What they said

 

“It is painful to see how, especially in the West, the space for genuine freedom of expression is rapidly shrinking. At the same time, a new Orwellian-style language is developing which, in an attempt to be increasingly inclusive, ends up excluding those who do not conform to the ideologies that are fueling it.” Pope Leo XIV to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to to the Holy See.  Someone said that at last there's an inspiring American head of state.

“Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman.” Byzantine Emperor Manuel II, quoted by Pope Benedict XVI