{"id":8280,"date":"2026-06-11T18:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/?p=8280"},"modified":"2026-06-11T18:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:29:12","slug":"the-vicar-of-christ-is-doing-islams-pr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2026\/06\/11\/the-vicar-of-christ-is-doing-islams-pr\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vicar of Christ is doing Islam\u2019s PR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2026\/06\/11\/the-vicar-of-christ-is-doing-islams-pr\/rsz_pope_leo_spain\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8281\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8281\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rsz_pope_leo_spain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rsz_pope_leo_spain.jpg 600w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rsz_pope_leo_spain-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Pope Leo XIV began an official visit to Spain by urging Spaniards to embrace multicultural coexistence with Islam and stop \u201cfanning the flames of polarization\u201d over mass migration from the Muslim world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>The Vicar of Christ is doing Islam\u2019s PR<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"https:\/\/idicenter.org\/article\/the-vicar-of-christ-is-doing-islams-pr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ideological Defense Institute<\/a> | June 11, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV began an official visit to Spain (June 6\u201312) by urging Spaniards to embrace multicultural coexistence with Islam and stop \u201cfanning the flames of polarization\u201d over mass migration from the Muslim world. He said that Christians and Muslims can live together as friends and proceeded to present medieval Spain\u2014which was occupied by Islamic invaders for nearly 800 years\u2014as an interfaith utopia that led to advancements in astronomy, medicine, and science.<\/p>\n<p>The Pope\u2019s remarks were greeted with significant pushback by Spanish historians, theologians, and lay Catholics. They accused him of misrepresenting Spain\u2019s history by repeating the false claims of progressive historians that life on the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Spain and Portugal) during its eight-century-long occupation by Muslims was a paragon of religious tolerance and harmony.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/idicenter.org\/article\/the-vicar-of-christ-is-doing-islams-pr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Continue Reading Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV began an official visit to Spain by urging Spaniards to embrace multicultural coexistence with Islam and stop \u201cfanning the flames of polarization\u201d over mass migration from the Muslim world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48,109],"tags":[46,181,177],"class_list":["post-8280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islam-in-europe","category-spain-islam-in-europe","tag-european-multiculturalism","tag-islam-in-europe","tag-spain"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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