Pope Francis’ Sins of Omission

As his five-day visit to the United States comes to an end, Pope Francis continues to receive the undivided attention of audiences as major in number as in stature.

It is not clear whether the head of the Holy See is worried about the danger of succumbing to the sin of pride from having his ring kissed so readily by so many illustrious figures.

Something for which the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church ought to hang his head in shame, however, is his repeated sins of omission.

Radical Islamists are not only killing Jews and Christians; they are killing other Muslims, which is why Europe is being flooded with migrants fleeing the Middle East for safer shores. Talking about this massive humanitarian crisis and so many others without naming their perpetrators is not merely disingenuous; it is equivalent to disseminating a bald-faced lie.

In his address to the U.N. on Friday morning, for example, the pope praised the Iran deal and used it to exemplify the kind of unity that is needed to confront all challenges.

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It is worth noting, as Claudia Rosett did in Forbes on Friday, “Today, the U.N. is increasingly becoming a clubhouse for a rising new axis of dictators. In its menu of privileges for member states, the U.N. does not distinguish between democracies and dictatorships.”

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