Comments on: Is the Pope Jewish?

By: Ethan C.

Ethan C. — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:44:08 +0000

Of course he’s Jewish. All us Christians are nothing but in-grafted branches.

Well, maybe not so much “Jewish” as “Israelite,” if we’re going to be specific.

By: Graham Combs

Graham Combs — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:31:23 +0000

The first German pope (correct me please) is Jewish? It would be as if the first American pope came out of the Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. Suddenly the odds are much better than I had hoped.

Is this an infinitely entertaining planet or what?

By: William L. Harnist

William L. Harnist — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:16:03 +0000

When terrorists from Gaza send 80 missiles in southern Israel, we are all Jewish.

By: peg

peg — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:15:27 +0000

An expert on Pope “Benedict IV or VII or whatever”.

By: Sally Rogers

Sally Rogers — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:06:56 +0000

So according to this fellow anyone who criticizes Islam or Arabs, accepts that the Holocaust happened, and supports Israel is Jewish.

And the speaker is supposedly the head of “Hebrew Studies” at a university, so he should know.

Honestly, it’s hard to take these middle eastern scholars seriously.

By: Is the Pope Jewish? « Fr Stephen Smuts

Is the Pope Jewish? « Fr Stephen Smuts — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:44:03 +0000

[...] First Thoughts: Yes, says the head of the Hebrew Studies Department at Tanta University in Egypt, Muhammad Galaa [...]