# 25 OF 45 - THIS UNHAPPY BOOK REPORT ON "THE POLITICAL POPE"
IN PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH - HTTP://WWW.CINOPSBEGONE.BLOGSPOT.COM - SUN. NOV. 10, 2019
GEORGE NEUMAYR, "THE POLITICAL POPE" CENTER STREET, N.Y. 2017 - EXCERPTS:
An Apologist for Islam p. 151-157
"It's ironic that a Catholic can get a better grasp of the Islamic threat by listening to a short speech by [Egyptian] President el-Sisi's than by listening to a hundred reassuring statements from Catholic bishops,' writes author William Kilpatrick, referring to el-Sisi's comments about problems within Islam. " the let's be friend approach has been in place ever since Vatican II, but other than dialogues congratulating themselves on the friendship they have made it hasn't yielded much in the way of results. Christians in Muslim lands are less safe than they have been for centuries."
The Pope's Praise for Atheists
"Pope Francis is the first pope to pride himself on not trying to convert atheists to belief in God. "When I speak with atheists, I will sometimes discuss social concerns, but I do not propose the problem of God as a starting point,except in the case that they propose it to me,".... In a 2013 interview with the atheistic ex-Catholic Eugenio Scalfari Pope Francis said that he had not interest in converting him... Don't trouble yourself with the "solemn nonsense" of those Catholics who expect you to convert, Pope Francis told him. "The most surprising thing he told me was: "God is not Catholic," Scalfari said after the interview. ..
"Scalfari told Francis that he never envisioned a pope who could embrace relativism and atheism.... In 2016, Pope Francis gave yet another interview to Scalfari in which he said, "If anything, it is the communist who think like Christians."... [[ A mindset not based on reality. ghk] ... In a 2013 homily, Pope Francis said, "The Lord has redeemed all of us, with the Blood of Christ,all of us, not just Catholics, Everyone! Father, the atheists? Even the atheists. Everyone!"
Pope Francis appears to entertain theological novelties about both heaven and hell. While saying confidently that atheists can go to heaven, he has flirted with theological concepts suggesting that no one goes to hell... In Amoris Laetitia, he again suggested that no one goes to hell by writing that "the way of the Church is not to condemn anyone forever." ....
The Pope Embraces Martin Luther
"On several occasions, Pope Francis has told Protestant leaders that they should remain Protestant... In a foreshadowing of that attitude, he opposed the decision of Pope Benedict XVI to set up an "ordinariate" for Anglicans interested in converting to Catholicism....
The pope is not seeking to convert Protestants but to apologize to them. In 2014, he baffled the Catholic community in Caserta, Italy, by visiting a Pentecostal congregation and apologizing to it for the Church's past evangelical activities... The pope lack of interest in converting anyone has led commentator Ann Coulter to joke. "If you're head of the Catholic Church and your position is, 'ah, join any church. Inf fact, you don't even have to be a Christian.' Maybe, you know, you can get a show on CNN, but maybe you shouldn't be the head of the Catholic Church."
".... In October 2016, Pope Francis traveled to Sweden to participate in a Catholic-Lutheran service that commemorated the beginning of Martin Luther's revolt against Catholicism....In 2016, the Vatican announced that a Protestant theologian, Marcelo Figueroa, would edit the Argentine version of its newspaper L'Osservatore Romano. Figuero is a friend of Pope Francis..."
"According to orthodox Catholic theology, Luther did err," he says. "Catholics insist good works (empowered by God's grace) are meritorious and they contribute to the process of the soul's salvation and purification. Lutherans still cling to the notion of salvation by "faith alone" and thus negates the importance of good works in the economy of salvation..." George H. Kubeck
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