Pope Francis criticized: Where is the clear attitude?

Pope Francis criticized: Where is the clear attitude?

In the middle of the continuing violence in the Holy Land, the Viennese theologian Prof. Jan-Heiner Tück has brought clear criticism of Pope Francis. He criticizes that the Pope shows a supposed partisan in favor of the Palestinians in his recent statements and gestures, especially during a visit to a crib in the Vatican. "Jesus was a Jew, not a prospective liberation fighter," said Tück in a guest comment in the "press". According to him, it is important to recognize the suffering of the Palestinian civilian population, but not to forget that the brutal attacks by Hamas have a significant impact on the conflict. This is a central point that the Pope should not overlook in his role as an ally of the Jews, says Tück, who also denounces a trivialization of the acting forces that the Pope should definitely avoid as a friend of Judaism.

inadequate reactions of the Vatican

The reactions of the Vatican after the attacks of Hamas on Israel are inadequate from a theological point of view, stated in his contribution. He criticized that the focus of the Vatican peace message was immediately placed on the civilian population in the Gaza Strip, while the responsibility of Hamas was not sufficiently named. This attitude colored the neutrality of the Vatican, and the EO IPSO Mora of church diplomacy would be put in the shade. The Salzburg fundamental theologian Gregor Maria Hoff also expressed similar concerns and emphasized that it was not clear enough to refer to the origin of violence, which undermine the authority of the Pope.

According to this, the backing in the church community could be weakened by the missing clarity about the question of perpetrators. Based on the discourse of Latin American liberation theology, in which solidarity is emphasized with the oppressed, the complex background of the conflict is simply hidden. Tück emphasized that a theology that Auschwitz takes seriously as a turning point must never leave out the need to name the aggressor in order to do justice to the victims. Such a speech is extremely important, especially at a time when mutual respect and understanding between the communities of faith are at stake, as in Ukraine and the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as