The Faith That Dare Not Show Itself in Its Own Lands

Malta is one of the most Catholic countries in the world. It also historically suffered bloodily at the hands of Muslim invaders perhaps worse than almost anywhere else – twice.

Which makes the current Pope’s refusal to display a Christian cross during a recent visit to the island, lest it offend Muslims, thrice-damning.

Pope Francis, a leading advocate of Doormat Christianity, is at it again. Although it is traditional for papal podiums to depict the crucifix, during his recent visit to the island of Malta, Pope Francis ditched the cross lest it offend Muslim migrants. As the archdiocese of Malta openly admitted, “The podium will not be adorned with a crucifix, given that the majority of migrants are Muslim.”

Instead, the podium backdrop used by Francis consisted of recycled plastic bottles with red blobs meant to highlight the two primary reasons Francis was visiting Malta – to defend migrants and the environment.

By “migrants”, of course, the Pope means the thousands of illegal, economic migrants who utilise the services of people smugglers to cross over to the boundless welfare state of the EU.

Dr. Philip Beattie, an economist at the University of Malta, explained the reality of his island’s migrant situation: “The majority of the illegal immigrants trafficked to Malta on rickety boats leaving the Libyan coastline are not genuine refugees, but economic migrants – and are mainly Muslim young men aged between 18 and 28.”

Muslim men who are, indeed, so ‘offended’ by Christianity that they intentionally threw overboard and drowned dozens of Christians who risked getting on a boat with them.

Malta has a long history with Christianity: its conversion was managed by none other than Paul himself, as recorded in the Biblical book of Acts.

Malta also has quite a history with Islam. In the ninth century, Islamic invaders completely genocided the native population. To this day, the Maltese language shows no sub-strata earlier than Arabic: whatever language the natives spoke was completely eradicated, along with them. The island’s existing Christian churches were destroyed and the stone blocks carried off in triumph to build forts in Tunisia.

After 400 years, Christianity was re-established in Malta, first by the Normans (who allowed resident Muslims to practise their religion freely) and then the famous Knights of St. John. Then, in the 16th century, Muslim invaders returned to inflict even more devastation.

The Ottomans proceeded to subject the tiny island to, at that time, history’s most sustained bombardment (some 130,000 cannonballs were fired in total). “I don’t know if the image of hell can describe the appalling battle,” wrote a contemporary: “the fire, the heat, the continuous flames from the flamethrowers and fire hoops; the thick smoke, the stench, the disemboweled and mutilated corpses, the clash of arms, the groans, shouts, and cries, the roar of the guns … men wounding, killing, scrabbling, throwing one another back, falling and firing.”

The vastly outnumbered Knights of Christ fought tooth and nail; many of them were ritually mutilated, their hearts and entrails pulled out to cries of “Allahu Akbar.” Afterwards – and speaking of the crucifix that Francis is ashamed of – the Muslim invaders mockingly nailed their bodies to crosses and set them adrift in the harbor.

The Maltese people remain strongly wedded to their Catholic faith – if only their Pope did the same.

Instead, he appears determined to cowardly submit to the religion that has inflicted so much bloodshed and devastation on Malta.

The so-called vicar of Christ is doing everything in his power to compel Christians to drop their guard and take in and appease more and more Muslims – even as he abandons the cross of Christ, lest it offends these selfsame Muslims.

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In fact, Francis specifically visited Malta on behalf of the present-day Muslim invaders. And, just to prove how peaceful a religion it is, he cowardly abandoned the icon of his own faith, lest it provoke Muslims to the sort of violence that has Nothing To Do With Islam.

After all, it would be lot harder to convince sceptical Maltese Catholics of the ‘innocent suffering’ of the Muslims who’ve barged their way onto the island, if those ‘poor Muslims’ went on a violent rampage at the mere sign of the Christian cross.