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What happened to the Roman politics thread? Was it breaking some rules or something? Strange for it to just disappear.

Since all the information was wiped out, here is the link to examine Rome's concordats with various nations for those interested again.

http://www.concordatwatch.eu (http://www.concordatwatch.eu)

Here is another site addressing Concordats.

http://slovakia.humanists.net/concordats.htm (http://slovakia.humanists.net/concordats.htm)

The following quote is from the above site, all emphasis mine.

1. Concordats are agreements between a church and a state. The Roman Catholic Church tries to make concordats with any state wherever and whenever this becomes politically possible. However, other powerful churches also enter into concordats, such as the Lutheran Church in Germany and the Orthodox Church in Georgia and if a future concordat is signed between the Vatican and the Czech Republic, even the Seventh Day Adventists have said that they want one, too. [1]

As a Seventh Day Adventist, I do not agree with my denomination seeking accords with the governments of this world at all. It is my conviction that denominations which seek the power, approval, or support of the state, do so because they have or are in the process of losing the power of the Holy Spirit of God. While I intend to look into the matter, I would appreciate any input from anyone who has any information regarding the highlighted claim in the above quote.

Still wondering who wiped out the first Roman politics thread and why? The following site has a bit of interesting history concerning the papal politics.

http://www.catholicarrogance.org/Catholic/1933Concordat.html (http://www.catholicarrogance.org/Catholic/1933Concordat.html)

Since the disappearing first Roman politics thread seems to be a mystery, with no explanation, I will consider that it was not removed due to violation of board rules. Unless otherwise informed, I will begin reposting the posts which mysteriously disappeared along with the entire thread shortly.

: Amo  Sat Jun 25, 2016 - 17:58:56
Since the disappearing first Roman politics thread seems to be a mystery, with no explanation, I will consider that it was not removed due to violation of board rules. Unless otherwise informed, I will begin reposting the posts which mysteriously disappeared along with the entire thread shortly.

My guess is that the resident troll was posting in that thread and it got moved wholesale.  Have you PM'ed any of the moderators?

: Texas Conservative  Sat Jun 25, 2016 - 18:01:26

: Amo  Sat Jun 25, 2016 - 17:58:56
Since the disappearing first Roman politics thread seems to be a mystery, with no explanation, I will consider that it was not removed due to violation of board rules. Unless otherwise informed, I will begin reposting the posts which mysteriously disappeared along with the entire thread shortly.

My guess is that the resident troll was posting in that thread and it got moved wholesale.  Have you PM'ed any of the moderators?

No. I was looking for the way to contact them. How does one do so?

: Amo  Sat Jun 25, 2016 - 19:10:10

: Texas Conservative  Sat Jun 25, 2016 - 18:01:26

: Amo  Sat Jun 25, 2016 - 17:58:56
Since the disappearing first Roman politics thread seems to be a mystery, with no explanation, I will consider that it was not removed due to violation of board rules. Unless otherwise informed, I will begin reposting the posts which mysteriously disappeared along with the entire thread shortly.

My guess is that the resident troll was posting in that thread and it got moved wholesale.  Have you PM'ed any of the moderators?

No. I was looking for the way to contact them. How does one do so?

Send a private message to Jaime or Alan by clicking on their profile.

: Texas Conservative  Sat Jun 25, 2016 - 19:16:38

: Amo  Sat Jun 25, 2016 - 19:10:10

: Texas Conservative  Sat Jun 25, 2016 - 18:01:26

: Amo  Sat Jun 25, 2016 - 17:58:56
Since the disappearing first Roman politics thread seems to be a mystery, with no explanation, I will consider that it was not removed due to violation of board rules. Unless otherwise informed, I will begin reposting the posts which mysteriously disappeared along with the entire thread shortly.

My guess is that the resident troll was posting in that thread and it got moved wholesale.  Have you PM'ed any of the moderators?

No. I was looking for the way to contact them. How does one do so?

Send a private message to Jaime or Alan by clicking on their profile.

Tanks.

Quotes from Ecclesiastical Megalomania -

Roman Catholic economic thought, as developed by the popes in their encyclicals and by Roman Church-State councils, has been a contributor to, if not the only source of, several forms of anti-capitalist political and economic organization during the long hegemony of the Roman Church-State. Among these forms are
1. feudalism and guild socialism in Europe during the Middle ages.
2. fascism in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Croatia, and Latin America in the twentieth century;
3. Nazism in Germany in the twentieth century;
4. interventionism and redistributive state in the West, including the United States in the twentieth century; and
5. liberation theology in Latin America and Africa in the twentieth century.
(Ecclesiastical Megalomania, John W. Robbins, Pt. 1, chap. 1, pg. 30)

From these doctrines of the natural community of goods and the moral primacy of need developed all the forms of anti-capitalist social organizations that the Roman Church-State has supported for the thousand years. The Roman Catholic doctrine of private property is echoed in the nineteenth century Communist slogan, "From each according to his ability; to each according to his need." The Roman Catholic doctrine reverberates in the slogan of twentieth century American liberals: "Human rights are more important than property rights." It was the creed of Lyndon Johnson's Great Society:, "We shall take from the haves and give to the have nots, who need it so much." It appears in the literature of fascism, Nazism, liberation theology, interventionism, and socialism. (Ibid., pg. 35)

These Thomistic notions - that private property is merely a construct of human reason and government, and that need gives the needy title to the goods of others - are the reason the Roman Catholic bishops in Brazil in 1998 pronounced that looting is neither sin nor a crime. The needs of the looters gives the looters title to the goods they are taking. According to Roman Catholic doctrine, the looters are, by natural and divine law, the rightful owners of those goods.
(Ibid., pgs. 35&36)

The dispensing of riches to the needy is not merely a private moral obligation in Thomisitic thought, as fundamentally important as that is, but a public legal obligation that is properly enforced by the public authorities. That is the position officially adopted by the Roman Church-State shall become abundantly clear. (Ibid., pg. 36)

http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showsite.php?org_id=843 (http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showsite.php?org_id=843)

We will now be availing ourselves of the information provided at the above internet site regarding some of the countries mentioned in the previous post containing quotes from the book Ecclesiastical Megalomania. With many thanks to those who have put a lot of time and effort into providing this information, that all may know the dangers involved in allowing the Roman church-state to have to much influence upon nations.

Italy - http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showsite.php?org_id=878 (http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showsite.php?org_id=878)

Concordats are an important part of the Roman church-state system. The above internet site addresses the history of the Roman church-state's Concordat with Italy. It reveals that the Roman church-state receives a great deal of its financial support through illicit relationships with the governing powers of this world, instead of free will offerings from its members, with or without the consent of the citizens which provide these funds through the tax systems of various nations. This is now true in the United states as well, to the tune of billions of dollars every year. This however was not accomplished through a Concordat, but though other political maneuvers within our government. The following site, which may be accessed through the above site, expounds.

http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showtopic.php?org_id=878&kb_header_id=9781 (http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showtopic.php?org_id=878&kb_header_id=9781)


The following quotes are from the Lateran Conciliation Treaty (1929), which may be viewed at the following internet site provided by Concordat Watch (all emphasis is mine). There is a great deal more information provided on the various links at Concordat Watch which all would do well to know and understand.

http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showtopic.php?org_id=878&kb_header_id=39211 (http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showtopic.php?org_id=878&kb_header_id=39211)

And whereas it was obligatory, for the purpose of assuring the absolute and visible independence of the Holy See, likewise to guarantee its indisputable sovereignty in international matters, it has been found necessary to create under special conditions the Vatican City, recognizing the full ownership, exclusive and absolute dominion and sovereign jurisdiction of the Holy See over that City;

His Holiness the Supreme Pontiff Pius XI and His Majesty Victor Emanuel III, King of Italy, have agreed to conclude a Treaty, appointing for that purpose two Plenipotentiaries, being on behalf of His Holiness, His Secretary of State, viz. His Most Reverend Eminence the Lord Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, and on behalf of his Majesty, His Excellency the Cav. Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister and Head of the Government; who, having exchanged their respective full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have hereby agreed to the following articles:

*Article 1
Italy recognizes and reaffirms the principle established in the first Article of the Italian Constitution dated March 4, 1848, according to which the Catholic Apostolic Roman religion is the only State religion.


Article 6
Italy shall provide, by means of suitable agreements entered into with the interested parties, that an adequate water supply be fully assured to the Vatican City. Italy shall furthermore provide for connection with the State railways by constructing a railway station within the Vatican City on the spot shown on the annexed map, and by permitting the circulation of railway carriages belonging to the Vatican on the Italian railways. It shall further provide for direct connection with other States by means of telegraph, telephone, wireless, broadcasting, and postal services in the Vatican City. It shall equally also provide for the coordination of all other public services.

All expenses connected with the arrangements above mentioned shall be defrayed by the Italian State, within the period of one year from the entry into force of the present Treaty.

Article 7
The Italian Government undertakes to prohibit the construction within the territory surrounding the Vatican City, of any new buildings which might overlook the latter, and shall for a like purpose provide for the partial demolition of similar buildings already standing near the Porta Cavalleggeri and along the Via Aurelia and the Viale Vaticano.

In accordance with the provisions of International Law, it shall be forbidden for aircraft of any kind whatsoever to fly over Vatican territory.

On the Piazza Rusticucci, and in the areas adjoining the Colonnade, over which the extra-territoriality referred to in Article 15 hereof does not extend, all structural alterations or street construction shall only be effected by mutual assent.

*Article 8
Considering the person of the Supreme Pontiff to be sacred and inviolable, Italy declares any attempt against His person or any incitement to commit such attempt to be punishable by the same penalties as all similar attempts and incitements to commit the same against the person of the King.

All offences or public insults committed within Italian territory against the person of the Supreme Pontiff, whether by means of speeches, acts, or writings, shall be punished in the same manner as offences and insults against the person of the King.

Article 11
All central bodies of the Catholic Church shall be exempt from any interference on the part of the Italian State (save and except as provided by Italian law in regard to the acquisition of property made by corpi morali, [recognized public bodies] and with regard to the conversion of real estate.)

*Article 21
All Cardinals shall enjoy, in Italy, the honours due to Princes of the Blood. Those Cardinals who may reside in Rome without the Vatican City shall, for all purposes, be considered citizens thereof.

In the event of the office of the Holy See falling vacant, Italy shall make special arrangements for the free transit and access of Cardinals over Italian territory to the Vatican, and shall provide that their personal liberty is not impeded or limited.

Italy shall also take all measures, within her territory surrounding the Vatican City, necessary to prevent the commission of any act which may in any way disturb the meetings of the Conclave.

The same provisions shall apply to Conclave held beyond the boundaries of the Vatican City and to Councils presided over by the Supreme Pontiff or his Legates, and with regard to all Bishops summoned to attend them.

Article 23
The regulations provided by International Law shall apply for the execution, within the Kingdom of Italy, of sentences pronounced by the Courts of the Vatican City.

All sentences and measures emanating from ecclesiastical authorities and officially communicated to the civil authorities, in regard to ecclesiastical or religious persons and concerning spiritual or disciplinary matters, shall without other formality have legal effect in Italy even for all civil purposes.

Spain - http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showsite.php?org_id=845 (http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showsite.php?org_id=845)

The following link from the above site contains a more complete text than the quotes which I have provided, as well as links to other concordats made with Spain and revisions of the same. Again, there is a great deal of info provided by Concordat Watch, for any truly interested in understanding the ultimate political goals of the Roman church-state. All emphasis in the following is mine.


http://www.concordatwatch.eu/topic-34561.843 (http://www.concordatwatch.eu/topic-34561.843)

Franco's concordat (1953)

Article 1
The Apostolic Roman Catholic Church will continue to be the sole religion of the Spanish State and will enjoy the rights and prerogatives due to it under Divine and Canon Law.

Article 2
The Spanish State recognises in the Catholic Church the character of the perfect society and guarantees it the free and full exercise of its spiritual power and jurisdiction, as well the free and public exercise of the religion..

Article 3
Spain recognises the Holy See and the Vatican City as international legal entities.

Article 5
The State must recognise as holidays those days designated as such by the Church in Canon Law or in other rules on local festivals and will ensure, by means of legislation, that the faithful are allowed to perform their religious duties.  The civil authorities, at both national and local levels, will enforce the required observation of such holidays as rest days.

Article 9
3. The Spanish state undertakes to provide the funds for new dioceses that may be established in the future, increasing the grant established in Article XIX where necessary.  The State, either directly or by means of local Corporations, will contribute an extraordinary grant for the initial expenses related to the formation of a new diocese, in particular grants for the construction of new Cathedrals and the buildings required for the Prelate's residence, offices of the Clergy and seminaries.

Article16
The Prelates referred to in paragraph 2 of Canon 120 in the Code of Canon Law may not be put in front of a lay judge without the necessary licence being obtained in advance from the Holy See.

4. In cases of criminal proceedings being taken against clergy or those in Religious Orders for other offences under the Spanish penal code, the Holy See will allow these to be heard in the State courts.  However, before proceeding, the judicial authorities must seek, without prejudice to the case and with due discretion, the agreement of the Ordinary in the district where the case is to be heard.  Should the Ordinary feel that there are serious reasons for denying consent, these must be given in writing to the appropriate authority.  Every attempt must be made to avoid any publicity in respect of the proceedings.  The outcome of the proceedings and the final decision in the case must be diligently notified to the appropriate Ordinary.

5. When clergy or those in Religious Orders are detained or arrested they will be treated with the consideration due to their state and position.  Prison sentences will be served in a Church or religious house which, in the judgement of the local Ordinary and the relevant State authority, offers suitable guarantees.  Sentences will not be served in facilities where there are lay people unless the relevant Church authorities have demoted the person concerned to the lay state.  They will be allowed bail and any other benefits established in law.

Article 19
The Church and the State will look at the creation of an appropriate Church patrimony which will ensure a fitting endowment for the religion and the clergy.

2. Meanwhile, the State, by way of compensation for previous confiscations of Church assets and as a contribution on behalf of the nation to the work of the Church, will allot an appropriate annual endowment.  In particular, this will include appropriations for the Archbishops and diocesan Bishops, the Assistants, Auxiliary Vicar Generals, the Cathedral Chapters and the Collegiate Churches, the Parish clergy, as well as allowances for the seminaries and Church universities and the practice of the religion.  In respect of the endowment for non-consistorial livings and the grants for seminaries and Church universities the rules laid out in the Agreements of July 16th and December 8th 1946 respectively, will continue to apply. (R.1141 and 1741 and Book 2376 and 17553)
If in the future there is a notable change in general economic conditions, the aforementioned payments will be adjusted to the new circumstances and sufficient to ensure the maintenance of the religion and the fitting support of the clergy.

3. The State, faithful to the national tradition, will pay annual grants for the construction and maintenance of parish churches, rectories and seminaries; for the promotion of Religious Orders, Congregations and Church institutions dedicated to missionary activity and to the care of historically important monasteries in Spain, as well as sustaining the Spanish College of St Joseph and the Spanish Church and Montserrat Residence in Rome.

4. The State will collaborate with the Church to create and finance institutions to assist elderly, sick or incapacitated clergy.  The State will also provide an adequate pension in favour of resident Prelates who, for reasons of health or age, have retired from their posts.

Article 26
In all centres of education, of whatever type or level, both public and private, teaching will conform to the principles of the dogma and morality of the Catholic Church. 

The Ordinaries may freely exercise vigilance over said centres of education in respect of the purity of the Faith, good habits and religious education.
The Ordinaries can demand that books, publications and educational materials contrary to Catholic dogma and morality are prohibited or withdrawn.

Article 27
The Spanish State guarantees the teaching of the Catholic religion as a regular and obligatory subject in all centres of education, both public and private, of all types and levels.


Article 29
The State will ensure that the institutions and services that form public opinion, in particular radio and television channels, give a proper position to the exposition and defence of the true religion by designated priests and religious, in agreement with the respective Ordinary.


The following site may also be of interest concerning Rome and Franco.

https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUEST/FileStore/Issue4PerspectiviesonPowerPapers/Filetoupload,71752,en.pdf (https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUEST/FileStore/Issue4PerspectiviesonPowerPapers/Filetoupload,71752,en.pdf)

Portugal - http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showsite.php?org_id=1361 (http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showsite.php?org_id=1361)

There are again, several Concordats between Rome and Portugal. We will examine quotes from only one at the following link. All emphasis in the following quotes are mine, and my comments are in blue.

Salazar's concordat (1940): - http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showtopic.php?org_id=1361&kb_header_id=38751 (http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showtopic.php?org_id=1361&kb_header_id=38751)


Solemn Convention
between the Holy See and the Portuguese Republic
  [Signed 7 May 1940]

In the name of the Most Holy Trinity

His Holiness the Supreme Pontiff Pope Pius XII and His Excellency the President of the Portuguese Republic, wishing to regulate, by mutual agreement and in a stable manner, the legal status of the Catholic Church in Portugal, for peace and the greater good of the Church and the State,

have decided to conclude between themselves a solemn Convention which recognises and guarantees the freedom of the Church and protects the legitimate interests of the Portuguese Nation, including what regards the Catholic Missions and the Patronage of the Orient.

Article VI
The properties classified as "national monuments" and as "of public interest" or which become so within five years from the exchange of [instruments of] ratification, will remain the property of the state at the permanent disposal of the Church. The State is responsible for the maintenance, repair and restoration of said properties in accordance with what will be arranged in agreement with the ecclesiastical Authority, in order to avoid disruptions to religious services; the Church is responsible for the their protection and internal administration, in particular with regard to the time of visits, which may be regulated by the intervention of an official appointed by the State.

Article Xl
In the exercise of their ministry, the ecclesiastics shall enjoy the protection of the State, in the same manner as public authorities.

Article XII
Ecclesiastics may not be questioned by magistrates or other authorities about facts and matters of which they have knowledge by reason of their sacred ministry.

Article XIX
The State shall make every effort to make possible for all Catholics who are in its service or are members of its organisations, the regular fulfilment of their religious duties on Sundays and [religious] holidays.

Article XX
Church associations and organisations may freely establish and maintain their particular schools parallel to those of the State, subject, under the general law, to supervision and may, under the same terms [as state schools], be subsidised and accredited.

The religious education in schools and particular courses does not depend on authorisation of the State, and may be freely administered by the ecclesiastical Authority or by its nominees.

Article XXI
The instruction given by the State in state schools shall be guided by the principles of Christian doctrine and morals, traditional for the Nation. Consequently the teaching of the Catholic religion and morality will be provided in elementary, "complementary" and middle state schools for pupils whose parents or guardians have not made application for exemption.
In nursing homes, orphanages, official establishments and institutes for the education, correction or reform of minors run by the State, the teaching of Catholic religion shall therefore be administered by the state and the practice of its precepts ensured.

The texts for the teaching of Catholic religion must be approved by the ecclesiastical Authorities and the teachers shall be appointed by the State in agreement with it; in no case will the aforementioned teaching be administered by people whom the ecclesiastical Authorities have not approved as suitable.

Article XXIX
The provisions of the Concordat of 21 February 1857, reaffirmed by the Concordat of 13 June 1886, and those of the Concordat of 23 June 1886, both the former and the latter in those parts not affected by subsequent Accords, namely that one of 15 April 1928 and 11 April 1929, and by this Convention, are considered to be in force.

Since we have no access to the above mentioned Concordats of Article XXIX, we do not know what provisions of the same remained in effect as stated in the above. We will however now examine quotes from the latest Concordat signed with Rome in 2004, which was signed in secret according to the internet site provided.


http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showtopic.php?org_id=1361&kb_header_id=4131 (http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showtopic.php?org_id=1361&kb_header_id=4131)

Concordat with the Holy See and the Portuguese Republic
18 May 2004
 
The Holy See and the Portuguese Republic,
recognising that the Catholic Church and the State are, each and severally, autonomous and independent;

taking into account the deep and historical ties between the Catholic Church and Portugal and bearing in mind the reciprocal responsibilities which bind them together, within the limits of religious freedom, and for the benefit of the common good and the duty of building a society which promotes the dignity of the mankind, justice and peace;

recognising the Concordat of 7 May 1940, agreed between the Holy See and the Portuguese Republic, and its application has contributed to a considerable extent in to strengthen their historical ties and consolidate the activity of the Catholic Church in Portugal for the benefit of the faithful and for the Portuguese community in general;

mindful of the need of an up-date in the light of profound changes on a national and international scale, and in particular as regards the Portuguese legal system, the new Democratic Constitution, revised provisions of European Community law and contemporary international law, and in so far as this affects the church, and the evolution of its relations with the political community;
have agreed to stipulate the following Concordat in the terms laid down:

Article 3
   1   The Portuguese Republic recognises Sundays as a festive day.
   2   Other days recognised as Catholic feast days are outlined in this agreement in Article 28.
   3   The Portuguese Republic shall make provision as far as is possible that Catholics, within the terms of Portuguese law, can perform their religious obligations on festive days.

Article 5
Ecclesiastical persons may not be cross-examined by magistrates or other authorities in matters relating to facts and causes falling within matters of conscience arising from their ministry.

Article 19
   1   The Republic of Portugal, in keeping with an ethos of religious freedom and the duty which behoves the State to cooperate with parents in the up-bringing of their children, guarantees the conditions necessary to ensure, within the terms of Portuguese law, the teaching of Religion and Catholic Morality in public educational institutions at the secondary level, without any form of discrimination.

   2   The frequency of Religious and Catholic Moral Teaching in public secondary institutions shall depend on the expressed declaration of the interested parties or, in the absence of their legal capacity, of their parents or legal representative.

   3   In no case may the teaching of Religion and Catholic Morality be carried out by persons not deemed to be fitting by the competent ecclesiastical authority, who shall certify the nominated person within terms provided for by Portuguese law and Canon Law.

   4   Teachers of the Religion and Catholic Morality shall be appointed or taken on subject to contractual employment, transferred or withdrawn from carrying out their teaching duties on behalf of the State by the agreement with the competent ecclesiastical authority.

   5   5. The definition and content of the teaching of Religion and Catholic Morality falls within the exclusive competence of ecclesiastical authorities, in keeping with the general orientation of the Portuguese educational system.

Article 22
   1   The immovable property, as designated by Article VI of the Concordat of 7 May 1940, classified as 'national monuments' or as 'of public interest' shall remain in the permanent service of the Church. Their conservation, reparation and restoration shall fall to the State and works carried out will be according to a plan established by mutual agreement with ecclesiastical authority, to avoid disturbing religious usage: the custody and internal running of the church shall fall to the Catholic Church, especially as regards visiting times, which an official nominated by the State to direct times, may intervene in.

   Article 23   
   4    The Commission mentioned in the previous paragraph shall have the duty to promote the protection, appreciation, and enjoyment of Church property, and the particular help of the State and other public bodies for the necessary processes of identification, maintenance, security, restoration and functioning, without any form of discrimination in relation to similar property whose duty it is of the said Commission to promote, whenever possible, within the stipulations set out in Article 28'.

Article 30
Given that it was not stipulated in Article 3, the Republic of Portugal shall recognise the following feast days: New Year's Day and the Day of the Most Holy Mother of God (1 January); Corpus Domini, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (15 August); All Saints' Day (1 November); Feast of the Immaculate Conception (8 December); Christmas (25 December).

Article 31
Existing juridical provisions and those drawn up as the basis for the Concordat of 7 May 1940 and of the Missionary Agreement remain unaltered.

The following is an older yet enlightening article regarding the political workings of Rome within our and likely other nations whith which it does not have an accord.

http://www.population-security.org/swom-97-04.htm (http://www.population-security.org/swom-97-04.htm)

Croatia - http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showsite.php?org_id=890 (http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showsite.php?org_id=890)

A lot to relearned at this site, including little known history related to the info at the following site.

http://serbianna.com/analysis/archives/1182 (http://serbianna.com/analysis/archives/1182)

Germany - http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showsite.php?org_id=858 (http://www.concordatwatch.eu/showsite.php?org_id=858)

Quite a lot of links to a lot of info on this page. The following quotes are from the Concordat with Hitler and the Nazi party which may be viewed in its entirety here  -
http://www.concordatwatch.eu/kb-1211.834 (http://www.concordatwatch.eu/kb-1211.834)

Article 1
The German Reich guarantees freedom of profession and public practice of the Catholic religion.

It acknowledges the right of the Catholic Church, within the framework of the laws valid for all, to manage and regulate its own affairs independently, and, within the framework of its own competence, to issue binding laws and ordinances for its members.


Article 3
In order to foster good relations between the Holy See and the German Reich, an apostolic nuncio will reside in the capital of the German Reich and an ambassador of the German Reich at the Holy See.



Article 5
In the exercise of their clerical activities the clergy enjoy the protection of the state in the same way as state officials. The state will proceed, in accordance with the general provisions of civil law, against any insult to their person or to their clerical capacity, as well as against any interference with the duties of their office and, if necessary, will provide official protection.


Article 8
The official income of the clergy is immune from distraint [3] to the same extent as is the official salary of the Reich and state officials.



Article 10
The wearing of clerical dress or of a religious habit by lay people, or by members of the clergy or religious orders by whom this use is forbidden by a definitive and legally valid directive of the competent ecclesiastical authority and officially communicated to the state authority, is liable to the same penalty by the state as the misuse of the military uniform.


Article 16

Before bishops take possession of their dioceses they are to take an oath of loyalty either to the Reich governor of the state (Land) concerned or to the President of the Reich respectively, according to the following formula:
"Before God and on the Holy Gospels I swear and promise, as becomes a bishop, loyalty to the German Reich and to the State (Land) of . . . I swear and promise to honour the legally constituted government and to cause the clergy of my diocese to honour it. With dutiful concern for the welfare and the interests of the German state, in the performance of the ecclesiastical office entrusted to me, I will endeavour to prevent everything injurious which might threaten it."



Article 19
Catholic theological faculties in state universities are to be maintained. Their relation to Church authorities will be governed by the relevant concordats and by their supplementary protocols with stated regulations, having due regard for the relevant Church decrees. [12] The Reich Government will endeavour to secure for all of these Catholic faculties in Germany uniformity of treatment.


Article 23
The retention of Catholic denomination schools and the establishment of new ones is guaranteed. In all parishes where parents or guardians request it, Catholic elementary schools will be established, wherever the number of pupils, with due regard for the local conditions of school organization, appears to be sufficient for a school administered in accordance with the standards prescribed by the state.



Article 27
For the German army pastoral care outside the realm of ordinary jurisdiction is conceded for its Catholic officers, officials and men, as well as for their families.
The administration of such pastoral care for the army is the duty of the army bishop. His Church appointment is to be made by the Holy See after contact has been made with the Reich Government in order, with its agreement, to select a suitable person.

The Church appointment of military chaplains and other military clergy will be made by the army bishop after prior consultation with the appropriate authorities of the Reich. He may appoint only such chaplains as receive permission from their diocesan bishop to undertake military pastoral work, together with a certificate of suitability. Military chaplains have the rights of parish priests with regard to the troops and other army personnel assigned to them.

Detailed regulations for the organisation of pastoral work by chaplains will be supplied by an Apostolic Brief. Regulations for the legal aspects in terms of [their status as state] officials will be drawn up by the Reich Government.


Article 30
On Sundays and official holy days, a prayer conforming to the liturgy will be will be offered at the end of the principal Mass in parish, auxiliary and conventual churches of the German Reich, for the welfare of the German Reich and (German) people.



Article 31

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It is reserved to the Reich Government and the German episcopate, in a joint agreement, to determine which organisations and associations come within the scope of this Article. In so far as the Reich and the states (Länder) take charge of sport and other youth organisations, care will be taken that it shall be possible for the members regularly to attend church on Sundays and feast days, and that they shall not be induced to do anything inconsistent with their religious and moral convictions and obligations.



Supplementary Protocol

Re Article 13
It is understood that the Church retains the right to levy Church taxes.




It should be noted of course, that all the above is in relation to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party in control of Germany at the time. Does the term deal with the devil not accurately apply in this case?

It was after posting the prior message that this thread mysteriously disappeared before. Hopefully that will not happen again now. If so, there should be little doubt as to why.

The following internet sites are in relation to the influence of the Catholic bishops of the US upon our congress and government. It should be remembered, that 30% of our Congress is Catholic, our vice President is, and until recently 6 of nine of our Supreme Court justices were as well. This is not to mention the many lesser offices of government filled by Catholics as well. As their numbers will no doubt continue to increase, so will all the efforts of Catholic bishops to politically effect the same.


http://catholicexchange.com/bishops-letter-to-congress-on-healthcare-reform (http://catholicexchange.com/bishops-letter-to-congress-on-healthcare-reform)

http://www.americancatholic.org/news/report.aspx?id=3873& (http://www.americancatholic.org/news/report.aspx?id=3873&)

http://www.christiandaily.com/article/us-catholic-bishops-urge-congress-to-grant-legal-protection-to-doctors-who-oppose-abortion/50997.htm (http://www.christiandaily.com/article/us-catholic-bishops-urge-congress-to-grant-legal-protection-to-doctors-who-oppose-abortion/50997.htm)

http://religionnews.com/2015/04/13/u-s-catholic-bishops-back-obama-iran-warn-congress-meddling/ (http://religionnews.com/2015/04/13/u-s-catholic-bishops-back-obama-iran-warn-congress-meddling/)

https://sojo.net/about-us/news/catholic-bishops-nuns-voice-support-obama-s-iran-deal-ask-congress-back (https://sojo.net/about-us/news/catholic-bishops-nuns-voice-support-obama-s-iran-deal-ask-congress-back)

http://www.charismanews.com/us/38304-catholic-bishops-ask-congress-for-contraceptives-reprieve (http://www.charismanews.com/us/38304-catholic-bishops-ask-congress-for-contraceptives-reprieve)

http://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/15/us/catholic-bishops-urge-congress-to-reject-social-cutbacks.html (http://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/15/us/catholic-bishops-urge-congress-to-reject-social-cutbacks.html)

http://www.christianpost.com/news/us-catholic-bishops-urge-immediate-immigration-reform-action-before-congress-recesses-in-august-120621/ (http://www.christianpost.com/news/us-catholic-bishops-urge-immediate-immigration-reform-action-before-congress-recesses-in-august-120621/)

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/245399-catholic-bishops-to-meet-with-congress-white-house-on-climate (http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/245399-catholic-bishops-to-meet-with-congress-white-house-on-climate)

http://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Article_Bishops+to+Congress%3A+Remember+the+poor (http://www.miamiarch.org/CatholicDiocese.php?op=Article_Bishops+to+Congress%3A+Remember+the+poor)

http://justiceforimmigrants.org/index.shtml (http://justiceforimmigrants.org/index.shtml)

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/bishop-to-congress-stop-treating-immigrants-as-less-than-human-85351/ (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/bishop-to-congress-stop-treating-immigrants-as-less-than-human-85351/)

https://stream.org/catholic-bishops-to-senate-stop-funding-planned-parenthood/ (https://stream.org/catholic-bishops-to-senate-stop-funding-planned-parenthood/)

http://www.americancatholic.org/news/report.aspx?id=1410 (http://www.americancatholic.org/news/report.aspx?id=1410)

https://www.chausa.org/publications/catholic-health-world/archives/issues/december-15-2014/bishops-catholic-charities-cha-press-congress-to-extend-chip (https://www.chausa.org/publications/catholic-health-world/archives/issues/december-15-2014/bishops-catholic-charities-cha-press-congress-to-extend-chip)

http://www.lifenews.com/2014/11/21/catholic-bishops-shut-down-government-to-stop-obamacares-abortion-funding/ (http://www.lifenews.com/2014/11/21/catholic-bishops-shut-down-government-to-stop-obamacares-abortion-funding/)

https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=28190 (https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=28190)

http://www.usccb.org/news/2016/16-038.cfm (http://www.usccb.org/news/2016/16-038.cfm)

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/bishops-ask-congress-to-support-resettle-syrian-refugees/ (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/bishops-ask-congress-to-support-resettle-syrian-refugees/)

http://www.archspm.org/archspm_news/bishops-renew-plea-congress-administration-repair-affordable-care-act/ (http://www.archspm.org/archspm_news/bishops-renew-plea-congress-administration-repair-affordable-care-act/)

http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=579 (http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=579)

https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/bishops-visit-boehner-push-again-immigration-reform (https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/bishops-visit-boehner-push-again-immigration-reform)

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/06/09/immigration-catholics-bishops-column/2397239/ (http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/06/09/immigration-catholics-bishops-column/2397239/)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/catholic-bishops-again-ca_n_1273470.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/catholic-bishops-again-ca_n_1273470.html)

http://nlihc.org/article/catholic-bishops-and-catholic-charities-urge-congress-protect-nhtf (http://nlihc.org/article/catholic-bishops-and-catholic-charities-urge-congress-protect-nhtf)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3072775/posts (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3072775/posts)

https://cruxnow.com/church/2015/04/13/us-bishops-to-congress-support-iran-nuclear-deal/ (https://cruxnow.com/church/2015/04/13/us-bishops-to-congress-support-iran-nuclear-deal/)


http://religionnews.com/2014/11/12/catholic-bishops-back-obama-acting-alone-immigration/ (http://religionnews.com/2014/11/12/catholic-bishops-back-obama-acting-alone-immigration/)

Another interesting site related to US Presidents and the Vatican.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/history-presidential-visits-pope/ (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/history-presidential-visits-pope/)

Man's earthly activity, when inspired and sustained by charity, contributes to the building of the universal city of God, which is the goal of the history of the human family. In an increasingly globalized society, the common good and the effort to obtain it cannot fail to assume the dimensions of the whole human family, that is to say, the community of peoples and nations, in such a way as to shape the earthly city in unity and peace, rendering it to some degree an anticipation and a prefiguration of the undivided city of God.


His was certainly a social teaching of great importance: he underlined the indispensable importance of the Gospel for building a society according to freedom and justice, in the ideal and historical perspective of a civilization animated by love. Paul VI clearly understood that the social question had become worldwide and he grasped the interconnection between the impetus towards the unification of humanity and the Christian ideal of a single family of peoples in solidarity and fraternity.


, but only on Christ, to whom every authentic vocation to integral human development must be directed. The Gospel is fundamental for development, because in the Gospel, Christ, "in the very revelation of the mystery of the Father and of his love, fully reveals humanity to itself". Taught by her Lord, the Church examines the signs of the times and interprets them, offering the world "what she possesses as her characteristic attribute: a global vision of man and of the human race"


The truth of globalization as a process and its fundamental ethical criterion are given by the unity of the human family and its development towards what is good. Hence a sustained commitment is needed so as to promote a person-based and community-oriented cultural process of world-wide integration that is open to transcendence.


Since the development of persons and peoples is at stake, this discernment will have to take account of the need for emancipation and inclusivity, in the context of a truly universal human community. "The whole man and all men" is also the criterion for evaluating cultures and religions. Christianity, the religion of the "God who has a human face", contains this very criterion within itself.






Lowering the level of protection accorded to the rights of workers, or abandoning mechanisms of wealth redistribution in order to increase the country's international competitiveness, hinder the achievement of lasting development.


But the social doctrine of the Church has unceasingly highlighted the importance of distributive justice and social justice for the market economy, not only because it belongs within a broader social and political context, but also because of the wider network of relations within which it operates.


36. Economic activity cannot solve all social problems through the simple application of commercial logic. This needs to be directed towards the pursuit of the common good, for which the political community in particular must also take responsibility. Therefore, it must be borne in mind that grave imbalances are produced when economic action, conceived merely as an engine for wealth creation, is detached from political action, conceived as a means for pursuing justice through redistribution.


37. The Church's social doctrine has always maintained that justice must be applied to every phase of economic activity, because this is always concerned with man and his needs. Locating resources, financing, production, consumption and all the other phases in the economic cycle inevitably have moral implications. Thus every economic decision has a moral consequence. The social sciences and the direction taken by the contemporary economy point to the same conclusion. Perhaps at one time it was conceivable that first the creation of wealth could be entrusted to the economy, and then the task of distributing it could be assigned to politics.


In the global era, the economy is influenced by competitive models tied to cultures that differ greatly among themselves. The different forms of economic enterprise to which they give rise find their main point of encounter in commutative justice. Economic life undoubtedly requires contracts, in order to regulate relations of exchange between goods of equivalent value. But it also needs just laws and forms of redistribution governed by politics, and what is more, it needs works redolent of the spirit of gift. The economy in the global era seems to privilege the former logic, that of contractual exchange, but directly or indirectly it also demonstrates its need for the other two: political logic, and the logic of the unconditional gift.


In this way he was applying on a global scale the insights and aspirations contained in Rerum Novarum, written when, as a result of the Industrial Revolution, the idea was first proposed — somewhat ahead of its time — that the civil order, for its self-regulation, also needed intervention from the State for purposes of redistribution. Not only is this vision threatened today by the way in which markets and societies are opening up, but it is evidently insufficient to satisfy the demands of a fully humane economy. What the Church's social doctrine has always sustained, on the basis of its vision of man and society, is corroborated today by the dynamics of globalization.


Blind opposition would be a mistaken and prejudiced attitude, incapable of recognizing the positive aspects of the process, with the consequent risk of missing the chance to take advantage of its many opportunities for development. The processes of globalization, suitably understood and directed, open up the unprecedented possibility of large-scale redistribution of wealth on a world-wide scale; if badly directed, however, they can lead to an increase in poverty and inequality, and could even trigger a global crisis. It is necessary to correct the malfunctions, some of them serious, that cause new divisions between peoples and within peoples, and also to ensure that the redistribution of wealth does not come about through the redistribution or increase of poverty: a real danger if the present situation were to be badly managed.


The world-wide diffusion of forms of prosperity should not therefore be held up by projects that are self-centred, protectionist or at the service of private interests. Indeed the involvement of emerging or developing countries allows us to manage the crisis better today. The transition inherent in the process of globalization presents great difficulties and dangers that can only be overcome if we are able to appropriate the underlying anthropological and ethical spirit that drives globalization towards the humanizing goal of solidarity. Unfortunately this spirit is often overwhelmed or suppressed by ethical and cultural considerations of an individualistic and utilitarian nature. Globalization is a multifaceted and complex phenomenon which must be grasped in the diversity and unity of all its different dimensions, including the theological dimension. In this way it will be possible to experience and to steer the globalization of humanity in relational terms, in terms of communion and the sharing of goods.


What is also needed, though, is a worldwide redistribution of energy resources, so that countries lacking those resources can have access to them.




Globalization certainly requires authority, insofar as it poses the problem of a global common good that needs to be pursued.

64. While reflecting on the theme of work, it is appropriate to recall how important it is that labour unions — which have always been encouraged and supported by the Church — should be open to the new perspectives that are emerging in the world of work.

