Pope appeals for peace in Lebanon visit

Pope Benedict XVI appealed for peace Friday at a time of deep turmoil in the Middle East, calling the flow of weapons into Syria a ‘‘grave sin’’ as the country endures a bloody civil war.

The pope arrived in Lebanon for a three-day visit despite the recent unrest in region — including the war in neighboring Syria, a mob attack that killed several Americans in Libya, including the U.S. ambassador, and a string of violent protests across the region stemming from an anti-Islam film.

‘‘I have come to Lebanon as a pilgrim of peace,’’ the pope said upon his arrival in Beirut. ‘‘As a friend of God and as a friend of men.’’

But just hours after his arrival, violence erupted in northern Lebanon over the anti-Islam film produced in the United States called ‘‘Innocence of Muslims.’’ The movie ridicules the Prophet Muhammad, portraying him as a fraud, a womanizer and a child molester.

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Evermyrtle

To have peace, those who are responsible for fightings, and war must desire peace or we will have no peace. With a god who is promoting war and forcing his religion, peace wil be very hard to com to pass, maybe impossible.

Matthew 24. 5-7
5. For many shall come in my name, saying, " I am CHRIST; and shall deceive many.
6. And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
7. Gor nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: ant there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

Romans3: 15-18
15. Their feet are swift to shed blood:
16. Destruction and misery are in their ways:
17. And the way of peace have they not known:
18. There is no fear of GOD before their eyes.
jw

Mr. Pope, you first have to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ thru repentance and trusting Him alone to save you from sin before you will ever help the lost world. Until a man's heart is changed you are spitting into the wind hoping for peace, in fact there is no peace outside of Christ and if you are "in Christ" even in the midst of war and terror no man can steal your peace. Your eucharistic christ will not save you.
- agbjr
  
  Obviously a bigoted fundimentalist with no true understanding of Christian outreach.
  - http://profile.yahoo.com/HFMELPJ2QU37W53K2TKL4HJQGM Ted
    
    And obviously someone who doesn't know the Scriptures. (Mr. Pope…ea-gad!). The title is Pope Benedict, or Holy Father, or Your Eminence, never Mr. The Scripture reads: "…save you from your sins." Not from sin… I don't think he knows what the Eucharist really is (besides the word Christ is supposed to be in Caps. I dare say the Pope has trusted in Jesus Christ, and definitely has a personal relationship with Him. You sell Him way too short.
Wesley

if any Christian leader would know that conventional weapons would not fix what is going on in the middle east it would be this Pope for he grow up in Nazi Germany and saw first hand how bad ideas beget more bad ideas. he spoke about how we should be importing ideas into Syria instead of weapons for Syria has the oldest Christian tradition in the world dating back to the second century. St. Paul went there to try to wipe out the church instead found Jesus Christ on his way. Syriac has the next most manuscripts of the New Testament after Greek and Latin of course. at Antioch in Syria was where the followers of the Way were first called Christians or little Christs. the Syriac Christians pretty much gave Islam its golden age by claiming all the innovations founded by the Syriac Christians. it take a long time for Lebanese Christians to re-Christianize both Lebanon and Syria, but it can be done for it took just about 300 years for the Roman Empire to be Christianized from a small group of apostles whom God empower to do his work during some of the most troublesome times for the church.