No doubt that is all true LV, but in this case I would have preferred he said nothing than to give these cultists the slightest air of legitimacy (And true enough I would have found fault with that as well). That latter part held a cloud over the Church in the aftermath of WWII, many still argue over the Church's relationship wit Fascism. What cannot be disputed is that the Church washed its hands and tried to be neutral, no doubt remembering the 7,000 clerics slaughtered by Franco in the Red Terror. They accepted Mussolini's Lateran Treaty which one can legitimately argue gave Fascism the imprimatur of Church approval. Monsignor Tiso in Slovakia embraced Fascism and the anti-Jewish policies of Germany, and this pattern repeated in other nations. Maybe I am a harsher critic of Catholic leadership than most, but IMO this statement by Francis gives the same imprimatur of legitimacy to Islam. Somehow I don't see the same courtesy being granted Satan and his minions...what makes Muslims so different?