67. In the face of the unrelenting growth of global interdependence, there is a strongly felt need, even in the midst of a global recession, for a reform of the United Nations Organization, and likewise of economic institutions and international finance, so that the concept of the family of nations can acquire real teeth. One also senses the urgent need to find innovative ways of implementing the principle of the responsibility to protectand of giving poorer nations an effective voice in shared decision-making. This seems necessary in order to arrive at a political, juridical and economic order which can increase and give direction to international cooperation for the development of all peoples in solidarity. To manage the global economy; to revive economies hit by the crisis; to avoid any deterioration of the present crisis and the greater imbalances that would result; to bring about integral and timely disarmament, food security and peace; to guarantee the protection of the environment and to regulate migration: for all this, there is urgent need of a true world political authority,

Furthermore, such an authority would need to be universally recognized and to be vested with the effective power to ensure security for all, regard for justice, and respect for rights. Obviously it would have to have the authority to ensure compliance with its decisions from all parties, and also with the coordinated measures adopted in various international forums. Without this, despite the great progress accomplished in various sectors, international law would risk being conditioned by the balance of power among the strongest nations.

http://churchandstate.org.uk/2012/03/how-the-vatican-influences-us-policy/ (http://churchandstate.org.uk/2012/03/how-the-vatican-influences-us-policy/)

The following quotes are taken from the above link, where a whole lot more of eye opening information may be viewed in relation to Roman politics, and its effects upon our nation.



Table 1 shows the Vatican and Reagan Administration positions on twenty-four of the most controversial issues of the past three years. It is difficult to find a single example of disagreement between them. The president has made no secret of the fact that he calls on the pope for guidance in the governing of America. In chapter four, I have quoted his incredible statement before the National Catholic Educa­tion Association in April 1982: "I am grateful for your help in shaping American policy to reflect God's will...and I will look forward to further guidance from His Holiness Pope John Paul II during an audience I will have with him in June."[1] A. Menendez, "Of Presidents and Popes," Church and State (1982), 35:6:11.......................


Catholic issues seem to consume him.... Reagan's motivation now seems to be his inability to tolerate the "oppression of the Church" to which the Pope has attested.... John Kennedy may be smiling somewhere at the sight of an American president wrapping himself in the arms of Holy Mother Church.... By contrast, Reagan is going out of his way to show that with him there is no separation of church and state. He wants it known that there is a direct line between him and the Pope, that he seeks counsel from the Vatican City. Reagan took the extraordinary step of inviting the Pope's ambassador, Pio Laghi, to his Santa Barbara ranch for consultation on delicate foreign policy questions. (M. McGrory, "Irishman in White House Now Says 'Ciao,'" Raleigh News and Observer (August 6, 1984), p. 4A.)....................


During a speech to a group of conservatives on February 18, 1983, Reagan made the statement that the attempted assassination of the pope was "an assault on God." Can it be that the president receives the words of the pope as if they were actually words or instructions direct from God?
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The truth is that Mr. Reagan is just giving his blessing to a reality. The Vatican has for decades ignored the constitutional premise of separation of church and state though this situation has worsened since the publication of the Pastoral Plan for Prolife Activities in 1975. Columnist Mary McGrory, in an article on the unprecedented chal­lenge to the archbishop of New York by Governor Mario Cuomo, frankly stated that for a Catholic politician to publicly oppose the wishes of an archbishop is political suicide. She pointed out that Cuomo is the first Catholic politician to pick a fight with a prelate and that "it is the conventional wisdom that no politician wins in a fight with the Catholic Church."[6]M. McCrory, "Cuomo's Rule: Discuss Difficult Issues," Raleigh News and Observer (August 10, 1984), p. 4A............................

My purpose in presenting this brief discussion of selected foreign policy initiatives of the Vatican is to show the lengths to which "defenders of the Church" in the Reagan administration are willing to go in order to "safeguard" the Church. To these "defenders," Viet­nam, El Salvador, Grenada, and Lebanon are viewed in part as "holy wars for the preservation of the Church." They are unquestionably willing to go to similar lengths to protect the Church from population growth control activities.

Population scientists, field workers, and, more importantly, jour­nalists must acknowledge the magnitude of this obstacle to solving the population problem and deal with this problem in its entirety—and without delay...............


The Vatican's extensive intrusion into American policy-making is causing considerable national divisiveness. The Vatican gains con­siderable political advantage from its allies among non-Catholics and uses it to heavily influence government policy (or to thwart the mak­ing of policy altogether in some areas). Their manipulation has frus­trated mobilization in this country to deal with the nation's most press­ing problems, such as population growth control, nuclear disarma­ment, illegal immigration control, environmental degradation, includ­ing the pollution of our nation's waters and soil, soil erosion, and the "greenhouse effect." Our country is finding itself in a position similar to those in Latin America which are literally being buried under their problems because their national interests sometimes differ from Vatican interests....................


Only the secretive hierarchy of the Catholic Church is capable of orchestrating such massive lobbying effort so quietly. No doubt it has used the political lobbying organization it set up to ban abortion—the Moral Majority—to achieve this near miracle. The convention movement should be a matter of great concern. It is certain to at least cause a constitutional crisis and considerable national divisiveness. The greater the divisiveness, the greater the political gain for the Catholic Church. Population growth control is certain to lose.

A second opportunity for government policy manipulation is through influencing the selection of Supreme Court justices by the reelection of Mr. Reagan to a second term. Of the six sitting pro-abortion justices, five are now more than seventy-three years old. Sandra Day O'Connor, a conservative and obedient Irish Roman Catholic, has been Reagan's only appointment thus far. If he is reelect­ed, the odds are fairly good that he would have occasion to appoint four additional justices, and they could all be conservative and obe­dient Catholics just like his first selection. Then we would have a ma­jority of the Court appointed with the same kind of "divine guidance" Reagan has been getting all along and have a Court no doubt respon­sive to the needs of the Vatican. This end is already within reach of the Church if Reagan is reelected............


The major support for bilingual education was the Catholic hier­archy. No doubt the Church recognized that bilingualism divides the country culturally and politically and destroys the critical linguistic cohesion. Yet it succeeded in getting $200 million per year in taxpay­ers' dollars to fund this activity—a sum equal to the entire U.S. population assistance budget!

The Vatican is not concerned about the best interests of the United States. Nor does it seem to care about the people in developing countries. Increasing the number of Catholics in the United States to increase their power in the United States, regardless of the expense to the Third World, is its major concern.

If the Church had a greater compassion for the developing world, it would be doing whatever possible to encourage their educated and skilled people to remain at home where they are desperately needed...........................

Where does Mr. Reagan and his administration stand on illegal immigration control? According to Texas Governor Mark White, in a speech to the seventh annual Conference on Immigration and Natu­ralization at the University of Texas Law School:

President Reagan told the American people...he's serious about immigration control and a secure border. But at the same time, this administration has turned its back on its responsibilities to stem the tide of illegal immigration by refusing to adequately fund the Border Patrol to do its job.... They are reluctant to adequately enforce existing laws, which makes you question how actively they would enforce the new law.... I think it's time for the administration and the federal government to put some money where the mouth is.[36]

The Reagan administration and the Vatican both stand for maintain­ing the status quo. This is not a coincidence.

The complete articles from which the following quotes were taken, may be viewed at the links provided above each quote. Rome's designs for the unity of humanity and all religions, includes herself as the head of the same, of course. If this is not the agenda of BABYLON THE GREAT, what is?

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2013/05/30/gods-plan-is-to-unite-all-humanity-says-pope/ (http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2013/05/30/gods-plan-is-to-unite-all-humanity-says-pope/)

God's plan, the Pope said, is to unite all humanity into one family where everyone recognises he or she is a child of God and loved by him: "The Church is born from God's desire to call all people into communion with him" and "to participate in his divine life."

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope_says_catholic_church_is_instrument_for_human_unity/ (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope_says_catholic_church_is_instrument_for_human_unity/)

Last Sunday, during the last Regina Coeli -the Marian prayer said only during the Easter season, which ends on Pentecost Sunday - Pope John Paul called the Catholic Church an instrument of unity for humanity.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-unity-evil-one-world-religion-being-ushered-pope-melinda-h (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-unity-evil-one-world-religion-being-ushered-pope-melinda-h)

The one world church has begun "officially" on June 26, 2000 yes, but it didn't have the power to merge into a super or global power until all religions on earth agreed the Pope was to be their elected leader. Yes, the majority did in 1999 and so it was inevitable it came into fruition in 2000, and some, like the SDA church even joined with Rome to perform certain duties for the global church to assure a good start up. (the SDA church is WCC Treasurer) Still.. unless the churches all joined as one with Rome and then in agreement with the State that happens to be under the thumb of Rome, the power would not be sufficient to form the long prophesied New World Order (NWO) that the Popes have been pushing since Roman Catholic Emperor Adolph Hitler's day.

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Pope:-the-one-human-family-also-includes-brothers-who-emigrate-19821.html (http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Pope:-the-one-human-family-also-includes-brothers-who-emigrate-19821.html)

In his message for the next World Refugee Day, Benedict XVI highlights migration as part of a globalized society, which emphasizes the unity of mankind. The "dutiful gesture of human solidarity" in welcoming migrants. Those who emigrate must "assume the rights and duties existing in the country that receives them, contributing to the common good, not to mention the religious dimension of life."

The complete article which the following quote came from may be viewed at -

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-unity-evil-one-world-religion-being-ushered-pope-melinda-h (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-unity-evil-one-world-religion-being-ushered-pope-melinda-h)

Francis is the first Jesuit Pope in history. It is sort of an irony to think that a pope who appears to be close to Evangelicals actually belongs to the religious order that was founded to fight Protestantism. The former soldier Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1566) gathered a group of friends who called themselves The Society of Jesus (Societas Jesu) and eventually they were commissioned by the Pope to stop the spread of Protestantism. Their task was to imitate the strengths of Protestantism, i.e. spiritual depth and intellectual brightness, but to use them as catholic weapons against it. The Jesuit order provided the "alternative" catholic way to the Protestant faith. It comes as no surprise then that the first saint that Pope Francis proclaimed in 2013 was Pierre Favre (1506-1546), a French first generation Jesuit with a "smiling face" who more than others tried to look like a Protestant in order to drive people back to the Roman Church.

Furthermore, the Jesuit side of Pope Francis is clear enough given his published (and never retracted) opinion that Luther and Calvin destroyed man, poisoned society, and ruined the church! In his 1985 lecture on the history of the Jesuit order, he gave severe evaluations of Luther (a "heretic"), and especially of Calvin (a "heretic" and "schismatic") bringing about the "Calvinist squalor" in society, in the church, and in man's heart. According to that lecture, Protestantism lies at the root of all evils in the modern West. The fact that this lecture was republished unchanged in 2013 in Spanish and translated in 2014 into Italian with his permission, but without a mitigating word of explanation, indicates that this assessment still lingers in the Pope's heart and mind. He recently added a harsh comment on the Puritans, falsely associating them with a bigoted and merciless form of Christianity. This friendly Pope to Evangelicals is a Jesuit whose entire mission of order is to defend the Roman Church against Protestantism. Certainly Francis is a smiling Jesuit, but the anti-Protestant still beats in his heart.

The real question about gun control, is who wants it, and why do they want it. While there are certainly sincere and good intentions for desiring such, it should not be forgotten that there most certainly are real and diabolical reasons for wanting to disarm citizens as well. All abusive governments and institutions prefer of course, to disarm all and any they are over. It just makes enforcing tyranny all that much easier. The quotes below are taken from the links above them. The first link addresses where our second amendment rights basically came from, and one of the main reasons why they were established that few know about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHiqs7bFfJ0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHiqs7bFfJ0)


http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2011/gun-control-church-firmly-quietly-opposes-firearms-for-civilians.cfm (http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2011/gun-control-church-firmly-quietly-opposes-firearms-for-civilians.cfm)

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church's position on gun control is not easy to find; there are dozens of speeches and talks and a few documents that call for much tighter regulation of the global arms trade, but what about private gun ownership?
The answer is resoundingly clear: Firearms in the hands of civilians should be strictly limited and eventually completely eliminated.

But you won't find that statement in a headline or a document subheading. It's almost hidden in a footnote in a document on crime by the U.S. bishops' conference and it's mentioned in passing in dozens of official Vatican texts on the global arms trade.
The most direct statement comes in the bishops' "Responsibility, Rehabilitation and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice" from November 2000.

"As bishops, we support measures that control the sale and use of firearms and make them safer -- especially efforts that prevent their unsupervised use by children or anyone other than the owner -- and we reiterate our call for sensible regulation of handguns."

That's followed by a footnote that states: "However, we believe that in the long run and with few exceptions -- i.e. police officers, military use -- handguns should be eliminated from our society."

https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2016/06/13/catholic-church-say-gun-control/ (https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2016/06/13/catholic-church-say-gun-control/)

Catholics wondering what the Church has to say about gun control in the wake of the Orlando massacre will find nothing firm from Rome, but a clear drift from the U.S. bishops in favor of stronger limits and the eventual near-elimination of guns from American society.

http://wwrn.org/articles/45304/ (http://wwrn.org/articles/45304/)

Why are deadly weapons being sold to those who plan to inflict untold suffering on individuals and society? Sadly, the answer, as we all know, is simply for money: money that is drenched in blood, often innocent blood. In the face of this shameful and culpable silence, it is our duty to confront the problem and to stop the arms trade.

And lest anyone think that the pope's remarks were limited to international sales, Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago clarified, "Surely America's political leaders did not think the pope's comments were limited to arms trade outside of America's borders."

Cupich, who was appointed by Pope Francis, is noteworthy for being one of the few American prelates to press for legislation, writing in his Chicago Tribune op-ed:

It is no longer enough for those of us involved in civic leadership and pastoral care to comfort the bereaved and bewildered families of victims of gun violence. It is time to heed the words of Pope Francis and take meaningful and swift action to address violence in our society. We must band together to call for gun-control legislation. We must act in ways that promote the dignity and value of human life. And we must do it now.

http://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/vatican-welcomes-obama-gun-control-proposal.html (http://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/vatican-welcomes-obama-gun-control-proposal.html)

The Vatican praised President Barack Obama's proposals for curbing gun violence, calling them a "step in a right direction," the Huffington Post reports. The Vatican's chief spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Saturday that 47 religious leaders had appealed to members of Congress "to limit firearms that are making society pay an unacceptable price in terms of massacres and senseless deaths," adding: "I am with them. The initiatives announced by the American administration for limiting and controlling the spread and use of weapons are certainly a step in the right direction." Lombardi renewed Vatican appeals for disarmament and encouragement for measures to fight "the production, commerce and contraband of all types of arms."

http://www.vaticanguncontrol.com (http://www.vaticanguncontrol.com)

The Catholic "church" has been pretty vocal about the fact that they support the complete banning of private gun ownership.

The following links are of interest to the topic of gun control and the more evil effects of the same.

http://www.rense.com/general2/right.htm (http://www.rense.com/general2/right.htm)

http://www.naturalnews.com/039264_gun_control_timeline_true_history.html (http://www.naturalnews.com/039264_gun_control_timeline_true_history.html)

http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2012/12/29/back-to-the-future-what-history-teaches-about-gun-confiscations/ (http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2012/12/29/back-to-the-future-what-history-teaches-about-gun-confiscations/)

http://jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/deathgc.htm (http://jpfo.org/filegen-a-m/deathgc.htm)

http://www.guns.com/2014/04/13/guns-swiss-guard/ (http://www.guns.com/2014/04/13/guns-swiss-guard/)

Don't you know the Catholics were nervous those 60 years that Billy Graham hung around the White House. Serves them right.

Don't you know the Catholics were nervous those 60 years that Billy Graham hung around the White House. Serves them right.

No, I didn't know that. Perhaps a few details about why they should have been nervous, would shed some light.

Actually, I have never known any Catholics who were obsessed, and wringing their hands about Billy Graham often being invited to the White House for very private meetings with the President. But don't you imagine there were some nervous Catholics?

As to the reason they should have been nervous: I know next to nothing about what all the Presidents and Billy Graham discussed, but I seriously doubt it should have caused Catholics any alarm. But, as we know, some people's suspicions are easily aroused.

: Norton  Tue Aug 30, 2016 - 22:12:18
Actually, I have never known any Catholics who were obsessed, and wringing their hands about Billy Graham often being invited to the White House for very private meetings with the President. But don't you imagine there were some nervous Catholics?

As to the reason they should have been nervous: I know next to nothing about what all the Presidents and Billy Graham discussed, but I seriously doubt it should have caused Catholics any alarm. But, as we know, some people's suspicions are easily aroused.

Go back to sleep brother, I didn't mean to slightly arouse you from your slumber.

The following quotes may be viewed in their entirety at the links provided above them.

http://prophesyagain.org/the-catholicization-of-america-pope-and-president-of-one-mind/ (http://prophesyagain.org/the-catholicization-of-america-pope-and-president-of-one-mind/)

United States President Barack Obama delivered his final State of the Union address January 12, 2016. From the emphasis of his address, Obama seems to have been profoundly impacted by Pope Francis and his ideas for creating a "better world." "President Barack Obama spoke about several issues that concern leaders of the Catholic Church in the United States."1 Standing behind the same podium that the Pope stood behind in September, and addressing many of the same individuals, Obama quoted from the very speech that Pope Francis delivered to a joint session of congress. "'His Holiness, Pope Francis, told this body from the very spot I stand tonight,' Obama said, that 'to imitate the hatred and violence of tyrants and murderers is the best way to take their place.'"2 The State of the Union Address reflects how Catholic principles and ideals have, are and will continue to influence and shape principles and policies of the United States revealing just how Catholic, this nation has become.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/23/opinion/stanley-conservatives-catholics/ (http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/23/opinion/stanley-conservatives-catholics/)

The GOP is undergoing a quiet process of Catholicization. It's one of the reasons why this year's race has focused so much on social issues -- and sex.

http://feedingjimmy.com/the-catholicization-of-america-by-illegal-immigration/ (http://feedingjimmy.com/the-catholicization-of-america-by-illegal-immigration/)

Illegal immigration from South and Central America will turn the United States of America from a Protestant country to a Roman Catholic country. And then what? Well, you know what I say. Catholicism leads to communism.
A lot of people are really upset at me for saying this. They feel betrayed. I know. This is the most difficult thing for me to write because of my Catholic family and friends. I've been putting off writing this because I don't want to be a jerk to people who have been so kind to me.

http://latinosreadytovote.com/the-pope-latinos-in-america-and-the-catholicization-of-gop/ (http://latinosreadytovote.com/the-pope-latinos-in-america-and-the-catholicization-of-gop/)

Not long ago, there was  a quiet process of Catholicization in the Republican Party and the GOP made good use of Catholic intellectual teaching in the 1970s. 

"There was a time when the Republican Party was strictly for White Anglo Saxon Protestants." But this year Roughly one-quarter of Republican primary voters are Catholic. Notable Catholic GOP leaders include John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush. Six out of nine justices of the Supreme Court are Catholics, and five of them are Republicans. And, the GOP is undergoing a quiet process of Catholicization. It's one of the reasons why this year's race has focused so much on social issues. Moreover, part of this genuinely Catholic intellectual tradition and its ability to provide reasonable arguments to defend conservative values. The Catholic Church had a vast intellectual heritage that could be drawn upon when fighting the liberals."

http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs040/1101645366958/archive/1102903034468.html (http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs040/1101645366958/archive/1102903034468.html)

THE CATHOLICIZATION
OF ADVENTISM
The Alpha and the Omega
of Apostasy

A little concerning Obama and Rome.

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/us/the-catholic-roots-of-obamas-activism.html?_r=0 (https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/us/the-catholic-roots-of-obamas-activism.html?_r=0)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/30/pope-francis-climate-change-epa-gina-mccarthy (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/30/pope-francis-climate-change-epa-gina-mccarthy)

http://www.americamagazine.org/issue/699/100/barack-obama-and-vatican-ii (http://www.americamagazine.org/issue/699/100/barack-obama-and-vatican-ii)

Trump, the pope, and climate change.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/05/24/pope-francis-presents-trump-with-a-politically-loaded-gift-his-encyclical-on-climate-change/?utm_term=.0212a566d4e1 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/05/24/pope-francis-presents-trump-with-a-politically-loaded-gift-his-encyclical-on-climate-change/?utm_term=.0212a566d4e1)

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-views-on-climate-change-are-evolving-after-meeting-with-european-leaders/ (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trumps-views-on-climate-change-are-evolving-after-meeting-with-european-leaders/)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-pope-climate-change_us_58dd0d58e4b08194e3b7a5e8 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-pope-climate-change_us_58dd0d58e4b08194e3b7a5e8)

http://www.climatedepot.com/2017/05/19/vatican-confident-pope-will-change-trumps-view-on-global-warming-at-upcoming-meeting/ (http://www.climatedepot.com/2017/05/19/vatican-confident-pope-will-change-trumps-view-on-global-warming-at-upcoming-meeting/)

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/05/24/i-wont-forget-what-you-said-trump-tells-pope-after-meeting-vatican (https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/05/24/i-wont-forget-what-you-said-trump-tells-pope-after-meeting-vatican)

http://www.alternet.org/environment/vatican-bishop-confident-pope-will-change-trumps-view-climate-change (http://www.alternet.org/environment/vatican-bishop-confident-pope-will-change-trumps-view-climate-change)

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-24/pope-gives-trump-book-on-protecting-environment-at-vatican-talks (https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-05-24/pope-gives-trump-book-on-protecting-environment-at-vatican-talks)

http://www.politico.eu/article/trump-faces-a-higher-authority-pope-francis/ (http://www.politico.eu/article/trump-faces-a-higher-authority-pope-francis/)

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-views-paris-climate-change-evolving-g7-summit-article-1.3198802 (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-views-paris-climate-change-evolving-g7-summit-article-1.3198802)

http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/05/25/jerry-brown-pope-will-convert-trump-climate-change-religion/ (http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/05/25/jerry-brown-pope-will-convert-trump-climate-change-religion/)

https://www.prophesyagain.org/single-post/2017/05/28/Trump-Evolves-on-Climate-Change-after-Meeting-Pope-Jesuit-Jerry-Brown-said- (https://www.prophesyagain.org/single-post/2017/05/28/Trump-Evolves-on-Climate-Change-after-Meeting-Pope-Jesuit-Jerry-Brown-said-)"Don't-Underestimate-the-Power-of-the-Holy-Father"

http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=31595 (http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=31595)

https://www.ecowatch.com/the-francis-effect-how-the-pope-is-changing-americans-views-on-climate-1882117903.html (https://www.ecowatch.com/the-francis-effect-how-the-pope-is-changing-americans-views-on-climate-1882117903.html)

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/06/18/full-text-laudato-si/ (http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/06/18/full-text-laudato-si/)


237. On Sunday, our participation in the Eucharist has special importance. Sunday, like the Jewish Sabbath, is meant to be a day which heals our relationships with God, with ourselves, with others and with the world. Sunday is the day of the Resurrection, the "first day" of the new creation, whose first fruits are the Lord's risen humanity, the pledge of the final transfiguration of all created reality. It also proclaims "man's eternal rest in God". In this way, Christian spirituality incorporates the value of relaxation and festivity. We tend to demean contemplative rest as something unproductive and unnecessary, but this is to do away with the very thing which is most important about work: its meaning. We are called to include in our work a dimension of receptivity and gratuity, which is quite different from mere inactivity. Rather, it is another way of working, which forms part of our very essence. It protects human action from becoming empty activism; it also prevents that unfettered greed and sense of isolation which make us seek personal gain to the detriment of all else. The law of weekly rest forbade work on the seventh day, "so that your ox and your donkey may have rest, and the son of your maidservant, and the stranger, may be refreshed" (Ex 23:12). Rest opens our eyes to the larger picture and gives us renewed sensitivity to the rights of others. And so the day of rest, centred on the Eucharist, sheds it light on the whole week, and motivates us to greater concern for nature and the poor.

https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2017/03/30/top-vatican-official-urges-u-s-bishops-lobby-trumps-stance-climate-weapons-migrants/

Top Vatican official urges U.S. bishops to lobby against Trump's stance on climate, weapons, and migrants

ROME- A top Vatican official is urging the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to lobby in Washington against many of the latest moves by the administration of Donald Trump, from the so-called temporary ban on accepting new refugees to the defense budget increase.
Talking specifically about climate change, Cardinal Peter Turkson, of Ghana, said Thursday that if Trump didn't listen to "dissenting voices"-including those of the Catholic hierarchy - and reconsider his position on this matter, the United States risks being supplanted by China as the leader in environmental protection.

https://www.popsugar.com/news/Vatican-Calls-Out-Trump-Pulling-Out-Paris-Agreement-43596858 (https://www.popsugar.com/news/Vatican-Calls-Out-Trump-Pulling-Out-Paris-Agreement-43596858)

Vatican Says Relying on Fossil Fuels Is as Ridiculous as Believing Earth Is Flat

President Donald Trump has decided to screw the planet and rescind America's ratification of the Paris Agreement. This is bad for everyone. Scientists and activists are irate, but the Vatican is by far the most powerful opponent of Trump's decision (the pope does lead roughly a billion people, after all). Reuters reports that the head of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, had some strong words for the president (preceding his official announcement that he would actually withdraw).

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/06/02/protecting-creation-not-optional-vatican-says-day-after-trump-pulls-out-paris (https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/06/02/protecting-creation-not-optional-vatican-says-day-after-trump-pulls-out-paris)

Protecting creation is not optional, Vatican says, day after Trump pulls out of Paris Agreement

Christians and Muslims, believers in one God, have an obligation to safeguard the world God created, said the Vatican's annual message to Muslims for the end of Ramadan.

"Our vocation to be guardians of God's handiwork is not optional, nor is it tangential to our religious commitment as Christians and Muslims: It is an essential part of it," said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran and Bishop Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, respectively president and secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/06/02/american_bishops_decry_trumps_decision_on_climate_change/1316436 (http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/06/02/american_bishops_decry_trumps_decision_on_climate_change/1316436)

American bishops decry Trump's decision on climate change

(Vatican Radio) The Bishops of the United States have decried President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement saying his decision"not to honor the U.S. commitment" to the Paris climate deal is "deeply troubling."  

Bishop Cantu continued saying that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Pope Francis and "the entire Catholic Church have consistently upheld the Paris Agreement as an important international mechanism to promote environmental stewardship and encourage climate change mitigation."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/29/obama-will-bypass-senate-ratify-paris-climate-acco/ (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/aug/29/obama-will-bypass-senate-ratify-paris-climate-acco/)

White House defends Obama evading Senate on Paris climate deal

The White House on Monday defended President Obama's decision to enter into the Paris climate accord without Senate ratification but stopped short of confirming a Chinese report that he will do so this week during his trip to China.
Still, it would surprise no one if Mr. Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping were to announce the ratification of the sweeping climate change agreement before the Sunday opening of the Group of 20 summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

http://www.heritage.org/environment/report/obamas-plan-avoid-senate-review-the-paris-protocol (http://www.heritage.org/environment/report/obamas-plan-avoid-senate-review-the-paris-protocol)

Obama's Plan to Avoid Senate Review of the Paris Protocol

The Obama Administration is planning an end run around the U.S. Senate in regard to a major international climate change agreement—the Paris Protocol—that will be negotiated between November 30 and December 11 at the 21st annual session of the Conference of Parties (COP 21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Administration's plans to avoid Senate scrutiny of the protocol should come as no surprise. During a March 31, 2015, press briefing, White House spokesman Josh Earnest was asked whether Congress has the right to approve the protocol:

This is the Church of Rome. Using one man to bypass Constitutional government for and by the people, against the will of the people, and then attacking the man responsible for pulling us out of what we didn't want in the first place at the request of the people. Now the Bishops of Rome and other papal cronies and elitists will go after Trump and all to establish what they wish regardless of the will of the people. Welcome to the ever increasing world and politics of BABYLON THE GREAT. She has entrenched herself within our nation and government, we haven't seen anything yet. Our nose dive will only continue as all is sacrificed for her global agenda. We must decrease, that she may increase.

https://www.the-highway.com/eu_Bennett.html (https://www.the-highway.com/eu_Bennett.html)

The Vatican has been the most powerful institution in Europe, and although its influence declined at the time of the Reformation it has made a significant recovery in the past two centuries. The Protestant nations of Europe that were religiously, politically and economically freed from a totalitarian Roman Church seem now to be blindly returning to her yoke.

The Vatican Bank's tax exempt status in Italy has made it possible for her to manipulate many of the largest multi-national corporations This influence is however as nothing when compared with her power in Europe and in the world of politics and religion. A Jesuit priest writing in 'Inside the Vatican' stated, "Despite the importance of the papacy for the Catholic church and its prominent role in international affairs, its internal workings are little known to Catholics, to world leaders, or to the world at large."*

This lack of knowledge is particularly evident when it comes to the role the Vatican is playing in the making of the EU. If the Protestant nations of Europe are to remain free, true believers on both sides of the Atlantic must address the issue of Rome and the EU and take it to our God in prayer. The alternative may well prove to be the return of the Inquisition.

It is the authors' desire that this study of one of the most powerful institutions in the world today be carefully examined. Our purpose is to sound the alarm and to stimulate others to do so too.

* Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church, by Thomas J. Reese, Harvard University Press, 1996, 4

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/2/pelosi-trump-dishonoring-god-global-warming/ (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/2/pelosi-trump-dishonoring-god-global-warming/)

Pelosi says Trump 'dishonoring' God in global warming decision

Rep. Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that President Trump was "dishonoring" God and questioned whether his grandchildren will even be able to breathe air after his announcement a day earlier that he would withdraw from the Paris climate accord.

Mrs. Pelosi said the president's speech contained "false" justifications, and said he's turned his back on everyone from children to the religious community — including Pope Francis, who just last week gave Mr. Trump a copy of his encyclical urging action on global warming.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/02/pelosi-trump-dishonoring-god-by-withdrawing-from-paris-agreement/ (https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/06/02/pelosi-trump-dishonoring-god-by-withdrawing-from-paris-agreement/)

Pelosi also said that Trump dishonored God and the religious community. This includes Pope Francis, who gave Trump a copy of his encyclical on environmental preservation last Wednesday.

"The Bible tells us that to minister to the needs of God's creation is an act of worship," Pelosi said. "To ignore those needs is to dishonor the God who made us, and that is just what we're doing by walking away from the accord."

Pelosi also compared Trump to racist segregationists during the civil rights era, said his decision on the withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement is more reason for him to release his tax returns, said the U.S. has isolated itself from the world, and noted that we joined only Syria in rejecting the Paris agreement.

Pelosi has accused Republicans of turning their backs on God before, using the same line she had used in her weekly address. After Trump's inauguration, Pelosi said that Republicans "pray in church on Sunday, and then prey on people the rest of the week."

"And while we're [the Democrats] doing the Lord's work by ministering to the needs of God's creation, [Republicans] are ignoring those needs, which is to dishonor the God who made them."

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/cnsnewscom-staff/pelosi-says-withdrawing-paris-climate-change-deal-dishonors-god (http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/cnsnewscom-staff/pelosi-says-withdrawing-paris-climate-change-deal-dishonors-god)

Here is an excerpt from Pelosi's briefing:

And we have a moral responsibility in addition to our national security, our economy and the good health of our children. We have a moral responsibility.     We must leave future generations with a healthy, sustainable planet. Faith leaders—starting with His Holiness, Pope Francis—to the Evangelical community have urged as to be responsible stewards of the beauty of God's creation. They believe, as do I, that this planet is God's creation and we have a moral responsibility to be good stewards of it. When we worked with the Evangelical community to put together our climate legislation ten years ago, nine years ago--we worked on it for awhile--they had their literature which said that we had a moral responsibility to be good stewards of God's creation, and, in doing so, we must pay special attention to the needs of the poor. They saw it as an environmental justice issue as well, the Evangelical community.

When the pope went to the White House he talked about the dangers of air pollution, when he was here. And just last week, the pope met with President Trump and gave him a copy of his encyclical, Laudate Si, which made the case for strong, urgent action to halt the climate crisis. The pope wrote: 'The climate is a common good belonging to all and meant for all.'

The Bible tells us that to minister to the needs of God's creation is an act of worship. To ignore those needs is to dishonor the God who made us and that is just what we are doing by walking away from this accord.

Jesuit governor Jerry Brown signs climate agreement with China.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Brown)

Brown was a member of the California Cadet Corps at St. Ignatius High School, where he graduated in 1955.[6][7] In 1955, Brown entered Santa Clara University for a year, and left to attend Sacred Heart Novitiate, a Jesuit novice house, intent on becoming a Catholic priest.[8] Brown left the novitiate after three years,[9] enrolling at the University of California, Berkeley in 1960, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Classics in 1961. Brown went on to Yale Law School and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1964.[3] After law school, Brown worked as a law clerk for California Supreme Court Justice Mathew Tobriner.

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/12/jerry-brown-latin-scholar-and-one-time-almost-priest/282426/ (https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/12/jerry-brown-latin-scholar-and-one-time-almost-priest/282426/)

Brown went on to discuss various budget battles fought in California, including cuts to university funding, increases in taxes on the wealthy, and investments like the long-suffering high-speed railway that's planned between San Francisco to Los Angeles. His most captivating comments were about the future of education in his state, because he described how his views grew out of his personal experience—in training to become a priest.
His religious schooling seemed to make Brown a big fan of "traditional" educational experiences. "Human contact is very important. I went to Jesuit schools: Santa Clara for a year, St. Ignatius for four years. And I went into the Jesuit order, not because of reading a book, but because of the experience, the relationship with all the different teachers I encountered. Something that I'd always heard about in Jesuit schools is the ratio studiorum, which is the methodology of Jesuit education," he said.

http://johnnycirucci.com/a-jesuit-back-in-the-governors-mansion/ (http://johnnycirucci.com/a-jesuit-back-in-the-governors-mansion/)

What You Get When You Put A Jesuit Back In The Governor's Mansion

The state of California is a living example of the Jesuit end-game.
It has the largest population of Roman Catholic Hispanic illegal immigrants, welcomed in endless streams of higher and higher promises of benefits courtesy of the American taxpayer with current Governor Jerry Brown now making it even easier for illegals to receive taxpayer-funded healthcare.

http://secretsofthefed.com/globalist-and-jesuit-governor-of-california-removes-exemptions-and-forces-children-to-take-vaccines/ (http://secretsofthefed.com/globalist-and-jesuit-governor-of-california-removes-exemptions-and-forces-children-to-take-vaccines/)

Jerry Brown has always been a spider working among the shadows.  As Governor of California back in the late 70's and early 80's, he was a pioneer in the environmental movement.  And 30 years later, just as the state experiences its worst drought in centuries, is playing the tune of the Pope's new push for climate change as the number one issue affecting the world today.

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/07/11/jerry-brown-becomes-climate-change-expert-for-pope-francis/ (http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2015/07/11/jerry-brown-becomes-climate-change-expert-for-pope-francis/)

https://tabublog.com/2015/11/29/jesuit-trained-governor-brown-running-climate-change-conference-in-paris/ (https://tabublog.com/2015/11/29/jesuit-trained-governor-brown-running-climate-change-conference-in-paris/)

http://www.spirituallysmart.com/jerrybrown.html (http://www.spirituallysmart.com/jerrybrown.html)

http://www.calbuzz.com/2010/02/god-man-jerry-browns-ignatian-indifference/ (http://www.calbuzz.com/2010/02/god-man-jerry-browns-ignatian-indifference/)

The Popes puppets continue to carry out his will for our country.


http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/336537-california-signs-deal-with-china-to-combat-climate-change (http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/336537-california-signs-deal-with-china-to-combat-climate-change)

http://legalinsurrection.com/2017/06/california-signs-its-own-climate-accord-with-china/ (http://legalinsurrection.com/2017/06/california-signs-its-own-climate-accord-with-china/)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-jerry-brown-california-climate.html?_r=0 (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/world/asia/xi-jinping-china-jerry-brown-california-climate.html?_r=0)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11143702/Michael-Bloomberg-knighted-by-the-Queen-just-dont-call-him-Sir-Mike.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11143702/Michael-Bloomberg-knighted-by-the-Queen-just-dont-call-him-Sir-Mike.html)

Michael Bloomberg knighted by the Queen - just don't call him Sir Mike

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11523895/Michael-Bloomberg-is-made-an-honourary-knight-by-the-Queen.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11523895/Michael-Bloomberg-is-made-an-honourary-knight-by-the-Queen.html)

Michael Bloomberg is made an honorary knight by the Queen

Papal puppet Michael Bloomberg knighted by the queen, basically a Knight of Malta.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_Military_Order_of_Malta)

All emphasis in the following quotes mine.

Widely considered a sovereign ubject of international law, the order maintains diplomatic relations with 106 states. It has United Nations permanent observer status,[9] enters into treaties, and issues its own passports, coins, and postage stamps. Its two headquarters buildings in Rome enjoy extraterritoriality, similar to embassies, and it maintains embassies in other countries. The three principal officers are counted as citizens. Though its sovereignty is disputed by some legal scholars, it is often given as the only remaining example of a sovereign entity which entirely lacks territory.

In several countries, including France, Germany and Ireland, local associations of the order are important providers of medical emergency services and training. Its annual budget is on the order of 200 million Euros, largely funded by European governments, the U.N., and the European Union.

The Order was governed by its Grand Master, the Prince of Rhodes, and its Council. From its beginning, independence from other nations granted by pontifical charter and the universally recognised right to maintain and deploy armed forces constituted grounds for the international sovereignty of the Order, which minted its own coins and maintained diplomatic relations with other States. The senior positions of the Order were given to representatives of different Langues.

The Knights of Malta are a Roman Catholic international globalist organization, which no doubt ends up putting its members interests at odds with the will of the people in their various nations. Thereby subjecting the citizens of said nations, to manipulation and servitude to a foreign entity. Not to mention the funneling of tax payers money toward such goals as well. Just another way the Church of Rome manipulates politics on a global scale. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Malta (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Malta)

This is a list of the heads of state of Malta, from the independence of Malta in 1964 to the present day.

From 1964 to 1974 the head of state under the Malta Independence Act 1964 was the Queen of Malta, Elizabeth II, who was also the Monarch of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The Queen was represented in Malta by a Governor-General. Malta became a republic under the Constitution of 1974 and the Monarch and Governor-General were replaced by a ceremonial President.

All those Knighted by the Queen of England are basically Knights of Malta, or at least intricately connected to this Roman Catholic globalist institution.

http://www.businessinsider.com/michael-bloomberg-paris-agreement-coalition-2017-6 (http://www.businessinsider.com/michael-bloomberg-paris-agreement-coalition-2017-6)

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg is launching a coalition to defy Trump and uphold the Paris Agreement

Surprise, surprise, a papal puppet is the organizer of the coalition to defy Trump and uphold the Paris Agreement. Never mind the will of the people, the will of the Pope and his globalist minions must be obeyed.

http://www.heritage.org/constitution/# (http://www.heritage.org/constitution/#)!/articles/1/essays/68/emoluments-clause

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
ARTICLE I, SECTION 9, CLAUSE 8

Article VI of the Articles of Confederation was the source of the Constitution's prohibition on federal titles of nobility and the so-called Emoluments Clause. The clause sought to shield the republican character of the United States against corrupting foreign influences.

