Pope Benedict XVI urged Iranian authorities on Thursday to let Catholics have the priests and churches they need to freely practice their faith in the country.
It’s good to see the Pope speaking on the Iranian / Christian issue. It is especially treacherous for Islamic converts to Christianity, just have a quick gander on this link to get an idea:-
In comments to Iran’s new ambassador to the Holy See, Benedict also urged Teheran to improve the situation of all Christian minorities so they are better integrated into society.
Pope Benedict XVI urged Iranian authorities on Thursday to let Catholics have the priests and churches they need to freely practice their faith in the country.
Good to see the Pope mention “all Christian minorities” and not just mention Catholics.
The ambassador also complained to the pope about what he said was the increasing spread of “Islamophobia” in the West and boasted that Iran’s presidential elections – sharply criticized internationally – showed that it embraced the principles of democracy.
Forgive me for being brutal, but for the Iranian ambassador to bemoan the fact that the West doesn’t seem to respect their ‘democracy’, may be something to do with the fact that the election is widely believed to have been rigged and then dissenters ruthlessly brutalised.
As for Islamophobia? Well perhaps he will have a case, when Islamic nations offer the reciprocal freedoms to Christians, that is extended to Muslims in the West. But until that day….
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