 31, 2020 at 8:28 pm in this comments section). Remember which political party says that you are deplorable, irredeemable white supremacist trash and vote against those creeps on election day.
You’re right and I’ll watch tomorrow’s red wave with the great satisfaction, same as you.
And as we end this conversation tonight, comes news of another Jihad attack, this one in Vienna.
Keep ignoring Muslim violence, Media.
And wake up!! All you commentators talking about Muslims marrying cousins!
No. This is about violence! Islamic violence, attacks on Christians.
If you can’t understand that Islam is dangerous this night, you never will…..