The prohibition on federal titles of nobility—reinforced by the corresponding prohibition on state titles of nobility in Article I, Section 10, and more generally by the republican Guarantee Clause in Article IV, Section 4—was designed to underpin the republican character of the American government. In the ample sense James Madison gave the term in The Federalist No. 39, a republic was "a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during good behavior."

Republicanism so understood was the ground of the constitutional edifice. The prohibition on titles of nobility buttressed the structure by precluding the possibility of an aristocracy, whether hereditary or personal, whose members would inevitably assert a right to occupy the leading positions in the state.

https://thelastbastille.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/the-missing-13th-titles-of-nobility-amendment/ (https://thelastbastille.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/the-missing-13th-titles-of-nobility-amendment/)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/08/26/constitution-government-officials-privileges-column/2696945/ (https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/08/26/constitution-government-officials-privileges-column/2696945/)

https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2016/10/07/new-un-secretary-general-become-key-papal-ally/

The article the following quotes are taken from, may be viewed at the above internet site. All Emphasis in the following quotes is mine.

New UN Secretary General could become key papal ally

ROME- Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is set to become the next United Nations secretary-general, and as a Catholic Socialist with a deep concern for refugees and global justice generally, he could become a key ally of Pope Francis..................

In his vision statement in applying for the position of secretary general, Guterres wrote of the challenges facing the world in terms of rising inequality, terrorism and organized crime, climate change and the proliferation of armed actors internationally.


All are issues about which Francis has often spoken, even producing a teaching document on the environment...........................

At the end of their private audience, Guterres said: "The Catholic Church has always been a very important voice in the defense of refugees and migrants. A voice of tolerance, of respect to diversity in an indifferent world, if not hostile, to everything that's foreign."

At the time, Guterres also said that in Europe, as in many developing countries, there's an eruption of xenophobia. "Pope Francis not only indicates what must be the just doctrine for the Christian community, but he's a personal witness," he said, before praising the pontiff's Evangelii Gaudium exhortation and his visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa.

Speaking to Vatican Radio after the audience, Guterres also spoke about his previous visit to the Vatican, when he met with Benedict XVI. Then too, the former prime minister said, they had agreed on their positions on refugees...........................


His country's opposition accuses him of being key in the victory of the "no" vote on a 1998 referendum on abortion, despite being a member of the Socialist Party. He allowed for the voting to take place, but openly opposed abortion citing his personal convictions...............................

Rapport between the Vatican and the United Nations, where the Holy See has an observer position, has always been good. Ban, the outgoing secretary general, visited Francis several times, the last time being this week, when the two leaders kicked-started a conference promoting sports at the service of the common good.

The two also worked together to guarantee the success of the Paris climate summit last year.

More papal minions aiding the Roman Catholic church in their socialistic global agenda. Now  the Pope will enjoy even more influence at the UN, while his minions here in this country defy Trump and seek to establish their global socialism here in our home. Even now they plot and plan to establish the Paris Accord with or without Trump or the federal government. No telling how many more billions this global climate agenda will cost us, on top of the billions the papacy already receives from our government every year.

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/04/29/un-looks-to-religions-for-moral-leadership-on-climate-change/ (http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/04/29/un-looks-to-religions-for-moral-leadership-on-climate-change/)

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at a Vatican-sponsored workshop on environmental issues

Dealing with climate change will take more than just global policies and agreements, it will also take a unified stance from the world's religions, the secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) said at the Vatican.

o have development without destruction and "to transform our economies, however, we must first transform our thinking, and our values. In this, the world's religions can provide valuable leadership," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told religious leaders, scientists and scholars.

"If ever there were an issue that requires unity of purpose" among governments, private businesses, civil society and faith-based groups, "it is climate change," he said, giving the opening address at a Vatican-sponsored workshop on Tuesday.

http://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-call-religion-science-unite (http://bahaiteachings.org/bahai-call-religion-science-unite)

The Baha'i Call for Religion and Science to Unite

http://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/wcc-programmes/justice-diakonia-and-responsibility-for-creation/climate-change-water/religious-traditions-call-to-climate-action (http://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/wcc-programmes/justice-diakonia-and-responsibility-for-creation/climate-change-water/religious-traditions-call-to-climate-action)

World Council of Churches

Religious Traditions Call To Climate Action

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/religions-world-unite-call-paris-agreement-patrick-crawford (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/religions-world-unite-call-paris-agreement-patrick-crawford)

Religions of the World Unite in Call for Paris Agreement:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/murali-balaji/a-hindu-call-to-action-in_b_8631290.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/murali-balaji/a-hindu-call-to-action-in_b_8631290.html)

A Hindu Call to Action in Fighting Climate Change

https://news.iskcon.org/parliament-of-world-religions-on-climate-change,6191/ (https://news.iskcon.org/parliament-of-world-religions-on-climate-change,6191/)

Parliament of World Religions on Climate Change

http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/pope-francis-speaks-before-un-why-not-a-un-for-religions (http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/pope-francis-speaks-before-un-why-not-a-un-for-religions)

We Need a United Nations of World Religions

If such an alliance can be used to unite independent states, could a similar model work for world religions? This was an idea proposed last year by former Israeli president Shimon Peres. He suggested that an organization called "the United Religions" could bring together leaders from various worldwide religions with the goal of promoting interfaith peace and understanding. In Peres' eyes, Pope Francis himself would head up this "UN for religions" because he is universally respected and could spearhead efforts to broker peace in the Middle East. Peres even pitched the idea to the pontiff when the two men met last September.

I guess world religions are pretty much already following the Pope's lead.

The following quote from the link provided is a prime example of how the Roman Catholic church plays both sides of the political isle in our nation, influencing their politicians within the same to reflect this pattern. This becomes increasingly significant as the number of Catholic politicians seems to continually be on the rise. Both parties are increasingly dealing with their interference, and systematically being manipulated and controlled by it. Regardless of which party is in control or majority, the papacy works through their many politicians on both sides of the isle within our government to neutralize threats to their own agenda, and bolster all that is in accordance or beneficial to the same. The effect is basically a reestablishment of Roman Catholic manipulation of national politics, experienced by the world during what is now referred to as the dark ages. This same process is being carried out in as many nations as possible toward establishing the globalist agenda of the papacy, world domination.   

https://wwrn.org/articles/46943/

Against this backdrop, Catholic bishops of the United States will gather in Indianapolis on June 14-15 for their annual spring meeting, where, like millions of ordinary Americans, they will discuss the burning political issues of the day and consider what they can contribute to the conversation. Some of the issues on the agenda—immigration and health care specifically—have already caused a great deal of tension between the White House and Catholic leaders, while others, such as religious freedom, present an opportunity for collaboration.

In the six months of Mr. Trump's presidency, the body representing the nation's more than 400 bishops has repeatedly expressed disappointment with several of his priorities. Through statements and interviews, Catholic bishops have cheered court decisions blocking Mr. Trump's self-described travel ban targeting majority-Muslim nations, condemned his plan to erect a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and challenged his support for repealing Obamacare.

More recently, bishops called his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord "deeply troubling" and expressed concern over how the president's proposed budget may impact the social safety net.
On the other hand, bishops are also discerning where they might share common ground with Mr. Trump, with the church's views on religious liberty, anti-Christian persecution and abortion seeming to align with the president's. In those areas, there have already been signs that church leaders are willing to work with the White House.

Last month, Cardinal Donald Wuerl and Cardinal Daniel DiNardo were on hand for a Rose Garden signing ceremony of an executive order that Mr. Trump said will bolster religious liberty in the United States. (In addition to ordering the I.R.S. not to investigate churches that engage in partisan politics, it also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to devise regulations that could allow employers with objections to providing insurance coverage for contraception to opt out of Obama-era laws.) During their Indianapolis meeting, bishops will consider making permanent an ad hoc religious liberty committee. That would mean initiatives meant to promote religious freedom, such as the Fortnight for Freedom, which started as a protest against Obama-era health care regulations, could become permanent.

On the abortion front, some bishops have praised decisions by the Trump administration to reinstate a rule that prevents federal dollars from funding abortions overseas and to support efforts to allow states to defund Planned Parenthood clinics.

http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/the-problem-of-the-pope-and-socialism/ (http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/the-problem-of-the-pope-and-socialism/)

Recently, Pope Francis released a statement to members of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. The statement, broadly, was about work in society, and how social bonds are incredibly important. At the end of it, however, the Pope levied a harsh attack at what he referred to as libertarian individualism. This, in turn, has been met with harsh criticism by both Reason and Breitbart. This is the latest in a string of statements that has led to one disheartening conclusion, the Pope has two ideologies. Catholicism and Socialism..............................................

To be frank, I am a Protestant. Despite this, I had high hopes for Pope Francis. I was encouraged by his apparent rejection of Papal decadence and a shift in focus to charity and aiding the poor. I was also heartened by his more socially tolerant statements.

This is why my disappointment is all the greater. The Pope has rejected freedom and proven methods of bettering society. He has instead chosen a failed ideology that has been used to oppress our Christian brothers and sisters all over the world.

That stings.

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/pope-lays-out-global-marxist-agenda/ (http://www.aim.org/aim-column/pope-lays-out-global-marxist-agenda/)

Socialist Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is ecstatic over the pope's address to Congress. In a message to his supporters, titled, "Why we must listen to Pope Francis," he was particularly pleased with the fact that in his address to Congress, "Pope Francis spoke of Dorothy Day, who was a tireless advocate for the impoverished and working people in America. I think it was extraordinary that he cited her as one of the most important people in recent American history." Day was a Marxist apologist for socialism and communist regimes. We covered this territory in my column, "With Pope's Help, U.N. Bypasses Congress on Global Socialism."

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/05/24/author-pope-socialist-opponent-trump/ (http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/05/24/author-pope-socialist-opponent-trump/)

"This Pope is actually more interested in saving the planet than saving souls. He's turned the Vatican into, almost, an annex of Greenpeace and the Sierra Club. He's also been a great advocate for La Raza style open borders and, of course, he's a strong voice for the global left in terms of promoting socialism."

http://www.trinityfoundation.org/journal.php?id=288 (http://www.trinityfoundation.org/journal.php?id=288)

Purpose of Vatican's Social Doctrine

The purpose of the Vatican's social doctrine is officially stated, "With her social doctrine, the Church aims 'at helping man on the path of salvation.' This is her primary and sole purpose."[3] Thus the Vatican appears to be clear-cut in defining the intent of its social doctrine. It focuses on good social works that people do. It assumes that these social deeds proclaim "God and his mystery of salvation in Christ." However, salvation in Christ is totally separate from human deeds, as it is exclusively by the power of His name. As the Apostle Peter proclaimed, "neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4:12). Likewise the Apostle Paul proclaimed, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9). Every converted sinner is a sinner saved by grace alone. The grace that saves them is the free undeserved favor of God. The Lord God saves sinners, not through doing social good deeds, but through faith alone in the Lord Christ Jesus alone. Both grace and believing faith in Jesus Christ alone are gifts of God. This true Gospel is given to mankind by divine revelation in Scripture. It stands in total contrast to the official dogma of the Vatican that "The Church's social doctrine 'is itself a valid instrument of evangelization.'" Rome's latest scheme to evangelize starts as always with the attempt to replace the true Gospel with its counterfeit gospel. In an age when Marxism, statism, and socialism are on the rise, the Roman Catholic Church's social doctrine, which is socialist to the core, has been added to its false gospel. Thus once again the Roman Catholic Church-State is able to blend itself in with the prevalent trends in the society it wishes to draw into itself. 

http://bereanbeacon.org/new-blog/2015/11/28/the-roman-catholic-socialist-agenda (http://bereanbeacon.org/new-blog/2015/11/28/the-roman-catholic-socialist-agenda)

Following biblical principles regarding how we live and provide for our families and ourselves brings stability and well-being into the societies in which we live.  At the present time, socialism is on the rise and the Catholic Church is helping to advance it with her socialistic agenda.  The attack on the United States by the Catholic Church and far left political secular interests is moving the United States by increments to accept socialism, a form of civil government which is totally contrary to the U.S. Constitution.

The Papacy's socialist agenda can be documented from the official Catholic information that is publicly available.  It is time to sound the alarm.  Our article provides an outline of a few of the major elements of the Catholic working agenda, which is monumental and intricate.  I ask that you study the article below forward it to others.  I request also, if possible, that you post it on your Website.

https://spectator.org/pope-franciss-communist-mentor/ (https://spectator.org/pope-franciss-communist-mentor/)

After Pope Francis early in his papacy decried capitalism as "trickle-down economics" — a polemical phrase coined by the left during the Reagan years that Francis frequently borrows — radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh commented, "This is just pure Marxism coming out of the mouth of the Pope." Talk show host Michael Savage called him "Lenin's pope." Pope Francis took such comments as a compliment. "I have met many Marxists in my life who are good people, so I don't feel offended," he told the Italian press.

Pope Francis grew up in socialist Argentina, an experience that left a deep impression on his thinking. He told the Latin American journalists Javier Camara and Sebastian Pfaffen that as a young man he "read books of the Communist Party that my boss in the laboratory gave me" and that "there was a period where I would wait anxiously for the newspaper La Vanguardia, which was not allowed to be sold with the other newspapers and was brought to us by the socialist militants."

The "boss" to whom Pope Francis referred is Esther Ballestrino de Careaga. He has described her as a "Paraguayan woman" and a "fervent communist." He considers her one of his most important mentors. "I owe a huge amount to that great woman," he has said, saying that she "taught me so much about politics." (He worked for her as an assistant at Hickethier-Bachmann Laboratory in Buenos Aires.)

https://onepeterfive.com/pope-communists-think-like-christians/ (https://onepeterfive.com/pope-communists-think-like-christians/)

"It it has been said many times and my response has always been that, if anything, it is the communists who think like Christians. Christ spoke of a society where the poor, the weak and the marginalized have the right to decide. Not demagogues, not Barabbas, but the people, the poor, whether they have faith in a transcendent God or not. It is they who must help to achieve equality and freedom". [emphasis added]

It should be clearly understood that Bernie Sanders does not have a problem with all "Christians". The Pope and no doubt the many Catholics in our congress and government are more than just fine for him. Perhaps Bernie views Catholicism in much the same way many Protestant Christians used to, in the not so distant past, many Bible believing Christians did not consider Roman Catholics to be Christians. In any case, the following links, and quotes or headlines from those links reveal his high esteem for at least one "Christian" entity.

http://time.com/4287640/bernie-sanders-praises-pope-francis/ (http://time.com/4287640/bernie-sanders-praises-pope-francis/)

Bernie Sanders Praises Pope Francis Ahead of Vatican Visit

https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/catholic-tv-interview-bernie-sanders-praises-popes-socialism (https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/catholic-tv-interview-bernie-sanders-praises-popes-socialism)

In Catholic TV interview, Bernie Sanders praises pope's 'socialism'

https://www.voanews.com/a/sanders-clinton-battle-in-new-york-democratic-debate/3286870.html (https://www.voanews.com/a/sanders-clinton-battle-in-new-york-democratic-debate/3286870.html)

At Vatican, Sanders Praises Pope, Slams Global Inequality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dugf-jQNGB4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dugf-jQNGB4)

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2016/04/us/bernie-sanders-pope-who-said-it/ (http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2016/04/us/bernie-sanders-pope-who-said-it/)

Who said it:
Bernie Sanders or the Pope?

By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor

A few years ago ago, a pope profusely praised democratic socialism, calling the political platform a close fit with the Catholic Church's social agenda.
That Pope was Benedict XVI, a man known for his forceful defense of Catholic orthodoxy.

The point is, even conservative popes pushed liberal economic policies long before Francis arrived in Rome. But few have captured the media's attention like the Argentine Jesuit.

Count Bernie Sanders among Francis' hallelujah choir. The Vermont senator, an avowed democratic socialist, has repeatedly praised the Pope, calling his outspoken critique of capitalism and defense of the environment a gift from You Know Who.

"I think that the Pope is playing an historical role coming at exactly the right moment in human history, where his voice is having a profound impact, not only on our country, but all over the world," Sanders told Salt and Light, a Canadian Catholic media ministry.

The Pope and Sanders don't agree on everything, abortion and same-sex marriage being among the biggest points of conflict. But on economic and environmental issues at least, the Catholic prelate and secular Jewish senator sometimes sound like long, lost soulmates. Take a look below, for instance, and see if you can tell which man uttered the quote in question.

The quotes below the links provided, may be viewed with the entire articles at said links. All emphasis in the quotes are mine. My comments if any are in blue.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/30/president-obama-sees-pope-francis-as-political-all/ (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/30/president-obama-sees-pope-francis-as-political-all/)

Obama finds an ally on political controversies at the Vatican

It's not quite a gift from God but, politically, it may be the next best thing.

President Obama increasingly is finding a key policy ally in the Vatican, with Pope Francis standing virtually shoulder to shoulder with the White House on income inequality and a historic diplomatic reboot with communist Cuba. The pontiff next year also appears poised to offer greater support to the president on climate change initiatives and reportedly wants to be a leading voice at a U.N. global warming summit next year, where the American president will make perhaps his greatest pitch to date for more dramatic action on the environment.

For Mr. Obama and fellow Democrats, aligning with Francis offers clear benefits in the short term, as they are able to highlight agreement on controversial issues with one of the most respected figures on the planet.
But in the long term, analysts say, Democrats may pay something of a political price.

To soothe American Catholics, who may have grown suspicious of the church's partnership with a liberal White House, the pope in the coming months and years is likely to zero in on fundamental disagreements with the Democratic Party on issues such as abortion and religious liberty, said Joseph Prud'homme, a political science professor and the director of the Institute for the Study of Religion, Politics, and Culture at Washington College.

"I believe Francis will remind the faithful in his position as supreme pastor about what he has consistently said about life and religious liberty. I hope, and I expect, that he will, after these initiatives [on Cuba and climate change], remind the faithful of the unending position of the church with respect to the sanctity of human life, the importance of religious liberty," Mr. Prud'homme said.

History has and will continue to play out the effects of Obama's cooperation with and dependence upon the papacy. We now know how he bypassed Congress in order to bring about that which he and the pope agreed upon. Though Mr. Trump has thrown a monkey wrench into those plans for now. Nevertheless the shared quest for income equality through wealth redistribution marches forward under other papal minions still. The above account also clearly reveals the papacies manipulation of both sides of the isle of Congress, in that it points out the political price Democrats might and or most certainly will pay in the future when Rome sides with the Republicans on issues they also agree upon. So continues the success of the papacies unending quest for world domination.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-implores-governments-to-redistribute-wealth-to-the-poor/ (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-implores-governments-to-redistribute-wealth-to-the-poor/)

Pope implores governments to redistribute wealth to the poor

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis called Friday for governments to redistribute wealth to the poor in a new spirit of generosity to help curb the "economy of exclusion" that is taking hold today.

Latin America's first pope has frequently lashed out at the injustices of capitalism and the global economic system that excludes so much of humanity, though his predecessors have voiced similar concerns.

On Friday, Francis called for the United Nations to promote a "worldwide ethical mobilization" of solidarity with the poor in a new spirit of generosity.

He said a more equal form of economic progress can be had through "the legitimate redistribution of economic benefits by the state, as well as indispensable cooperation between the private sector and civil society."

Where do governments get their money? Is it not from the people they govern? Should not the Pope be asking the people of various nations to financially support his agenda, rather than the governing bodies of those people to do so with or without their consent? The Protestant reformers and the founders of this nation worked hard to establish government for the people and by the people so they would not have to financially support religions and or their political aspirations if they did not want to. The papacy bypasses this fundamental right by appealing to governments to supply the financial needs of their political agenda, at the tax payers of these various nations expense. Against the will of countless millions no doubt. This is the exact kind of abuse countless people suffered during the dark ages when the Church of Rome and the state were constantly in bed together. This is not to mention the many other abuses associated with the same.

Apart from this, why should big bad capitalists have to uphold and maintain the economies of those nations who themselves reject capitalism? What sense does that make. If nations whose economies just aren't working choose to reject capitalism which is working apparently for the capitalist nations they need support from, then some other kind of economic and governmental reform should be the answer, not a handout from capitalists whom they despise. The Pope decries evil capitalism, and then demands capitalists bail out other failed or failing economic or governmental systems. What will this accomplish but draining the wealth of said capitalist nations, placing the burden squarely upon the tax payers of said nations, while the papacy itself sits upon a mound of immense wealth. A respectable amount of which no doubt comes from the billions in tax dollars she receives from said nations, and countless business transactions and dealings she herself has with the same.

Why wouldn't the papacy want more state control over the distribution of the wealth of nations with healthy economies, when her political influence over the same to dictate where that money will go is constantly on the increase? WAKE UP PEOPLE!

http://www.romereports.com/2016/11/16/the-vatican-will-take-part-in-2017-expo-about-energies-of-the-future (http://www.romereports.com/2016/11/16/the-vatican-will-take-part-in-2017-expo-about-energies-of-the-future)

CARD. PETER TURKSON
Dicastery for Integral Human Development
"The theme of the Expo impels us to think of ways of achieving social justice in the field of energy, and how to grant access to it for countries that lack energy and resources, making sure that energy is used in a clean and ethical way."

The Vatican will have its own pavillion named "Energy for the common good: Taking care of the common home." It will have an itinerary full of experiences and intellectual and spiritual proposals

The Vatican's proposal has five pillars:

1) Energy is a common good of all mankind.
2) Every human being is responsible for it and must contribute to global energy.
3) Energy management must foster peace and not conflict.
4) The main goal of energy is fostering human development.
5) Cooperation between people of all faiths is instrumental to universal access to energy.

Cardinal Peter Turkson says that there is another kind of energy, which is also essential.

There you have it. All people of the world of all religions must supply the needs of everyone everywhere. What does the Pope desire but a global welfare state? The redistribution of all of anyones wealth be it financial, natural resource, energy, or what have you, under his control for the common good. Which common good is of course defined by the papacy, and enforced by the governing bodies of the world. This is nothing short of the reestablishment of the dark ages. The horrors it will reproduce cannot and are not detected by the ignorant masses. Those who forget the hard lessons of history, are doomed to repeat them.

http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/pope-calls-wealth-redistribution (http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/pope-calls-wealth-redistribution)

Pope Francis calls for wealth redistribution

Pope Francis on Friday called on United Nations leaders to take better care of the poor and advocated for a "legitimate redistribution" of wealth.

"Equitable economic and social progress can only be attained by joining scientific and technical abilities with an unfailing commitment to solidarity" with the poor, the Pope said, in addition to a new spirit of generosity, according to a transcript published by Vatican Radio.

In one of the most economically liberal statements made by any Pope, Francis called for "the legitimate redistribution of economic benefits by the State, as well as indispensable cooperation between the private sector and civil society."Francis criticized global wealth inequality and the growing level of poverty and hunger.

"An essential principle of management is the refusal to be satisfied with current results and to press forward," he said. "Much more needs to be achieved, since an important part of humanity does not share in the benefits of progress and is in fact relegated to the status of second-class citizens."

Says the man sitting atop perhaps the wealthiest institution on earth. Lead by example Pope Francis. Drain the wealth of your own institution which receives many billions every year already from tax payers all over the world first, before you force them to give more and more with or without their consent. Help to improve ineffective government and economy rather than just dumping money into or upon the same. Let's not create a welfare world, but rather lift others up to success and self reliance which breeds freedom, not dependence.


https://thinkprogress.org/pope-the-bible-demands-the-redistribution-of-wealth-a0ea6e59ec15 (https://thinkprogress.org/pope-the-bible-demands-the-redistribution-of-wealth-a0ea6e59ec15)

Pope: The Bible Demands The Redistribution Of Wealth

Pope Francis called for "the legitimate redistribution of economic benefits" on Friday, arguing that the Bible demands an economic system that cares for the "poorest and those most excluded."

Francis made the comments while speaking before a gathering of several United Nations agency leaders, including U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. As he reflected on the U.N.'s target for Future Sustainable Development Goals, the first Latin American pope asked those present to resist participating in an "economy of exclusion" and to strive to have "a real impact on the structural causes of poverty and hunger."

"In the case of global political and economic organization, much more needs to be achieved, since an important part of humanity does not share in the benefits of progress and is in fact relegated to the status of second-class citizens," Francis said.

While the bible most certainly does advocate helping the poor, it most certainly does not advocate the redistribution of wealth with or without the consent of the wealthy. The latter is called stealing. One of God's commandments strictly forbids such. This same command of course also condemns all who have become rich by stealing from the poor. While it would be fine for most to see the wealth of those who have stolen from the poor to obtain their wealth, see that wealth redistributed among the poor, this is not the same as a blanket redistribution of wealth. The latter involves infringements upon financial freedom, and the right to choose what charities one's excess wealth goes to, if any at all. No religion or government should be given or take control of the wealth of its constituents without their consent.

George Washington

In a letter to the Ministers and ruling Elders delegated to represent the churches in Mass. and New H. which compose the first Presbytery of the Eastward.

" And here, I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political attention. To this consideration we ought to ascribe the absence of any regulation respecting religion from the Magna Charta of our country.
    To the guidance of the ministers of the gospel this important object is, perhaps, more properly commited. It will be your care to instruct the ingnorant, to reclaim the devious; and in the progress of morality and science, to which our government will give every furtherance, we may expect confidently, the advancement of true religion and the completion of happiness. "

What does the Pope wish and strive for, but to completely reverse the above intentions of our founding fathers? He wishes to address and motivate the governments of this world to submit to his guidance in political as well as religious matters. He wishes to undo all that the Protestant Reformation which reached its political climax in the establishment of the government of the United States of America and the binding force of its Constitution representing government by and for the people. Which Constitution demands a healthy separation of church and state, not the neglect of or manipulation of one by or over the other.

Thomas Jefferson

BILL FOR ESTABLISHING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN VIRGINIA (1799)

Well aware that Almighty God hath created the mind free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion, who being Lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up there own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all time; that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tryannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion, is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern, and whose powers he feels most persuasive to righteousness, and is withdrawing from the ministry those temporal rewards, which proceeding from an approbation of their personal conduct, are an additional incitement to earnest and unremitting labors for the instruction of mankind; that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions, more than our opinions in physics or geometry; that, therefore, the proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by laying upon him the incapacity of being called to the offices of trust and emolument, unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opoinion, is depriving him injuriously of those priviledges and advantages to which in common with his fellow citizens he has a natural right; that it tends also to corrupt the principles of that very religion it is meant to encourage, by bribing, with a monopoly of worldly honors and emoluments, those who will externally profess and conform to it; that though indeed these are criminal who do not withstand such temptation, yet neither are those innocent who lay the bait in their way; that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the feild of opoinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles, on the supposition of their ill tendency, is a dangerous fallacy, which at once destroys all religious liberty, because he being of course judge of that tendency, will make his opinions the rule of judgment, and approve or condemn the sentiments of others only as they shall square with or differ from his own; that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its offices to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; and finally, that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.
    Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
    And though we well know this Assembly, elected for the people for the ordinary services of legislation only, have no power to restrain the acts of succeeding assemblies, constituted with the powers equal to our own, and that therefore to declare this act irrevocable, would be of no effect in law, yet we are free to declare, and do declare, that the rights hereby asserted are of the natural rights of mankind, and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right.


Citizens all over the world, including citizens of these United States, now pay billions of tax dollars every year to the Church of Rome with or without their consent by act of their governments. Their politicians are redistributing the wealth of their nations at the request of the Roman Pontiff and aided by his minions at the UN as well. These nations are also being flooded with migrants both legal and illegal as an arm of this same wealth redistribution, with direct political and physical aid from the Church of Rome. In short, the Church of Rome is establishing a global government which in effect is to repudiate all that the Protestant Reformation accomplish towards human development and freedom. WAKE UP PEOPLE! COME OUT, COME OUT OF BABYLON.

The following quote is from the book FACTS OF FAITH by Christian Edwardson, Southern Publishing Association 1942

A MESSAGE FOR OUR TIMES

205

We shall here refer to one other similar denial. In the Roman Catholic paper, Shepherd of the Valley, there appeared an article by the editor, in which he stated: "If Catholics ever attain, which they surely will, though at a distant day, the immense numerical majority in the United States, religious liberty, as at present understood, will be at an end." A Protestant lecturer, who made use of this quotation, was bitterly arraigned in a double-column front-page article in the Catholic Standard and Times for his false statements regarding Catholics; for, it pointed out, if he had finished the quotation with the words which followed, "so say our enemies," it would have reversed its meaning. The incident would have passed off at the expense of the Protestant lecturer, had not the Western Watchman of July 24, 1913, continued the quotation still further, declaring:
"The whole quotation should read: 'If Catholics ever attain, which they surely will, though at a distant day, the immense numerical majority in the United States, religious liberty, as at present understood, will be at an end. So say our enemies; so say we.' "- Quoted in "Protestant Magazine," October, 1913, p. 474. Why those who tried to deny their former statements should leave out the words, "so say we," is very evident. But what can we think of those who publicly deny facts to screen their church from unfavorable public opinions, unless they act from the motive that "the end justifies the means," and that "heretics" have no moral right to facts which they would misuse.

A more blunt statement than I ever expected, if it be true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XTikotIQ6Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XTikotIQ6Q)

http://yournewswire.com/pope-francis-world-government-rule/ (http://yournewswire.com/pope-francis-world-government-rule/)

Acts 4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.[/szie]

https://prophecyinthenews.com/world_news/pope-francis-calls-for-one-world-government-to-save-humanity/ (https://prophecyinthenews.com/world_news/pope-francis-calls-for-one-world-government-to-save-humanity/)

The Pope has argued that the creation of the one world government is needed to combat major issues such as "climate change."

Pope Francis called for "a one world government" and "political authority" this week, arguing that the creation of the one world government is needed to combat major issues such as "climate change."

Speaking with Ecuador's "El Universo" newspaper, the Pope said that the United Nations doesnt have enough power and must be granted full governmental control "for the good of humanity."

http://www.neonnettle.com/news/2345-the-pope-demands-a-one-world-government-to-save-humanity- (http://www.neonnettle.com/news/2345-the-pope-demands-a-one-world-government-to-save-humanity-)

The Pope has called for the creation of "a one world government" and an unelected "political authority" in a bid to "save humanity" from "climate change".

During an interview with Ecuador's "El Universo" newspaper, Pope Francis said that the United Nations must be granted full governmental authority as it needs more power "for the good of humanity".

The most disturbing part of his comments is the Pope's call for a new global political authority.

Pope Francis recently met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to deliver a message "from God".

He told her that his "holy message" was to tear down border walls and do everything in her power to take down US President Donald Trump.

https://www.infowars.com/12-times-pope-francis-has-openly-promoted-a-one-world-religion-or-a-new-world-order/ (https://www.infowars.com/12-times-pope-francis-has-openly-promoted-a-one-world-religion-or-a-new-world-order/)

12 TIMES POPE FRANCIS HAS OPENLY PROMOTED A ONE WORLD RELIGION OR A NEW WORLD ORDER

It has become exceedingly clear that his agenda includes moving humanity toward a one world religion and a new world order

On Sunday, Pope Francis told hundreds of thousands of young people gathered for World Youth Day in Poland that they need to "believe in a new humanity" and that they should refuse "to see borders as barriers".

https://www.crossroad.to/articles2/forcing-change/09/9-vatican.htm (https://www.crossroad.to/articles2/forcing-change/09/9-vatican.htm)

The Vatican's Quest for a World Political Authority

Conclusion

That the Holy See has, for at least six decades, supported the quest for a global political structure.

That Pope Benedict has, through his recent encyclical, explicitly supported the idea of a world political authority; and that this world government should be designed to incorporate the principle of subsidiarity. Further point: That subsidiarity in a universal political structure would be akin to the slogan, "think global, act local."

That the influence of the Holy See upon the international community is substantial, and that the Papacy has the backing and general support of hundreds of millions around the world, adding "local-to-global" support for the Vatican's geo-political visions.

That advocates for world government – such as the World Federalist Movement – will pick up on Pope Benedict's recommendations and use it to parade the idea of world management.

That many Roman Catholics and Catholic organizations will subsequently endorse the proposal for a world political authority, and hence support various movements for global governance.

That individuals and organizations within and outside the Catholic Church will defend the Pope's encyclical by seeking to spiritualize or moralize the text, thereby attempting to soften the controversy. Yet, the Pope's intent for a world political authority remains.

That a minority of Catholics will vocally oppose the Vatican's call for UN empowerment and international government (many more will be indifferent). Ridicule may occur for those who publically speak against Benedict's political ideals. Expect rifts between those who oppose and those who advocate global governance.

That non-Catholic faith groups will support Pope Benedict's encyclical. Already an evangelical response document has been issued by a group of professors and national evangelical leaders. Titled, Doing the Truth in Love, this text agrees that new forms of global authority are necessary, but that it "must secure increased participation, transparency and accountability, and help strengthen the nation state relative to the power of global finance."25 Such a view is more utopian than practical, as few real incentives would compel a world government to operate this openly.

That new alliances and networks will be formed to increase political and social pressure in support of world management, and that these networks will incorporate Catholic/Vatican groups, non-governmental organizations, and elements from the United Nations.

When the Holy See raises the specter of world government it should jolt Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Even if a world political authority doesn't come to fruition, such advocacy is stunning. Here we have the planet's most influential religious office – itself politically structured as a top-down authority – promoting a top-down system of international management. The perception alone is deeply troubling.

And if a world political authority does come into play, what will keep it from morphing into an autocratic regime? Even in this we are assuming that the global authority will be introduced as a limited government. The ultimate contradiction, of course, is a toothless world authority. Without enforcement capabilities it would be little more than an advisory board. To be effective, therefore, it must be a centralist power with clout: Anything less would be meaningless.

But is this what the world needs to ensure global order?

Consider for a moment the last one hundred years, a century rife with examples of "well-meaning" centralist governments – they were always well meaning to somebody. In the name of "peace and security" these regimes crushed domestic opponents, often liquidating their own supporters in the process. From Chile to China the unofficial motto, "peace is the destruction of all opposition," was translated into action. And in the case of Nazi Germany, the government rose to power through the democratic process. Sadly, in some cases the Vatican itself held the hands of those who perpetrated such crimes, as in Croatia during the 1940s.26
Does all of this mean that the Holy See supports a dictatorial world regime? Not according to Pope Benedict's encyclical, as he openly recognized the dangerous possibility of a "universal power of a tyrannical nature." His hope, as outlined in Caritas in Veritate, is a world political authority checked by legal boundaries so as not to "infringe upon freedom." Government overstep would be offset by accountability measures.

A fine concept in theory, but it rests on a shaky assumption: That the world political authority will remain content to live within prescribed limitations; satisfied to operate within tight social, economic, and political constraints. Here's the snag: our advanced, democratic nations – and even the Vatican – haven't and can't live up to this basic standard.

While Pope Benedict tries to soft-sell Catholics and national leaders on the idea of world government, the sobering words of Lord Acton drift-in from a nearly forgotten past: "Power corrupts..."  FC

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/why-religious-leaders-might-be-best-at-fighting-extremism-56258/

Why religious leaders might be best at fighting extremism

New York City, N.Y., Jul 19, 2017 / 06:01 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Religious leaders, not secularists, are often in the best position to persuade violent religious extremists towards peace, the papal nuncio to the United Nations has said in response to an effort to prevent atrocities.

"The very existence of a plan directed toward religious leaders is also a humble recognition by the international community that those who are being incited by pseudo-religious motivations for violence aren't going to be effectively persuaded out of it by secular argumentation from so-called infidels or by economic materialism," Archbishop Bernardito Auza said July 14.

"They need, rather, valid religious arguments that show that extremists' violence-inducing exegesis is unfaithful to the text and to the God they're claiming to serve; they need persuasive counterarguments that plant the seeds of peace and eradicate the weeds of violence."

More papal political maneuvers. Is it just coincidence that the papacy promotes and encourages acceptance of massive muslim migrations into non muslim nations with secularized governments, while believing it is more effective at fighting religious extremism? Or is this just another political strategy to increase their power and influence in nations with secularized governments? Knowing that secularized government will not be able to deal with the situation, then stepping into the vacuum of power to bolster their own political clout. Not to mention, diverting peoples attention away from their own political aspirations for world dominance, toward a manipulated environment designed to center attention upon extremists of another religion seeking to establish the same.

Why else would the papacy want and encourage massive migration of Muslims who themselves do not separate religion and the state. Is it not because such will aid her in establishing religion above the secular state, that she might end up on top of both? This is certainly not beyond the scope of a religious institution which believes it is their divine right to rule the world.

All emphasis in the following quotes from the link provided are mine.

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/what-civilta-cattolicas-analysis-of-us-christianity-missed-90224/

What Civilta Cattolica's analysis of US Christianity missed

Washington D.C., Jul 17, 2017 / 04:44 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- An analysis piece in La Civilta Cattolica alleging an "ecumenism of hate" between Catholics and Evangelical Fundamentalists is seriously flawed in its presentation of religion in public life, experts said.

Speaking about the article, which claims religious and political elements of society should not be "confused," Elizabeth Bruenig, a writer on Christianity and politics, said: "this is a departure from most of the historical writings the Church has produced on how Catholics should think about politics and religion."..........

The piece made a number of claims, alleging that many conservative Christians have united on political issues like immigration and have ultimately promoted an "ecumenism of hate" in policies that would allegedly contradict Pope Francis' message of mercy........

A chief flaw of the piece is its suggestion that religion and politics should be separated, Bruenig added. While distinctions should be made between the eternal, spiritual realm and the temporal one, the piece is "ahistorical and very un-Catholic" in how it approaches the relationship between religion and politics, she said.

Fr. Spadaro and Figueroa wrote that "the religious element should never be confused with the political one. Confusing spiritual power with temporal power means subjecting one to the other."

The article also says that "[Pope] Francis wants to break the organic link between culture, politics, institution and Church. Spirituality cannot tie itself to governments or military pacts for it is at the service of all men and women."

This compartmentalization of faith and politics is part of flawed Enlightenment thinking, Bruenig said.

"The notion that politics and religion should basically function in separate domains is one of the original liberal Enlightenment positions on politics, and there's a reason that most of the leading thinkers of the liberal Enlightenment were severely anti-Catholic," she stated................

Such a claim flies in the face of centuries of Church teaching, Bruenig continued.

P.J. Smith, who writes at the website Semiduplex.com, agreed that the article contradicted Church teaching on the relationship between faith and politics which was put forth by Bl. Pius IX, Leo XIII, St. Pius X, Pius XI, and Ven. Pius XII, who wrote that the Church has the authority to speak on matters of economics and politics.

