1 Cor 3:11 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is
laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation
with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each one’s work
will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be
revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort
it is.
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina has been elected as
Pope Francis of the Catholic Church thus becoming the head of more than
1 billion catholic christians around the world.
Pope Francis has an interesting past being known for his war against
gays in 2010, and his alleged failure to take a strong stance against
the far right junta who ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983.
In his war against gays, Cardinal Bergoglio was quoted as saying:-
"At stake is the identity and survival of the family: father, mother and
children. At stake are the lives of many children who will be
discriminated against in advance, and deprived of their human
development given by a father and a mother and willed by God. At stake
is the total rejection of God’s law engraved in our hearts.”
“Let’s not be naïve, we’re not talking about a simple political battle;
it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not
talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of
Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God.”
On his connection as the head of the Jesuits to the right wing generals
who once ruled Argentina, the good Cardinal Bergoglio had refused twice
to testify, and when finally came to court was evasive in his replies.
I don't blame him for sleeping with the devil to save the church!
Indeed Cardinal Bergoglio had sacrificed the priests in the slums who
were influenced by the liberation theology movement.
Cardinal Bergoglio was known for his worship of Madonna. Why are they so
concerned about the apparent sins of gay marriage whilst they are
worshipping other spiritual deities!
The Pope was elected on 13-3-13, at 3.13 (EST), a strange coincidence of
numbers:-
Rev 13: 3 And I saw one of his heads as if it had been mortally
wounded, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world marveled and
followed the beast.
Rev 13: 13 He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down
from heaven on the earth in the sight of men.
Pope Francis also became a Jesuit Priest at age 33.
The coming of the Pope was also preceeded by strange signs from the
heavens such as a direct lightning strike on the dome of St. Peter and a
comet hitting Rusia. Is this the start of a period of tribulation for
the church? in-line with the third secret of Fatima!
On his first day, Pope Francis paid homage to worship and pray to
Fatima/ Madonna (and not Jesus) as the foundation stone of the church.
Perhaps the Madonna had helped the Holy Father, or he needs her
guidance.
The cardinals have chosen a very popular cadinal from the new spanish
world who has the largest Catholic population yet increasingly in
battle with the rise of the Charismatic Evangelicals in Latin and South
America.
The election of a Jesuit after the name of St. Francis of Assisi seems
to be the resultant of an internal power struggle within the church
between the Italian Bishops and right wing groups. Pope Francis was not
your typical left leaning Jesuit, but a strict conservative with links
to an organization similar to Opus Dei. For
the last two popes, Pope John Paul II, and Pope Benedict were strong
supporters of Opus Dei, an powerful and extreme wealthy branch of the
church under direct control by the Pope.
Instead Pope Francis was said to be aligned with a right wing Catholic
group in Italy called "Communion and Liberation" (CL), an Italian version of
Opus Dei although less secretive. Their interesting theological prayer
is "Veni Sancte Spiritus, Veni Per Mariam", or "Come Holy Spirit, Come
Through Mary". Biblically, the Holy Spirit came through Jesus Christ who
sends the Holy Spirit. I am not sure what spirit that Mary will give
them!
CL is often an agressive and combative politically as seen by their
declaration of war against gays in Argentina. They are highly active in
italian politics and supporting Silvio Berlusconi. The majority of
Italian Bishops including Archbishop of Milan Cardinal Carlo Maria
Martini instead supported Catholic Action and sought to restrain the
influence of CL. But CL had the support of Pope John Paul II and Pope
Benedict. And it seems that the Italian Bishops lost in the election for
the Pope.
The "Communion and Liberation" is often mixed up with Progressive
Liberation Theology because of a similar sounding name, but they are
totally different.
Cardinal Bergoglio was not your typical independently minded Jesuit but
a strict conservative who according to the Guardian in an article
entitled "Pope Francis: a man of joy and humility, or harsh and
unbending? reported
"He was also fiercely opposed to liberation theology, which, with its
radical elision of Christ's teachings and economics, attracted so many
of the priests ministering to the poorest people of the Latin America in
the 1970s and 80s. " The Guradian
Being the 1st Jesuit Pope, Pope Francis distanced himself from his
Jesuit background when he chose St. Francis of Assisi instead of Saint
Francis Xavier who was the first Jesuit Saint.
Why did the previous Pope Benedict chose to resign when he didn't have to
and it would be against the churches' practise setting a new precedence?
It was rumoured that there were reports that a major corruption/crisis
of faith has hit the highest pinnacle of the church. The Pope also had
accessed to the "Third Secret of Fatima or Madonna" that speaks of
troubled times, about Rusia, and the role of the Pope.
The foundation of the church should be on Jesus Christ, and not on a man
made god or on the Madonna, nor of wordly wealth, power, and control.
Perhaps the foundations of hay, and wood is burning away and no one
would like to be in the hot-seat.
Troubled times are coming of a more combative and Mary orientated
church, but our sure foundation is Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour.
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