I continue to be amazed at what our local paper doesn't cover in it's international news. The President of the US visited the Pope at the Vatican recently, amid speculation that he would convert to Catholicism. Not a peep from the Dom Post. The only event of note that they registered was the Pope meeting the Fijian leader, which warranted a photo and a cartoon. But bigger things are at work in the world. Much as New Zealanders are working to destroy Anglicanism, the following article points out how much that really shoots civilisation in general in the proverbial foot.
For the first time, perhaps, since the time of Mohammed, large parts of the Islamic world are vulnerable to Christian efforts to convert them, for tens of millions of Muslims now dwell as minorities in predominantly Christian countries. The Muslim migration to Europe is a double-edged sword. Eventually this migration may lead to a Muslim Europe, but it also puts large numbers of Muslims within reach of Christian missionaries for the first time in history.I would highly recommend the whole article as what I've put up here is just a small part of it all.
That is the hope of Magdi Allam, the highest-profile Catholic convert from Islam in living memory (see The mustard seed in global strategy Asia Times Online, March 26, 2008).
Related Link: The pope, the president and politics of faith ~ Asia Times Online
Photo : My favourite image from President Bush's visit with the Pope ~ What does the prayer really say