{"id":4970,"date":"2017-12-08T09:11:28","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T09:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/12\/08\/why-doesnt-the-catholic-church-fight-back\/"},"modified":"2017-12-08T09:11:28","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T09:11:28","slug":"why-doesnt-the-catholic-church-fight-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/12\/08\/why-doesnt-the-catholic-church-fight-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Don&#8217;t Catholics Fight Back?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crisismagazine.com\/2017\/can-church-recover-fighting-spirit\">William Kilpatrick<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">The chief reason is that Catholics are receiving little guidance about Islam from their leaders. And what little information they receive is misleading. The hierarchy is still sticking with the message that Islam is a religion of peace which has recently been given a bad name by a tiny handful of terrorists who misunderstand the beneficent nature of their faith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">Meanwhile, while Catholic leaders have been pedaling this rosy picture of Islam, 90,000&#0160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/10297\/christians-persecution-indifference\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Christians were murdered for their faith&#0160;<\/a>in 2016. Between 2005 and 2015,&#0160;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/10297\/christians-persecution-indifference\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">900,000 Christians were martyred<\/a>. In most cases the executioners were Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">Let those numbers sink in. Donald J. 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