The Roman Catholic Church does not believe in separation of church and state. While all including the church should be free to speak on matters of economics and politics, no church or religion should have political authority to enforce their own views of the same upon anyone. This is exactly what the Roman church has done throughout its history, and continues to do today through her ever increasing illicit relationships with the political leaders of this world. This is exactly what the Reformation leaders protested against. Today, many so called Protestants are indifferent to, if not complicit to the same.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/14/papal-adviser-bashes-american-christians-in-bigoted-screed/

In a peculiar, rambling essay, papal adviser Father Antonio Spadaro SJ has caricatured white southern evangelicals as well as conservative American Catholics as ignorant, theocratic, Manichean, war-mongering fanatics anxiously awaiting the apocalypse.

It is "these religious groups that are composed mainly of whites from the deep American South" that push conflicts and justify belligerence, while favoring the Old Testament "rather than be guided by the incisive look, full of love, of Jesus in the Gospels."

The article appeared in both Italian and English in the Vatican-vetted journal La Civiltà Cattolica, of which Father Spadaro is editor-in-chief. In it, the Jesuit priest says that U.S. Evangelicals and Catholics have engaged in "an ecumenism of conflict" that seeks to advance "a theocratic type of state.".............

Conservative Christians, the article warns, are ultimately driven by "the desire for some influence in the political and parliamentary sphere and in the juridical and educational areas so that public norms can be subjected to religious morals."

What a joke, coming from the Vatican which is the only religion which is also a city state, has a permanent seat at the united nations, entertains ambassadors from virtually every nation on earth, and whose leader constantly writes encyclicals politically addressing the leaders of the entire world. Sounds more like a jealous infantile rant of rage against a people still free enough to disagree with the papacy and attempt to politically block their unending socialistic and progressive political aspirations.

Defiance against the Pope

To one of his opponents who had expressed the thought that the pope's laws were better than God's, Tyndale replied, "I defy the pope and all his laws; and if God spare my life, ere many years, I will cause a boy that driveth the plow shall know more of the Scripture than thou dost." — Quoted by J. F. Mozley in William Tyndale, page 35.

Maybe white southerners and conservative American Catholics still look more to the scriptures than the Pope for their guidance concerning proper political views and application. Thanks to people like William Tyndale, who defied the Pope of his day to bring the scriptures to the people in their own language, we can still do this today. The political aspirations of the papacy never have and do not now have anything to do with the love of God revealed in the life of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ expounded upon in the Gospels. We do not need the Vatican or the Pope to define and interpret scripture for us, and seek to politically establish our version of the same upon the entire world.

All emphasis in the following quotes from the following provided links is mine.


http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2017/a-jesuit-chaplain-shepherds-congress-divided-flock.cfm

How did he get there?

"There's a few answers to that question," said Father Conroy, who loves to tell a story.

"The religious answer that I give ... it was an answer to prayer," he said.

"Something political would come on the radio, I would turn into an angry, argumentative ... I'd be screaming at the radio and get totally upset, totally upset," he repeated for emphasis. "And after a while, I'm by myself, I'd say 'I have no serenity in the area of politics ... I can't do anything about it but I'm all upset about it, and that's not helping me and that's not helping politics any.' So, I started to pray for serenity, and well, I end up in the one job in the United States where I absolutely have to abstain from politics."

The other, and more simple, explanation is that the House speaker at that time, John Boehner, was looking for a chaplain and wanted a Jesuit for the spot. Father Daniel Coughlin, the first Catholic to occupy the position, was looking to retire from the post in 2010 and Boehner had been in talks with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a fellow Catholic, about finding a Jesuit they could both support.

Father Conroy was then working with ninth-graders in Portland, Oregon, yelling at the news on his car radio, as he frequently did, when a Jesuit superior asked to meet with him. He told him about Speaker Boehner's request.

"The Jesuits didn't come looking for this job, for this position, but it was a natural," he told Catholic News Service. "It's in our DNA, and sure, if having a Jesuit would be of assistance to the men and women of Congress and the work that they're doing, by all means."

Jesuits, he explained, were once spiritual directors and sometimes advisers to princes and kings in Europe, so it's not an unusual role.

So, thanks to Boehner and Pelosi, we have a Jesuit Chaplin for our Senate. Boehner is the one who invited the Jesuit Pope to address our Congress as well, I do believe. Yet people wonder why our founding fathers did not trust Catholics to be unbiased politicians without respect to this or that religious institution.

https://www.prophesyagain.org/single-post/2017/06/12/Beware-A-Jesuit-Is-In-Your-House-What-Will-You-Do

With this in mind, quite eye-opening are the words of Chaplain Conroy, "'Jesuit Father Patrick J. Conroy says, 'The Jesuits didn't come looking for this job, for this position, but it was a natural. It's in our DNA, and sure, if having a Jesuit would be of assistance to the men and women of Congress and the work that they're doing, by all means...' Jesuits, he explained, were once spiritual directors and sometimes advisers to princes and kings in Europe, so it's not an unusual role. 'Our modus operandi is to want to be engaged in the world and engaged in a way that we can influence the most good for the most people,' he said. The other, and more simple, explanation is that the House speaker at that time, John Boehner, was looking for a chaplain and wanted a Jesuit for the spot...Boehner had been in talks with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a fellow Catholic, about finding a Jesuit they could both support."[4]
 
Mr. Conroy's words confirm what was stated of the Jesuits and their modus operandi over a century ago by Ellen White. "Under various disguises the Jesuits worked their way into offices of state, climbing up to be the counselors of kings, and shaping the policy of nations. They became servants to act as spies upon their masters. They established colleges for the sons of princes and nobles, and schools for the common people; and the children of Protestant parents were drawn into an observance of popish rites. All the outward pomp and display of the Romish worship was brought to bear to confuse the mind and dazzle and captivate the imagination, and thus the liberty for which the fathers had toiled and bled was betrayed by the sons. The Jesuits rapidly spread themselves over Europe, and wherever they went, there followed a revival of popery."[5]
 
Chaplain Conroy said something that should not be overlooked; he stated that it was former Speaker of the House, John Boehner, that wanted a Jesuit to fill the position of House chaplain and that Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi agreed, and so it came to pass.  These very individuals, Boehner and Pelosi, Roman Catholics, were responsible for bringing Jesuit Pope Francis to the United States to address a joint session of congress;  coincidental? Not hardly. Headlines from Brietbart News and Time Magazine confirm: "Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner invite Pope Francis to address congress."[6] "Boehner and Pelosi invite Pope Francis to congress."[7] After two major accomplishments from John Boehner—bringing Pope Francis to address a joint session of congress and bringing in a Jesuit to serve as chaplain of the House of Representatives—his work was complete, resigned only a day after Pope Francis' visit. Chaplain Conroy is in congress to continue and implement the work and policies that Pope Francis laid out in front of the American people; and of course Nancy Pelosi still remains to do the same.
 
Regarding Pope Francis' visit to congress, this is what Ms. Pelosi had to say, "'We are eager to welcome His Holiness to the U.S. Capitol and we look forward to hearing his call to live our values, to protect the poor and the needy, and to promote peace.'"[8] Pope Francis leaves no ambiguity as to what he hails as the primary solution to caring for the poor, nations enforcing Sunday worship.[9]   Just recently she made the following remarks in regard to Pope Francis, Donald Trump, climate change and the Paris agreement, which points to the very solution for combating climate change:
 
"'Faith leaders, starting with the Holiness Pope Francis, to the evangelical community, have urged us to be responsible stewards of the beauty of God's creation. They believe as you live that this planet is God's creation and we have a moral responsibility to be good stewards of it...When the pope went to the White House, he talked about the dangers of air pollution when he was here. Just last week, the pope met with President Trump and gave him a copy of his encyclical, which made the strong case to halt the climate crisis. The pope wrote the climate is a common good belonging to all and meant for all. The Bible tells us to minister to the needs of God's creation is an act of worship. To ignore those needs is to dishonor the God who made us and that is what we are doing by walking away from this accord.'"[10]
 
It is abundantly clear that Jesuits and Roman Catholics are occupying key positions in United States politics which translates into Jesuit/Roman Catholic principles and policies being further entwined in the fabric of American legislation and society. Thus the words are true, "Roman Catholic principles will be taken under the care and protection of the state."[11] This simply means that a National Sunday Law is imminent. The people of God are not to wait until the fulfillment of the National Sunday Law before they say anything concerning it; they are to sound the alarm and fearlessly go forward proclaiming the message of the Third Angel of Revelation 14:9-12. 
 
"God's word has given warning of the impending danger; let this be unheeded, and the Protestant world will learn what the purposes of Rome really are, only when it is too late to escape the snare. She is silently growing into power. Her doctrines are exerting their influence in legislative halls, in the churches, and in the hearts of men. She is piling up her lofty and massive structures in the secret recesses of which her former persecutions will be repeated. Stealthily and unsuspectedly she is strengthening her forces to further her own ends when the time shall come for her to strike. All that she desires is vantage ground, and this is already being given her. We shall soon see and shall feel what the purpose of the Roman element is. Whoever shall believe and obey the word of God will thereby incur reproach and persecution."[12] 

All emphasis in the following quotes from the supplied link are mine.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/09/10/muslim-scholar-no-separation-church-state-islam/

A prominent American Muslim scholar has argued that differences between Islam and other faiths run deeper than most suspect, and extend even to the question of separation of church and state.

Writing in Friday's LA Times, Shadi Hamid, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and the author of Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam is Reshaping the World, states that Western suppositions that all religions are basically the same and want the same things is fundamentally wrong.

These differences, Hamid contends, run all the way from views of the sacred text (Muslims believe that every single word of the Qur'an comes directly from Allah) to an understanding of the nature of the state and its relationship to religion.

Hamid declares that the difference between Christianity and Islam regarding the state stem from the differences in each faith's central figure. Whereas Jesus preached giving to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's, Muhammad united faith and the state in his own person.

"Unlike Jesus," Hamid states, "Muhammad was both prophet and politician. And more than just any politician, he was a state-builder as well as a head of state. Not only were the religious and political functions intertwined in the person of Muhammad, they were meant to be intertwined."

"To argue for the separation of religion from politics, then, is to argue against the model of the very man Muslims most admire and seek to emulate," Hamid argues.

Because of this, Hamid concludes, Islam "doesn't lend itself as easily to modern liberalism," the model of democracy adopted by the Judeo-Christian West.

For Islam, Allah only truly reigns where Muslim law—sharia—is practiced as the law of the land.

Surprise surprise, the Church of Rome supports mass immigration of a religion and people who do not separate church or religion and state, into nations of people who do. Whose leader is both prophet and politician just like the Pope of Rome. Am I the only one who sees the agenda here? Together they can more effectively target and change this inconvenient political ideology.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/181689

All emphasis in the following quote from article at above internet site, are mine.

Pope Condemns Religious Fundamentalism, Middle East Violence

Pope Francis strongly condemned violence in the Middle East Friday, in an interview with  the Vatican correspondent of Barcelona-based daily La Vanguardia.

Following his first visit to the Middle East as pope last month, the pontiff criticised fundamentalism in Christianity, Islam and Judaism as a form of violence.   

"A fundamentalist group, even if it kills no one, even it strikes no one, is violent. The mental structure of fundamentalism is violence in the name of God."

Asked about religious violence in the Middle East, Francis, who made his first visit to the region as pope last month, said it was a "contradiction".

"Violence in God's name does not fit with our times. It is something old. With historical perspective, we have to say that we Christians, at times, have practiced it," he was quoted as saying.

"Today it is unimaginable."

The stage is being set, for all who believe the bible to be the word of God, to be persecuted by the papacy and the entire world once again. If you believe so, you are violent, whether you actually ever become violent or not. You and those like you are the cause of all the violence in the world. Never mind that you believe the word of God condemns violence in His name. If you thought the papacies war on the bible and bible believers was over, you better think again. Bible believers are her enemies.

: Amo  Sun Aug 20, 2017 - 10:52:11
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/181689

All emphasis in the following quote from article at above internet site, are mine.

The stage is being set, for all who believe the bible to be the word of God, to be persecuted by the papacy and the entire world once again. If you believe so, you are violent, whether you actually ever become violent or not. You and those like you are the cause of all the violence in the world. Never mind that you believe the word of God condemns violence in His name. If you thought the papacies war on the bible and bible believers was over, you better think again. Bible believers are her enemies.

Is this the Gospel message of the Bible? 

: current occupant2  Thu Aug 24, 2017 - 10:21:00
Is this the Gospel message of the Bible?

No. Its Roman politics. Thus the title, Roman politics. It is a revelation of the politics of BABYLON THE GREAT, in fulfilling the details of the mystery of iniquity, as apposed to the mystery of Godliness revealed in the gospel and the fruits thereof.

Rev 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

https://wwrn.org/articles/47253/

Pope: Rights of migrants trump national security concerns

Nicole Winfield (AP, August 21, 2017)

Vatican City — Pope Francis on Monday urged countries to greatly improve their welcome to migrants and stop collective expulsions, saying migrants' dignity and right to protection trumps national security concerns.

Francis' politically pointed message was made in view of the Catholic Church's 2018 world refugee day, celebrated Jan. 14. It comes amid mounting anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe and beyond following waves of migrant arrivals and Islamic extremist attacks.

In the message, Francis demanded governments welcome, protect, promote and integrate migrants, saying Jesus' message of love is rooted in welcoming the "rejected strangers of every age."

He demanded a simplified process of granting humanitarian and temporary visas and rejected arbitrary and collective expulsions as "unsuitable." He said the principle of ensuring each person's dignity "obliges us to always prioritize personal safety over national security."
Francis has made refugees a priority of his pontificate, making his first trip outside Rome in 2013 to the island of Lampedusa, ground zero in Europe's migration crisis. He has repeatedly spoken out for migrants' rights, demanded countries build "bridges not walls," and personally brought a dozen Syrian refugees back to Rome with him when he visited a Greek refugee camp in 2016.

Ignoring critics who say his calls are unrealistic and naive, Francis insisted in the new message that border guards must be trained to protect migrants and that each new arrival, regardless of legal status, must be guaranteed access to basic services beyond health care.

That extends to guaranteeing access to consulates, the justice system and the ability to open a bank account and survive financially, he said.
Unaccompanied minors, he said, require even greater protection, including guaranteeing them citizenship and access to schooling, as well as foster programs rather than detention centers.

He called for policies that support family reunification, employment opportunities and accelerated citizenship procedures to improve migrants' abilities to integrate.

His call was immediately rejected by the leader of Italy's anti-immigrant Northern League party, which has opposed government proposals to change Italy's law to accelerate citizenship for children born in Italy to non-Italians.

"If you want to do it in the Vatican, go ahead," Matteo Salvini wrote on Facebook. "But as a Catholic, I don't think Italy can welcome and support the whole world."

The Pope apparently has little concern for the security of the citizens of nations, or the displacement of peoples, jobs, and wealth caused by massive migration as well. Not to mention the financial burden upon nations already deeply in debt, including our own to the tune of what 20 trillion, or is it 21 trillion now? Nor the effect of people whose political ideologies clash with those of the culture or societies they are thrust into. To the contrary, he no doubt anticipates and awaits the further destabilization of existing governments by the same. He is simply pushing onward the conditions which lead to the rise of papal power the first time around in Europe leading to the dark ages.

The destabilization and fall of the western Roman empire was the papacies rise to power. Now that she has re-established diplomatic ties with nations, virtually all nations of the earth, she wishes to recreate the conditions which led to her rise the first time on a global scale. Thus accomplishing her all time ultimate goal, world domination.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/politics/paul-ryan-catholic-breakfast/index.html

All emphasis in following quotes is mine.

Paul Ryan says America needs Catholicism weeks after failed chaplain ousting

Washington (CNN)House Speaker Paul Ryan made the case Thursday for Catholicism as a faith that can help solve the country's problems.

Ryan, who is Catholic, lamented at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast what he sees as a deepening sense of "identity politics and tribalism" in the country, as well as a trend of "moral relativism" that is becoming "more and more pervasive."

"If there was ever a time, if there was ever a place where Catholics — from the clergy to the laity — are needed, it is here and it is now, helping solve this problem, addressing this challenge," he said. "Our social doctrine is the perfect antidote to what ails our culture.".........................

Ryan said he sees "this tremendous opportunity for Catholics to lead" and "help bring our culture and our country closer to their great moral potential."

"We are uniquely suited for this task -- from the clergy to the laity, we all have got to step up," he added.

Earlier this month, Rev. Pat Conroy, the House chaplain and a Jesuit priest, sent a letter to Ryan's office rescinding his resignation that he made weeks earlier -- a resignation that caused a firestorm across Capitol Hill as members of both parties demanded answers as to why Conroy was asked to leave.

The next several posts are an examination of the progression of Catholic political thought and action over the last fifty years or so in our nation, in light of the following declarations from the past concerning the same.



PREFACE TO VOLUME THIRD


The cause of truth recompenses those who embrace and defend it, and such has been the result with the nations who received the Reformation. In the eighteenth century, at the very moment when Rome thought to triumph by the Jesuits and the scaffold, the victory slipped from her grasp. Rome fell, like Naples, Portugal, and Spain, into inextricable difficulties; and at the same time two Protestant nations arose and began to exercise an influence over Europe that had hitherto belonged to the Roman catholic powers. England came forth victorious from those attacks of the French and Spaniards which the pope had so long been stirring up against her, and the Elector of Brandenburg, in spite of the wrath of Clement XI, encircled his head with a kingly crown. Since that time England has extended her dominion in every quarter of the globe, and Prussia has taken a new rank among the continental states, while a third power, Russia, also separated from Rome, has been growing up in her immense deserts. In this manner have evangelical principles exerted their influence over the countries that have embraced them, and righteousness hath exalted the nations (Proverbs 14:34). Let the evangelical nations be well assured that to Protestantism they are indebted for their greatness. From the moment they abandon the position that God has given them, and incline again towards Rome, they will lose their glory and their power. Rome is now endeavoring to win them over, employing flattery and threats by turns; she would, like Delilah, lull them to sleep upon her knees,.....but it would be to cut off their locks, that their adversaries might put out their eyes and bind them with fetters of brass.(paragraph 6)



In America, particularly, is this investigation important. In all the countries over which it has triumphed, Popery, like the anaconda, has wound around its folds of art, of cunning, of superstition and of power, until, enclosing everything in its too friendly embraces, it has, with one tremendous effort, crushed the nation to death. It sends forth its missionaries; it gathers its schools and colleges; it erects its cathedrals and builds its churches; it is patriotic, benevolent, charitable. Its alms and offerings attract the vulgar, its austerities and penances convince the sceptical. It is at first tolerated; then approved; next obeyed! But now come the dread realities of the system, taxation, passive submission, excommunications, interdicts, crusades, the inquisition, destruction. Yes, Popery has well nigh destroyed every country in which it has been predominant. The liberties and national prosperity of a people cannot coexist with such a system...(PART 2 ANTICHRIST OR THE PAPACY PROVED TO BE THE ANTICHRIST PREDICTED IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Pgs. 125&126)

Thus does the anomalous character of the Papacy prove it to be the antitype of "the little horn." This power is unlike all others; is uncongenial with all others. It is a usurper, a supplanter. We can readily conceive, how a spiritual power, either associated with the state, or entirely independent of the state, may exist without discord or collision. If the church be entirely distinct from the political institutions of a people, there can of course be no disturbance, as there is no contact. And if a church be established by law, as the operations of the religious and the political systems are kept in distinct spheres, there may be but occasional evils growing out of such union. But for a government that claims its existence jure divino, that sets up a universal empire, that arrogates to itself supremacy in all civil, as well as ecclesiastical matters — for a government that considers itself infallible, and which requires absolute submission in all its subjects — for such a government to exist in the midst of other governments; in its very principles trampling upon their rights and privileges; wielding both a temporal and a spiritual sword; punishing offenders both in this world and the next — for such a government to exist in harmony with other governments, is impossible, absolutely impossible. The papal system can harmonize with no other, whether religious or political. To the religious world, it exhibits one supreme pontiff of Christendom, and requires for him universal obedience. To the political world, it presents one great monarch, whose throne is above every throne, and whose will is law throughout the globe. No the Papacy is a unit, and presents the front of positive hostility to every thing that is not consolidated in itself. It may not be able to carry out its principles and wishes, but this is its nature. It is "diverse from all other governments; it is the adversary of all other governments.(Chapter 3, Pgs. 155&156)

The following are the thoughts of the first Catholic President of the United States, spoken while many Americans were still leery of the true motives of Catholic politicians and politics.


http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/26-the-affluent-society/john-f-kennedy-on-the-separation-of-church-and-state-1960/


American Anti-Catholicism had softened in the aftermath of World War II, but no Catholic had ever been elected president and Protestant Americans had long been suspicious of Catholic politicians when John F. Kennedy ran for the presidency in 1960. (Al Smith, the first Catholic presidential candidate, was roundly defeated in 1928 owing in large part to popular anti-Catholic prejudice). On September 12, 1960, Kennedy addressed the Greater Houston Ministerial Association and he not only allayed popular fears of his Catholic faith, he delivered a seminal statement on the separation of church and state

... Because I am a Catholic, and no Catholic has ever been elected President, the real issues in this campaign have been obscured—perhaps deliberately, in some quarters less responsible than this. So it is apparently necessary for me to state once again—not what kind of church I believe in, for that should be important only to me—but what kind of America I believe in.

I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute—where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote—where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference—and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the President who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.

I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish—where no public official either requests or accepts instructions on public policy from the Pope, the National Council of Churches or any other ecclesiastical source—where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials—and where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against all.

For while this year it may be a Catholic against whom the finger of suspicion is pointed, in other years it has been, and may someday be again, a Jew—or a Quaker—or a Unitarian—or a Baptist. It was Virginia's harassment of Baptist preachers, for example, that helped lead to Jefferson's statute of religious freedom. Today I may be the victim—but tomorrow it may be you—until the whole fabric of our harmonious society is ripped at a time of great national peril.

Finally, I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end—where all men and all churches are treated as equal—where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice—where there is no Catholic vote, no anti-Catholic vote, no bloc voting of any kind—and where Catholics, Protestants and Jews, at both the lay and pastoral level, will refrain from those attitudes of disdain and division which have so often marred their works in the past, and promote instead the American ideal of brotherhood.

That is the kind of America in which I believe. And it represents the kind of Presidency in which I believe—a great office that must neither be humbled by making it the instrument of any one religious group nor tarnished by arbitrarily withholding its occupancy from the members of any one religious group. I believe in a President whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the Nation or imposed by the Nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.

We will now examine much more recent developments in light of JFK's testimony, now that Catholics are part of a majority group in our Congress and Supreme Court, and compose a large number of more recent Presidents cabinets. This is not to mention their ever increasing rolls in our federal justice and law enforcement entities as well. All emphasis in the following quotes is mine.


http://time.com/23805/pope-francis-john-boehner-nancy-pelosi-congress/

House Speaker John Boehner - "It is with reverence and admiration that I have invited Pope Francis, as head of state of the Holy See and the first Pope to hail from the Americas, to address a joint meeting of the United States Congress.

"Pope Francis has inspired millions of Americans with his pastoral manner and servant leadership, challenging all people to lead lives of mercy, forgiveness, solidarity, and humble service.

"His tireless call for the protection of the most vulnerable among us—the ailing, the disadvantaged, the unemployed, the impoverished, the unborn—has awakened hearts on every continent.

"His social teachings, rooted in 'the joy of the gospel,' have prompted careful reflection and vigorous dialogue among people of all ideologies and religious views in the United States and throughout a rapidly changing world, particularly among those who champion human dignity, freedom, and social justice.

"These principles are among the fundamentals of the American Idea. And though our nation sometimes fails to live up to these principles, at our best we give them new life as we seek the common good. Many in the United States believe these principles are undermined by 'crony capitalism' and the ongoing centralization of political power in the institutions of our federal government, which threaten to disrupt the delicate balance between the twin virtues of subsidiarity and solidarity. They have embraced Pope Francis' reminder that we cannot meet our responsibility to the poor with a welfare mentality based on business calculations. We can meet it only with personal charity on the one hand and sound, inclusive policies on the other.

"The Holy Father's pastoral message challenges people of all faiths, ideologies and political parties. His address as a visiting head of state before a joint meeting of the House and Senate would honor our nation in keeping with the best traditions of our democratic institutions. It would also offer an excellent opportunity for the American people as well as the nations of the world to hear his message in full.

"It is with deep gratitude that I have asked Pope Francis to consider this open invitation on behalf of the Congress and the millions of citizens of the United States we serve."


Minority Leader Pelosi - "As we approach the first anniversary of the inauguration of Pope Francis, I am pleased to join Speaker Boehner in inviting His Holiness to address a Joint Meeting of the United States Congress.

"I had the privilege of attending His Holiness' inauguration at the Vatican and was inspired by his message of peace, compassion, and brotherhood.

"Whether inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, who cared for all of God's creation, or by St. Joseph, protector of the church, Pope Francis has lived his values and upheld his promise to be a moral force, to protect the poor and the needy, to serve as a champion of the less fortunate, and to promote love and understanding among faiths and nations."

The difference between JFK's professed views when Rome had little representation and support in our nations Federal governing bodies, and the views of the majority that now inhabit it is blaring. The above invitation was of course accepted and the Pope of Rome addressed our entire Congress and Federal government. The question is, would this cause JFK to roll over in his grave, or was this an expected outcome from the beginning? According to the quotes I began this examination with, the latter is more likely, regardless of what JFK himself intended.

The following from the Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, reveals the obvious influence of Roman Catholic social teaching upon his politics. If I am not mistaken, six out of the last seven Speakers have been Catholic, why is that do you suppose? There is no denying or distancing the roll of Catholic leadership in our government during the massive changes that have taken place within this country over the last several decades. The paralysis of our Congress concerning massive legal and illegal immigration is just one example of Congressional action or lack thereof which is directly traceable back to Roman Catholic social doctrine and or justice. This is not to mention the direct trail to Roman Catholic facilitation of the same from within and without our borders. Paul Ryan himself also recently and proudly admitted or should I say boasted of the influence of Catholic social teaching upon the formation of his new budget. Make no mistake about it, this trend of Romanizing America will end exactly where the SDA Church has historically predicted it would. Though most SDA's are themselves in denial of this today as well.


https://www.speaker.gov/press-release/full-text-speaker-ryan-s-address-national-catholic-prayer-breakfast

"Good morning, everybody. I am honored to be here with friends and colleagues—people I have admired and worked with for a long time."So there is a psalm I like a lot. It is the 46th psalm: 'Be still and know that I am God.'

"We live our lives at such a relentless pace. There's rarely time to slow down, let alone be still.

"But the stillness of reflection—of prayer—is where we reconnect with our faith, with our place in the circle of humanity.

"Stillness is even more precious in a time when our public discourse has become more raucous than rational. 'The survival of the shrillest,' some have called it.

"We tend to fixate on the shrillness, but let's talk about survival for a moment. It seems like we are always in survival mode, doesn't it? Trying to get through the day, if not the hour. We go through the motions, we argue on the margins. We get absorbed in intrigue that isn't so intriguing.

"There is a line attributed to Saint Augustine: 'God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.'

"I want to spend a few minutes reflecting on some of the gifts God is trying to give us, namely what Catholic social doctrine brings to public life.

"Because there is a deeply serious problem we see right now within our society.

"We see moral relativism becoming more and more pervasive in our culture. Identity politics and tribalism have grown on top of this. All of it has been made more prevalent by 21st century technology. And there is plenty of money to be made on making it worse.

"If there was ever a time and place where Catholics—from the clergy to the laity—are needed, it is here and now, in helping to solve this problem."Our social doctrine is a perfect antidote to what ails our culture. It begins with a vision of a free and virtuous society—not a set of policy prescriptions or even a toolkit for producing those prescriptions—but a vision of dignity and possibility.

"It is a vision that inspires us to serve the common good, to live faithfully, and to renew the hope that our Founders' vision of liberty and justice for all can be achieved in our less-than-perfect world.

"As lay Catholics, nothing is more fulfilling than living out our faith, with joy, with passion, with purpose. It is why this breakfast was founded, to heed Saint John Paul II's call for a 'new evangelization.' 'Cast out to the deep,' he would say.

"Because again, we are so often stuck in the shallow end, in survival mode. 'Our social doctrine does not offer instant answers or easy outcomes. It gives us something far more important, far more animating: a way to conduct our public discourse so that a measure of wisdom is achieved through common work toward noble ends.

"This goes beyond a call for civility. The problems we are facing are bigger than the tone we take.

"Our social doctrine teaches us that democracy requires solidarity, a sense of civic friendship. We see our neighbors as partners in this common enterprise—even when we disagree, especially when we disagree.

"That friendship is the foundation for a mature civic patriotism, where we live our freedom for the common good, not just our personal gain.

"It is a patriotism grounded in respect for the inherent dignity and inalienable value of every person. We believe every person has a role and a voice in the community of concern and protection. No one is written off. "The good news—the great news—is that there are new evangelizers living out this doctrine all around us.

"One of them is a woman named Heather Reynolds. Heather runs Catholic Charities Fort Worth.

"For years, I had been hearing about all the great work they were doing down there. Last month, I finally had the chance to see it firsthand.

"We sat down with some of their clients and case workers. That's how they do everything: case management, a customized approach.

"One gentleman, his name was Chris. Chris grew up in a big family, and he watched his older siblings get into all kinds of trouble.

"His fate was the farm or the oil field. That was it. No way out. "One day Chris told his wife, he wanted to go to nursing school. He reached out to Catholic Charities.

"They helped him navigate the system, figure out how to make it work. Even after he graduated, they are still there for him and his family. "What stands out for Chris is not any one thing Catholic Charities did to help him. It is, he said, 'the feeling that you have an out, that you don't have to settle.'

"This, to me, is the great manifestation of the social magisterium. It is that sense of self-worth and meaning we can receive only from the institutions closest to us.

"People and problems are not treated as abstractions. The work is done eye-to-eye, soul-to-soul."That capacity to flourish—and to falter—is at the very heart of subsidiarity.

"See, that's a word I can use with this audience, subsidiarity. It is a beautiful principle, especially when conjoined with its rightful partner: solidarity."Catholic social teaching tells us that our public moral culture—the foundation of our political culture—is shaped by these natural institutions and free associations of civil society.

"And it cautions us against allowing the state too great a reach into civil society.

"Otherwise, we risk stifling what de Tocqueville found so admirable in our young republic: those instincts for free association, philanthropy, and voluntarism.

"We need these mediating institutions in our lives. We need them to be healthy and vibrant. They are not just a pause from the noise, or a refuge from the ugliness. They are part of the antidote to what ails our society.

"Pope Francis has called all Catholics to be healers of the walking wounded. We should welcome that reminder, for it brings us back to what Catholics in this country have done for generations.

"We should all insist that public policy at every level permits Catholic institutions the maximum freedom to serve the poor...the elderly...children yearning for foster families...women in crisis pregnancies...families torn apart by the opioid epidemic: all those who look to the church for the help they need to live lives of purpose. We should insist on this.

"Mother Teresa, now Saint Teresa, once said this: 'God has not called me to be successful. He has called me to be faithful.'

"The journey is the thing. It always has been. We obsess about how things look. Everything in politics is about 'optics,' a word I assure you I will not miss.

"Think of the good we could do if we spent a little more time looking inward, pondering how we are all imperfect, we are all fallen. Everything flows from that common humanity, from that stillness.

"Let us recommit ourselves to living not just successful lives, but the faithful lives that the grace of God makes possible for all of us. Let us recapture these beautiful, unifying principles of Catholic social teaching. 

"That's how we can give America a new birth of freedom rightly understood. That's how we can sustain the institutions of self-governance. That's how we can transform the public debate.

"At this moment, with these challenges before us, I see a tremendous opportunity for Catholics to lead...to help bring our culture and our country closer to their great moral potential.

"We are uniquely suited for this task, but from the clergy to the laity, we all have to be willing to step up. We all have to be willing to 'cast out to the deep.'

"Now I do not know what lies in store for me next.

"But I promise you this: I am going to continue thinking about, and talking about, these things.

"Even if it is just as a parishioner in Janesville, Wisconsin at coffee and donuts after Mass, I will be there.

"Thank you for listening this morning.

"I pray that the peace of Christ will be with you, with your families, and with this nation we love, always."

Here is a doozy to contemplate concerning where our nation is headed under increasing influence of Roman Catholic social doctrine and teaching.

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/02/06/china-is-the-best-implementer-of-catholic-social-doctrine-says-vatican-bishop/

'China is the best implementer of Catholic social doctrine,' says Vatican bishop

"Right now, those who are best implementing the social doctrine of the Church are the Chinese," a senior Vatican official has said.

Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, praised the Communist state as "extraordinary", saying: "You do not have shantytowns, you do not have drugs, young people do not take drugs". Instead, there is a "positive national conscience".

The bishop told the Spanish-language edition of Vatican Insider that in China "the economy does not dominate politics, as happens in the United States, something Americans themselves would say."

Bishop Sánchez Sorondo said that China was implementing Pope Francis's encyclical Laudato Si' better than many other countries and praised it for defending Paris Climate Accord. "In that, it is assuming a moral leadership that others have abandoned", he added.

He accused US president Donald Trump of being "manipulated" by global oil firms, and said that, as opposed to those who follow "liberal thought", the Chinese are working for the greater good of the planet.

The Vatican and China have been holding talks in recent years over the status of the 'underground' Church and the appointment of bishops. In November, the Vatican Museums also organised joint exhibitions with China in what was called "diplomacy of art".

As part of the diplomacy efforts, Bishop Sánchez Sorondo visited the country. "What I found was an extraordinary China," he said. "What people don't realise is that the central value in China is work, work, work. There's no other way, fundamentally it is like St Paul said: he who doesn't work, doesn't eat."

Bishop Sánchez Sorondo concluded by saying that China is "developing well" and now has "many points of agreement" with the Vatican.

"You cannot think that the China of today is the China of [the time of] John Paul II, or Cold War Russia," he said.

More later.

https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=9668

What is the magisterial authority of Catholic Social Teaching (CST), and how is it applied to real world situations? Catholic Social Doctrine is simply the voice of the Church, starting with the Sacred Scripture and the Church Fathers, that lays out the principles of how justice and charity are to be lived out in the world.

The contemporary era of CST began with Pope Leo's XII' Rerum Novarum in 1891, and continues up to Pope Benedict XVI's Caritas in Veritate. Through the social documents, one can see a gradual development that reflects the Church's study of the times. That is to say, the Church is always looking to update and clarify the basic principles of Social teaching, given new economic situations and technologies, without ever contradicting authoritative past teaching.

Urged by faith, we are obliged to believe and to maintain that the Church is one, holy, catholic, and also apostolic. We believe in her firmly and we confess with simplicity that outside of her there is neither salvation nor the remission of sins, as the Spouse in the Canticles [Sgs 6:8] proclaims: 'One is my dove, my perfect one. She is the only one, the chosen of her who bore her,' and she represents one sole mystical body whose Head is Christ and the head of Christ is God [1 Cor 11:3]. In her then is one Lord, one faith, one baptism [Eph 4:5]. There had been at the time of the deluge only one ark of Noah, prefiguring the one Church, which ark, having been finished to a single cubit, had only one pilot and guide, i.e., Noah, and we read that, outside of this ark, all that subsisted on the earth was destroyed.

We venerate this Church as one, the Lord having said by the mouth of the prophet: 'Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword and my only one from the hand of the dog.' [Ps 21:20] He has prayed for his soul, that is for himself, heart and body; and this body, that is to say, the Church, He has called one because of the unity of the Spouse, of the faith, of the sacraments, and of the charity of the Church. This is the tunic of the Lord, the seamless tunic, which was not rent but which was cast by lot [Jn 19:23- 24]. Therefore, of the one and only Church there is one body and one head, not two heads like a monster; that is, Christ and the Vicar of Christ, Peter and the successor of Peter, since the Lord speaking to Peter Himself said: 'Feed my sheep' [Jn 21:17], meaning, my sheep in general, not these, nor those in particular, whence we understand that He entrusted all to him [Peter].

Therefore, if the Greeks or others should say that they are not confided to Peter and to his successors, they must confess not being the sheep of Christ, since Our Lord says in John 'there is one sheepfold and one shepherd.' We are informed by the texts of the gospels that in this Church and in its power are two swords; namely, the spiritual and the temporal. For when the Apostles say: 'Behold, here are two swords' [Lk 22:38] that is to say, in the Church, since the Apostles were speaking, the Lord did not reply that there were too many, but sufficient. Certainly the one who denies that the temporal sword is in the power of Peter has not listened well to the word of the Lord commanding: 'Put up thy sword into thy scabbard' [Mt 26:52]. Both, therefore, are in the power of the Church, that is to say, the spiritual and the material sword, but the former is to be administered for the Church but the latter by the Church; the former in the hands of the priest; the latter by the hands of kings and soldiers, but at the will and sufferance of the priest.

However, one sword ought to be subordinated to the other and temporal authority, subjected to spiritual power. For since the Apostle said: 'There is no power except from God and the things that are, are ordained of God' [Rom 13:1-2], but they would not be ordained if one sword were not subordinated to the other and if the inferior one, as it were, were not led upwards by the other.

For, according to the Blessed Dionysius, it is a law of the divinity that the lowest things reach the highest place by intermediaries. Then, according to the order of the universe, all things are not led back to order equally and immediately, but the lowest by the intermediary, and the inferior by the superior. Hence we must recognize the more clearly that spiritual power surpasses in dignity and in nobility any temporal power whatever, as spiritual things surpass the temporal. This we see very clearly also by the payment, benediction, and consecration of the tithes, but the acceptance of power itself and by the government even of things. For with truth as our witness, it belongs to spiritual power to establish the terrestrial power and to pass judgement if it has not been good. Thus is accomplished the prophecy of Jeremias concerning the Church and the ecclesiastical power: 'Behold to-day I have placed you over nations, and over kingdoms' and the rest. Therefore, if the terrestrial power err, it will be judged by the spiritual power; but if a minor spiritual power err, it will be judged by a superior spiritual power; but if the highest power of all err, it can be judged only by God, and not by man, according to the testimony of the Apostle: 'The spiritual man judgeth of all things and he himself is judged by no man' [1 Cor 2:15]. This authority, however, (though it has been given to man and is exercised by man), is not human but rather divine, granted to Peter by a divine word and reaffirmed to him (Peter) and his successors by the One Whom Peter confessed, the Lord saying to Peter himself, 'Whatsoever you shall bind on earth, shall be bound also in Heaven' etc., [Mt 16:19]. Therefore whoever resists this power thus ordained by God, resists the ordinance of God [Rom 13:2], unless he invent like Manicheus two beginnings, which is false and judged by us heretical, since according to the testimony of Moses, it is not in the beginnings but in the beginning that God created heaven and earth [Gen 1:1]. Furthermore, we declare, we proclaim, we define that it is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-francis-let-catholic-social-teaching-guide-migration-policy-60702

Pope Francis: Let Catholic social teaching guide migration policy

Vatican City, Mar 8, 2018 / 09:55 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Church is responsible for encouraging civil leaders to respond to migration on the basis of Catholic social teaching, the Pope told the International Catholic Migration Commission Thursday.

