Vatican chief orders Christians to CONVERT Muslims (but leave Jewish alone)
CHRISTIANS have been told to try to convert Muslims to their faith – but leave Jewish people alone.
Kurt Koch
We have a mission to convert Muslims to Christianity. We have a mission to convert all non-Christian religions' people [except] Judaism.
The call to action was made by Cardinal Kurt Koch, the Vatican’s head of ecumenical relations, during a meeting in Cambridge.
He said the mission to convert extended to jihadists groups like Islamic State (ISIS) who were persecuting Christians in the Middle East.
He said: “We have a mission to convert Muslims to Christianity. We have a mission to convert all non-Christian religions' people [except] Judaism."
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Cardinal Kurt Koch
Christian charity Open Doors, which complied the list, said extreme Islamic fundamentalism is rising most sharply in sub-Saharan Africa, where more people are killed for their Christian faith than anywhere else in the world.
The Swiss clergyman, who served as Bishop of Basel before moving to Rome, said the Jewish population didn’t need to be converted as Christianity had sprung for the Jewish faith.
The clergyman was discussing documents on the Church’s relationship with Judaism published by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.