tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post3631396122010195325..comments2024-02-14T03:56:12.027-08:00Comments on La Salette Journey: Bishop McManus and dialogue with MuslimsPaul Anthony Melansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-31937437759263951312013-05-02T04:01:40.956-07:002013-05-02T04:01:40.956-07:00Pope Francis set to commit “Islamophobia,” canoniz...Pope Francis set to commit “Islamophobia,” canonize 800 Christians murdered by jihadists after being ordered to convert to Islam or die<br /> <br />Posted by Deacon Robert Spencer on May 1, 2013<br /> www.jihadwatch.org/2013/05/pope-francis-set-to-commit-islamophobia-canonize-800-italians-murdered-by-islamic-jihadists.html<br /> <br />This is not going to be good for the wonderful “dialogue” that is clearly accomplishing so very much. Remember the words of Bishop Robert McManus of Worcester last February: “My decision to ask Mr. Spencer not to speak at the Men’s Conference resulted from a concern voiced by members of the Islamic community in Massachusetts, a concern that I came to share. That concern was that Mr. Spencer’s talk about extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated globally might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims and possibly generate suspicion and even fear of people who practice piously the religion of Islam.”<br /> <br />So if the Pope highlights (as this canonization will, however indirectly) “extreme, militant Islamists and the atrocities that they have perpetrated” in Italy in 1480, will that “undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims” in the Boston area, which are indeed such very great achievements, as we saw at the Boston Marathon? If Pope Francis wants to come to Worcester, will McManus bar him out of concern that his visit “might undercut the positive achievements that we Catholics have attained in our inter-religious dialogue with devout Muslims and possibly generate suspicion and even fear of people who practice piously the religion of Islam”?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-22766714649333378412013-04-29T07:46:10.619-07:002013-04-29T07:46:10.619-07:00http://www.catholicworldreport.
com/Item/2218/of_b...http://www.catholicworldreport.<br />com/Item/2218/of_bishops_and_bombers.aspx#<br />.UX5qWbVaySoPaul Anthony Melansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-81856936593308668602013-04-29T07:25:38.718-07:002013-04-29T07:25:38.718-07:00Danusha, thank you for your kind note. I may be r...Danusha, thank you for your kind note. I may be reached at: cleghornboy@juno.comPaul Anthony Melansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-52339413971988702052013-04-28T15:42:04.044-07:002013-04-28T15:42:04.044-07:00Thank you for this blog post. Also, may I please c...Thank you for this blog post. Also, may I please contact you? I don't understand the part of your profile that says "contact" and offers a word followed by "msn." Let me know. Thank you.D Goskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09353495585591945881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-32041774463121771232013-04-23T09:48:50.188-07:002013-04-23T09:48:50.188-07:00There is a call for the Holy See to investigate Bi...There is a call for the Holy See to investigate Bishop McManus and the Worcester Diocese.<br /><br />See this link:<br /><br />http://c.moreover.com/click/<br />here.pl?z8099785201&amp;z=1600249774Ellen Wironkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15037753678014941848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-79865250604132295562013-04-23T09:31:54.573-07:002013-04-23T09:31:54.573-07:00In the introduction to his book (see link to artic...In the introduction to his book (see link to article within my Blog post), Robert Spencer says, "We must never think our obligation to be charitable can or should overwhelm our responsibility to bear witness to the truth."<br /><br />If only Bishop McManus truly understood this!Paul Anthony Melansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-40316118620204538272013-04-23T09:21:50.223-07:002013-04-23T09:21:50.223-07:00Dzhokhar said, during an interview with police, th...Dzhokhar said, during an interview with police, that he and his brother were inspired by Islam which they converted to a couple of years ago.<br /><br />Are you paying attention Bishop McManus?<br /><br />Can Robert Spencer speak at next year's conference? And while we're at it, why is it that you freely listen to the Muslim community in Massachusetts and THEIR concerns but you didn't even give Robert Spencer the dignity of contacting him to explain your decision to un-invite him?<br /><br />Strange days.Michael Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17489929697997071892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-44518979290363766162013-04-22T08:16:55.103-07:002013-04-22T08:16:55.103-07:00Dear friends, a number of my friends and one membe...Dear friends, a number of my friends and one member of my family have given up allegiance to the Catholic Church which tolerates such essentially anti-Christian multi-culturalism, and others have soured on the Episcopal and ELCA denominations over similar stances. Until Christians begin to stand with Christian theology tall and above Islam, the stance of multi-cultural equality will sour more of us. Bishop McManus has put politics over Christ. May he be forgiven his sin, but may he also renounce it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com