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Bishop Eleganti: Catholicism and Islam cannot peacefully coexist

The retired Swiss bishop issued a scathing critique of contemporary efforts to downplay what he perceives as the great threat of Islam.

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Michael Haynes
Dec 22, 2025
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(Pelican+) — “I’m not so naive to think that water and fire can coexist.” With this simple phrase, Bishop Marian Eleganti OSB excoriated the argument that Catholics and Muslims can develop a long-lasting peaceful co-existence.

Muslims, he opined, “want the dominance of Islam in the whole world, that’s clear, and they try to implement it.”

Bishop Marian Eleganti: Catholicism and Islam Cannot Peacefully Coexist

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