"Together we must encourage countries to coordinate more suitable and effective responses to the challenges posed by issues of migration; and we can do this on the basis of the essential principles of the Church's social teaching," Pope Francis said March 8 in the Vatican's Clementine Hall to the members of the comission's plenary council.

"I ask the Holy Spirit to continue to enlighten all of you, as you carry out your vital mission of showing forth God's merciful love to our migrant brothers and sisters."

He commented that "your commitment has deepened in response to the inhumane living conditions experienced by millions of our migrant and refugee brothers and sisters in various parts of the world. Just as he did at the time of Israel's enslavement in Egypt, so too the Lord hears their cry and sees their sufferings."

The commission was founded in 1951, and the Pope said its works "represent exemplary instances of the four verbs – welcome, defend, promote and integrate – by which I wished to characterize the Church's pastoral response in the face of migration."

Francis also said he hopes the commission "will continue to inspire local Churches to do all they can for persons forced to leave their home countries and who, all too often, become victims of dishonesty, violence and abuse of every sort."

He referred again to Moses' commission from the Lord to free the Hebrews from Egypt, and said that "In order to set free those who today are oppressed, rejected and enslaved, it is essential to promote open and sincere dialogue with government leaders, a dialogue that takes into account people's actual experiences, sufferings and aspirations, in order to remind everyone once more of his or her responsibilities."

The Pope commended the compacts on refugees and migrants being drafted at the United Nations as "a privileged forum for implementing such dialogue."

"We must ... commit ourselves to ensuring that, as a sign of shared global responsibility, concrete engagement follows from the words already codified in the aforementioned two agreements," Pope Francis stated.

Apparently, if you do not share the Pope's shared global responsibility agenda, to bad. His minions are forcing mass immigration upon all especially in Europe and the US with or without the peoples consent. The papacy has never been concerned about the peoples consent. Nations are being flooded with peoples of differing cultures, religion, and political views and or understanding, at the expense of said nations citizens with or without their consent or agreement. These are the politics of the papacy and her illicit relationships with the kings and elites of the earth. Paul Ryan and many other papal minions are carrying out the Pope's agenda in our country just as other papal minions are in Europe and where ever they have enough representation or power to force their global socialistic agenda upon all. Eventually this will include receiving the mark of the beast.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/how-social-workers-can-advance-catholic-social-teaching-35628

How social workers can advance Catholic social teaching

Washington D.C., Nov 6, 2017 / 03:04 am (CNA/EWTN News).- How social workers can live their faith in the workplace was the focus of the latest annual conference of the Catholic Social Workers National Association.

"The association's members ... are united and called to live out the Gospel to carry out his mission, not only in our personal lives but professional as well," president and co-founder Kathleen Neher told CNA Nov. 1.

"We share a common belief, which is to bring forth a culture of life by promoting the Catholic social teachings in the area of social work and in keeping with and faithful to the magisterium of the Roman Catholic Church."

The association's annual conference began Nov. 3 in in Washington D.C. at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America. The group of professionals and students seek to have their occupation guided by the teachings of the Church. The organization also acts as a place of Catholic formation and source of spiritual strength.

In collaboration with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the group answers ethical questions regarding field practices and educates Catholics on what legislation is supported by the Church.

Neher said the association's members gather annually "to network, pray and learn about current developments in their practice" with lectures on a wide variety of professions.

She said the goal of the conference is "to educate members on recent developments, gather Catholic social workers who don't normally have a way to express their faith and beliefs in an accepting forum, and to celebrate our faith as we are united with the Catholic Church."

Founded in 2005, the association's members work in government agencies, health clinics, faith-based organizations and universities. They often work with the most vulnerable: immigrants, addicts, veterans, pregnant women, children and the poor.

Neher said the association members want their clients to see them as representatives of St. Louis de Marillac, someone who cares deeply about moral and social problems and as "someone whose step they listen for as we go about serving their needs," in his words.

Auxiliary Bishop Timothy Senior of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is an episcopal liaison to the group. He told CNA that a social worker's profession is aligned to the Gospel's description of charity: to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, and visit the imprisoned.

Although works of mercy are part of the job for social workers, Bishop Senior said, it is still the role of all the laity to be a light of faith in the world.

"To have Catholics living their faith, that is something we want in every profession," he said. "We want Catholics committing Catholics to be missionary disciples, as Pope Francis has called us all to be as a Church perpetually on mission."

However, for the social worker, dealing regularly with intractable social problems is exhausting and challenging, In the bishop's view, the organization is a source of spiritual and intellectual support.

"Social workers work hard and you are dealing with problems all the time and there is no way you can do that without finding some resource for life and refreshment," he reflected. "We have ready access to that in our faith."

In his role within the association, Bishop Senior will provide answers for members who struggle with a specific approach of an agency or have ethical questions on a certain practice in the field.

The association also informs its members on current legal issues. It advocates for laws in defense of human dignity."Our advocacy is grounded in Catholic social teaching and the teaching of the Church. Information is shared on a regular basis on issues that are impacting and of concern to social workers, such as religious freedom, sexuality and gender issues," Neher told CNA.

Catholic social teaching is not only for Catholics, Bishop Senior said, but it envisions a just system he hopes would be made available for anyone.

"Catholic social workers are committed to implementing that vision for a just society, for the respect for human life, or addressing people in extreme poverty and their needs," he said.

As is obvious from the above article, Catholics living their faith and being missionaries, includes implementing the churches social doctrines and teachings through legislation in their perspective areas. Again, this is nothing new, this is the papacy doing what it has always done as soon as opportunity provides. Its ultimate goal is always to make itself the dominant force in and of government to establish itself through the rule of national or international law, rather than through the Holy Spirit of God by way of conviction and conversion. A course truly opposed to the teachings and living example of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and the true church which He established.

https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1523&context=law_faculty_scholarship

The following excerpts are from an article linked above co-authored by Amy Coney, who is now being considered for the Supreme court. All emphasis is mine.

It is hard to get an exact figure, but it appears that as many as one-fourth of all federal judges may be Catholic.! Moreover, although there has been some variation in Catholic teaching about the death penalty over the years, the pope and the American bishops have recently offered clear and forceful denunciations that have drawn considerable public attention..................................................

To anticipate our conclusions just briefly, we believe that Catholic judges (if they are faithful to the teaching of their church) are morally precluded from enforcing the death penalty. This means that they can neither themselves sentence criminals to death nor enforce jury recom- mendations of death. Whether they may affirm lower court orders of either kind is a question we have the most difficulty in resolving......................

The modem Catholic opposition to the death penalty has been driven by the conviction that neither of these arguments about the defense of society-the need for incapacitation and deterrence-is persuasive in developed countries. The Pontifical Commission for Justice and
Peace, which studied the question at the request of the American Catholic bishops, concluded in 1976 that "There is no convincing evidence to support the contention that [the death penalty] is exemplary or, in modem terms, a deterrent. [Therefore] it can be concluded that capital punishment is outside the realm of practicable just punishments." 2 Four years later the National Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a Statement on Capital Punishment which concluded "that in the conditions of contemporary American society, the legitimate purposes of punishment do not justify the imposition of the death penalty."' 3

III. CONCLUSION
Catholic judges must answer some complex moral and legal ques- tions in deciding whether to sit in death penalty cases. Sometimes (as with direct appeals of death sentences) the right answers are not obvious. But in a system that effectively leaves the decision up to the judge, these are questions that responsible Catholics must consider seriously. Judges cannot-nor should they try to-align our legal system with the Church's moral teaching whenever the two diverge. They should, however, conform their own behavior to the Church's standard. Perhaps their good example will have some effect.

All Christians understand that they must obey the word of God rather than or above man. What happens though, when certain Christians place the words of a man constantly addressing the politics and practice of nations, on a par with the word of God? History has already answered this question many times over. As we increasingly choose to ignore histories testimony in regard to the same, we are increasingly doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.

The Roman Catholic Church, with all its ramifications throughout the world, forms one vast organization under the control, and designed to serve the interests, of the papal see. Its millions of communicants, in every country on the globe, are instructed to hold themselves as bound in allegiance to the pope. Whatever their nationality or their government, they are to regard the authority of the church as above all other. Though they may take the oath pledging their loyalty to the state, yet back of this lies the vow of obedience to Rome, absolving them from every pledge inimical to her interests.(The Great Controversy, Ellen G. White, Chap. 35 LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE THREATENED, Pg. 580)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2018/07/10/with-brett-kavanaugh-georgetown-prep-can-count-two-supreme-court-nominees-among-its-alumni/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.bb6db83e4fee

Looks like Trump is trying to appoint his second Jesuit trained man to the Supreme Court. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch already appointed and Brett Kavanaugh both attended the same Jesuit High School even at the same time, and Jesuit Georgetown University. The Counter-reformation continues to march steadily forward as "Protestantism" increasingly falls asleep behind the wheel ready to crash and burn. So be it, come Lord Jesus.

https://wwrn.org/articles/47388/

Will 2018 be the year of Catholic health car dominance?

Patricia Miller ("Religion Dispatches," January 2, 2018)

The news that two major Catholic health care systems, Ascension and Providence St. Joseph Health, are considering a merger that would create a nearly 200-hospital behemoth spanning 27 states raises questions about the expanded imposition of Catholic ethical norms on the health care system in the coming year.

In addition to the Ascension-Providence merger, two other large Catholic systems, Catholic Health Initiatives and Dignity Health have finalized merger plans for a new system that would comprise 139 hospitals over 28 states.

If the Ascension-Providence merger is finalized it would create the largest health system in the United States, which means that the largest single provider of health care in the country would be under the direction of the Catholic Church and bound by the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Healthcare Services. The ERDs are promulgated by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and ban, among other services, abortion, contraceptive sterilizations, contraceptives, many assisted reproduction technologies, and assisted suicide.

While the hospitals currently under the control of these systems are already bound by the ERDs, the competitive advantage gained by these mergers will allow the Catholic systems to gobble up secular hospitals and impose the ERDs on them. The number of Catholic hospitals increased by 22% between 2001 and 2016 following an earlier waver of mergers, according to a report by MergerWatch.

Market consolidation by Catholic providers will also allow these systems to dominate insurance contracts, which often results in patients being forced to choose hospitals from a single health system, which in the case of Catholic providers would not provide a full range of services, especially reproductive health care. Approximately one in six hospital beds is currently owned by or affiliated with a Catholic system, according to MergerWatch. In ten states, Catholic systems control between 30% and 40% of all acute-care beds (Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin).

A 2012 study found that half of OB/GYNs working at Catholic hospitals had conflicts with the institution over religiously based policies. A follow-up study found that medically indicated tubal ligations (female sterilization) were the most common source of conflict because the Catholic hospitals' refusal to perform the procedure at the time of delivery subjected patients to the risk of a second later surgery at another facility.

Both Ascension and Dignity Health have been sued by the ACLU on behalf of patients who were refused tubal ligations at their member hospitals, including one for a woman who had a brain tumor and whose doctor had recommended the procedure because an additional pregnancy could be life-threatening.

Catholic hospitals have also refused life-saving abortions to women who are undergoing miscarriages. Many Catholic hospitals have a policy of waiting until a potentially life-threatening infection sets in before they will perform the termination of a failed pregnancy.

Large hospital systems like Ascension are also increasingly buying up physicians practices, which then brings the doctors' offices under the purview of the ERDs. There have been reports of some doctors being told they could no longer prescribe birth control after being purchased by a Catholic system, including an Oklahoma practice owned by Ascension. For now, Ascension's official policy appears to be that it will "tolerate" the prescription of contraceptives by individual physicians under its purview, but that could change at any time.

Catholic hospitals are also entering anther front in the culture wars by refusing to provide gender-reassignment surgery for trans individuals. According to the ERDs, in addition to specific services that are banned, a Catholic hospital should refuse to provide services "contrary to the moral teachings of the Catholic Church." St. John's Hospital in New Jersey refused to provide a hysterectomy to a transgender man. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has pursued rulings that would allow religious hospitals to evade regulations issued under the Affordable Care Act that forbid hospitals from discriminating against transgender individuals.

The Trump Administration's broad exemption from the ACA's contraception mandate will also allow Catholic hospitals to refuse to provide contraceptive coverage for its employees. The Catholic Health Initiatives-Dignity merger will create a system with 159,000 employees, according to Modern Healthcare. Ascension alone has 160,000 employees.

As a result of this dramatic expansion of Catholic hospitals and their market power, 2018 may be a pivotal year for new tests of "religious freedom" claims regarding the provision of health care and patient rights under both courts and an administration that are increasingly friendly to the claims of religious providers.

No surprise, after successfully implementing universal health care through Obama according to Catholic social doctrine and teaching, Rome's agenda concerning the same moves forward. This will and is already having profound effect upon SDA health systems, as well as all citizens of this nation. Those seeking to subjugate countries and the world must of course have a firm grasp and control of it's health systems and institutions. Such necessarily demand major influence upon individuals and society. Everyone eventually needs doctors and or some the of health care or related advice and aid. All avenues and roads must eventually lead to Rome if domination will ever be complete.

http://adventmessenger.org/when-seventh-day-adventist-institutions-become-roman-catholic/

https://ktfnews.com/adventist-health-st-josephs-merge-operations/

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-healthcare-name-amita-0414-biz-20150413-story.html

http://www.fulcrum7.com/news/2018/4/27/adventist-health-to-join-with-st-joseph-catholic-health-in-north-california

https://spectrummagazine.org/article/2017/04/06/catholic-and-adventist-health-systems-join-forces-walla-walla

http://www.catholicnews.com/services/englishnews/2011/gun-control-church-firmly-quietly-opposes-firearms-for-civilians.cfm

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church's position on gun control is not easy to find; there are dozens of speeches and talks and a few documents that call for much tighter regulation of the global arms trade, but what about private gun ownership?
The answer is resoundingly clear: Firearms in the hands of civilians should be strictly limited and eventually completely eliminated.

But you won't find that statement in a headline or a document subheading. It's almost hidden in a footnote in a document on crime by the U.S. bishops' conference and it's mentioned in passing in dozens of official Vatican texts on the global arms trade.
The most direct statement comes in the bishops' "Responsibility, Rehabilitation and Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and Criminal Justice" from November 2000.

"As bishops, we support measures that control the sale and use of firearms and make them safer -- especially efforts that prevent their unsupervised use by children or anyone other than the owner -- and we reiterate our call for sensible regulation of handguns."

That's followed by a footnote that states: "However, we believe that in the long run and with few exceptions -- i.e. police officers, military use -- handguns should be eliminated from our society."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_the_United_States

https://www.deseretnews.com/top/1428/0/10-states-with-the-strictest-gun-laws.html

No surprise according to the statistics provided at the above links, that 8 out of ten of the states with the toughest gun laws are also among the top ten most Catholic States.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwR3AV-Rkxc

Good one.

Protestants will work upon the rulers of the land to make laws to restore the lost ascendancy of the man of sin, who sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. Roman Catholic principles will be taken under the care and protection of the state. This national apostasy will be speedily followed by national ruin. The protest of Bible truth will be no longer tolerated by those who have not made the law of God their rule of life.

(Review and Herald, 6/15/1897, THE TWO CLASSES, par. 9)

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The following is from the CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Sunday- fulfillment of the sabbath
2175 Sunday is expressly distinguished from the sabbath which it follows chronologically every week; for Christians its ceremonial observance replaces that of the sabbath. In Christ's Passover, Sunday fulfills the spiritual truth of the Jewish sabbath and announces man's eternal rest in God. For worship under the Law prepared for the mystery of Christ, and what was done there prefigured some aspects of Christ:[107] 
Those who lived according to the old order of things have come to a new hope, no longer keeping the sabbath, but the Lord's Day, in which our life is blessed by him and by his death.[108]

2176 The celebration of Sunday observes the moral commandment inscribed by nature in the human heart to render to God an outward, visible, public, and regular worship "as a sign of his universal beneficence to all."[109] Sunday worship fulfills the moral command of the Old Covenant, taking up its rhythm and spirit in the weekly celebration of the Creator and Redeemer of his people.

A day of grace and rest from work
2184 Just as God "rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done,"[121] human life has a rhythm of work and rest. The institution of the Lord's Day helps everyone enjoy adequate rest and leisure to cultivate their familial, cultural, social, and religious lives.[122]

2185 On Sundays and other holy days of obligation, the faithful are to refrain from engaging in work or activities that hinder the worship owed to God, the joy proper to the Lord's Day, the performance of the works of mercy, and the appropriate relaxation of mind and body.[123] Family needs or important social service can legitimately excuse from the obligation of Sunday rest. The faithful should see to it that legitimate excuses do not lead to habits prejudicial to religion, family life, and health. 
The charity of truth seeks holy leisure- the necessity of charity accepts just work.[124]

2186 Those Christians who have leisure should be mindful of their brethren who have the same needs and the same rights, yet cannot rest from work because of poverty and misery. Sunday is traditionally consecrated by Christian piety to good works and humble service of the sick, the infirm, and the elderly. Christians will also sanctify Sunday by devoting time and care to their families and relatives, often difficult to do on other days of the week. Sunday is a time for reflection, silence, cultivation of the mind, and meditation which furthers the growth of the Christian interior life.

2187 Sanctifying Sundays and holy days requires a common effort. Every Christian should avoid making unnecessary demands on others that would hinder them from observing the Lord's Day. Traditional activities (sport, restaurants, etc.), and social necessities (public services, etc.), require some people to work on Sundays, but everyone should still take care to set aside sufficient time for leisure. With temperance and charity the faithful will see to it that they avoid the excesses and violence sometimes associated with popular leisure activities. In spite of economic constraints, public authorities should ensure citizens a time intended for rest and divine worship. Employers have a similar obligation toward their employees.

2188 In respecting religious liberty and the common good of all, Christians should seek recognition of Sundays and the Church's holy days as legal holidays. They have to give everyone a public example of prayer, respect, and joy and defend their traditions as a precious contribution to the spiritual life of society. If a country's legislation or other reasons require work on Sunday, the day should nevertheless be lived as the day of our deliverance which lets us share in this "festal gathering," this "assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven."[125]

IN BRIEF
2189 "Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy" (Deut 5:12). "The seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord" (Ex 31:15).

2190 The sabbath, which represented the completion of the first creation, has been replaced by Sunday which recalls the new creation inaugurated by the Resurrection of Christ.

2191 The Church celebrates the day of Christ's Resurrection on the "eighth day," Sunday, which is rightly called the Lord's Day (cf. SC 106).

2192 "Sunday . . . is to be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation in the universal Church" (CIC, can. 1246 # 1). "On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass" (CIC, can. 1247).

2193 "On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound . . . to abstain from those labors and business concerns which impede the worship to be rendered to God, the joy which is proper to the Lord's Day, or the proper relaxation of mind and body" (CIC, can. 1247).

2194 The institution of Sunday helps all "to be allowed sufficient rest and leisure to cultivate their amilial, cultural, social, and religious lives" (GS 67 # 3).

2195 Every Christian should avoid making unnecessary demands on others that would hinder them from observing the Lord's Day.

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A RELIGIOUS SHIFT: THE IMPACT OF CATHOLIC JUSTICES ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
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The Supreme Court of the United States is composed of nine justices who "hold their offices during good behavior" (art. 3, sec. 1). Although the constitutional qualifications to preside as a justice are not enumerated, an unwritten list of requirements has been developed. Foremost, the majority of judges who have served on our Supreme Court have been white male Protestants of Anglo-Saxon descent (Segal and Spaeth 183). Of the 112 justices that have served on the Supreme Court of the United States, 108 have been male (Jost). Ronald Reagan appointed the first female justice, Sandra Day O'Connor, in 1981 (Jost). This under-representation has also been present in terms of ethnicity and race with only one Hispanic justice, Sonia Sotomayor, and two African-American justices, Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas. However, there has been a recent shift in appointees of the Supreme Court in terms of religious affiliation. Today, with the retirement of John Paul Stevens and subsequent confirmation of Elena Kagan, no Protestant justices sit on the Supreme Court. Instead, the Court, once predominately Protestant, now has a Catholic majority.

Throughout the 220-year history of the Supreme Court, only thirteen Catholic justices have been appointed. In fact, the first Catholic justice, Roger B. Taney, was not appointed until 1836. Of the thirteen Catholic justices, six currently sit on the Court. For the first time in history, the Supreme Court has a Catholic majority.

There have been only fourteen Catholic supreme court Justices throughout the history of the same. Seven of them, which is 50%, have been appointed since Reagan in 1986. So 50% of all Catholic supreme court Justices have been appointed in just over the past thirty years. Kavanaugh if appointed, will raise the number to fifteen throughout history, with eight which is over 50% appointed in just over thirty years. His appointment will also bring the Court back to 6 Catholics and three Jews once again establishing a clear majority for Catholics on any vote.

The last Protestant to serve on the Supreme Court was Justice John Paul Steven, who retired in 2010. So much for diversity when it comes to the Supreme Court. Both Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh were educated at Jesuit institutions. Six Catholics on the Supreme Court could of course come in handy if establishing Roman Catholic social doctrine through legislation is desired, as the Pope and Paul Ryan suggest. The speaker of the house believes Catholic social doctrine to be the answer to most of America's problems. Speakers of the house is another interesting topic, concerning the number of Catholics occupying this position in recent history. As has been stated previously in other posts, the ever increasing number of Catholic politicians in this country and their undeniable effect upon the same, cannot be separated from exactly where we have been and are going as a nation.

When the Constitutionality of a national Sunday law is ever brought before the Supreme Court, six justices of the same being Catholic could be a decision in and of itself.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/10-ways-pope-franciss-anticapitalism-will-save-the-world-2014-11-13

Pope Francis's 'holy war' on capitalism and toxic inequality

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/08/02/pope-francis-capitalism-terrorism-against-all-humanity

Pope Francis: Capitalism is 'Terrorism Against All of Humanity'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/10/poor-must-change-new-colonialism-of-economic-order-says-pope-francis

Unbridled capitalism is the 'dung of the devil', says Pope Francis

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/pope-franciss-2015-war-on-climate-denying-capitalists-2015-01-07

Pope Francis's 2015 war on climate-denying capitalists

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/11/the-vaticans-journey-from-anti-communism-to-anti-capitalism/281874/

The Vatican's Journey From Anti-Communism to Anti-Capitalism

https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/18/pope-prays-for-migrants-at-mexican-border/

Pope Francis Rips Capitalism, American Immigration Policy at Mexican Border

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/12/world/americas/in-fiery-speeches-francis-excoriates-global-capitalism.html

In Fiery Speeches, Francis Excoriates Global Capitalism



The papacy continues its war against Capitalism, now that it has already eliminated Communism as one of her globalist contenders with the aid of the Capitalist west. She reserved her true attitude and intentions toward Capitalists until she had already successfully used their power and influence to topple her other global contender. Now she reveals her true colors in relation to any and all possible contenders for global dominance. When our nation financially collapses due to our politicians spending us into oblivion, they can point their finger and cry, we told you so. Even though a major part of the spending problem is and has been the ever increasing number of Catholic politicians within our government facilitating the papacies global wealth redistribution agenda among other unsustainable spending atrocities.

As the papacy has been the ruin of many a nation in the past, so she will be the ruin of the world in the near globalist future. When the papacy succeeded in removing Protestants, their work ethic, and political effect from France during the reformation, this prosperous nation began a downward spiral. Eventually creating such a huge gap between rich and poor as to lead to one of the most violent revolutions in history. Yet today, so many are willing to heed and implement her authority and designs regarding the same. So be it, history will repeat itself on a global scale this time.

The appointment of Nancy Pelosi again as speaker of the house now puts a Catholic in that position for the seventh Congress in a row. Catholics have occupied this position since the 110th Congress, or 2007. I guess when Catholics are the majority in Congress, we will always have a Catholic Speaker of the House. Whose purpose it is, according to the Vatican, to bring about the establishment of Roman Catholic social teaching and justice through legislation. A government composed of three branches for the purpose of test and balances, fails when two or more of those branches are compromised by a majority the members of whom belong to a foreign political entity which they have freely submitted themselves to.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/world/europe/vatican-us-catholic-conservatives.html

All emphasis in the following quote from the above link is mine.

A Vatican Shot Across the Bow for Hard-Line U.S. Catholics

VATICAN CITY — Two close associates of Pope Francis have accused American Catholic ultraconservatives of making an alliance of "hate" with evangelical Christians to back President Trump, further alienating a group already out of the Vatican's good graces.

The authors, writing in a Vatican-vetted journal, singled out Stephen K. Bannon, Mr. Trump's chief strategist, as a "supporter of an apocalyptic geopolitics" that has stymied action against climate change and exploited fears of migrants and Muslims with calls for "walls and purifying deportations."

The article warns that conservative American Catholics have strayed dangerously into the deepening political polarization in the United States. The writers even declare that the worldview of American evangelical and hard-line Catholics, which is based on a literal interpretation of the Bible, is "not too far apart'' from jihadists.

It is not clear if the article, appearing in La Civiltà Cattolica, received the pope's direct blessing, but it was extraordinary coming from a journal that carries the Holy See's seal of approval. There has apparently been no reprimand from the pope, who is not shy about disciplining dissenters, and La Civiltà Cattolica's editor has promoted the article nearly every day since it was published in July.............................................

Ah yes, those bible thumping terrorists. Rome has always been at war with those who study and believe scripture in opposition to her teachings and usurped authority. Now we are terrorists. What rights do terrorists have, and how are they to be treated? Yes, Rome is poised to persecute bible believers once again. Her religious and political success always spells persecution for all who would think and act for themselves against her teachings and wishes. So be it. There is nothing new under the sun.

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2013/11/27/pope-francis-attacks-capitalism-calls-for-state-control/

The article the following quotes were taken from may be viewed at the above link.

Pope Francis Attacks Capitalism, Calls for State Control

In a far-ranging 50,000 word statement released by Pope Francis on Tuesday, he illustrated that he is sympathetic to the tenets of liberation theology and hostile to capitalism.

Liberation theology, which is a recent movement that essentially began at the second Latin American Bishops' Conference in Colombia in 1968, believes that social systems that contribute to the economic state of the poor should be overthrown. At that conference, the teachings of Jesus Christ were combined with those of Karl Marx to call for violent revolution to overthrow capitalism. The text that emerged that was later used as inspiration was A Theology of Liberation, written in 1971, by Gustavo Gutiérrez, a Peruvian priest and theologian.

In September 2013, Pope Francis held a meeting with Gutiérrez, and L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's semi-official newspaper, published an essay describing it on Sept. 3. The essay asserted that because Francis is the first pope from Latin America, liberation theology can no longer "remain in the shadows to which it has been relegated for some years, at least in Europe."  Michael Lee, associate professor of theology at Fordham University in New York, said that the experience Francis had hailing from South America "is present in the person of Francis and in the Vatican now in a way that it never has been before. What only makes sense is, then, a reopening of the door to this theology that emerged from that context and spoke so powerfully to it, and continues to do so."......................................

So Francis believes that capitalism, which defends the right to a free market system, is to be discarded, while the right of states, "charged with vigilance for the common good," to exercise control over the economic status of the people, is laudable. Lenin would not be disappointed.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/15/bernie-sanders-vatican-capitalism-common-good

View article quoted below in its entirety at link above.

Bernie Sanders stresses 'common good' in Vatican attack on capitalism

Bernie Sanders launched one of the most powerful indictments of modern capitalism of his campaign in the Vatican on Friday, saying that the greatest challenge facing the world was a moral imperative to redirect "our efforts and vision to the common good".

The sweeping remarks were delivered in the shadow of St Peter's dome, about an hour after the Democratic presidential candidate touched down in Rome for a short stay in the Eternal City to take part in a Vatican-sponsored academic conference.

Sanders praised the Roman Catholic church for its consistent social teachings on economic matters, saying: "There are few places in modern thought that rival the depth and insight of the church's moral teachings on the market economy.".............................

https://encounterpress.com/en/2-uncategorised/387-new-vatican-attack-on-capitalism#!/ccomment

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New Vatican Attack on Capitalism

National Catholic Reporter (NCR) ran a series of articles about a new papal document, Oeconomicae et pecuniariae quaestiones, which formalizes Pope Francis' repeated attacks on capitalism. The first article said "Vatican offices decry 'profoundly amoral culture' of global financial system." CRUX was late to this game, being preoccupied with the kabuki theater of the Chilean bishops' resignation for the child abuse scandal. But CRUX had the better introduction: "Vatican sees risk of 'social collapse' in global economic order." The Vatican's top officer, Archbishop Luis Ladaria Ferrer, threatened that failure to heed this prophetic warning will result in a "slip toward a social collapse at the global level, with devastating consequences." The document itself is here.

The Dicastery and its Goal

Pope Francis had two Vatican bureaucracies work on this document. One was the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), previously the Office of the Holy Inquisition, and currently the most important office in the Vatican. The other was the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, which I had never heard of. This is a new bureaucracy Pope Francis created to address "issues regarding migrants, those in need, the sick, the excluded and marginalized, the imprisoned and the unemployed, as well as victims of armed conflict, natural disasters, and all forms of slavery and torture" – the downtrodden from diverse areas and causes, none of which the Church has any control over.

The pope assigned the task to the new Dicastery, but apparently didn't trust himself to supervise it. He made the CDF his surrogate, though no doubt they had considerably more involvement than the pope would have. No one knows what the fully-loaded cost of this effort was, but there is little doubt that it could have supported a great many downtrodden people.

The head of the Dicastery is Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, who says the new document "offers some guidelines or 'regulations' from the ethical side of the spectrum, with the hope that they can help discern how to manage world resources with freedom, responsibility, justice, solidarity and love." It should be noted that the Vatican itself is not known for such practices. For example, less than a century ago – modern history for the Catholic Church – its key allies were Mussolini, Hitler, and Franco. It consistently opposed what most of us would consider "freedom, responsibility, justice, solidarity and love." It condemned democracy. The freedom-loving Church praised divinely-mandated kings – their euphemism for Catholic kings that played nicely with the Church. For centuries it was the world's wealthiest institution, but it mismanaged its resources and impoverished its people...........................

Summary

While NCR's in-house Jesuit declared, "Vatican document on economics is a serious, intellectually hefty indictment," he provided no examples. He merely praised its emphasis on morality, and decried the absence of morality in the field of economics. Again we find that pious Catholics refuse to let technical knowledge interfere with their religious views. It is why the Papal States were virtually always the poorest and most backward nation in Europe. (When I say poor, I am referring to its people. The Pope and the Vatican were generally among the world's wealthiest men and institutions, respectively.)

This new document contains broad condemnations of parts of the world's financial and economic systems. Most of the criticisms are poorly defined, and its proposed "solutions" are little more than empty platitudes. There is massive ignorance of the technical subject matter.

In a few cases, such as corruption and tax avoidance of multinational corporations and wealthy individuals, the paper defines specific problems that might have been meaningfully pursued. These are problems that world leaders acknowledge, but cannot tackle due to the influence of wealthy corporations and individuals. The Vatican's moral leadership might have proved useful in shaming some parties into participating in agreements to deal with this abuse. It is not too late. If the Vatican is willing to drop all the crap and try to do something useful, they might actually succeed.

https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/fetzen-fliegen/item/2853-wikileaks-bombshell-george-soros-using-francis-papacy

The following article is taken from the above link.

WikiLeaks Bombshell: The Soros/Clinton/Vatican Partnership

Thanks to WikiLeaks, we learn that in preparation for the U.S. Papal September visit, the Vatican proactively sought input from the most radical fringe of the Democratic Left. Is this Pope Francis' idea of his peaceful 'dialogue and encounter? 

All roads to the Francis Vatican lead back to George Soros.

The secret roadmap is provided by both the WikiLeaks' release of John Podesta emails and DCLeaks documents from George Soros' Open Society Foundation. These emails corroborate that Soros operatives are collaborating with top Vatican cardinals, at the behest of George Soros.

In August 2016, DCLeaks documents hacked from Soros' Open Society, exposed the $650,000 Soros grant to PICO, a radical organization of community organizers for the express purpose to travel to the Vatican for strategy meetings in anticipation of the 2016 election.

What ever happened at the Soros-funded Vatican meeting?

Not surprisingly, the outcome of the PICO 3-day Vatican meeting suddenly materialized in the WikiLeaks emails of John Podesta inbox. A detailed report on the critical PICO/Vatican trip would certainly be of critical interest to the Chairman of the Clinton Presidential Campaign, underscoring the Soros/Clinton/Vatican partnership. (Full disclosure: Soros gave $25 million to the Clinton presidential campaign and Podesta previously chaired the Soros' Center for American Progress). And, indeed, the meeting notes disclose valuable insight and intelligence about the leftist cabal at work in the Vatican.

WikiLeaks pulls back the curtain on the radicals entrenched in the Francis papacy. The PICO Vatican meeting was not simply a brisk cursory papal meet and greet. Rather, documents reveal that Alinsky activists were invited, welcomed, and dined in intense strategy sessions with high level Vatican cardinals. The leaked emails expose the leftist political machinations behind the Francis papacy, where the Soros-funded community organizers coordinated radical messaging with high level papal cardinal confidantes.

Why would Soros underwrite this Vatican trip? It is obviously a wise investment with long term benefits.

The Podesta email cache reinforces the ongoing collaboration of Soros globalists with Francis and his papal minions. From the moment of Bergoglio's papal elevation, George Soros identified Bergoglio as a kindred spirit, a radical globalist, with the much sought after authority and moral voice of the Catholic Church. Pope Francis shares Soros' world view: climate change, mass migration, income inequality, globalism, and capitalism bashing.

Within weeks of the new Francis papacy, Jeffrey Sachs—a longtime member of George Soros' brain trust, also a recipient of $50 million of Soros funds, and top UN official—was invited to and featured as the Vatican's premiere expert on the radical climate change agenda.

As indication of his favored status, Sachs spoke at the Vatican 18 times during the first years of Francis papacy. Sachs orchestrated the UN/Vatican alliance on climate change and assured the Pope Francis seal of approval on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Treaty, inaugurating the globalist agenda. Several Soros confidantes and advisors, are firmly entrenched at the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences promoting the UN/Soros environmental globalist agenda, and the anti-capitalist Occupy Wall Street protests.

The WikiLeaks Podesta emails reveal that the Vatican solicited advice from, and collaborated with leftist community organizers to advance the political platform of the Democratic party. Soros strategically funded PICO progressive activists who appear to serve as de facto advance men for the upcoming Pope's U.S. trip, by discussing papal site visits and political messaging with key Vatican hierarchy.

With the daily cascade of WikiLeaks from John Podesta emails, the Vatican is further unmasked as a sympathizer of the American radical left. The Podesta emails expose the extremist collaborators in power and control in the Francis papacy. From 6/22/15 WikiLeaks-Recap to John Podesta about the Soros-Pico Vatican junket:
"Our team included several PICO African-American pastors deeply involved in Black Lives Matter (BLM)(Soros funds BLM $33 million in one year, ed.) including a Pastor from St. Louis who is on the Ferguson commission; Rev. Alvin Herring, our Deputy Director, who has worked closely with clergy in Baltimore; a DREAMer from Florida; a priest from California who was formerly undocumented himself; a Black Catholic Deacon who is leading our work on mass incarceration in New Orleans; and two workers from SEIU helping to lead the Fight for 15 workers"

Soros dispatched his social justice community PICO activists to the Vatican with orders to shape and frame the Pope's message to Americans. Among the PICO activists in the Vatican delegation was Pastor Michael McBride, who was arrested in Ferguson protesting the phony trumped up mythical drumbeat of police brutality against the not so "gentle giant" Michael Brown. The discussion with the top officials at the Vatican over three days of meetings centered on the leftist agenda:

"We conveyed our view that the Pope is a World leader of historical significance; that his message of exclusion, alarm over rising inequality and concern about globalized indifference is important for the U.S. to hear and see animated during his visit; and that we intend to amplify his remarks so that we have a more profound moral dialogue about policy choices through the election cycle of 2016."

Strikingly, the underlying purpose of the Vatican trip in the report to Clinton Campaign Chairman Podesta is that the delegation reinforced to Vatican officials the 2016 Democratic election talking points. PICO, on instructions from Soros, sought to bang the drumbeat of racial animus, discontent, inequality, and exclusion with the Vatican Curia and Francis speechwriters.

The email confirms that Pope Francis will underscore a strategy of similar themes and messages promulgated from PICO activists:

"

• ur visit affirmed an overall strategy: Pope Francis, as a leader of global stature, will challenge the "idolatry of the marketplace" in the U.S. and offer a clarion call to change the policies that promote exclusion and indifference to those most marginalized."
  
  The PICO delegation provided stories of injustice and inequality to the Vatican curia. Imagine the race-baiting Ferguson protestors regaling Vatican officials with tales of rampant police brutality and the murder of Michael Brown and other innocent black men! Did the Francis Cardinals even bother to check the outcome of the trumped up Ferguson police brutality charges? Unlikely.
  
  "In our meetings with relevant officials, we strongly recommended that the Pope emphasize – in words and deeds – the need to confront racism and racial hierarchy in the US. Conversations that were originally scheduled for thirty minutes stretched into two hour dialogues."
  
  Alleluia! Sounds like everyone was singing from the same Kumbaya racial discrimination hymnal. How ecumenical of the Vatican to dialogue with Black Lives Matter activists! Did the economic "idolatry of the marketplace" include the $33 million that George Soros provided to BLM protests? Doubt it.
  
  As in our breakfast conversation with Cardinal Rodríguez, senior Vatican officials shared profound insights demonstrating an awareness of the moral, economic and political climate in America."
  
  Clearly, the Vice Pope (#2 at the Vatican) Cardinal Maradiaga Rodriguez promotes and shares the messaging from the community organizers of the American left. While providing input for the Pope's upcoming U.S. visit, the Vatican and PICO delegation agreed that Pope Francis would visit a prison during his trip to the United States. Not surprisingly, during his stopover in Philadelphia, the Pope Francis visited a prison!
  
  We were encouraged to believe that the Pope will confront race through a moral frame. We were told that the Pope will visit a prison while here – demonstrating his concern about incarceration."
  
  The Soros marching orders for the PICO delegation was to hatch, implement, and coordinate Pope Francis' strategic themes and events during his U.S. visit in September 2015. The Vatican agreed to position the Pope's message in alignment with the Soros funded Alinskyites' radical agenda. As any political operative knows, race baiting ensures that the African-American voting bloc is energized to vote Democratic. WikiLeaks unmasks the Francis Church where community organizers are consulted as advance men for the U.S. papal visit providing Francis with speech themes from the radical left.
  
  The WikiLeaks Podesta email continues:
  
  "This is why we gathered at the Vatican in mid-June, at the encouragement of Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, often referred to as the "Vice Pope" and a strong supporter of PICO, who had urged us to share our stories, our perspective, and our hopes for the impact of Pope Francis' visit to the United States, with Vatican officials."
  
  So, thanks to WikiLeaks, we learn that in preparation for the U.S. Papal September visit, the Vatican proactively seeks input from the most radical fringe of the Democratic Left, which fomented violence and anarchy in the streets over a faux police brutality charge and racial killing charge in Ferguson. Is this Pope Francis' idea of his peaceful 'dialogue and encounter? 
  
