Pope Francis marked his first Good Friday with a traditional torch-lit ceremony around the Colosseum in Rome and prayers for a Middle East "torn apart by injustice and conflicts".The newly-elected Argentine pope presided over the re-enactment of the last hours of Jesus Christ's last hours, praying for Christians in the region and for "our Muslim brothers".
"Christians must respond to evil with good, taking the cross upon themselves as Jesus did," said Francis, who followed the ceremony from under a canopy overlooking the 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheatre.
The pope also referred to a visit to Lebanon last year by his predecessor Benedict XVI, who stunned the world by resigning last month at the age of 85.
"We saw the beauty and the strong bond of communion joining Christians together in that land and the friendship of our Muslim brothers and so many others," the 76-year-old pope said.
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Wait... what? Muslim 'brothers?' How is it possible that someone reportedly as scholarly as this pope could refer to Muslims as 'brothers?' Christians have YHWH as their father. We are born again - out of this world and into a brand new family! Muslims are not our 'brothers' and the Bible is crystal clear on this point.
Though we probably shouldn't be surprised at this with all the syncretic ecumenical talk about the new pope. Stay tuned as we learn the true nature of the direction the first Jesuit pope will take the Roman Catholic Church's 1 billion-plus members. Maranatha!
Did you seriously write this? You SERIOUSLY wrote this? You are about to be visited by the spirit like you've never been visited before. You'd better have toilet paper handy.
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