Pope Benedict XVI, who confirmed on Sunday that he was coming to Israel in May, will definitely visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial, The Jerusalem Post was told on Monday. But he will not tour that part of the museum where a photograph of his predecessor Pius XII is displayed with a caption saying the wartime pope did not act to save Jews from the Holocaust.
...Unlike pope John Paul II, who did visit the Temple Mount but did not go into al-Aksa, Benedict will enter that mosque, the official said.
...the pope would enter the room where the Pius photograph and caption were on display, if the exhibit remained unchanged, it would not prevent the pontiff's coming to Yad Vashem.
I hope the Pope will be informed that the Temple Mount is where the Second (and First) Temple stood - Arafat and also others don't believe that - and where a Jew, Jesus, overturned some tables, a semi-violent direct action protest.
And I hope he gets to the Kotel to leave a note like his predecessor
but that the slip of paper be better guarded than this fellow's note
P.S.
A notice this Pal. media take:
Pope Benedict XVI is to become the first head of the Roman Catholic Church to enter a mosque in Jerusalem when he visits the Holy Land in May.
The papal nuncio to the Holy Land, Msgr Antonio Franco, said the pontiff will visit the 7th-century Dome of the Rock, which is one of the oldest extant Islamic buildings in the world and houses a rock in which the Prophet Muhammad is thought to have left his foot print as he ascended to heaven accompanied by the angel Gabriel. ''The visit inside the Dome of the Rock has been agreed in principle,'' said Msgr Franco, who added that the pontiff would be accompanied by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and other Islamic figures. Franco played down reports that Benedict may also visit the nearby al-Aqsa Mosque, saying this ''had not been spoken about''.
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UPDATE
The Catholics are already going Islamic on the Temple Mount Papal visit.
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So - the story is he will visit the Dome of the Rock which is NOT a mosque... That he might also enter Al-Aksa is not yet decided? At least according to the Pal. media report.
Once again, I'll reiterate my suggestion that he NOT come at all. His visit will only make a further mess of Jerusalem streets (which are already mostly impassable due to the construction), NOT inject a lot of money into the economy and COST us 43 million shekels just so's he can tell us we should all follow him instead of God? No thanks.
What namely you're saying is a terrible blunder.
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