  The Podesta email discussed that PICO and the Vatican would agree to keep dialoguing about social justice issues at the July 2015 World Meeting of Movements in Bolivia where Pope Francis would speak to global political activists. The PICO delegation received a personal invite from the Vatican to attend the World Meeting of Movements. PICO did attend the Bolivian meeting, along with their Vatican comrades, Cardinals Turkson and Maradiaga and Pope Francis.
  
  The PICO Bolivia trip to the World Meeting of Movements even afforded the PICO delegation the opportunity to share the podium with the Pope, as Francis focused on the obtuse beatitude of "environmental dignity." Social justi ce activists, like PICO, can quickly adapt and pivot from police brutality and racial inequality to echo Francis concerns about "the impact of climate change on thousands of families."
  
  While in Bolivia at the World Meeting of Movements, Pope Francis received a revolving gift from Bolivian President Evo Morales, the radical socialist activist. Morales gave the Pope a crucifix swathed with a blasphemous communist hammer and sickle. Catholics were scandalized and horrified over this profanation and politicization of the most precious symbol of Catholicism. Apparently, the Vatican took no offense at the gift because President Morales was invited to the Vatican to share the podium with another socialist, Bernie Sanders in April 2016.
  
  Welcome to Francis Church where Jesuitical political action replaced the mundane and tedious teaching of the salvation of souls. The faded and threadbare Bernardin seamless garment of social justice is resurrected from mothballs by the troubling alliance of the Soros global network and the Francis Church. It's time to guard your faith and your wallet.
  
  
  

https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2019/02/22/editors-green-new-deal-should-be-improved-not-mocked

All emphasis in article quoted below is mine.

America The Jesuit Review

The Editors: The Green New Deal should be improved, not mocked

On Feb. 7 a group of Democrats in Congress unveiled a resolution calling for a "Green New Deal," a massive, 10-year mobilization by the federal government to head off the worst-case scenario of global climate change. The outline for future legislation seeks to meet "100 percent of the power demand in the United States" through renewable sources. Other goals include eliminating greenhouse gas emissions "as much as technologically feasible" and to "achieve maximal energy efficiency" in every building in the United States. It also foresees a radical transformation of the U.S. economy to create millions of new jobs, improve health care and housing, and repair the "historical oppression" of "vulnerable communities," including low-income workers and migrants.

The resolution, introduced by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, quickly attracted the support of more than 80 members of Congress, as well as several Democrats running for president in 2020. But Republicans have mocked the proposal, with Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming calling it a "socialist manifesto." The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, called it a plan "to end air travel and cow farts," and Republicans seem ready to tie Democratic candidates to each and every provision of the proposal.

While it is clear that not everything in the Green New Deal is realistically achievable, what is less realistic still is to dismiss it out of hand in order to continue the pretense that climate change can be ignored.  

"However indistinct its path to actualization may seem now, the resolution should be welcomed as an important first step toward more detailed legislation."

The Green New Deal is in many ways consistent with the message of Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical "Laudato Si'," which calls on Catholics to favor "forms of industrial production with maximum energy efficiency" (No. 180). The resolution's call for the protection of "frontline and vulnerable communities" echoes the encyclical's warning that the costs of climate change fall most heavily on the poor. In addition, the creation of jobs is consistent with the church's recognition of the necessity and dignity of labor. While there is much work to be done to identify policies that are economically, technologically and politically feasible, ridiculing the idea that climate change demands significant and expeditious political and economic adaptations is incompatible with the spirit of "Laudato Si'."

Yet proponents of the Green New Deal should also take the challenge of climate change seriously enough to avoid turning this resolution into a wish list for every item on their agenda, especially those that are red flags for political conservatives. Whatever one thinks of the advisability of a federal employment guarantee, that question need not have been linked to reforms focusing on clean energy. A focus on job creation through infrastructure investments and the development of green technologies—which is also in the resolution—would demonstrate a desire to attract and maintain political support for a challenging agenda.

The difficulty of responding to the complex problems of climate change is reminiscent of the many attempts to improve health care in the United States. Since World War II, Congress has repeatedly thrown out worthwhile proposals for being too ambitious or displeasing too many constituencies and has even tried to roll back incremental progress toward a health care system on a par with other industrialized nations. The health of our planet is at least as important, but this time we do not have the luxury of spending more than seven decades searching for a solution that pleases everyone.

However indistinct its path to actualization may seem now, the resolution should be welcomed as an important first step toward more detailed legislation.

Big surprise. The Jesuits back up the The New Green Deal submitted by a Catholic following the Vaticans instructions for their politicians and lay people to seek to establish Roman Catholic social teaching and doctrine through legislation. Said Green Deal being identified as in line with Pope Francis' Encyclical telling the whole world what to do about climate change.

HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
by J. H. Merle D'Aubigne


PREFACE TO VOLUME THIRD


The cause of truth recompenses those who embrace and defend it, and such has been the result with the nations who received the Reformation. In the eighteenth century, at the very moment when Rome thought to triumph by the Jesuits and the scaffold, the victory slipped from her grasp. Rome fell, like Naples, Portugal, and Spain, into inextricable difficulties; and at the same time two Protestant nations arose and began to exercise an influence over Europe that had hitherto belonged to the Roman catholic powers. England came forth victorious from those attacks of the French and Spaniards which the pope had so long been stirring up against her, and the Elector of Brandenburg, in spite of the wrath of Clement XI, encircled his head with a kingly crown. Since that time England has extended her dominion in every quarter of the globe, and Prussia has taken a new rank among the continental states, while a third power, Russia, also separated from Rome, has been growing up in her immense deserts. In this manner have evangelical principles exerted their influence over the countries that have embraced them, and righteousness hath exalted the nations (Proverbs 14:34). Let the evangelical nations be well assured that to Protestantism they are indebted for their greatness. From the moment they abandon the position that God has given them, and incline again towards Rome, they will lose their glory and their power. Rome is now endeavoring to win them over, employing flattery and threats by turns; she would, like Delilah, lull them to sleep upon her knees,.....but it would be to cut off their locks, that their adversaries might put out their eyes and bind them with fetters of brass.(paragraph 6)

So where are this nation and may others headed as the political power and influence of the Roman Catholic religion has been ever increasing among the same? Ever increasingly into irretrievable debt, chaos, and confusion. Amidst conditions both facilitated, and efficacious to the agendas of the church of Rome.

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

The entire Encyclical quoted and commented upon below, may be viewed at the above link.

3...............Now, faced as we are with global environmental deterioration, I wish to address every person living on this planet. In my Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, I wrote to all the members of the Church with the aim of encouraging ongoing missionary renewal. In this Encyclical, I would like to enter into dialogue with all people about our common home.

4. In 1971, eight years after Pacem in Terris, Blessed Pope Paul VI referred to the ecological concern as "a tragic consequence" of unchecked human activity: "Due to an ill-considered exploitation of nature, humanity runs the risk of destroying it and becoming in turn a victim of this degradation".[2] He spoke in similar terms to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations about the potential for an "ecological catastrophe under the effective explosion of industrial civilization", and stressed "the urgent need for a radical change in the conduct of humanity", inasmuch as "the most extraordinary scientific advances, the most amazing technical abilities, the most astonishing economic growth, unless they are accompanied by authentic social and moral progress, will definitively turn against man".[3]

So now, the Pope of Rome assumes his role as his institution proclaims, as leader of the world addressing all inhabitants of the same.  It is time for radical change in the  conduct of humanity. Change according to authentic social and moral progress. Change then of course according to Roman Catholic social doctrine and teaching as this moral guide, backed up by political legislation and enforcement of the same. In other words, the dark ages all over again, with the puppet master Church of Rome pulling all the strings of global politicians enforcing the policies of her moral guidance in action. Individual rights and liberties will of course have to be sacrificed for the common good of all. Nothing new about this power grab.

5. Saint John Paul II became increasingly concerned about this issue. In his first Encyclical he warned that human beings frequently seem "to see no other meaning in their natural environment than what serves for immediate use and consumption".[4] Subsequently, he would call for a global ecological conversion.[5] At the same time, he noted that little effort had been made to "safeguard the moral conditions for an authentic human ecology".[6] The destruction of the human environment is extremely serious, not only because God has entrusted the world to us men and women, but because human life is itself a gift which must be defended from various forms of debasement. Every effort to protect and improve our world entails profound changes in "lifestyles, models of production and consumption, and the established structures of power which today govern societies".[7] Authentic human development has a moral character. It presumes full respect for the human person, but it must also be concerned for the world around us and "take into account the nature of each being and of its mutual connection in an ordered system".[8] Accordingly, our human ability to transform reality must proceed in line with God's original gift of all that is.[9]

So, all governments, peoples lifestyles, jobs, and habits must be changed in line with the papacies moral guidance regarding the fix of climate change. Gee that sounds familiar doesn't it. Can you say Roman Catholic Congress woman's Ocasio-Cotez's Green New Deal. It's the Paris Accord all over again which the American people rejected by electing Donald trump, reintroduced by a Roman Catholic papal minion Congress woman. A lefty progressive leader of the Democrats who themselves are eager to establish and enforce the dogmas of lefty progressive Pope Francis. Nothing new here. Just another power grab attempt by papal minions of the left.

Do we need to protect and care for our earth better perhaps than we have? Certainly, but doing so does not necessitate all the major radical changes specified. These false claims are the details of a power grab intending to redistribute wealth, natural recourses, people, and power from existing peoples and governments into the hands of the papacy and her globalist minions. From rulers elected by their own citizens to serve them and their interests, to unelected overlords who are served over and above those citizens. None of whom by the way will change their lifestyles or consumption. They will though, definitely change their leadership roles into ones of far greater power and control over the individual lives of the citizens of very nation.

6. My predecessor Benedict XVI likewise proposed "eliminating the structural causes of the dysfunctions of the world economy and correcting models of growth which have proved incapable of ensuring respect for the environment".[10] He observed that the world cannot be analyzed by isolating only one of its aspects, since "the book of nature is one and indivisible", and includes the environment, life, sexuality, the family, social relations, and so forth. It follows that "the deterioration of nature is closely connected to the culture which shapes human coexistence".[11] Pope Benedict asked us to recognize that the natural environment has been gravely damaged by our irresponsible behaviour. The social environment has also suffered damage. Both are ultimately due to the same evil: the notion that there are no indisputable truths to guide our lives, and hence human freedom is limitless. We have forgotten that "man is not only a freedom which he creates for himself. Man does not create himself. He is spirit and will, but also nature".[12] With paternal concern, Benedict urged us to realize that creation is harmed "where we ourselves have the final word, where everything is simply our property and we use it for ourselves alone. The misuse of creation begins when we no longer recognize any higher instance than ourselves, when we see nothing else but ourselves".[13]

One of the main causes of the dysfunctions of world economy being addressed above is no doubt the big bad evil Capitalism promoted by the US. The system Popes have come to love to hate, since they finished using it to conquer one of their former political and economic enemies, communism. Having removed them from the global table, they now set their eyes upon defeating the same evil Capitalism they manipulated and used to accomplish the same. This, that they may ride upon the backs of all others to the throne of global dominance.

The Pope's wish us to understand that human freedom is not limitless, and there are "indisputable truths that must guide our lives. "With paternal concern", that is to say that as our Father, they intend of course to be the defenders and implementors of these indisputable truths. This they intend to implement by being the unelected leaders of all the elected leaders of the various nations through manipulation of the same, and the unelected leaders of the UN. While all Christians do believe there are indisputable truths, they believe these truths are primarily found in the word of God, not the teachings of Pope's or the papacy. Submitting to the latter through the manipulative processes described above, would be the repudiation of the Protestant and therefore biblical principles upon which the United States was founded.  It would amount to the sate being subordinate to religion, completely undermining the separation of church and state. Which separation does and always has contradicted the founding principles of the papacy which came into existence and reached its greatest pinnacle of power and prestige when the state enforced her teachings and policies as her subordinate. Climate change is yet again just another avenue Rome is manipulating unto this end.

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Continued from reply # 87 -

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

The entire Encyclical quoted and commented upon below, may be viewed at the above link.

United by the same concern

7. These statements of the Popes echo the reflections of numerous scientists, philosophers, theologians and civic groups, all of which have enriched the Church's thinking on these questions. Outside the Catholic Church, other Churches and Christian communities – and other religions as well – have expressed deep concern and offered valuable reflections on issues which all of us find disturbing. To give just one striking example, I would mention the statements made by the beloved Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, with whom we share the hope of full ecclesial communion.

8. Patriarch Bartholomew has spoken in particular of the need for each of us to repent of the ways we have harmed the planet, for "inasmuch as we all generate small ecological damage", we are called to acknowledge "our contribution, smaller or greater, to the disfigurement and destruction of creation".[14] He has repeatedly stated this firmly and persuasively, challenging us to acknowledge our sins against creation: "For human beings... to destroy the biological diversity of God's creation; for human beings to degrade the integrity of the earth by causing changes in its climate, by stripping the earth of its natural forests or destroying its wetlands; for human beings to contaminate the earth's waters, its land, its air, and its life – these are sins".[15] For "to commit a crime against the natural world is a sin against ourselves and a sin against God".[16]

As the primary globalist institution of this earth, the papacy of course not only addresses the globe, but presents its agenda driven politics as a global movement. Which indeed it is. She helps create and foster her globalist movements and politics through the amalgamation of her own interests with as many others as possible, and then presents them as a united front under the banner of her global moral leadership. While there is much truth in the above statement, one little lie or presumption thrown into the mix has serious political implications and even more so when combined with the other truths presented. Human effect upon climate change is a very complex and widely disputed issue, if one will look beyond the controlled media political machine. Those who will resist this movement will of course be branded sinners against creation.

Human beings must, do, and will consume natural resources to live. Such is in no way shape or form sin. Irresponsible and destructive habits of such which unnecessarily waste and or destroy the earth and these resources is of course a sin against God and humanity.  Billions of human beings absolutely will effect the climate of the earth. The question is how much, and how dangerous are these effects? The question is very complex, and contrary to claims of the controlled media political machinery, there is a great deal of difference of opinion concerning the same. I say opinion and maintain that at this point in any case, our speculations concerning this very complex issue remain just that. "Scientists" continually prove themselves wrong over and again over time. There is no good reason therefore to take political actions that will amount to a global take over of the governments of the various nations of this world by unelected religious leaders in cahoots with unelected UN leaders. There is no good reason to ever take away the freedoms, liberties, and protected interests of nations from the people of the same, and the officials they elected to protect and promote their interests.

A nation whose leaders submit themselves to these unelected usurpers is a traitor to their nation. All such attempts to rob peoples of various nations of power and control over their own lives through officials they elected to represent their own interests, are underhanded efforts of tyrannical usurpers and opportunists who care about nothing but the establishment of their own power over all others. The institution and its Encyclical under examination right here and now, is infamous for involvement in just such manipulation and usurpation throughout its history. Her tremendous efforts to establish a global government and economic system tied directly to the religions of this world with herself at their head, are nothing less than BABYLON THE GREAT'S efforts to bring about and ride the final global beast of biblical prophecy. All students or investigators of biblical prophecy understand that there will be a final global beast power at the end of time. That beast is ridden by a final form of apostate religion which unites all of fallen humanity in rebellion against God and His people. The boot fits, Rome might as well wear it, it will fit no other as well as her. Maybe there is more to the southern end of Italy being shaped like  a boot, than any have realized.

To be continued -

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

The entire Encyclical quoted and commented upon below, may be viewed at the above link.

9. At the same time, Bartholomew has drawn attention to the ethical and spiritual roots of environmental problems, which require that we look for solutions not only in technology but in a change of humanity; otherwise we would be dealing merely with symptoms. He asks us to replace consumption with sacrifice, greed with generosity, wastefulness with a spirit of sharing, an asceticism which "entails learning to give, and not simply to give up. It is a way of loving, of moving gradually away from what I want to what God's world needs. It is liberation from fear, greed and compulsion".[17] As Christians, we are also called "to accept the world as a sacrament of communion, as a way of sharing with God and our neighbours on a global scale. It is our humble conviction that the divine and the human meet in the slightest detail in the seamless garment of God's creation, in the last speck of dust of our planet".[18]

Same theme. Humanity must change. Peoples and governments must submit to the Papacies globalist vision in order to escape the fear, greed, and compulsion they are now slaves to. The man of sin offering the world salvation through a new Green Deal, but their salvation lies within Jesus Christ alone. Nothing but submission to the gospel of Jesus Christ will save even a single soul of this earth.

This Pope, his prelates, bishops, and priests who all live off of other peoples dimes, want all of us to change. While sitting upon one of the largest mounds of wealth the world over given to them by others, they want the world over to stop consuming and sacrifice al the more for their cause. Stop being greedy and be more generous to their cause. Stop being wasteful and share more for their cause. Don't just give up your freedoms, liberties, and way of life, but give them to them by submitting to their cause.

They are not really asking you to do this though. They have already been doing this without your consent or even knowledge. They are asking your politicians to do this in your stead, and on your behalf. Through whom they have already been redistributing your wealth, not their own. Your jobs and natural resources, not their own. Invading your nation and nations with countless legal and illegal immigrants as well to share in your jobs, wealth, and natural resources with or without your consent or knowledge. Whether you agree or not they intend that the politicians you elected to represent your interests ignore the same and implement their interests as the unelected elites of this world. That is right, the politicians of this world living upon your dimes, and the papacy and it's minions living upon your dimes, intend to bypass your interests to establish their own agenda's at your expense. None of whom are making or will make the sacrifices they have already and will continue to force upon you. To the contrary, they will continue to live high on the hog and travel the world implementing their agenda and making millions in business deals regarding the same, all on your dime. All of this of course, in absolute repudiation of everything the founding fathers of this nation envisioned in the setting up of our Constitution and government for the people by the people.

Saint Francis of Assisi
10. I do not want to write this Encyclical without turning to that attractive and compelling figure, whose name I took as my guide and inspiration when I was elected Bishop of Rome. I believe that Saint Francis is the example par excellence of care for the vulnerable and of an integral ecology lived out joyfully and authentically. He is the patron saint of all who study and work in the area of ecology, and he is also much loved by non-Christians. He was particularly concerned for God's creation and for the poor and outcast. He loved, and was deeply loved for his joy, his generous self-giving, his openheartedness. He was a mystic and a pilgrim who lived in simplicity and in wonderful harmony with God, with others, with nature and with himself. He shows us just how inseparable the bond is between concern for nature, justice for the poor, commitment to society, and interior peace.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/wosf/wosf03.htm

Quotes below from link above, emphasis mine.


ADMONITIONS.

1. Of the Lord's Body
The Lord Jesus said to His disciples: "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life. No man cometh to the Father, but by Me. If you had known Me you would, without doubt, have known My Father also: and from henceforth you shall
know Him, and you have seen Him. Philip saith to Him: Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us. Jesus saith to him: Have I been so long a time with you and have you not known Me? Philip, he that seeth Me seeth [My] Father also. How sayest thou, Shew us the Father?" 1 The Father "inhabiteth light inaccessible," 2 and "God is a spirit," 3 and "no man hath seen God at any time." 4 Because God is a spirit, therefore it is only by the spirit He can be seen, for "it is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing." 5 For neither is the Son, inasmuch as He is equal to the Father, seen by any one other than by the Father, other than by the Holy Ghost. Wherefore, all those who saw the Lord Jesus Christ according to humanity and did not see and believe according to the Spirit and the Divinity, that He was the Son of God, were condemned. In like manner, all those who behold the Sacrament of the Body of Christ which is sanctified by the word of the Lord upon the altar by the hands of the priest in the form of bread and wine, and who do not see and believe according to the Spirit and Divinity that It is really the most holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, are condemned, He the Most High having declared it when He said, "This is My Body, and the Blood of the New Testament," 6 and "he that eateth My Flesh and drinketh My Blood hath everlasting life.".....................................

26. That the Servants of God should honor Clerics.
Blessed is the servant of God who exhibits confidence in clerics who live uprightly according to the form of the holy Roman Church. And woe to those who despise them: for even though they [the clerics] may be sinners, nevertheless no one ought to judge them, because the Lord Himself reserves to Himself alone the right of judging them. For as the administration with which they are charged, to wit, of the most holy Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, which they receive and which they alone administer to others—is greater than all others, even so the sin of those who offend against them is greater than any against all the other men in this world.

Yes, the papacy seeks to save all of the world from climate change by submission to her leadership, even those she herself condemns.

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

The entire Encyclical quoted and commented upon below, may be viewed at the above link.

11. Francis helps us to see that an integral ecology calls for openness to categories which transcend the language of mathematics and biology, and take us to the heart of what it is to be human. Just as happens when we fall in love with someone, whenever he would gaze at the sun, the moon or the smallest of animals, he burst into song, drawing all other creatures into his praise. He communed with all creation, even preaching to the flowers, inviting them "to praise the Lord, just as if they were endowed with reason".[19] His response to the world around him was so much more than intellectual appreciation or economic calculus, for to him each and every creature was a sister united to him by bonds of affection. That is why he felt called to care for all that exists. His disciple Saint Bonaventure tells us that, "from a reflection on the primary source of all things, filled with even more abundant piety, he would call creatures, no matter how small, by the name of 'brother' or 'sister'".[20] Such a conviction cannot be written off as naive romanticism, for it affects the choices which determine our behaviour. If we approach nature and the environment without this openness to awe and wonder, if we no longer speak the language of fraternity and beauty in our relationship with the world, our attitude will be that of masters, consumers, ruthless exploiters, unable to set limits on their immediate needs. By contrast, if we feel intimately united with all that exists, then sobriety and care will well up spontaneously. The poverty and austerity of Saint Francis were no mere veneer of asceticism, but something much more radical: a refusal to turn reality into an object simply to be used and controlled.

12. What is more, Saint Francis, faithful to Scripture, invites us to see nature as a magnificent book in which God speaks to us and grants us a glimpse of his infinite beauty and goodness. "Through the greatness and the beauty of creatures one comes to know by analogy their maker" (Wis 13:5); indeed, "his eternal power and divinity have been made known through his works since the creation of the world" (Rom 1:20). For this reason, Francis asked that part of the friary garden always be left untouched, so that wild flowers and herbs could grow there, and those who saw them could raise their minds to God, the Creator of such beauty.[21] Rather than a problem to be solved, the world is a joyful mystery to be contemplated with gladness and praise.

http://blog.faithandfreedom.us/2015/06/the-pope-and-pantheist.html#.XJ_6wS2ZNUM

The Pope and the Pantheist

I was surprised to learn that Hans Schellnhuber is a scientific adviser to the Vatican.

He is a self professed atheist. Although he does not believe in God, he does believe in Mother Earth--or "Gaia," an evolved version of pantheism.

In the Gaia principle, Mother Earth is alive, and even some think aware in some ill-defined, mystical way of what is happening, or alleged to be happening in the environment.

Mother Earth, the Gaians believe, is aware of man and his activities, and frankly, not to happy with him.

Is the Pope aware that Schellnhuber is advising the Vatican? And is he aware of the beliefs Schellnhuber holds and advocates?


St. Francis of Assisi's hymn, "Laudato Si" (The Care For Our Common Home), spoke of "Brothers", Sun and Fire and "Sisters" Moon and Water, using these colorful phrases figuratively, as a way of praising God's Creation.

These words apparently touched Pope Francis in such a way that he named his recent encyclical after this hymn.

Most Catholics do not believe Pope Francis nor St. Francis took the words literally, nor do they think that either believe that fire was or is alive and can be reasoned with, or worse yet, worshiped.

It is strange, however, that an atheist who advocates Gaia and scientific pantheism would be advising the Vatican.

The Gaia principle was first advanced by chemist James Lovelock, who later back peddled a bit on the concept, and Lynn Margulis in the 1970s. They began by claiming that all life interacts with the Earth, and the Earth with all life, to form a giant self-regulating, living system, thus removing a need for the concept of a Creator God.

It is an evolved form of pantheism---God is in everything, therefore everything is God, simply stated.

I was close to this so-called "breakthrough" in the 1970s because I was a youth pastor in North Hollywood, CA and was holding regular Bible studies at a number of college and university campuses including UCLA, Cal State Northridge and others.

These guys were circulating through campuses across the country. And kids were buying in.

In 1999, Schellnhuber wrote in the "Nature" paper that "the biosphere contributes in an almost cognizant way to self regulating feedback mechanisms that have kept the Earth's surface environment stable and habitable for life."

The Earth is living and has cognitive skills. It interacts with people, they say.

This belief includes the idea that rather than Earth's plate-tectonic processes creating earthquakes that effect human life, it's the other way around---life as we live it effects earthquakes.

The National Catholic Register is expressing concern regarding this kind of influence on the Vatican, particularly following the Pope's recent statements regarding climate change and the environment.

Again in 2004, Schellnhuber, writing in "Nature," said "mankind perturbs"...the global "metabolism" of the planet.

Again in 2009 he co-authored an article for the National Academy of Sciences with the theme of "global tipping points in climate change."

Among Schellnhuber's tipping points was a prediction that massive amounts of Greenland's ice would melt by 2015. The ice did not melt as predicted.

Tipping points to these folks are supposed moments when some doom which might have been avoided if some action was taken, is no longer possible to avoid because the action was not taken.

Usually a follow-up opportunity to take action is given when the tipping point does not actually occur as predicted.

Tipping points in global warming, a.k.a. climate change have come and gone for decades.

Political leaders, tyrants and religious cult leaders often use the same format to create the action they desire.

President Obama, at a San Francisco fundraiser the other night, followed the pattern to perfection.

He told the group gathered in a private home that within our children's lifetime, the oceans will rise "maybe two, maybe three, maybe four feet."

By 2300, he said the oceans could rise "10 to 16 feet."

Here's the closer: "The magnitude of the changes that could be taking place if we don't get a handle on this are irreversible."

Classic.

Shellnhuber is perhaps most famous for once predicting that the "carrying capacity" of the earth was "below" 1 billion people. That's how I first became aware of him.

His gospel of doom through overpopulation had more credibility in crowed Los Angles than say North Dakota, and students I knew were being drawn in, discussing possible legislation that would limit each family to only one child, etc.

When later confronted with this, he simply called the people who were confronting him "liars," claiming he didn't actually say that.

In his interviews, articles and speeches, he has often included population control as the only viable means of saving the earth, however, he was very subtle and nuanced in the way it was presented.

Population control, he advocated, could best be achieved through sex education. His words strongly suggest he is advocating for birth control.

Birth control is something Pope Francis is strongly repudiating in his encyclical.

"The Stream" says this is confirmation bias.

They say, "Confirmation bias happens when a scientist manipulates an experiment so that he gets the outcome he hoped he would get. When Schellnhuber invites only believers in tipping-points-of-doom to characterize their guesses of this doom, his view is that the doom is real will be confirmed. And when he publishes a paper that says ' Scientists say world is doomed' the public and politicians believe it. Scientists skeptical of the doom are dismissed because they are skeptics."

" This isn't good science. It's really bad religion, and a pagan one at that," they say.

They conclude, "Given this, how likely is it that the Holy Father was fully aware of the views of the chief scientist who advised him?"

Be Informed. Be Discerning. Be Vigilant.

https://stream.org/scientific-pantheist-who-advises-pope-francis/

The Scientific Pantheist Who Advises Pope Francis

The scientist who influenced Laudato Si, and who serves at the Vatican's science office, seems to believe in Gaia, but not in God.

St. Francis of Assisi's hymn Laudato Si' spoke of "Brothers" Sun and Fire and "Sisters" Moon and Water, using these colorful phrases figuratively, as a way of praising God's creation. These sentimental words so touched Pope Francis that he named his encyclical after this canticle (repeated in paragraph 87 of the Holy Father's letter).

Neither Pope Francis nor St. Francis took the words literally, of course. Neither believed that fire was alive and could be talked to or reasoned with or, worse, worshiped. Strange, then, that a self-professed atheist and scientific advisor to the Vatican named Hans Schellnhuber appears to believe in a Mother Earth.

Gaia

The Gaia Principle, first advanced by chemist James Lovelock (who has lately had second thoughts) and microbiologist Lynn Margulis in the 1970s, says that all life interacts with the Earth, and the Earth with all life, to form a giant self-regulating, living system.

This goes far beyond the fact that the Earth's climate system has feedbacks, which are at the very center of the debate over climate change. In the Gaia Principle, Mother Earth is alive, and even, some think, aware in some ill-defined, mystical way. The Earth knows man and his activities and, frankly, isn't too happy with him.

This is what we might call "scientific pantheism," a kind that appeals to atheistic scientists. It is an updated version of the pagan belief that the universe itself is God, that the Earth is at least semi-divine — a real Brother Sun and Sister Water! Mother Earth is immanent in creation and not transcendent, like the Christian God.

What's this have to do with Schellnhuber? In the 1999 Nature paper "'Earth system' analysis and the second Copernican revolution," he said:

Ecosphere science is therefore coming of age, lending respectability to its romantic companion, Gaia theory, as pioneered by Lovelock and Margulis. This hotly debated 'geophysiological' approach to Earth-system analysis argues that the biosphere contributes in an almost cognizant way to self-regulating feedback mechanisms that have kept the Earth's surface environment stable and habitable for life.

Geo-physiological, in case you missed it. Cognizant, in black and white. So dedicated is Schellnhuber to this belief that he says "the Gaia approach may even include the influence of biospheric activities on the Earth's plate-tectonic processes."  Not the other way around, mind you, where continental drift and earthquakes effects life, but where life effects earthquakes.

He elaborates:

Although effects such as the glaciations may still be interpreted as over-reactions to small disturbances — a kind of cathartic geophysiological fever — the main events, resulting in accelerated maturation by shock treatment, indicate that Gaia faces a powerful antagonist. Rampino has proposed personifying this opposition as Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction.

Mother Earth gets the flu and instead of white blood cells and a rise in temperature to fend off the infection, it sends white ice and a decrease in temperatures. How? Geophysiologically! I remind the reader that our author, writing in one of the world's most prominent science journals, does not use these propositions metaphorically. He proposes them as actual mechanisms.

Schellnhuber echoes the theme of a cognizant, i.e. self-aware, planet in another (co-authored) 2004 paper in Nature 2004, "Climbing the co-evolution ladder," suggesting again that mankind is an infection, saying that mankind "perturbs ... the global 'metabolism'" of the planet.

Tipping Points

Schellnhuber, a one-time quantum physicist who turned his attention to Mother Earth late in his career, was also co-author of a 2009 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper "Imprecise probability assessment of tipping points in the climate system," which asked select scientists their gut assessment about the arrival of various "tipping points." Tipping points are a theme of Schellnhuber's research (see inter alia this and this).

Tipping points are supposed moments when some doom which might have been avoided if some action had been taken, is no longer possible to avoid and will arrive no matter what. Tipping points have come and gone in climate forecasts for decades now. The promised dooms never arrive but the false prophets never quit.  Their intent is less to forecast than to induce something short of panic in order to plead for political intervention. When the old tipping point is past, theorists just change the date, issue new warnings and hope no one will notice.

One of the tipping points Schellnhuber asked about was the melting of the Greenland ice sheet, depending on what the temperature did. All of the selected experts (who answered the questions in 2004 and 2005) gave moderate (~15-25%) to quite high probabilities (50-80%) for this event to have occurred by 2015. The ice did not melt.

Schellnhuber presented more tipping points to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 2014 in the co-authored paper, "Climate-System Tipping Points and Extreme Weather Events." In that paper, Schellnhuber has a "scientific" graph with Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Adam "flicking" a planet earth over a methane tipping point, such that the earth would roll down into a fiery pit labeled the "Warming Abyss." Hell on earth.

The Problem of People

Schellnhuber is most famous for predicting that the "carrying capacity" of the earth is "below" 1 billion people. When confronted with this, he called those who quoted him "liars." But he then repeated the same claim, saying, "All I said was that if we had unlimited global warming of eight degrees warming, maybe the carrying capacity of the earth would go down to just 1 billion, and then the discussion would be settled."  And he has often said that this temperature tipping point would be reached — unless "actions" were taken.

The man is suspicious of people. In that same interview he said, "If you want to reduce human population, there are wonderful means: Improve the education of girls and young women." Since young women already know where babies come from, and since this knowledge tends neither to increase nor decrease population, the "education" he has in mind must be facts about how to avoid the consequences of sex. Austin Ruse discovered a 2009 talk in which Schellnhuber said the earth "will explode" due to resource depletion once the population reaches 9 billion, a number that the UN projects in 2050. Presumably he wants earth to avoid that fate, so he must support the population control that Pope Francis so clearly repudiated in his encyclical.

Bad Religion

Confirmation bias happens when a scientist manipulates an experiment so that he gets the outcome he hoped he would get. When Schellnhuber invites only believers in tipping-points-of-doom to characterize their guesses of this doom, his view that the doom is real will be confirmed. And when he publishes a paper that says, "Scientists say world is doomed" the public and politicians believe it. Scientists skeptical of the doom are dismissed because they are skeptics. This isn't good science. It's really bad religion, and a pagan one at that.

Global warming research is characterized by an insider's club. If you believe, you're in. If you doubt, you're out. This is also so at the Pontifical Academies of Science where Schellnhuber was appointed by Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo. The bishop locked scientists with contrary views out of the process, scientists he has repeatedly dismissed as "funded by the oil industry." Given this, how likely is it that the Holy Father was fully aware of the views of the chief scientist who advised him?

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

The entire Encyclical quoted and commented upon below, may be viewed at the above link.

My appeal
13. The urgent challenge to protect our common home includes a concern to bring the whole human family together to seek a sustainable and integral development, for we know that things can change. The Creator does not abandon us; he never forsakes his loving plan or repents of having created us. Humanity still has the ability to work together in building our common home. Here I want to recognize, encourage and thank all those striving in countless ways to guarantee the protection of the home which we share. Particular appreciation is owed to those who tirelessly seek to resolve the tragic effects of environmental degradation on the lives of the world's poorest. Young people demand change. They wonder how anyone can claim to be building a better future without thinking of the environmental crisis and the sufferings of the excluded.

14. I urgently appeal, then, for a new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet. We need a conversation which includes everyone, since the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all. The worldwide ecological movement has already made considerable progress and led to the establishment of numerous organizations committed to raising awareness of these challenges. Regrettably, many efforts to seek concrete solutions to the environmental crisis have proved ineffective, not only because of powerful opposition but also because of a more general lack of interest. Obstructionist attitudes, even on the part of believers, can range from denial of the problem to indifference, nonchalant resignation or blind confidence in technical solutions. We require a new and universal solidarity. As the bishops of Southern Africa have stated: "Everyone's talents and involvement are needed to redress the damage caused by human abuse of God's creation". [22] All of us can cooperate as instruments of God for the care of creation, each according to his or her own culture, experience, involvements and talents.

Nothing new in the above, just the papacy pushing its globalist agenda through yet another avenue. Care for our common home, under the guiding and compelling leadership of Rome. All who do not submit to said compulsion and leadership are Obstructionists with an attitude. Nations and people who will not comply will of course eventually have to be dealt with, one way or another.

15. It is my hope that this Encyclical Letter, which is now added to the body of the Church's social teaching, can help us to acknowledge the appeal, immensity and urgency of the challenge we face. I will begin by briefly reviewing several aspects of the present ecological crisis, with the aim of drawing on the results of the best scientific research available today, letting them touch us deeply and provide a concrete foundation for the ethical and spiritual itinerary that follows. I will then consider some principles drawn from the Judaeo-Christian tradition which can render our commitment to the environment more coherent. I will then attempt to get to the roots of the present situation, so as to consider not only its symptoms but also its deepest causes. This will help to provide an approach to ecology which respects our unique place as human beings in this world and our relationship to our surroundings. In light of this reflection, I will advance some broader proposals for dialogue and action which would involve each of us as individuals, and also affect international policy. Finally, convinced as I am that change is impossible without motivation and a process of education, I will offer some inspired guidelines for human development to be found in the treasure of Christian spiritual experience.

Climate Change politics are now part of Roman Catholic social teaching. Which social teaching is to be implemented through legislation where ever adherents of Rome are found. Enter AOC and the large number of other Catholics inhabiting our legislative halls, and all the lefty progressive compliant minions. The conservative Climate Change denying Obstructionists with an attitude, certainly have a battle on their hands. If we are not serious about the matter, it will certainly be a lost cause.

16. Although each chapter will have its own subject and specific approach, it will also take up and re-examine important questions previously dealt with. This is particularly the case with a number of themes which will reappear as the Encyclical unfolds. As examples, I will point to the intimate relationship between the poor and the fragility of the planet, the conviction that everything in the world is connected, the critique of new paradigms and forms of power derived from technology, the call to seek other ways of understanding the economy and progress, the value proper to each creature, the human meaning of ecology, the need for forthright and honest debate, the serious responsibility of international and local policy, the throwaway culture and the proposal of a new lifestyle. These questions will not be dealt with once and for all, but reframed and enriched again and again.

Since everything in the world is connected and effects the environment, then everything must be controlled of course. We must seek other ways to understand economy and progress, which is no doubt reference to changing the evils of Capitalism which the papacy continually points out.  I'm not sure exactly what the "intimate relationship between the poor and the fragility of the planet" is, but feel fairly confident that the answer to such will include increased wealth redistribution to help alleviate the same.

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I. POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Pollution, waste and the throwaway culture

20. Some forms of pollution are part of people's daily experience. Exposure to atmospheric pollutants produces a broad spectrum of health hazards, especially for the poor, and causes millions of premature deaths. People take sick, for example, from breathing high levels of smoke from fuels used in cooking or heating. There is also pollution that affects everyone, caused by transport, industrial fumes, substances which contribute to the acidification of soil and water, fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and agrotoxins in general. Technology, which, linked to business interests, is presented as the only way of solving these problems, in fact proves incapable of seeing the mysterious network of relations between things and so sometimes solves one problem only to create others.

While there is certainly truth in the above statement, accepting some more extreme examples, people live a good bit longer now than they did before all of this advancing industry and technology arose. We certainly have better measures to diagnose and address sickness and disease, and much better methodology, information, and technology to address said problems than ever before. The answer to said problems then is of course the application of all such to solving these issues, not political confiscation, control, and censorship of all matters related to the same. All such is an obvious attempt to use fear mongering tactics to make a huge power grab by the unelected elitists promoting the same.

As far as the creation of problems due to our short sightedness and lack of knowledge, more precaution should certainly be taken concerning cause and effect. Nevertheless, we simply do not know, what we do not know. Nor can leaders be more trusted with properly using or employing technology than others. To the contrary, they have proved how corrupted they become themselves as their power increases, all throughout history. This is particularly true concerning the very institution authoring the document we are presently examining, which is unquestionably calling for greater power in fewer hands of unelected globalist officials.

