- Maybe Mahmoud Abbass, Holocaust denier that he is, got religion, after all, who are we to judge.
- Just wondering though, can canonization of Che Guevera be far behind?
Here is the story that is out there – from the AP:
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis praised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as an “angel of peace” during a meeting Saturday at the Vatican that underscored the Holy See’s warm relations with the Palestinians as it prepares to canonize two 19th century nuns from the region.
Francis made the compliment during the traditional exchange of gifts at the end of an official audience in the Apostolic Palace. He presented Abbas with a medallion and explained that it represented the “angel of peace destroying the bad spirit of war.”
Francis said he thought the gift was appropriate since “you are an angel of peace.” During his 2014 visit to Israel and the West Bank, Francis called both Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres men of peace.
Although not the leader of Israel, we hope Mr Peres doesn’t feel slighted as he heretofore only rated the designation “man of peace.” But as they say, so goes the fortunes of war peace.
We suppose someone can throw off his KGB training as a disinformation specialist and be true to the angels. And so it must be true about Abbas, as undisputed an authority on theology as the Pope is, and now also on matters of economics, climate science, and refinement on every aspect of Middle East foreign policy and intrigues.
However this perhaps somewhat polemic 2005 article from Darrell Young writing at Focus on Jerusalem, titled Who is Mahmoud Abbas?, gave us some pause as far as appreciating the Pope’s blandishment. A different biographical tone toward Abbas. but raising a corruption issue and confirming the Holocaust denier information. can be had from this wikipedia article . It is not particularly comforting.
So maybe the angel jury should be out a little longer.
DLH and R Mall
