[QUOTE="fidosim"][QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]So some guy visited a rock...who cares, thats what I think of this.SaintLeonidas

[QUOTE="JoeRatz16"]

He also visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum.

mfacek

[QUOTE="SaintLeonidas"]So some guy visited a rock...who cares, thats what I think of this.fidosim

[QUOTE="blackngold29"][QUOTE="JoeRatz16"]

It is a difficult balancing act for him trying to improve relations to both the Jews and the Muslims, if he reaches out too far to one group he may alienate the other.

Engrish_Major

It is a difficult balancing act for him trying to improve relations to both the Jews and the Muslims, if he reaches out too far to one group he may alienate the other.

He also visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum.

The Dome of the Rock is a Muslim Mosque in Jerusalem where Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended into heaven from. As a sign of respect, Benedict removed his shoes before entering. He also visited the Wailing Wall, the holiest site of Judaism, where the ancient temple stood. And he visited Gethsemane where Jesus prayed before he was eventually arrestedand crucified.

The Pope is on a trip to the Holy Land this week. He major goals are to visit Holy Sites, to promote peace, to encourage the small Christian population in the Holy Land and to improve Catholic-Jewish and Catholic-Islamic relations.

So how do you think the trip is going and how will it go? And why have most major News networks been silent on this trip?

Quite frankly this is embarassing to the White House. THis has been a pretty gaffe-prone White House with the stupid Air Force One Statue of Liberty Incident, the Sykes incident, the "bitter people who cling to guns and religion" comment (before Barack became president), The AIG Bonus Issues, The Geithner tax issues, The Daschle Tax issues, the Bill Richardson incident, the Sebelius tax issues.

Yeah, those words were completeley unnecsary. Hoping someone's kidneys fail, no matter who it is, is awful.

pvtdonut54

[QUOTE="JoeRatz16"]I'm just wondering, does the UN and it's agencies interfere in countrys' domestic laws often?

Oleg_Huzwog

If "interfere" means "voicing disapproval", then yeah. That's kind of what they're supposed to do.