The catholic crusades

Because of the invasion of the Muslims, the christians( or catholics) were threathened. The pope called for a crusade w/c means holy war and they waged war for the recovery of the holy land. They created a fighting force to fight the Muslim Arabs or Turks. The pope himself was the one to call for the first crusade and it showed how crusades showed the importance of papal leadership. As Sir Noel had said, " the end doesn't justify the means" it means that the results or the motives of the crusades are right( to recover the Holy land) but the means are not( waging war w/ the turks). What's wrong also is they did not consult the eastern orthodox church about making a decision w/ this that's why there is a lot of divisions among the churches.