On Christmas, Pope Urges End to Wars

[OptionsTrader]

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/on-christmas-pope-urges-end-to-wars/n20071225120309990005

On Christmas, Pope Urges End to Wars
By NICOLE WINFIELD,Associated Press
Posted: 2007-12-25 12:03:56
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI issued a Christmas Day appeal Tuesday to political leaders around the globe to find the "wisdom and courage" to end bloody conflicts in Darfur, Iraq, Afghanistan and Congo.

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"May the child Jesus bring relief to those who are suffering and may he bestow upon political leaders the wisdom and courage to seek and find humane, just and lasting solutions," he said.
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My comments:

The pope, if he truly wants peace, should contact the Ron Paul campaign and meet with Ron Paul. I doubt the campaign would desire to actively seek the meeting, because Ron Paul would prefer to keep politics and religion separate, but there is nothing stopping the Pope from being the initiator of the meeting if he truly desires PEACE.

Contact info:

From: http://www.ratzingerfanclub.com

How do I contact Pope Benedict XVI?

Snail mail:

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
Vatican City State, 00120
Italy

From culturalcatholic.com:

Pope Benedict XVI's email addresses:

English: benedictxvi@vatican.va

Italian: benedettoxvi@vatican.va

Spanish: benedictoxvi@vatican.va

French: benoitxvi@vatican.va

German: benediktxvi@vatican.va

Portuguese: bentoxvi@vatican.va

Pope Benedict XVI is fluent in German, English, Italian, French, and Spanish and has knowledge of Portuguese. Pope Benedict XVI can also speak classical Latin.

Although the pope reads several languages, the email addresses are different because the email messages are screened by the pope's assistants who may only read in the language of the email. The assistants forward a synopsis of the email or the full email onto the pope or answer the email themselves whichever is appropriate.

From about.com:
"It is unlikely you will receive a personal response if you send an email to the pope, but the Holy See does read, collect and route all mail. The Pope possibly has another private email address inside the Vatican. "

[CzargwaR]

Absolutely, anyone have contact info? :D

[maiki]

Although many misread/mishear such comments believing that you can end war with more war. :( That is what is sad.

[jb4ronpaul]

someone could make a good Catholic video with quotes from the pope and the vatican, they have spoken against the war in Iraq, torture, "preemtive war", etc

[Shavenyak]

Someone call the pope and have him endorse Ron Paul. That would be something, wouldn't it? :)

[OptionsTrader]

Someone call the pope and have him endorse Ron Paul. That would be something, wouldn't it? :)

If the Pope really wants peace, he should be the one calling Ron Paul. Seriously.

[OptionsTrader]

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[kutibah]

If the Pope really wants peace, he should be the one calling Ron Paul. Seriously.

That would be a HUGGGGGEE endorsement...but of course chances of getting hit by lightning are higher lol

[Omnis]

Benedict XVI and the American Cardinals' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cardinals_by_country#USA) endorsement would be awesome.

[OptionsTrader]

Benedict XVI and the American Cardinals' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cardinals_by_country#USA) endorsement would be awesome.

Regardless of any of our individual religious beliefs, why cannot we make this happen for the sake of peace?

We claim to be organized and that we can accomplich the impossible. Can we make this happen?

[mkiv808]

If the Pope really wants peace, he should be the one calling Ron Paul. Seriously.
+1

[OptionsTrader]

I am adding contact info to the first post of this thread in case anyone wants to take some initiative...

Such as:

From: http://www.ratzingerfanclub.com

How do I contact Pope Benedict XVI?
For snail mail, you can write to our dear Holy Father at the following address:

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
Vatican City State, 00120
Italy

You can email him at benedictxvi@vatican.va, but good luck on getting a response. =)

[Corydoras]

someone could make a good Catholic video with quotes from the pope and the vatican, they have spoken against the war in Iraq, torture, "preemtive war", etc

This video really needs to get around. I have posted this link many times and it seems to be new to people every time-- so share it!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Rm-1CH8nZWw

[Corydoras]

On principle, I wouldn't really like to see a foreign head of state endorsing one of our presidential candidates, even one as good as Ron Paul.