Nuclear power and weapons are prime examples of leaders rushing ahead of knowledge and even in spite of knowledge to reap the immediate benefits of such at unquestionable cost to humanity. Nuclear power produces an endless and ever growing amount of highly dangerous waste which remains so for a ridiculously long time after the benefits of such are long gone. Nuclear weapons are of course highly destructive and produce much the same in radical and extreme immediate effect upon people and the environment. Once we understood at all what they did or do, only an absolute idiot would blow them up anymore for any reason. Yet governments and scientists have blown up who knows how many to test the same. Each and every explosion causing no doubt irreversible damage to not only local environment, but know doubt global environment. Some things simply are not worth testing.


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21. Account must also be taken of the pollution produced by residue, including dangerous waste present in different areas. Each year hundreds of millions of tons of waste are generated, much of it non-biodegradable, highly toxic and radioactive, from homes and businesses, from construction and demolition sites, from clinical, electronic and industrial sources. The earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth. In many parts of the planet, the elderly lament that once beautiful landscapes are now covered with rubbish. Industrial waste and chemical products utilized in cities and agricultural areas can lead to bioaccumulation in the organisms of the local population, even when levels of toxins in those places are low. Frequently no measures are taken until after people's health has been irreversibly affected.


22. These problems are closely linked to a throwaway culture which affects the excluded just as it quickly reduces things to rubbish. To cite one example, most of the paper we produce is thrown away and not recycled. It is hard for us to accept that the way natural ecosystems work is exemplary: plants synthesize nutrients which feed herbivores; these in turn become food for carnivores, which produce significant quantities of organic waste which give rise to new generations of plants. But our industrial system, at the end of its cycle of production and consumption, has not developed the capacity to absorb and reuse waste and by-products. We have not yet managed to adopt a circular model of production capable of preserving resources for present and future generations, while limiting as much as possible the use of non-renewable resources, moderating their consumption, maximizing their efficient use, reusing and recycling them. A serious consideration of this issue would be one way of counteracting the throwaway culture which affects the entire planet, but it must be said that only limited progress has been made in this regard.

Government initiated education, support, and implementation of services related to all the above would no doubt be acceptable to the vast majority of people.  Most of whom would no doubt willingly cooperate with such efforts.  Government seizure, control, and enforcement of endless rules and regulations concerning the same is of course non conducive to free society and government for and by the people. Use our taxes and elected status as our representatives, not as our overlords tasked with ramming the agenda of globalist big government down our throats at the request of unelected, self appointed usurpers of power. Such as are only worthy of the suspicion and even threat of the multitudes they presume to place themselves above.

Climate as a common good

23. The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all. At the global level, it is a complex system linked to many of the essential conditions for human life. A very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming of the climatic system. In recent decades this warming has been accompanied by a constant rise in the sea level and, it would appear, by an increase of extreme weather events, even if a scientifically determinable cause cannot be assigned to each particular phenomenon. Humanity is called to recognize the need for changes of lifestyle, production and consumption, in order to combat this warming or at least the human causes which produce or aggravate it. It is true that there are other factors (such as volcanic activity, variations in the earth's orbit and axis, the solar cycle), yet a number of scientific studies indicate that most global warming in recent decades is due to the great concentration of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides and others) released mainly as a result of human activity. Concentrated in the atmosphere, these gases do not allow the warmth of the sun's rays reflected by the earth to be dispersed in space. The problem is aggravated by a model of development based on the intensive use of fossil fuels, which is at the heart of the worldwide energy system. Another determining factor has been an increase in changed uses of the soil, principally deforestation for agricultural purposes.

The climate is not a common good. It is in fact often very bad to various places and people. It does not belong to us, but to God who created the world and it. He has altered it before and is in control of it at all times, to do with as He pleases. It is bad enough for the Popes to usurp that which belongs to God for themselves, let alone now declaring that which is God's as belonging to fallen humanity. Nevertheless, all false religion is in the end, simply the worship of self. God and even the evil one have far more control and or effect upon the climate of this world than humanity will ever have, if or whensoever they choose to change or effect it. The scriptures make this point quite clear. We should most certainly be good stewards of God's planet. Doing so does not require though, that we hand national sovereignty or personal liberty over to unelected globalist elitists because they have decided that climate belongs to humanity, and have declared themselves the leaders of humanity. 

Job 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 2 Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, 10 And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; 13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? 14 It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment 15 And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? 17 Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? 18 Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. 19 Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, 20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? 21 Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great? 22 Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, 23 Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? 24 By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?25 Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; 26 To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? 28 Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? 29 Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? 30 The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen..............................................
34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? 35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are? 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? 37 Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, 38 When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

Where was the Pope and his elitist minions and allies when God laid the above foundations? Do they have God's control of all of the above? Can they give it to the rest of humanity? Why do they darken council, and place themselves above God and humanity? Did you elect them to such? I certainly did not.

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http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/islamic-leaders-join-growing-religious-outcry-over-climate-change

Islamic leaders join growing religious outcry over climate change

Every religion has a tradition of respect for the God-given natural world. But the summer of 2015 has become a surprise season of revival for these oft-ignored lessons in creation care.

Jews, Catholics, Protestants, Muslims and Buddhists have all heard a fresh call for stepped-up guardianship of the planet. In the process, many religious leaders have broken an uneasy peace with the marketplace, attacking the great wheel of capitalism—once trusted to pull us all skyward—for plunging the world into a state of corruption, injustice and ecological ruin.

The Islamic community became the latest to reaffirm a duty of stewardship on Tuesday, when prominent Muslims from 20 countries urged all 1.6 billion followers of the Prophet Muhammad to "set in motion a new model of well-being."

In the 8-page declaration, signed at a gathering in Istanbul, Turkey, religious leaders including the Grand Muftis of Lebanon and Uganda issued an urgent message to madrasses and mosques worldwide.

To avoid "ending life as we know it," they called for "a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels," which scientists blame for global warming. They also urged a swift transition to "100% renewable energy" by mid-century.

But the document also veers into the social and cultural, asking Muslims everywhere "to tackle the habits, mindsets, and root causes of climate change, environmental degradation, and loss of biodiversity."

That's where the dictates of Islam collide with capitalism itself. The scholars affirm that our "relentless pursuit of economic growth and consumption" has caused not only climate change but a degradation of the land, air and sea that gave rise to life in the first place. And they demand "an urgent and radical reappraisal" of the way we have gobbled up natural resources since the Industrial Revolution. 

In perhaps the document's most radical passage, Muslim leaders called on "oil-producing" states to keep their oil in the ground, and "re-focus their concerns from unethical profit from the environment, to that of preserving it and elevating the condition of the world's poor." That's unlikely to go over well in Saudi Arabia, home to the now contradictory prizes of Islamic holy sites and epic fossil fuel reserves.

The statements are not the first pangs of environmental conscience from the Islamic community, nor do they constitute official doctrine in a religion that has no recognized central authority. But they are nonetheless a new chapter in the ecological story now being told by many of the world's religions.

In June, Pope Francis called on the world's Catholics to care for "our common home," warning "every living person on this planet" about wrecking the place with "consumerism," "individualism," and "an unprecedented destruction of ecosystems."

He also directly attacked "the deification of the market," inviting "a bold cultural revolution" in the way we live and work. He asked his followers to slow down, drop the iPhone, and give up on the idea of infinite growth and boundless, buyable pleasures.

More than 100 Catholic and evangelical leaders quickly agreed, buying full-page newspaper ads and spreading their support from pulpits both real and digital. That same month, more than 300 rabbis added their voice to the movement.

In a letter to the Forward, they called on Jews to "turn our science and our moral wisdom toward shaping a world of shared, sustainable resources" – one where "eco-social justice" is the norm. The same message has been shared by the Dalai Lama, who chimed in the same month with a post on Twitter.
"Since climate change and the global economy now affect us all," he wrote, in defiance of capitalisms vaunted fruits of competition, "we have to develop a sense of the oneness of humanity."

Other groups have decided to use the market against itself, divesting from fossil fuels in an effort to choke the cash out of companies that trade in non-renewable resources. The World Council of Churches, Unitarian Universalists, Union Seminary, the Episcopal Church, and the Church of England have all joined that movement.

But will this reawakening be enough to tilt the earth toward sustainability? That's far from clear. In Paris this coming November and December, climate ministers will gather in hopes of negotiating a new agreement, one that keeps the world within what scientists consider to be a safe level of warming.

So far, however, researchers say the plans don't go far enough.

More papal minions joining the ranks of BABYLON THE GREAT. Evil Capitalism must be conquered. Control of the worlds economy, natural resources, wealth, education, means of travel, and government must be handed over to unelected elitist fear mongering self appointed rulers of the world to accomplish the same. Back to the dark ages we must flee in order to survive or we perish. Papal Rome and her religious and political elites must once again rule the world for our own good. Now we continue to see what the papacies real goals and desire has been in the ecumenical movements seeking to unite all "Christendom" and all the rest of the religions of the world together to form a global power base to implement her globalist vision. So be it. Bring it. As soon as you succeed, you will be reintroduced to your maker whom you have rejected in order to usurp His power. You rejected and crucified Him once before to usurp His rightful power and authority, now you will do so again before He returns unto destruction. The global harvests must be ripe for the final global reaping.

Mat 21:33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. 37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. 39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. 40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? 41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

Rev 14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 5 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. 16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. 17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. 18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. 19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. 20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

This world and it's climate belong to God. God has determined to destroy this world and all within it who will not accept salvation in Christ Jesus our Lord. Papal Rome and her minions of this world will not save themselves by usurping God's authority over all humanity in a bid to find salvation in BABYLON THE GREAT. Rome's agenda to destroy personal liberties and freedoms in regard to free market and the benefits of the industrial revolution, are nothing more than her continued quest to repudiate all that the Protestant Reformation accomplished. The Reformation put the word of God back in the hands of the people, enlightening their minds and paving the way to freedom of thought, conscience, and action. Free market and the industrial revolution were both products of this first most basic freedom being restored to humanity. Of course mistakes have been made, but this is no reason to go back to the chains of slavery under the ever watchful and intrusive eye of BABYLON THE GREAT, and the abusive government she rides.

Open your history books people, and dig through the heaps of revisionist history propagated today, to a real examination of what it was like under the thumb of Rome. Go back and read the writings of the Reformers and understand well why Rome wants us to return to the dark ages by dumbing us down, destroying any middle class, and removing personal liberties and freedom through ever enlarging government control of all.

In America, particularly, is this investigation important. In all the countries over which it has triumphed, Popery, like the anaconda, has wound around its folds of art, of cunning, of superstition and of power, until, enclosing everything in its too friendly embraces, it has, with one tremendous effort, crushed the nation to death. It sends forth its missionaries; it gathers its schools and colleges; it erects its cathedrals and builds its churches; it is patriotic, benevolent, charitable. Its alms and offerings attract the vulgar, its austerities and penances convince the sceptical. It is at first tolerated; then approved; next obeyed! But now come the dread realities of the system, taxation, passive submission, excommunications, interdicts, crusades, the inquisition, destruction. Yes, Popery has well nigh destroyed every country in which it has been predominant. The liberties and national prosperity of a people cannot coexist with such a system. (CHRIST AND ANTICHRIST, by Samuel J. Cassels, PART 2 ANTICHRIST OR THE PAPACY PROVED TO BE THE ANTICHRIST PREDICTED IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Pgs. 125&126)

Thus does the anomalous character of the Papacy prove it to be the antitype of "the little horn." This power is unlike all others; is uncongenial with all others. It is a usurper, a supplanter. We can readily conceive, how a spiritual power, either associated with the state, or entirely independent of the state, may exist without discord or collision. If the church be entirely distinct from the political institutions of a people, there can of course be no disturbance, as there is no contact. And if a church be established by law, as the operations of the religious and the political systems are kept in distinct spheres, there may be but occasional evils growing out of such union. But for a government that claims its existence jure divino, that sets up a universal empire, that arrogates to itself supremacy in all civil, as well as ecclesiastical matters — for a government that considers itself infallible, and which requires absolute submission in all its subjects — for such a government to exist in the midst of other governments; in its very principles trampling upon their rights and privileges; wielding both a temporal and a spiritual sword; punishing offenders both in this world and the next — for such a government to exist in harmony with other governments, is impossible, absolutely impossible. The papal system can harmonize with no other, whether religious or political. To the religious world, it exhibits one supreme pontiff of Christendom, and requires for him universal obedience. To the political world, it presents one great monarch, whose throne is above every throne, and whose will is law throughout the globe. No the Papacy is a unit, and presents the front of positive hostility to every thing that is not consolidated in itself. It may not be able to carry out its principles and wishes, but this is its nature. It is "diverse from all other governments; it is the adversary of all other governments.(Chapter 3, Pgs. 155&156)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnVCefWFFKI

The above video addresses the uncertainty, of those who profess to be so very certain or positive that their climate predictions are unshakable. While the beginning falsely frames the biblical flood scenario, the examination of the history of the climate change fear mongers, is worth the time invested. As is always the case, scientists are so very often so very wrong.

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24. Warming has effects on the carbon cycle. It creates a vicious circle which aggravates the situation even more, affecting the availability of essential resources like drinking water, energy and agricultural production in warmer regions, and leading to the extinction of part of the planet's biodiversity. The melting in the polar ice caps and in high altitude plains can lead to the dangerous release of methane gas, while the decomposition of frozen organic material can further increase the emission of carbon dioxide. Things are made worse by the loss of tropical forests which would otherwise help to mitigate climate change. Carbon dioxide pollution increases the acidification of the oceans and compromises the marine food chain. If present trends continue, this century may well witness extraordinary climate change and an unprecedented destruction of ecosystems, with serious consequences for all of us. A rise in the sea level, for example, can create extremely serious situations, if we consider that a quarter of the world's population lives on the coast or nearby, and that the majority of our megacities are situated in coastal areas.

The loss of tropical forest and plant life in general is certainly a concern, being an integral part of planetary function and preservation since creation. Rome, of course has embraced evolutionary science, and has a non biblical view of the situation therefore. It has apparently also decided that the doomsday scientists views of climate change and or global warming, are the correct view, despite quite a bit of scientific opposition and or uncertainty. Therefore as ever, Rome sides with whatever view will recommend and put in place big intrusive government to effect their agenda. She is infamous for being in bed with big government throughout her entire history. She was conceived through big government union or marriage of church and state, and is ever diligent in seeking to reestablish her former power through the resurgence or shall we say a resurrection of the same.

Beneficial climate change or warming cannot be construed to imply or demand a change of governing authorities taking control of such without exposing the greed for power and wealth apparent to such. Therefore the doom and gloom forecasts are accepted and incorporated to the same effect under the guise of protecting humanities interests. Big government always passes off their never ending quest for greater power and wealth as being for everyone's good, the "common good". Fear mongering is much more productive toward such ends, than forecasts of blue skies and prosperity. The mobs protection dues are of course for the good of those they are protecting as well. What is big armed government that wants to disarm arm you and everyone else but themselves, but mobsters backed up by gun toting enforcers? Accordingly of course, the church of Rome does not believe any citizens of any nations should have the right to own and bear arms either. She is the perfect spouse of big government.

I'm not sure why those who accept and promote evolution, are so fearful of change. Isn't change conducive to evolution? How do they know that they will not be preventing advancing evolution by preventing climate change? How do they know that rising temperatures melting huge quantities of fresh water will be more detrimental to society than beneficial? Fresh water is essential to life all over the planet. Should we create a prophetically predicted global beast of a government because coastline cities will have problems from rising oceans? Coastal cities have suffered and been destroyed all throughout history for choosing such locations. Is the answer to such a dilemma huge global intrusive government, or learning not to build cities and towns where natural disaster is likely to eventually occur.

Why have they determined rising temperatures will be more detrimental to society than beneficial? Warmer climates are much more conducive to proliferate plant and animal life than cold climates. Much better to support healthy agriculture as well. Warmer climates in more places therefore, will allow for increased agriculture and therefore food supply for humanity and all life. Why do they choose to dwell upon the possible negatives rather than the possible positives of all such? Is it not to support their greedy political aspirations? Why not seek to make the best of what they deem inevitable without their total control of all concerning such, rather than preventing only one possible contributor to climate change which very likely will prevent nothing in the long run? Climate has and always will be subject to change. We know it has changed drastically in the past without human causation, so why would any think it wont do so again regardless? The answer is simple of course, they choose what will result in greater power and wealth being placed into their own hands.

Many scientists suggest that higher CO2 levels is conducive to a greener planet. Yet the green movement won't go there. Evolutionists now believe there was far greater CO2 in the atmosphere in ages past which supported abundant and huge life forms among plant , animals, and oceanic life. So why all the fear now regarding the same? These finds are of course subject to change as all claims of evolutionists are and so often do. Not long ago I believe they thought O2 levels were much higher previously. Why bring about huge political changes putting more and more power into the hands of fewer and fewer people, none of whom were elected by anyone, based upon the undependable and ever changing observations of so called "scientists"? The answer is obvious. Fear mongering political power grabs by unelected self appointed leaders and institutions are infamous for such dealings all throughout history.

Eccl 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. 11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

When we forget how the dark ages of united church and state really were, we will bring those ages back. The church of Rome is always ready of course to lend her guiding and helping hand to all such endeavors. She will gladly lead the ignorant and willingly ignorant back under her thumb.

https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2019/05/02/pope-francis-the-common-good-has-become-global/

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Pope Francis: 'The common good has become global'

Vatican City, May 2, 2019 / 11:01 am (CNA).- Pope Francis called on nations to work toward a global common good Thursday, particularly in confronting climate change, human trafficking, and nuclear threats.

"In the current situation of globalization not only of the economy but also of technological and cultural exchanges, the nation state is no longer able to procure the common good of its population alone," Pope Francis told the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences May 2.

"The common good has become global and nations must associate for their own benefit," Francis said, noting that some nations today have "a spirit of opposition rather than cooperation."

The pope called "building the common good of humanity, a necessary and essential element for the world balance."

"While, according to the principle of subsidiarity, individual nations must be given the power to operate as far as they can, on the other hand, groups of neighboring nations – as is already the case – can strengthen their cooperation by attributing the exercise of certain functions and services to intergovernmental institutions that manage their common interests," he said.

Pope Francis said that when a "supranational common good" is clearly identified, as in the case of climate change or human trafficking, it necessitates a special legal authority capable of facilitating solutions.

He called for new paths of cooperation among nations to achieve peace today when "multilateral nuclear disarmament appears outdated and does not stir the political conscience of nations that possess atomic weapons."

"If, now, not only on earth but in space, there are offensive and defensive nuclear weapons, the so-called new technological frontier, raised and not lowered the danger of a nuclear holocaust," he said.

The pope warned against "nationalism that raises walls" or leads to antisemitism or hatred of others.

The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences addressed the revival of nationalism at their plenary session May 1-3, "Nation, State, Nation-State."

"The Church observes with concern the re-emergence, almost everywhere in the world, of aggressive currents towards foreigners, especially immigrants, as well as that growing nationalism that neglects the common good," Pope Francis told the professors gathered in Vatican City for the plenary.

However, Pope Francis rejected the idea of "a universalism or generic internationalism that neglects the identity of individual peoples."

"The Church has always urged the love of its people, of their homeland, to respect the treasure of the various cultural expressions, customs and habits and the right ways of living rooted in peoples," he said.

Pope Francis quoted St. Thomas Aquinas' answer to the tenth objection to the ninth question in his Disputed Questions on Spiritual Creatures, noting that he believes St. Thomas has a beautiful idea of what it means to be 'a people': "As the Seine river is not 'this particular river' because of 'this flowing water,' but because of 'this source' and 'this bed,' and hence is always called the same river, although there may be other water flowing down it; likewise a people is the same, not because of a sameness of soul or of men, but because of the same dwelling place, or rather because of the same laws and the same manner of living, as Aristotle says in the third book of the Politics."

Pope Francis went on to talk about the importance of welcoming and integrating migrants.

"It is the task of public authority to protect migrants and to regulate migratory flows with the virtue of prudence, as well as to promote reception so that local populations are trained and encouraged to consciously participate in the integrating process of migrants who are welcomed," he said.

"The way in which a nation welcomes migrants reveals its vision of human dignity and its relationship with humanity. Every human person is a member of humanity and has the same dignity," Pope Francis said.

The Pope blames growing antisemitism among nations on nationalism, rather than his own globalist policies which are spreading antisemitic people and sentiment throughout the nations, through the facilitation of antisemitic Muslim mass migration into many nations. He needs to point that finger right back at himself and his globalist minions.

The Pope forgot to mention that the growth of anti-immigration sentiment has been and is a reaction to the forced acceptance of mass migration into nations being imposed by the unelected globalist agenda of he and his other unelected self proclaimed elitist minions. The people of various nations are rejecting this globalist elite authority being rammed down their throats by antichrist and his minions. Now antichrist is telling them and their elected officials, that they must submit to his authority concerning the global redistribution of peoples, natural resources, wealth, and political power. Climate change is of course front and center, and all nations leaders must submit to the Pope and his chosen "scientists", over the wishes of the peoples who they were elected by to serve their interests. The rights of individuals and individual nations must be sacrificed to antichrist and his minions, that the dark ages might be fully established once again on a global scale. It is the duty of every good Catholic of course, to bring about said agenda commanded by their Pope, within the perspective nations in which they live through legislative processes. Babylon is intensifying her efforts to form the final beast of biblical prophecy, that she may ride it to world domination.

Rev 14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

Rev 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. 6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/25points.htm

The 25 Points of Hitler's Nazi Party

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COMMON GOOD BEFORE INDIVIDUAL GOOD

25. In order to carry out this program we demand: the creation of a strong central authority in the State, the unconditional authority by the political central parliament of the whole State and all its organizations.

The formation of professional committees and of committees representing the several estates of the realm, to ensure that the laws promulgated by the central authority shall be carried out by the federal states.

The leaders of the party undertake to promote the execution of the foregoing points at all costs, if necessary at the sacrifice of their own lives.

Continued from reply 97

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25. Climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political and for the distribution of goods. It represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day. Its worst impact will probably be felt by developing countries in coming decades. Many of the poor live in areas particularly affected by phenomena related to warming, and their means of subsistence are largely dependent on natural reserves and ecosystemic services such as agriculture, fishing and forestry. They have no other financial activities or resources which can enable them to adapt to climate change or to face natural disasters, and their access to social services and protection is very limited. For example, changes in climate, to which animals and plants cannot adapt, lead them to migrate; this in turn affects the livelihood of the poor, who are then forced to leave their homes, with great uncertainty for their future and that of their children. There has been a tragic rise in the number of migrants seeking to flee from the growing poverty caused by environmental degradation. They are not recognized by international conventions as refugees; they bear the loss of the lives they have left behind, without enjoying any legal protection whatsoever. Sadly, there is widespread indifference to such suffering, which is even now taking place throughout our world. Our lack of response to these tragedies involving our brothers and sisters points to the loss of that sense of responsibility for our fellow men and women upon which all civil society is founded.

All peoples are dependent upon natural reserves and ecosystemic services related to agriculture, fishing, forestry, and livestock. Proper management and cultivation of the same by good government is the key to success. Nations with governments which fail to provide the proper environment for such need to be taught how to implement such and or if need be, be replaced by government that does. Simply shifting the weight of failed government from one nation to another en masse, spreads the effects of failure, crippling if not eventually just spreading said failure. Self appointed unelected globalist leaders shifting such responsibility upon unwilling prosperous nations against the will of the people of said nations through the manipulation of their elected politicians is a sin against humanity and God. All self appointed egotistical and arrogant leaders who do and might continue to succeed in such diabolical manipulations are just so much kindling for the lake of fire. They will form the final global beast of biblical prophecy, and bring untold suffering and ruin upon humanity while they live as always off of, and upon the backs of the same.

The papacies incessant attacks upon the Constitutional government for and by the people, and Capitalism and or free market espoused by the United States, is a direct attack upon successful and prosperous government for and by the people. Our Constitutional government produced a huge middle class of free, educated, and prosperous people. Such people need no self appointed unelected officials lording themselves over them because they are to ignorant or incapable of providing for themselves in such a manner that they have had an abundance to allow them to already share more with the world over than any other nation on earth. Nor do they need the papacy forcing the burden of millions of their own people, from their own failed nations and governments, upon us without our consent  through the manipulation of our politicians and political processes to their own twisted and destructive ends.

This back stabbing institution joined hands with and used our government, wealth, and influence to help them topple communist control over many of their own people in various nations. Having done such they have now turned and present a full force attack upon us with the open aid of communists and socialists. Both political systems being historically and infamously associated with major abuses upon humanity, and repeated economic failures. Both being conducive to the two class society which the papacy prefers to self governing peoples with a strong, free, educated, armed, and empowered middle class that has no need to submit to her usurping form of huge elitist government. Governments whom she historically has hopped in bed with that she and her illicit and numerous spouses may live upon the backs of the people. No thank you.

https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/10/pope-francis-compares-populists-to-hitler-calls-for-open-doors-to-all-migrants

Pope Francis compares "Populists" to Hitler, calls for open doors to all migrants

So-called "populist" groups have arisen in response to the hijrah and the subsequent descent of Europe into chaos. In comments that would suggest the Pope has taken leave of his sanity:

Pope Francis adopted his toughest stance ever against populism...comparing populists to Adolf Hitler and suggesting that populism caused the Second World War.

It is abhorrent that Pope Francis would compare those who are trying to save Judeo-Christian civilization in the face of the hijrah to Hitler. Another point to ponder is the rise of Islamic anti-Semitism in Europe. It is now so bad in France that Ricard Abitbol, President of the Confederation of Jews in France and Friends of Israel, stated:

Every day we have people who are hurt, every day we have people who are insulted," told RT. "We can be hurt by words, but we don't mind, but when we are hurt by a knife, a gun, you can't say I don't mind.

He went on:

In a few decades, there will be no Jews in France.

Even the globalist, open-door supporting Angela Merkel commented about Germany:

We now have another phenomenon, as we have refugees or people of Arab origin who bring another form of anti-Semitism into the country

The Pope needs a memory juggle. Europe welcomed migrants with open arms, ie. until it was struck with a range of imported problems, from lawlessness and abuse to an infiltration of jihadists. In response, "populist" groups arose to warn about such dangers and advocate for a defense of borders and national security.

The Pope continued that all "must be welcomed with an open heart and open doors. Closure is the path to suicide."

On the contrary, open doors is a path to suicide. The Pope has yet to open his doors at the Vatican to everyone. Pope Francis has now risen up against the "populist" Italian government, spreading deceit and stirring up tensions, all while demonstrating his lack compassion and sensitivity for the victims of jihad terror and Sharia abuses, not to mention Islamic anti-Semitism and the vast Muslim persecution of Christians. It is a dark time indeed for the Catholic Church under such leadership, which (on a separate issue) has also been covering up abuses against children in the Church.

"Pope Francis Compares Populists to Hitler, Born of 'Hate'", by Thomas D. Williams, Breitbart , October 25, 2018:

Pope Francis adopted his toughest stance ever against populism Tuesday, comparing populists to Adolf Hitler and suggesting that populism caused the Second World War.

"It is important for young people to know how populism is born," the pope said Tuesday at a book launch in Rome. "I think of Hitler in the last century, who had promised development for Germany. They should know how populisms begin: by sowing hate. You can't live sowing hate."

The pontiff's words struck hard in a country living under its first elected populist government in decades, formed by a coalition between the progressive, Eurosceptic 5-Star Movement and the pro-sovereignty Lega party.

"Study your history, this is the way the Führer started, with racial purity," he said. We are now in full World War III fought piecemeal and even religion is deformed to be able to hate better."

"Making hatred grow, creating violence and division represents a path to destruction and suicide," the 81-year-old pontiff added.

Increased efforts are needed to teach the young about the history of the First and Second World Wars "so they do not fall into the same error and so they know how populism spreads," he said.

The Pope's comments came in response to 83-year-old Fiorella Bacherini, an Italian teacher who works with immigrants, who told him that she was concerned about a rise in anti-immigrant sentiment.

Migrants, the pope said, "must be welcomed with an open heart and open doors. Closure is the path to suicide. It is true that migrants must be welcomed, but they must also be accompanied and above all they must be integrated."

"A government must have an open heart to receive and good structures to assist integration, and also the prudence to say: I can do it up to this point, but no further," he said.

Accepting migrants, Francis added, "is a biblical mandate. We think of Europe that has been made by migrants, by cultures mixing together."

Tuesday's comments represent the pope's strongest condemnation of populism to date, although his anti-populist message had already been growing more radical......

The Pope forgot to mention of course, that a previous Pope and the Vatican were the first political entity to sign an accord with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party thereby supporting the same, and encouraging all good Catholics to do so as well by way of example. 

Continued from reply#99

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26. Many of those who possess more resources and economic or political power seem mostly to be concerned with masking the problems or concealing their symptoms, simply making efforts to reduce some of the negative impacts of climate change. However, many of these symptoms indicate that such effects will continue to worsen if we continue with current models of production and consumption. There is an urgent need to develop policies so that, in the next few years, the emission of carbon dioxide and other highly polluting gases can be drastically reduced, for example, substituting for fossil fuels and developing sources of renewable energy. Worldwide there is minimal access to clean and renewable energy. There is still a need to develop adequate storage technologies. Some countries have made considerable progress, although it is far from constituting a significant proportion. Investments have also been made in means of production and transportation which consume less energy and require fewer raw materials, as well as in methods of construction and renovating buildings which improve their energy efficiency. But these good practices are still far from widespread.

Gee, all of the above sounds so familiar, where have we heard these suggestions before? Yes, AOC and her Green New Deal are just another Catholic politician seeking to implement the Vatican's social agenda through legislation in her own country, as all Catholic politicians and citizens have been commanded by the Pope of Rome. She may be a lefty progressive, but she is a Roman Catholic first, and she received her marching orders directly from Rome, regardless of what ever else she may claim or people have been told.

It does not matter if you are far left, center left, center, center right, or far right. If you are Catholic your leadership fully expects you to attempt to establish those points upon which your position aligns with her own social doctrines, through the legislative processes of your nation. Therefore is it so crucial that a large number of Catholic politicians inhabit government, and a large number of citizens, or legal, or illegal immigrants with voting rights inhabit nations as well. Therefore also obviously does Rome continuously defend even illegal immigration to the same end.

While Mr. Trump appears to be combatting some of this, he is also busy helping implement much of the same. He put two more Catholic and even likely Jesuits in the Supreme Court, bringing the number of Catholics in it back up to six out of nine. He put Catholic William Barr in as AG who leans towards Rome's anti-gun owner stance, as well as Chuck Canterbury as ATF leader who does as well. He also recommended Nancy Pelosi for house speaker again, keeping a Catholic speaker of the house in place now for seven consecutive terms. This country desperately needs a third party to try and stave off the ever increasing influence of the Vatican upon its politics.

: Amo  Sat May 25, 2019 - 15:26:11
Continued from reply#99

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Excerpts from -
ENCYCLICAL LETTER
LAUDATO SI'
OF THE HOLY FATHER
FRANCIS
ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME
(All emphasis is mine, my comments in blue)

Gee, all of the above sounds so familiar, where have we heard these suggestions before? Yes, AOC and her Green New Deal are just another Catholic politician seeking to implement the Vatican's social agenda through legislation in her own country, as all Catholic politicians and citizens have been commanded by the Pope of Rome. She may be a lefty progressive, but she is a Roman Catholic first, and she received her marching orders directly from Rome, regardless of what ever else she may claim or people have been told.

It does not matter if you are far left, center left, center, center right, or far right. If you are Catholic your leadership fully expects you to attempt to establish those points upon which your position aligns with her own social doctrines, through the legislative processes of your nation. Therefore is it so crucial that a large number of Catholic politicians inhabit government, and a large number of citizens, or legal, or illegal immigrants with voting rights inhabit nations as well. Therefore also obviously does Rome continuously defend even illegal immigration to the same end.

While Mr. Trump appears to be combatting some of this, he is also busy helping implement much of the same. He put two more Catholic and even likely Jesuits in the Supreme Court, bringing the number of Catholics in it back up to six out of nine. He put Catholic William Barr in as AG who leans towards Rome's anti-gun owner stance, as well as Chuck Canterbury as ATF leader who does as well. He also recommended Nancy Pelosi for house speaker again, keeping a Catholic speaker of the house in place now for seven consecutive terms. This country desperately needs a third party to try and stave off the ever increasing influence of the Vatican upon its politics.

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Your conspiracy theories sound suspiciously like the SDA methods which send in the right hand of the Gospel - the 'health message' and your ADRA teams to soften up the unsuspecting victims of SDA evangelism. 

Then AM0 they fail to tell their targets that SDA hospitals are a most unhealthy place for the unborn -where they perform elective abortions..... 

: current occupant2  Sat May 25, 2019 - 15:57:24
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Your conspiracy theories sound suspiciously like the SDA methods which send in the right hand of the Gospel - the 'health message' and your ADRA teams to soften up the unsuspecting victims of SDA evangelism. 

Then AM0 they fail to tell their targets that SDA hospitals are a most unhealthy place for the unborn -where they perform elective abortions.....

These boards are filled with the evidence you either choose to ignore or simply reject. They are filled with non SDA accounts of what Rome, her Popes, and the rest of the world are saying and exposing in Encyclicals and numerous and continuous articles.

Why change the subject? There is plenty here for you to address and expose as conspiracy theory if it actually is. Start another thread about your above accusations and I will gladly address them. Nor will I deny any wrong doing to defend my or any other denomination. You already know this. I already know my denomination is involved in wrong things. It is headed the same direction as all others, Romeward bound. Use your diversionary tactics on someone else. I care little for them. Start threads about your above accusations and we will address them, or just hit and run as you usually do.

Is this about blaming Rome for everything?

: piecrust  Sat May 25, 2019 - 17:18:54
Is this about blaming Rome for everything?

It is about exactly what the title states, Roman politics, and the obvious prophetic implications of the same.

: Amo  Sat May 25, 2019 - 17:21:51
It is about exactly what the title states, Roman politics, and the obvious prophetic implications of the same.

So you are using Roman to mean Roman Catholic Church, not pagan Rome, which was what the Bible referred to.

: piecrust  Sat May 25, 2019 - 17:43:14
So you are using Roman to mean Roman Catholic Church, not pagan Rome, which was what the Bible referred to.

Yes, Papal Rome did not exist to be referred to in the bible save by way of biblical prophecy. Nor does it exist now, save one admits of or believes papal Rome to be an extension of pagan Rome. Which is true in a sense.

: Amo  Sat May 25, 2019 - 18:32:33
Yes, Papal Rome did not exist to be referred to in the bible save by way of biblical prophecy. Nor does it exist now, save one admits of or believes papal Rome to be an extension of pagan Rome. Which is true in a sense.

You obviously do not believe then that prophecy was fulfilled by pagan Rome.

: piecrust  Sat May 25, 2019 - 19:05:46
You obviously do not believe then that prophecy was fulfilled by pagan Rome.

No, I'm a Protestant.

: Amo  Sat May 25, 2019 - 19:08:43
No, I'm a Protestant.

Not quite sure what that has to do with anything.

: piecrust  Sat May 25, 2019 - 21:49:56
Not quite sure what that has to do with anything.

No surprise. I'll explain later when I have more time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-pOibckT0Y

Good example of how the Church of Rome is well aware of her ever increasing influence upon the policies of our nation. Not to mention other denominations as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGI_lrNUfeQ

More concerning the same.

: Amo  Sun May 26, 2019 - 11:03:15
No surprise. I'll explain later when I have more time.

Waiting for the explanation.  This is like waiting for Godot.

: Amo  Sun May 26, 2019 - 11:06:58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-pOibckT0Y

Good example of how the Church of Rome is well aware of her ever increasing influence upon the policies of our nation. Not to mention other denominations as well.

So this is all about which denomination is right?

Continued from reply #101

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II. THE ISSUE OF WATER

27. Other indicators of the present situation have to do with the depletion of natural resources. We all know that it is not possible to sustain the present level of consumption in developed countries and wealthier sectors of society, where the habit of wasting and discarding has reached unprecedented levels. The exploitation of the planet has already exceeded acceptable limits and we still have not solved the problem of poverty.

28. Fresh drinking water is an issue of primary importance, since it is indispensable for human life and for supporting terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Sources of fresh water are necessary for health care, agriculture and industry. Water supplies used to be relatively constant, but now in many places demand exceeds the sustainable supply, with dramatic consequences in the short and long term. Large cities dependent on significant supplies of water have experienced periods of shortage, and at critical moments these have not always been administered with sufficient oversight and impartiality. Water poverty especially affects Africa where large sectors of the population have no access to safe drinking water or experience droughts which impede agricultural production. Some countries have areas rich in water while others endure drastic scarcity.

29. One particularly serious problem is the quality of water available to the poor. Every day, unsafe water results in many deaths and the spread of water-related diseases, including those caused by microorganisms and chemical substances. Dysentery and cholera, linked to inadequate hygiene and water supplies, are a significant cause of suffering and of infant mortality. Underground water sources in many places are threatened by the pollution produced in certain mining, farming and industrial activities, especially in countries lacking adequate regulation or controls. It is not only a question of industrial waste. Detergents and chemical products, commonly used in many places of the world, continue to pour into our rivers, lakes and seas.

30. Even as the quality of available water is constantly diminishing, in some places there is a growing tendency, despite its scarcity, to privatize this resource, turning it into a commodity subject to the laws of the market. Yet access to safe drinkable water is a basic and universal human right, since it is essential to human survival and, as such, is a condition for the exercise of other human rights. Our world has a grave social debt towards the poor who lack access to drinking water, because they are denied the right to a life consistent with their inalienable dignity. This debt can be paid partly by an increase in funding to provide clean water and sanitary services among the poor. But water continues to be wasted, not only in the developed world but also in developing countries which possess it in abundance. This shows that the problem of water is partly an educational and cultural issue, since there is little awareness of the seriousness of such behaviour within a context of great inequality.

31. Greater scarcity of water will lead to an increase in the cost of food and the various products which depend on its use. Some studies warn that an acute water shortage may occur within a few decades unless urgent action is taken. The environmental repercussions could affect billions of people; it is also conceivable that the control of water by large multinational businesses may become a major source of conflict in this century.

There most certainly is a problem with corporations taking control of water supplies basic to the needs of all humanity and redistributing that water as they see fit to whomever they see fit. There is also just as much of a problem concerning governments or globalist governments taking control of water supplies basic to the needs of all and doing the same. Government for the people and by the people represented by elected officials of the people, would most rightly represent the interests of the people of course. This concerning water supplies as well as all else. Certainly not disconnected corporations or globalist unelected officials.

First and foremost, the peoples of various nations and localities need to exercise personal responsibility in the distribution of fresh water amongst themsleves and their neighbors. This would include of course not choosing to live where there is no good water supply, or building up cities or populations which outgrow said supplies or the ability to distribute the same from other areas without negatively affecting peoples of said areas. Corporations certainly should not be allowed to take control of such things. Neither should unelected globalist elitist politicians be given control over the water supplies of the peoples of various nations or localities to do with them as they please.

