Official logo for Pope Francis' visit to Egypt

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Dear Seamus,

“Pope of Peace in Egypt of Peace” seems grammatically incorrect to me. 😃
 
josh987654321 said:
Why is the crescent moon on it?

God Bless

Josh
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Dear Josh,

I presume it is an attempt to promote inter-religious understanding by using an image commonly emblematic of Islam.

However, I disapprove of such a usage. The Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, and he must use only those symbols or emblems that are consistent with Catholic tradition. I suspect, given the poor grammar, that he had little to do with this, and that it was designed by an over-enthusiastic Egyptian cleric or layman. 😦
 
“The Cross and Crescent Moon at the center of the logo represent the coexistence between the various components of the Egyptian people.”

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I don’t know who’s trying to fool who, by ‘components’ they must mean Islam and Christianity, and if it’s Pope Francis, and a logo for the Pope, then it shouldn’t have the crescent moon on it. Who are they trying to appease? because I certainly take exception to it myself, and I think some Muslims would take exception to it too because it has the crescent moon on it.

“For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.”

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Josh
 
RomanoAmerio said:
I presume it is an attempt to promote inter-religious understanding by using an image commonly emblematic of Islam.
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Me too, but it is the Pope, who represents Christianity, not any other religion, no point of them beating around the bush, at best it’s dishonest of them I think.
RomanoAmerio said:
However, I disapprove of such a usage. The Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, and he must use only those symbols or emblems that are consistent with Catholic tradition. I suspect, given the poor grammar, that he had little to do with this, and that it was designed by an over-enthusiastic Egyptian cleric or layman. 😦
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x2 I agree.

God Bless You

Thank you for reading
Josh
 
Considering that there were Christians KILLED in Egypt by radicals that USE that crescent moon…it’s definitely not appropriate for his visit.
 
RomanoAmerio said:
I presume it is an attempt to promote inter-religious understanding by using an image commonly emblematic of Islam.
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The article explained the usage of the symbol(s). It is a representation of religions in Egypt.
The Cross and Crescent Moon at the center of the logo represent the coexistence between the various components of the Egyptian people.
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Egypt estimates about 90% Muslim and 9% Christian. The Coptic Orthodox Church being the largest representation of Christianity in Egypt.
RomanoAmerio said:
However, I disapprove of such a usage. The Pope is the head of the Catholic Church, and he must use only those symbols or emblems that are consistent with Catholic tradition. I suspect, given the poor grammar, that he had little to do with this, and that it was designed by an over-enthusiastic Egyptian cleric or layman. 😦
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Why is a logo needed at all? It’s a papal visit, not a marketing campaign for a new brand of soup.
 
dshix said:
I wonder when/how Egypt earned the title “country of peace”?
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Me, too. And I’ll never understand how people consider Islam to be a religion of peace. How peaceful can they be if non-Islamic folks are considered infidels and to be put to death?
 
Francis’ namesake is Francis of Assissi, who is beloved and famed for his personal holiness and for his Christ-like acts, including his outreach to Islam and his meeting with the Egyptian Sultan Malik al-Kamil. Undoubtedly, there were Crusaders and others in the 1200s who diasapproved of Francis of Assissi’ acts for precisely the same reasons some modern Catholics criticize Pope Francis. Precisely the same arguments more than 800 years later!
 
Exiled_Child said:
Francis’ namesake is Francis of Assissi, who is beloved and famed for his personal holiness and for his Christ-like acts, including his outreach to Islam and his meeting with the Egyptian Sultan Malik al-Kamil. Undoubtedly, there were Crusaders and others in the 1200s who diasapproved of Francis of Assissi’ acts for precisely the same reasons some modern Catholics criticize Pope Francis. Precisely the same arguments more than 800 years later!
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Dear Exiled Child,

I personally am not opposed to the Holy Father’s overtures of peace to all men of good will, including the Moslems.

However, I do have my reservations about the use of a traditionally Islamic symbol, and the use of “Egypt of Peace”, on the logo. Whoever designed it could have done better.
 
Exiled_Child said:
Francis’ namesake is Francis of Assissi, who is beloved and famed for his personal holiness and for his Christ-like acts, including his outreach to Islam and his meeting with the Egyptian Sultan Malik al-Kamil. Undoubtedly, there were Crusaders and others in the 1200s who diasapproved of Francis of Assissi’ acts for precisely the same reasons some modern Catholics criticize Pope Francis. Precisely the same arguments more than 800 years later!
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During the 5th Crusade St. Francis preached against the crusade in the crusaders camp. After having a dream showing a spectacular defeat he told the Christians outright, God is not on your side. I’m guessing the soldiers weren’t too happy with him, one apparently called him a “despicable Friar” in a chronicle. He was right though, they got slaughtered. Since the Christians ignored him he went to the Sultan to give that a shot.
 
The Pope was invited to Egypt and the main goal is to support the local efforts against religious violence. The ISIS affiliate in Egypt have targeted and attacked the Coptic Christians yet President el-Sissi has had some outreach efforts helping the religious minority. This is a critical period for Egypt to drive out ISIS and create stability and peace.

“In response to the invitation from the President of the Republic, the Bishops of the Catholic Church, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II and the Grand Imam of the Mosque of Al Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed el-Tayyib, His Holiness Pope Francis will make an Apostolic trip to the Arab Republic of Egypt from 28 to 29 April 2017, visiting the city of Cairo,”​

Francis will become the second pope to visit Al-Azhar, after St. John Paul II in 2000.
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The symbol representing the religion of the Muslim majority in Egypt is quite appropriate. It is truthful of reality. So is the desire for peace, which is the prayer and goal.
 
M-Dent said:
The symbol representing the religion of the Muslim majority in Egypt is quite appropriate. It is truthful of reality. So is the desire for peace, which is the prayer and goal.
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I pray for peace constantly, but Islam is NOT a religion of peace and all Christians are infidels.

It’s very frightening.
 
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