[OptionsTrader]

To preempt a legality scuffle before one starts, here's a repost of a post by aspiringconstitutionalist:


As for the notion that US Reps can't meet with foreign heads of state (I don't know who told you that), I present you

Exhibit A
Rep. Pelosi meeting w/ Syrian Pres. Assad
http://media.komotv.com/images/070405_Pelosi_Assad.jpg

Exhibit B
Rep. Jackson meeting w/ Liberian Pres. Sirleaf
http://www.house.gov/jackson/images/EJS_Liberia060316_sm.jpg

Exhibit C
Rep. Wexler meeting w/ Turkey Prime Minister Erdogan
http://www.roembus.org/embassynews/2007/June/visit%20minister%20of%20foreign%20affairs/12jun_Congressman%20Robert%20Wexler/tnDSC05277s.JPG

Exhibit D
Reps. Pelosi and Lantos meeting w/ Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki
http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/pelosi-and-al-maliki.jpg

[Man from La Mancha]

On principle, I wouldn't really like to see a foreign head of state endorsing one of our presidential candidates, even one as good as Ron Paul.Especially a Jesuit puppet for NWO. I would be very leery of the motives of a support like that.
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[Corydoras]

I do think it would be excellent if heads of state were to MEET with Ron Paul!
:)

[Theriot]

If this were to happen people would say "Mike who?"

[Corydoras]

Especially a Jesuit puppet for NWO. I would be very leery of the motives of a support like that.

I don't think B16 is Jesuit!

However, his onetime connection to Neil Bush is, well, most peculiar.

[NYgs23]

Come on. The pope is not going to endorse a secular candidate for elected office in a secular country. That's just ridiculous. Even when the pope and bishops talk about how pro-choice, pro-same-sex-marriage Catholic politicians shouldn't recieve communion they do not name names. To suggest the pope would openly endorse any political candidate, anytime, anywhere, is just silly.

P.S. The pope isn't a stooge for the NWO either. He's spoken out against many of its trappings: unjustified war, the "Culture of Death," moral relativism, etc. Don't be ridiculous.

[thisisgiparti]

I know Bush has met with the Pope who has endorsed acts of violence in the past. I caught midnight mass, and there was enough that struck me as "off" that I am even leery of the messages of promoting good and creating heaven on earth.

I can promise you you will never hear from the Pope or anyone in the Church. I'm pretty sure someone is trying to rein in the flock here. This thread is a dangling carrot.

[NYgs23]

What acts of violence has the pope endorsed??? What struck you as 'off' in what Mass? The fact that you are leery about messages "promoting good" seems to reflect more on you than him. Pope Benedict is not a utopianist. I don't know why some people here seem to want to rope into some kind of conspiracy theory.

[KingTheoden]

Someone call the pope and have him endorse Ron Paul. That would be something, wouldn't it? :)

I cannot speak for the Vatican, but I think they are very reluctant to get involved in the political arena. Yes, that sounds odd because the Church used to be the supreme level of government in past centuries but is the situation today.

I think a meeting between Ron Paul and Pope Benedict would be fantastic (Huckleberry would never receive nor request such a thing). Again, we should not get our hopes up because of the very reticence in political engagement of which I just spoke. The pope has spoken out against the war, global warming fear mongering, secularism, etc. Let's judge by the tree by its fruits.

[RJB]

Uh oh, it looks like this thread is teetering on the edge of bashing one group...

Can we just stick to the subject without bashing a group. It seems that anytime a thread starts out innocently talking about a group, whether it's Mormons, Catholics, evangelical, athiests etc, the conspiracy brigade jumps in and completely hijacks the thread.

I don't care what your color, creed, etc etc., we're all hear because we want politicians to follow the law of our constitution. Can we stick with that?

[NeoconPaulsupporter]

I know noone here is bad-mouthing my Pope...:mad:

[Corydoras]

By the way, Catholics, this thread is getting pretty interesting:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=64984&page=2