{"id":264,"date":"2006-11-30T13:13:58","date_gmt":"2006-11-30T21:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=264"},"modified":"2006-11-30T13:16:21","modified_gmt":"2006-11-30T21:16:21","slug":"a-new-tool-for-reconciliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2006\/a-new-tool-for-reconciliation\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Tool for Reconciliation?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pope prays with Mufti:<\/a><\/p>\n

Did they pray to the same Being?<\/p>\n

But on to the title of this post:<\/p>\n\n\n
Pope Benedict visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on Thursday, only the second Roman Catholic Pontiff to take such a step, and prayed silently in another gesture of reconciliation to the Muslim world.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

So if the fellow and I that are at odds with each other stand side by side with our eyes closed in alleged prayer, is that a gesture of reconciliation?<\/p>\n

And that’s what prayer is about?<\/p>\n

Then it seems it wasn’t prayer to any<\/i> Supreme Being.<\/p>\n

Maybe I’m just being picky.<\/p>\n\n\n
Asked if the Pope had prayed, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said:<\/p>\n

“This was a moment of reflection and meditation. Certainly, this was a moment of personal meditation in a relationship with God. You can even call this personal, intimate prayer but there were no external manifestations or characteristics of the Christian faith.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

I see.<\/p>\n

Well, maybe I don’t.<\/p>\n

What exactly is that supposed to mean?<\/p>\n

But back to the “gesture of reconciliation” bit. Does all this mean the Pope is kow-towing to Islam, acknowledging his faults and recognizing that the fault is his alone for needing to be reconciled?<\/p>\n

Ah, never mind the rhetoric.<\/p>\n

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