Until the advent of materialism and 19th c. dogma, Western Civilisation was superior to anything Islam had developed. Islam has not aided in the development of the modern world; in fact civilisation has only been created in spite of Islam. Proof of this resides in the 'modern' world and the unending political-economic and spiritual poverty of Muslim states and regions. Squatting on richer civilisations is not 'progress'. Islam is pagan, totalitarian, and irrational.
On August 7th, 1571, the Ottoman Empire captured the city of Famagusta, Cyprus from the Venetians after an almost year long siege. Pope Pious V had created the Holy League which consisted of the Spanish Empire, several Italian city-states and the Knights of St. John to rescue the city but they had set out too late. Wanting revenge for Famagusta, The League came up with a plan to lure out and defeat the Ottoman Navy.
At dawn on October 7th, a small galley belonging to The League spotted the Ottoman Navy off the coast of Lepanto. The Holy League had 212 ships and 65k men(30k sailors and 35k soldiers) and was led by Don John of Austria. The Ottomans had 278 ships and 67k men(37k sailors and slaves, and 30k soldiers) and was led by Müezzinzade Ali Pasha. The Europeans had an advantage over the Turks as their forces were modernized with all soldiers armed with firearms and ships having many more cannons on board, where as the Turks were still mostly using bows and arrows and most ships having few cannons.
Before the battle began the entirety of the League's forces prayed the rosery and the Blessed Sacrament was administered to everyone. The Ottomans made the opening move and advanced their fleet towards the League's formation. The wind initially favored the Ottomans, but during their advance miraculously changed direction in favor of the League severely slowing the Ottomans' advance. The League's ships then opened fired on the Ottomans sinking or disabling many of them. As the Ottoman ships approached the Europeans began angerly shouting "Famagusta!" at the Turks. The Ottoman left wing struck the League's left wing first and after hard fighting the League sunk or captured all of the Ottoman ships. The Ottoman center then struck the League's center. As Müezzinzade's flagship was advancing it became separated from the rest of the formation. The League's ships noticed this and surrounded the flagship and boarded it. Müezzinzade was then killed in melee combat and his ship captured. The Ottoman center then fell apart with ships being captured, sunk, or fleeing the battle. The League then combined their center and left and attacked the Ottoman right wing which was winning against the League's right. Realizing he was now badly outnumbered the remaining Ottoman captain Uluj Ali ordered his ships to retreat. The League pursued the Ottomans, but eventually they got away. The battle lasted around 4 hours.
The League lost 13 ships and 7.5k men the Ottomans lost 50 ships and over 30k men. The League also captured over 120 Ottoman ships and freed over 10k European galley slaves. Very few prisoners were taken as word of the horrific treatment of Europeans fleeing Famagusta had reached the League, so Ottomans were simply executed upon surrendering. The Battle of Lepanto marked a turning point in Europe's struggle against the Ottoman Empire and dispelled the myth of "Ottoman invincibility" at sea as well as being one of the last naval battles that rowing galleys were used in.
Anti-Pope Leo has proven himself as useless and as stupid as former Anti-Pope Frank. The CC is now all-in on the pagan climate cult. One assumes that large oak trees, hurricanes and polar bears will be sprinkled with holy water and blessed as sacred.
In a ridiculous, very public and extravagant pagan ceremony at the splendid 125-acre Palazzo Apostolico di Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, Pope Leo XIV signalled his allegiance to the globalist parasites by blessing a block of ice. Yes, he blessed a block of ice.
He did so in the presence of over 500 activists who had flown to Italy from across the world. The ice had been transported more than 3,000 miles to the palace from a glacier in Greenland.
The spectacle was arranged to mark the tenth anniversary of the publication of Pope Francis’s encyclical Laudato Si’.
Shortly before this document was released, in an article headed The Tree Ring of the Fisherman lamenting the priorities of the Vatican in the face of the decline of Christianity and invasion of Europe, the great Mark Steyn wrote the following:
‘When I first started seeing headlines about the Pope pushing for action on climate change, I assumed the College of Climate Cardinals had had a whip round and decided to buy Michael E Mann a funny hat and a big balcony to make up for the implosion of his self-conferred Nobel Prize. But no, this isn’t His Hockiness but His Holiness – the real, actual Pope.’
And:
‘So the pontiff wants to get a piece of the climate-change action. Do carbon offsets qualify for papal indulgences?’
It is not known what has happened to the block of Greenland ice. Maybe it was used to cool the gin and tonics in the after-party. Will it be returned to the glacier? Perhaps it will be placed in an illuminated freezer and displayed on a plinth in St Peter’s Basilica. Perhaps it will be allowed to melt and become miraculous Holy Water. Perhaps it has begun the path to canonisation and we can soon look forward to St Glacier, St Ice and/or St Water.
Now the precedent has been set for blessing inanimate symbols of the climate scam, where will it end?
I look forward to the blessing of a poorly olive tree ravaged by insects or a weather anomaly to become the Sacred Tree of Crete and a place of pilgrimage. Or maybe there will be a Holy Puddle of Ethiopia that will cure the incurable. Will we get indulgences and less time in purgatory for recycling plastic bottle tops and junk mail about solar panels?
At the glittering ice-blessing ceremony, Pope Leo remarked: ‘There is no room for indifference or resignation.’ Indifference and resignation is exactly what I perceive to be the Church’s attitude towards the persecution and murder of Christians and the destruction of the foundations of the civilised world.
I await my excommunication.