News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee:
VATICAN CITY — In the spirit of the Christmas season and as part of his ongoing quest to bring about widespread harmony throughout the world, Pope Leo XIV issued a proclamation urging Jesus and Satan to put all their differences aside in the name of peace.
Following an international tour in which he visited Islamic nations Turkey and Lebanon, and pleaded with Christians to brush aside their fears of Muslims, Vatican officials said the supreme pontiff now sought to take things a step further by asking the Son of God and the Author of Lies to mend fences.
“Everyone should let bygones be bygones,” the pope said. “There have been a lot of things done and said over the last couple of thousand years, yes, but that should not prevent us all from continuing to pursue peace. I think it’s time for Jesus and Satan to put the past behind them and start fresh.”
“May this be a new era of cooperation between our Lord and the Deceiver.”
Critics questioned whether God’s Son and the Great Adversary could realistically come together, but the pope remained hopeful. “I am well aware that Satan has made a mess of things for a long time,” he said. “But Christ is known for being very forgiving. I truly believe that if we could just get them together to talk things out, we could put our differences aside and take a step toward a peaceful future.”
Go here to read the rest. I can imagine the debate at the Vatican: On the one hand he is the Prince of Darkness, the eternal enemy of Man who wants us all damned with him in Hell. On the other hand he is not a devotee of the traditional Mass.
The Bee’s not far off on this at all….
“dialogue!”
“ Todos, Todos, Todos…”
What is intended to be parody is often reality. Obviously not in this case but I wish I had a nickel for every time I said Yeah. That’s really what’s happening.
***On the other hand he is not a devotee of the traditional Mass.***😎 Well said.
The Bible does record a dialogue between Jesus and satan. It consisted of satan tempting our Lord, and Jesus correcting the devil.
Today the Church’s dialogue with the world includes all that temptation, with absolutely none of the correction.
But at least Pope Leo declined to pray in the blue mosque … When asked about it later, he said that he preferred to pray in churches! Not a bad response.
A line stolen from Ethel Merman (who, despite the song, made a hash of her domestic life).
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