"Entering the city [Jerusalem, July 15, 1099], our pilgrims pursued and killed Saracens up to the Temple of Solomon, in which they had assembled and where they gave battle to us furiously for the whole day so that their blood flowed throughout the whole temple. Finally, having overcome the pagans, our knights seized a great number of men and women, and the killed whom they wished and whom they wished they let live.... Then, rejoicing and weeping from extreme joy, our men went to worship at the sepulchre of jour Saviour Jesus and thus fulfilled their pledge to Him.... They also ordered that all the Saracen dead should be thrown out of the city because of the extreme stench, for the city was almost full of their cadavers. The live Saracens dragged the dead out before the gates and made piles of them, like houses. No one has ever heard of or seen such a slaughter of pagan peoples since pyres were made of them like boundary marks, and no one except God knows their number." [Histoire anonyme de la premiere croisade, L. Brehier, ed. Paris: Champion, 1924 (From The Portable Medieval Reader, Ed. James Bruce Ross and Mary Martin McLaughlin)]
2006-09-20 14:10:26 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Catholic here....
The Pope is the spiritual leader of the Catholic church.
He is not a politician taking sides in wars.
2006-09-20 14:14:10 · answer #1 · answered by Villain 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Apparently you aren't paying any attention to world affairs.. there is no US crusade.. there are numerous countries afraid of the same thing. They don't intend to be caught as was the US. In spite of that protective armor created, they were still attacked. Whether you like it or not, this is a world problem, not just the US. Start reading world news, not just the NYT.
2006-09-20 14:16:14 · answer #2 · answered by mrcricket1932 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the man told the truth and now the libs are making up lies about him and the angry muslims are burning the middle east
2006-09-20 14:13:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The christian evangelical hardcores would never allow it. The previous pope (or was it the one before that? - they all dress the same) said evolution wasn't incompatible with scripture.
2006-09-20 14:29:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This Pope appears to be a P u s s y !!
2006-09-20 14:13:35 · answer #5 · answered by genny_gump 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
US Crusade? what world exactly are you living in?
2006-09-20 14:22:40 · answer #6 · answered by Ah Ha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pope is a vampire who drinks your blood. Stay away from him!!!!!!!!
2006-09-20 14:14:37 · answer #7 · answered by Got pretzels? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I doubt it
2006-09-20 14:12:27 · answer #8 · answered by wheels 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2006-09-20 14:13:08 · answer #9 · answered by Patience 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