Coordination between governments and peoples to most effectively supply wants is of course crucial. Handing power over to corporations or elitist self appointed government to do so is and would be idiotic. Helping people learn how to help themselves and helping implement the same, is alway better than simply taking from those with a working profitable system, and giving it to those with a failing and ever burdensome system. The former is productive to self management and sustainability, the latter is simply likely to drag both the provider and the needy down. This is the main problem with the globalist elitist mentality, they want to spread failing peoples and systems around within once successful systems which have already been in decline for some time now themselves, which will only drag both down. Which in reality is the exact purpose of the elitists, that is to create a new globalist two class society, with them at the top.

This is why they are at war with personal liberty, freedom, government for the people by the people, and Capitalism. Therefore do they and are they redistributing the wealth and natural resources of successful nations which have had the same, while politically transforming them from within into government dependent and owned peasants. Therefore also are they diluting these same nations with peoples from other failing nations who bring the failing mindset and politics with them to support the ever growing number of these elitist politicians within our own ranks. They come here because it is better, but they bring the flags, patriotism, and mindset of their failing nations with them. Refusing adaption to the politics and moral fiber which provided the wealth they are seeking coming here, they instead support the globalist politicians who facilitated their arrival, and support their own future doom.

The biblical and Protestant principles of personal responsibility which alone allows for true freedom and liberty, is and has been being trashed from within and without for far to long now. The rejection of God's word and grace through His Son Jesus Christ by an ever increasing number within spells the certain doom of a great nation and form of government based upon the same, in the very near future. Even "Christianity" itself is so far diluted and compromised that it could no longer produce or reproduce such in the future again. So be it. Come Lord Jesus.

: piecrust  Sat May 25, 2019 - 21:49:56
Not quite sure what that has to do with anything.

CHAP. 13 TESTIMONY OF THE REFORMERS

Unless otherwise specified, all of the following quotes are taken from the four volume series THE PROPHETIC FAITH OF OUR FATHERS by Le Roy Edwin Froom.


HILARY OF POITIERS  (300-368)

   " He [Hilary] begins by speaking the blessings of peace, which the Christians of that day could neither enjoy nor promote, beset as they were by the forerunners of Antichrist........ They bear themselves not as bishops of Christ but as priests of Antichrist. This is not random abuse, but sober recognition of the fact, stated by St. John, that there are many Antichrists. For these men assume the cloak of piety, and pretend to preach the Gospel, with the one object of inducing others to deny Christ. It was the misery and folly of the day that men endeavoured  to promote the cause of God by human means and the favor of the world. Hilary asks bishops, who believe in their office, wether the Apostles had secular support when by their preaching they converted the greater part of mankind......
    " The church seeks for secular support, and in so doing insults Christ by the implication that His support is insufficient. She in her turn holds out the threat of exile and prison. It was her endurance of these that drew men to her; now she imposes her faith by violence. She craves for favors at the hand of her communicants; once it was her consecration that she braved the threatening of persecutors. Bishops in exile spread the faith; now it is she that exiles bishops. She boasts that the world loves her; the worlds hatred was the evidence that she was Christ's....... The time of Antichrist, disguised as an angel of light, has come. The true Christ is hidden from almost every mind and heart. Antichrist is now obscuring the truth that he may assert falsehood hereafter." (E. W. Watson, Introduction to Hilary of Poitiers, in NPNF, 2d series, vol. 9, pp. lii, liii.) Vol. 1, p. 409.


ARNULF bishop of Orleans during the pontificate of John XV (985-996)

    "What shall we say, revered fathers? To what blemish shall we attribute the fact that the first of the churches of God, once so lifted up and crowned with glory and honour, should be brought down so low and tarnished with shame and infamy? If we severely expect gravity of manners, purity of life, joined to sacred and profane learning, in every man who is ordained to the Episcopate; what ought not to be exacted in the case of him who aspires to be the teacher of all bishops. How, then, is it that those have been put in possession of that most high See, who were not worthy to fill any place whatsoever in the priesthood? What, in your eyes, reverend fathers, is that Pontiff, seated on a throne, and clad in purple and gold? If he hath not charity, and be puffed up with his learning only, he is Antichrist sitting in the temple of God, and demeaning himself as a god; he is like unto a statue in that temple, like a dumb idol, and to ask of him a reply, is to appeal to a figure of stone." ( This English translation is from Villemain, op. cit., vol. 1 pp.175,176.) Vol. 1 chap. 22 p. 541&542

    " Let us imitate the great church of Africa, which, in reply to the pretensions of the Roman Pontiff, deemed it inconceivable that the Lord should have invested any one person with his own plenary prerogative of judicature, and yet have denied it to the great congregations of his priests assembled in council in different parts of the world." ( Quoted in Schaff, History, vol. 4, p. 291.) Vol. 1 chap. 22 p. 542


EBERHARD II, archbishop of Salzburg (1200-1246)

    " Under the title of Pontifex Maximus, we discern, unless we are blind, a most savage wolf, with the garment of a shepherd; the Roman priests [flamines] have arms against all Christians; made great by daring, by deceiving, by bringing wars after wars, they slaughter the sheep, they cut them off, they drive away peace and harmony from the earth, they stir up internal wars, domestic insurrections from below, day by day they weaken more and more the energies of all, so that they revile the heads of all, they devour all, they reduce all to slavery."  (Translated from Ioannes Aventinus, Annales Boiorum Libri Septem, p. 683.) Vol. 1 chap. 32 p. 799


   " Both true and false concepts of the continuance of Rome powerfully influenced not only churchmen but statesmen, but the position taken by Eberhard in 1240-that the breakup of Rome gave rise to a group of smaller kingdoms, among whom afterward came up the relgio- political power of the historical Papacy as thye Little Horn-became the standard interpretation of fourteenth-century Wyclif in Britain, then of sixteenth-century Luther and most of his associates, and next of Cranmer, Knox, and the bulk of British Reformers.  Practically all the post-Reformation writers on the Continent and in Britain and America declared the same.  Even the Jewish expositer Don Isaac Abravanel of Spain, in 1496, made a like explanation.
  This reformation view was the sort of belief which helped to nerve men to withstand the powerful forces under the command of the Papacy, and to go to the stake rather than yield to her spiritual despotism; for Protestant martyrs dared not obey her injunctions or follow her apostasies, and thus incur the displeasure of Heaven.  Therefore they no longer feared her anathemas." (THE PROPHETIC FAITH OF OUR FATHERS, by Froom, vol. 1, chap. 32, p. 806)



FRANCESCO PETRARCH, Poet (1304-1374) Concerning the church of Rome.

    " Vengeaunce must fall on thee, thow filthie whore
Of Babilon, thow breaker of Christ's fold,
That from acorns, and from the water colde,
Art riche become with making many poore.
Thow treason's neste that in thie harte dost holde
Of cankard malice, and of mischief more
Than pen can wryte, or may with tongue be tolde,
Slave to delights that chastity hath solde;
For wyne and ease which settith all thie store
Uppon whoredome and none other lore,
In thye pallais of strompetts yonge and olde
Theare walks Plentie, and Belzebub thye Lorde;
Guydes thee and them, and doth thye raigne uphold:
It is but late, as writing will recorde,
That poore thow weart without lande or goolde;
Yet how hathe golde and pryde, by one accorde,
In wickedness so spreadd thie lyf abrode,
That it dothe stinke before the face of God."
( Francesco Petrarch, Sonnet CV, translated by Wyatt  (?), in The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch, pp. 135, 136.)


    " Thou Babylon, seated on the wild banks of the Rhone, shall I call thee famous or infamous, O harlot, who hast committed harlotry with the kings of the earth? Truly thou art the same that the holy Evangelist saw in spirit, the same, I say, and not another, sitting upon many waters. Either literally, being surrounded by three rivers, or, in the profusion of this world's goods, among which thou sittest wanton and secure, unmindful of eternal riches; or, in the sense laid down by him that beheld thee, that the waters on which you the harlot sit are peoples and nations and languages. Recognize thine own features. A women clothed in purple and scarlet, decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of abomination in the impurity of her fornication-Dost thou not know thyself, O Babylon? Unless perhaps what is written upon her forehead is wrong, Babylon the great, you indeed are Babylon the little." ( Translated from Petrarch, Epistolarum Sine Titulo, Liber, letter headed Babylonem Gallicam Describit, in Opera, vol. 2, p. 807. )



WALTER BRUTE  fourteenth-century British or Welsh layman and Lollard scholar.

    " Item, The said Walter hath oftentimes said, and commonly avouched, that the Pope is Antichrist, and a seducer of the people, and utterly against the Law and life of Christ," ("Proceedings in the trial of Walter Brut for Heresy, Etc.," original Latin in Registrum Johannis Trefnant, Episcopi Herefordensis, p. 279; translated in Foxe, Acts, vol. 1, p. 543.)

    " If the high Bishop of Rome calling himself the Servant of the Servants of God, and the Chief Vicar of Christ in this World, do make and maintain many laws contrary to the Gospel of Jesus Christ; then is he of those that have come in Christ's name, saying, I am Christ, and have seduced many a one, by the Testimony of our Savior in Math. Chap. 24. And the Idol of desolation sitting in the Temple of God and taking away from him the continual sacrifice for a time, times, and half a time, which Idol must be revealed to the Christian people by the testimony of Daniel. Whereof Christ speaketh in the Gospel; When ye shall see the abomination of desolation that was told of by Daniel the Prophet, standing in the holy place; let him that readeth understand." (Registrum, p.287; Foxe, Acts, vol. 1, p. 545.)

    " And sitting in the Temple of God, doth advance himself above all things that is called God, or whatsoever is worshipped, by the testimony of Paul to the Thess. 2 Epistle, Chap. 2. And in the defection or falling away shall the man of sin be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth....He is also besides, The Beast ascending up out of the earth, having two horns like unto a Lamb, but he speaketh like a Dragon, and as the cruel Beast ascending up out of the Sea, whose Power shall continue 42 months. He worketh the things that he hath given to the Image of the Beast. And he compelled Small and Great, Rich and Poor, Free-men and Bond-slaves, to worship the beast, and to take his mark in their Forehead or their Hands, Apoc. Chap. 13. And thus by the testimony of all these places is the chief Antichrist upon the Earth, and must be slain with the sword of God's Word, and cast with the Dragon, the cruel Beast and the false prophet that hath seduced the Earth, into the lake of fire and brimstone to be tormented world without end." (Registrum, p. 288; Foxe, Acts, vol. 1, pp. 545, 546.)

    " If the city of Rome do allow his Traditions, and do disallow Christ's holy Commandments, and Christ's Doctrine, that it may confirm his Traditions; then is she Babylon the Great, or the Daughter of Babylon, and the Great Whore sitting upon many waters, with whom the Kings of the Earth have committed Fornication, and the Inhabitants of the earth are become drunken with the Wine of her Harlotry lying open to Bawdry. With whose spiritual Whoredom, Enchantments, Witchcrafts, and Simon Magus Merchandises, the whole round world is infected and seduced; saying in her heart, I sit as a Queen, and Widow I am not, neither shall I see Sorrow and mourning. Yet is she ignorant that within a little while shall come the day of her destruction and ruine by the Testimony of the Apoc. Chap. 17. Because that from the time of the continual Sacrifice was taken away, and that abomination of Desolation placed, there be passed 1290 days, by the Testimony of Daniel [chap. Xii.], and the Chronicles added to agree to the same. And the holy City also hath been trodden under foot of the Heathen, for forty two months, and the Woman was nourished up in the Wilderness (unto which she fled for fear of the face of the Serpent) during 1260 days, or else for a time, times, and half a time, which is all one. All these things be manifest by the Testimony of the Apocalyps, and the Chronicles thereto agreeing." (Registrum, p. 288; Foxe, Acts, vol. 1, p. 546.)


POPES ARE ANTICHRIST BECAUSE THEY ARE PRIEST-KINGS.-
    " Seeing then that the Bishops of Rome do say that they are the High Priests; they say also therein that they are Kings, because they say that they have the Scriptural Sword pertaining to their Priesthood, and the corporal Sword which agreeth for a Kings State. So is it plain, that really and in very deed, they say, That they are Christs, albeit that expressly they be not called Christs. Now that they come in the name of Christ it is manifest, because they say that they are his principal Vicars in this World, ordained of Christ specially for the Government of the Christian Church. Therefore, seeing they say, that really and in very deed they are Christs, and the chief friends of Christ: If they make and justifie many Laws contrary to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, then it is plain that they themselves in earth are the principal Antichrists, because there is no worse plague and pestilence, than a familiar enemy. And if in secret they be against Christ, and yet in open appearance they say that they are his friends, they are so much more the meet to seduce and deceive the Christian people." (Registrum, pp. 300, 301; Foxe, Acts, vol. 1, p. 550.)


SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE  1360-1417

    "But as touching the Pope and his spirituality, I owe them neither suit nor service, forsomuch as I know him by the scriptures to be the great Antichrist, the Son of Perdition, the open Adversary of God, and the Abomination standing in the holy place." (Foxe, Acts, vol. 1, p. 636.)

    " My belief is (as I said afore) that all the scriptures of the sacred Bible are true. All this is grounded upon them I believe throughly. For I know it is God's pleasure that I should do so. But in your lordly Laws and idle determinations have I no belief. For ye be no part of Christ's holy Church, as your open deeds do shew: But ye are very Antichrists, obstinately set against His holy Law and Will....
    " And let all men consider well this, That Christ was meek, and merciful; the Pope is proud, and a tyrant; Christ was poor and forgave, the Pope is rich and a malitious Man-slayer, as his daily acts do prove him. Rome is the very nest of Antichrist, and out of that nest come all of the Disciples of him. Of whom, Prelates, Priests, and Monks, are the body, these pil'd Friers are the tail, which covereth his most filthy part." (Foxe, Acts, vol. 1, pp.640, 641.)


JOHN HUSS, OR HUS ( 1369-1415)  "I beseech you in Christ Jesus, with all your fellow members of the University, to be prepared for a battle; for the reconnoiters of Antichrist have already begun, and the fight will soon follow. The Goose also must needs flap his wings against the wings of Behemoth, and against his tail, which always conceals the abomination of the beast Antichrist....... The Lord shall destroy the head and the tail- that is, the Pope and his prophets, masters, doctors, priests, who under the false pretext of sanctity conceal the abomination of the beast. Pray, what greater abomination can their be than a harlot who should parade herself and offer herself publicly? Yes, there is still greater abomination of the beast sitting in a place of honour and offering himself for worship to all comers, as though he were God: ready to sell whatever a man may wish to buy in matters spiritual. Yea, he sells what he does not possess. Woe be to me, then, if I shall not preach, weep, and write against such an abomination!" (The Letters of John Hus, edited by Herbert B. Workman and R. Martin Pope, Letter XXVI, pp. 118, 119.)

    " Surely now the wickedness, iniquity, and baseness of Antichrist has been revealed in the Pope and his associates in the Council: now the faithful servants of God can understand the meaning of the Saviour's words, When ye shall see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet,....he that readeth, let him understand. Verily 'a great abomination' is pride, avarice, and simony: 'in a place apart'- that is,dignity which lacks modesty, love, and other virtues; and this is whatwe clearly mark in those who win office and dignity. Would that I were allowed to point out their wickedness, in order that the faithful servants of God might beware of them! Gladly would I do so; but I am trusting that God will raise up others after me, braver men than there are to-day, who shall better reveal the wickedness of Antichrist and lay down their lives for the truth of the Lord Jesus Christ, who will grant eternal joy both to you and to me. Amen. I write this letter in prison, on the day of St. John Baptist, as I lie bound in chains, remembering that St. John also was beheaded in prison for the sake of God's truth." (Ibid., p. 258.)

GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA (1452-1498)  "The Roman church is full of simony and vileness.... I visualized a black cross over Babylon-Rome with the inscription: Wrath of the Lord. And it rained upon her swords and knives, lances and weapons of all kinds, as well as hailstones and brimstones in a terrible thunderstorm in deepest gloom. And I saw another cross of gold which reached from the sky over Jerusalem to the earth with the inscription: Mercy of God. And here was full sunshine. And on the strength of vision I declare again, that the Church must reform herself, and that very soon because God is angry." (Savonarola, Auswahl, pp. 120, 121.)

    " Fly from Rome, for Babylon signifies confusion, and Rome hath confused all the Scriptures, confused all vices together, confused everything. Fly, then, from Rome, and come to repentance." (Villari, op. cit., p.413, citing Lenten Sermon (1496), for Wednesday after fifth Sunday.)

   
    " 'Come here thou ribald Church. The Lord saith: I gave thee beautiful vestments, but thou hast made idols of them. Thou hast dedicated the sacred vessels to vainglory, the sacraments to simony; thou hast become a shameless harlot in thy lusts; thou art lower than a beast, thou art a monster of Solomon, and soliciteth the world; he that hath gold is made welcome and may do as he will..... O prostitute Church...... thou hast multiplied thy fornications in Italy, in France, in Spain, and all other parts. Behold, I will put forth My hand, saith the Lord. I will smite thee, thou infamous wretch." (Villari, op. cit., pp. 517, 518, citing Lenten Sermon XXII (1497), afterward suppressed by the Congregation of the Index.)

MARTIN LUTHER (1483-1546)  "I will send you these compositions of mine, that you may judge whether I am right in my divination when I assert, that the true Antichrist mentioned by St. Paul reigns in the court of Rome and is, as I think I can prove, a greater pest than the Turks." (Dr. Martin Luthers Sammtliche Schriften edited by Johann Georg Walch, vol. 15, col. 2430; translated in Waddington, History of the Reformation, vol. 1, p. 201. Hereafter Luther's Schriften, without other specification, will mean this Walch edition.)

    "I am sifting the pontifical decrials with a view to my disputation [at Leipsig]; and, to whisper to you the truth, I am not determined whether the Pope be Antichrist himself or only his apostle, so cruelly is Christ (which is the truth) corrupted and crucified by him in his decrials. I am in perfect torture when I consider that the people of Christ are thus mocked, under the pretence of the laws and name of Christ." (Luther, Schriften, vol. 21a, col. 156; translated in Waddington, History of the Reformation, vol. 1, p. 201.)

    "I am practically concerned, and can hardly doubt any more, that the Pope is really the Antichrist, whom the world expects according to a general belief, because everything so exactly corresponds to the way of his life, action, words, and commandments." (Translated from Luther, Schriften, vol. 21a, col. 234. In all translation a faithful, literal rendering, rather than a free, literary translation, is followed.)

    " We here are of the conviction that the papacy is the seat of the true and real Antichrist, against whose deceit and vileness all is permitted for the salvation of souls. Personally I declare that I owe the Pope no other obedience than that to Antichrist." (Luther, Schriften, vol. 15, col. 1693.)

    " I cry aloud on behalf of liberty and conscience, and I proclaim with confidence that no kind of law can with any justice be imposed on Christians, whether by men or angels, except so far as they themselves will; for we are free from all. If such laws are imposed on us, we ought so to endure them as still to preserve the consciousness of our liberty. We ought to know and steadfastly to protest that a wrong is being done to that liberty, though we may bear and even glory in that wrong; taking care neither to justify the tyrant nor to murmur against the tyranny. 'Who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? (1 Pet. 3:13.) All things work together for good to the elect of God. Since, however, there are but few who understand the glory of baptism and the happiness of Christian liberty, or who can understand them for the tyranny of the Pope- I for my part will set free my own mind and deliver my conscience, by declaring aloud to the Pope and all papists, that, unless they shall throw aside all their laws and traditions, and restore liberty to the churches of Christ, and cause that liberty to be taught, they are guilty of the death of all the souls which are perishing in this wretched bondage, and that the papacy is in truth nothing else than the kingdom of Babylon and of very Antichrist. For who is the man of sin and the son of perdition, but he who by his teaching and his ordinances increases the sin and perdition of souls in the Church; while he yet sits in the Church as if he were God? All these conditions have now for many ages been fulfilled by the papal tyranny. It has extinguished faith, darkened the sacraments, crushed the gospel; while it has enjoined and multiplied without end its own laws, which are not only wicked and sacrilegious, but also most unlearned and barbarous." (Luther, First Principles, pp. 196, 197 (Schriften, vol. 19. Cols. 70, 71).

    " Neither is that which Matthew hath foretold, in ch. 24, touching that Horrible Abomination (to wit) Antichrist, a less certain Signs to me then [than] the former, namely that under his Kingdome, there should be and prevail, extream blindness, the most pernicious Errors, and the highest wickednesses. All which things do most wretchedly flourish in the kingdom of the Pope, and that in the greatest impudency and tyranny that can be." (The signs of Christ's coming and of the Last Day, the substance of a sermon of Martin Luther, p. 6.)


    " Oh, Christ, my Lord, look down upon us and bring upon us thy day of judgment, and destroy the brood of Satan in Rome. There sits the Man, of whom the Apostle Paul wrote (2 Thess. 2:3,4) that he will oppose and exalt himself above all that is called God,- that Man of Sin, that Son of perdition. What else is papal power but sin and corruption? It leads souls to destruction under thine own name, O Lord! .... I hope the day of judgment is soon to dawn. Things can and will not become worse than they are at this time. The papal see is practicing iniquity to its heights. He suppresses the Law of God and exalts his commandments above the commandments of God." (Dr. Martin Luthers sammtliche Werke (Erlangen edition), vol. 21, p.339.)


PHILIPP MELANCHTHON (1497-1560)  " 18. Since it is certain that the pontiffs and the monks have forbidden marriage, it is most manifest, and true without any doubt, that the Roman Pontiff, with his whole order and kingdom, is very Antichrist." (Translated from Melancthon, Disputationes, No. 56, "De Matrimonio," in Opera (Corpus Reformation), vol. 12, col. 535.)

    "19. Likewise in Thess. II, Paul clearly says that the man of sin will rule in the church exalting himself above the worship of God, etc.
    "20. But it is certain that the popes do rule in the church, and under the title of the church in defending idols.
    "21. Wherefore I affirm that no heresy hath arisen, nor indeed shall be, with which these descriptions of Paul can more truly and certainly accord and agree than with this pontifical kingdom....
    "25. The prophet Daniel also attributes these two things to Antichrist; namely, that he shall place an idol in the temple, and worship [it] with gold and silver; and that he shall not honor women.
    "26 That both of them belong to the Roman Pontiff, who does not clearly see? The idols are clearly the impious masses, the worship of saints, and the statues which are exhibited in gold and silver that they may be worshiped." (Ibid., cols. 535, 536.)

NICOLAUS VON AMSDORF (1483-1565) He [the Antichrist] will be revealed and come to naught before the last day, so that every man shall comprehend and recognize that the pope is the real, true Antichrist and not the vicar of Christ.... Therefore those who consider the pope and his bishops as Christian shepherds and bishops are deeply in error, but even more are those who believe that the Turk is the Antichrist. Because the Turk rules outside the church and does not sit in the holy place, nor does he seek to bear the name of Christ but is an open antagonist of Christ and His church. This does not need to be revealed, but it is clear and evident because he persecutes Christians openly and not as the pope does, secretly under the form of godliness." (Nicolaus von Amsdorf, Funff furnemliche und gewisse Zeichen, sig. A4v.)

    ' This beast we know is the Roman Empire, which carries and supports the red Babylonian whore, which is the Papacy. The mark of the beast is the canons, the decrees and ceremonies of the Pope, and all ecclesiastical traditions concerning food, drink, and dress, singing, reading, and other childish things which have nothing to do with, nor belong to, the kingdom of God, which is true Christianity." (Ibid., sig. D1r.-D2r.)


MATTHIAS FLAGIUS (Vlacich)  (1520-1575)  The sixth and last reason for our separation from the pope and his followers be this: By many writings of our church, by the Divinely Inspired Word, by prophecies concerning the future and by the special characteristics of the papacy, it has been profusely and thoroughly proved that the pope with his prelates and clergy is the real true great Antichrist, that his kingdom is the real Babylon, a never ceasing fountain and a mother of all abominable idolatry.  (Flacius, Etliche Hochwichtige Ursachen und Grunde, warumb das sich alle Christen von dem Antichrist.....absondern sollen.)

ANDREAS MUSCULUS (1514-1581) .........And today we see and hear how the precious word has taken its course straight towards midnight and how it shall reach further and further till it comes to the very last hamlet of this world.....[On Matt. 24.9-they shall deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you] Whereas this was first fulfilled under the persecution of emperors..... Now since 800 years the pope of Rome from the beginning of his Antichristian kingdom has started to slay, to kill, and to destroy. Many a learned man, many pious Christians who have comprehended this abomination, protested against it, and refused to worship the Bride of Babylon, were put to death by him and exterminated.
(Translated from Andreas Musculus, Vom tungsten Tage.)

HULDREICH (ULRICH) ZWINGLI (1484-1531)  .......Not because they do any injustice to the Papacy, for I know that in it works the might and power of the Devil, that is, of the Antichrist. (Huldreich Zwingli, Hauptschriften [Principal Works], vol. 7, p. 135.)

If we would live Christlike, everybody would fall away from Popedom, because they would recognize that nothing else than deceitful pomp stands behind it. [In this spirit] everything undertaken toward its fall will succeed. And I request that we break the might of the Papacy not by the power of hate, but by the power of love to God and to our neighbor. (Ibid., p. 137.)

You are protecting all this disorder, this most wicked profession, this antichristian Papacy, although you see the bright shining light and perceive that all nations rejoice that the wickedness of the harlot, who deceived everybody, has been revealed. (Ibid., p. 199.)

The Papacy has to be abolished or it conceals itself until it suppresses again the gospel. But by no other means can it be more thoroughly routed than by the word of God (2 Thess. 2), because as soon as the world receives this [the word of God] in the right way, it will turn away from the pope without compulsion. (Ibid., p. 205.)

HEINRICH BULLINGER (1504-1575) The scarlet woman of Revelation 17 is "the Romish church" and Rome the seat of the Beast. (Bullinger, A Hundred Sermons upon the Apocalips, preface; see also his Decades, decade 4, sermon 7, pp. 273 ff.)

The Pope is Antichrist because he usurps the keys of Christ and His kingly and priestly authority. (Ibid., sermon 6, p. 44.)

WILLIAM TYNDALE (1484-1536)  And [they] have set up that great idol, the whore of Babylon, antichrist of Rome, whom they call pope; and have conspired against all commonwealths, and have made them a several kingdom, wherein it is lawful, unpunished, to work all abomination. (Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man, in Works, vol. 1, p. 191.)

The apostles were clear-eyed, and espied antichrist at once, and put him to flight, and weeded out his doctrine quickly. But when charity waxed cold, and the preachers began to seek themselves, and to admit glory and honour of riches, then antichrist disguised himself after the fashion of a true apostle, and preached Christ wilily, bringing in now this tradition, and now that, to darken the doctrine of Christ; and set up innumerable ceremonies, and sacraments, and imagery, giving them significations at the first; but at the last, the significations laid apart, preached the work as an holy deed, to justify and put away sin, and to save the soul, that men should put their trust in works, and in whatsoever was unto his glory and profit; and under the name of Christ ministered Christ out of all together, and became head of the congregation himself.

The bishop of Rome made a law of his own, to rule his church by, and put Christ's out of the way. All the bishops swear unto the bishop of Rome, and all curates unto the bishops; but all forswear Christ and his doctrine.

But seeing John took a sign of the last day, that he saw antichrist begin, how nigh ought we to think that it is, which, after eight hundred years reigning in prosperity, see it decay again, and his falsehood to be disclosed, and him to be slain with the spirit of the mouth of Christ. (Tyndale, The Exposition of the First Epistle of St. John, in Works, vol. 2, pp. 179, 180.)

Now though the bishops of Rome and his sects give Christ these names, yet in that they rob him of the effect, and take the significations of his names unto themselves, and make of him but an hypocrite, as they themselves be, they be the right antichrists, and deny both the Father and Son. (Ibid., p. 183.)

NICHOLAS RIDLEY (1500-1555)  Yea, what fellowship hath Christ with Antichrist? Therefore is it not lawful to bear the yoke with papists. ' Come forth from among them, and separate yourselves from them, saith the Lord'.
("Conferences...Between Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer," in Ridley, Works, p. 124.)

I acknowledge in no point that usurped supremacy of Rome, and therefore contemn and utterly despise all authority coming from him. (Ibid., p. 258.)

The head, under Satan, of all mischief is Antichrist and his brood; and the same is he which is the Babylonical beast, The beast is he whereupon the whore sitteth. The whore is that city, saith John in plain words, which hath empire over the kings of the earth. This whore hath a golden cup of abominations in her hand, whereof she maketh to drink the kings of the earth, and of the wine of this harlot all nations hath drunk; yea, and kings of the earth have lain by this whore; and merchants of the earth, by virtue of her pleasant merchandise, have been made rich.

Now what city is there in the whole world, that when John wrote, ruled over the kings of the earth; or what city can be read of in any time, that of the city itself challenged the empire over the kings of the earth, but only the city of Rome, and that since the usurpation of that See hath grown to her full strength? And is it not read, that old and ancient writers understood Peter's former Epistle to be written at Rome, and it to be called of him in the same Epistle, in plain terms, Babylon! BY the abominations thereof, I understand all the whole trade of the Romish religion, under the name and title of Christ, which is contrary to the only rule of all true religion, that is God's word. (Ibid., p. 258)

The see is the seat of Satan; and the bishop of the same, that maintained the abominations thereof, is antichrist himself indeed. And for the same causes this see at this day is the same which St. John calleth is his Revelation Babylon, or the whore of Babylon, and spiritually Sodoma and Egyptus, the mother of fornications and of the abominations upon the earth. ("Letters of Bishop Ridley," letter 32, in Works, p. 415.)

This whore of Babylon and the beast whereupon she doth sit maintained at this day with all violence of fire and sword, with spoil and banishment (according to Daniel's prophecy), and finally with all falsehood, deceit, hypocrisy, and all kind of ungodliness - are as clean contrary to God's word as darkness is unto light, or light to darkness, white to black, or black to white, or as Belial unto Christ, or Christ unto antichrist himself. (Ibid., pp. 415, 416.)

The whore of Babylon may well for a time dally with you, and make you so drunk with the wine of her filthy stews and whoredom (as with her dispensations and promises of pardon a poena et culpa), that for drunkenness and blindness ye may think yourself safe. But be ye assured,... the living Lord shall try the matter by the fire, and judge it according to his word....For he that is partner with them in their whoredom and abominations, must also be partner with them of their plagues, and on the latter day shall be thrown with them into the lake burning with brimstone and unquenchable fire. Thus fare ye well, my lords all. I pray God give you understanding of his blessed will and pleasure, and make you to believe and embrace the truth. Amen. (Ibid., p. 418.)


JOHN PHILPOT (1516-1555)  St John in the Apocalypse telleth us plainly, that none of those who are written in the book of life do receive the mark of the beast, which is, of the papistical synagogue, either in their foreheads or else in their hands, that is, apparently or obediently....Finally, in the 18th of the Apocalypse, God biddeth us plainly to depart from this Babylonical synagogue, and not to be partakers of her trespass. St Paul to the Thessalonians commandeth us, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to 'withdraw ourselves from every brother that walketh inordinately, and not according to the institution which he hath received of him.'

Ponder therefore well, good brethren and sisters, these scriptures, which be written for your erudition and reformation; whereof one iota is not written in vain; which be utterly against all counterfeit collusion to be used of us with the papists in their fantastical religion. (Philpot, Examinations and Writings, letter1, p. 222.)

JOHN BRADFORD (1510-1555)  Ah, wretches then that we be, if we will defile either part with the rose-coloured whore of Babylon's filthy mass-abomination! It had been better for us never to have been washed, than so to wallow ourselves in the filthy puddle of popery: it had been better never to have known the truth, than thus to betray it. Surely, surely, let such men fear, that their 'latter end be not worse than the beginning.' (John Bradford in Writings [vol. 1] {Sermons, Meditations, Examinations}, vol. 1, p. 390.)

Wherefore I now am condemned and shall be burned as an heretic. For, because I will not grant the antichrist of Rome to be Christ's vicar-general and supreme head of his church here and every where upon earth, by God's ordinance. (Ibid., pp. 441,442.)

This bearer hath told me, that your desire is to have something sent to you concerning the usurped authority of the supremacy of the bishop of Rome, which is undoubtedly that great Antichrist, of whom the apostles do so much admonish us;.........(Ibid., p. 142.)

JOHN HOOPER (1495-1555)  Because God hath given this light unto my countrymen, which be all persuaded, (or else God send them to be persuaded!) that the bishop of Rome nor none other is Christ's vicar upon the earth; it is no need to use any long or copious oration: it is so plain that it needeth no probation; the very properties of antichrist, I mean of Christ's great and prinipal enemy, is so openly known to all men, that are not blinded with the smoke of Rome, that they know him to be the beast that John describeth in the Apocalypse. (Hooper, A Declaration of Christ and His Office, chap. 3, in Works, vol. 1[Early Writings], p. 24)

As the pope, under the title and pretence of God's ministry, hath gotten himself not only a bishopric, but also the whole monarchy, in manner, of all Europe; a richer kingdom than any prince of the world; which never ceased from his beginning to move christian princes to most cruel and bloody war, under the cloak and mantle of God's name. What means and craft hath he found to maintain this whorish and antichrist[ian] seat of abomination; idols, peregrinations, masses, dispensations, absolutions, defensions of all things abominable; tyrannies against virtue, establishments of his own laws, abrogations of God's laws, emptying of heaven, and filling of hell, blessing of things exterior, oil, bell, bread, water, with other that be not cursed, and cursing of the souls that Christ redeemed with his precious blood; with a thousand more such abominations, under the name and pretence of God and his holy church, the which neither the patriarchs, neither the prophets, Christ, neither his apostles, never knew of, as both the testaments doth bear record. (Hooper, A Declaration of the Ten Commandments, chap. 6, in Works, vol.1, p. 325)

Of that wicked and pestilent see and chair of Rome, which is indeed the very whore of Babylon that St John describeth in the Revelation of Jesus Christ, sitting upon a seven headed beast, which St John himself interpreted to be seven hills, and the children in the grammar-school do know that Rome is called civitas septem montium, the city of seven hills. (Hooper, An Apology Against the Untrue and Slanderous Reports, in Works, vol. 2, p. 554.)

THOMAS CRANMER (1489-1556)  And as for the pope, I refuse him as Christ's enemy and antichrist, with all his false doctrines. (Cranmer, Works, vol.2, appendix, p. 566.)

I know in what office God hath placed me, and to what purpose; that is to say, to set forth his word truly unto his people, to the uttermost of my power, without respect of person, or regard of thing in the world, but of him alone. I know what account I shall make to him hereof at the last day, when every man shall answer for his vocation, and receive for the same good or ill, according as he hath done. I know how antichrist hath obscured the glory of God, and the true knowledge of his word, overcastting the same with mists and clouds of error and ignorance through false glosses and interpretations. It pitieth me to see the simple and hungry flock of Christ led into corrupt pastures, to be carried blindfold they know not wither, and to be fed with poison in the stead of wholesome meats. And moved by the duty, office, and place, whereunto it hath pleased God to call me, I give warning in his name unto all that profess Christ, that they flee far from Babylon, if they will save their souls, and to beware of that great harlot, that is to say, the pestiferous see of Rome, that she make you not drunk with her pleasant wine. (Cranmer, Works, vol. 1, pp. 6,7.)

After all these sprung up the pope, that tripled crown monster, and great antichrist, which took upon him authority, not only over the clergy, but also climbed above kings and emperors, deposing them at his pleasure, and settled himself in the temple of God, that is, in the consciences of men, extolling himself above God, dispensing with good laws, and giving men leave to break them, and to regard more his decrees than the everlasting commandments of God. (Ibid., vol. 2, p. 15.)

And in the seventeenth chapter he lively setteth forth the pope in his own colours, under the person of the whore of Babylon being drunken with the blood of saints; pointing, as it were with his finger, who this whore of Babylon is, and the place where she shall reign, saying: 'The woman which thou sawest is that great city which reigneth over the kings of the earth.' Now what other city reigned at that time, or at any time since, over the christian kings of the earth, but only Rome? Whereof it followed Rome to be the seat of antichrist, and the pope to be very antichrist himself. I could prove the same by many other scriptures, old writers, and strong reasons. (Ibid., pp. 62, 63.)

Not content herewithal, more insolent than Lucifer, [the Pope] hath occupied not only the highest place in this world above kings and princes, but hath further presumed to sit in the seat of Almighty God.  Which only he reserved to himself, which is the conscience of man; and to keep the possession thereof, he hath promised forgiveness of sins totiens quotiens.

"He hath brought in gods of his own framing, and invented a new religion, full of gain and lucre, quite contrary to the doctrine of the holy scripture, only for the maintaining of his kingdom, displacing Christ from his glory, and holding his people in a miserable servitude of blindness, to the loss of a great number of souls, which God at the latter day shall exact at his hand: boasting many times in his canons and decrees, that he can dispense contra Petrum, contra Paulum, contra vetus et novum Testamentum; and that he, plenitudine potestatis, tantum potest quantum Deus; that is, 'Against Paul, against the old and new Testament; and of the fulness of power may do as much as God.'  O Lord, who ever heard such blasphemy?  If there be any man that can advance himself above him, let him be judged antichrist.

This enemy of God and of our redemption is so evidently painted out in the scriptures, by such manifest signs and tokens, which all so clearly appear in him, that, except a man will shut up his eyes and heart against the light, he cannot but know him: and therefore, for my part, I will never give my consent to the receiving of him into this church of England, and you, my lord, and the rest that sit here in commission, consider well and examine your own  consciences: you have sworn against him: you are learned, and can judge of the truth.  I pray God you be not willfully blind.  As for me, I have herein discharged mine own conscience toward the world, and I will write also my mind to her grace (Queen Nary), touching this matter." (Ibid., pp. 222, 223. The forthright letter written to Queen Mary in that same month, September, 1555, appears on pp. 447-554.)

John Bale (1495-1563)  The great antichrist of Europe is the king of faces, the prince of hypocrisy, the man of sin, the father of errors, and the master of lies, the Romish pope. He is the head of the said pale horse, whose body are his patriarchs, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, fat prebends, doctors, priests, abbots, priors, monks, canons, friars, nuns, pardoners, and proctors, with all the sects and shorn swarm of perdition, and with all those that consent with them in the Romish faith, obeying their wicked laws, decrees, bulls, privileges, decrials, rules, traditions, titles, pomps, degrees, blessings, counsels, and constitutions, contrary to God's truth. The wickedness of these hath so darkened the blind world, that scarce was left one sparkle of the verity of the christian faith. Nowhere can men dwell to greater loss of their souls' health, than under their abominations. (Bale, The Image of Both Churches, in Select Works, pp. 325,326.)

By the monstrous, ugly, and most odious beast rising out of the sea, with seven heads and ten horns, is meant the universal or whole Antichrist, comprehending in him all the wickedness, fury, falsehood, forwardness, deciet, lies, crafts, sleights, subtilties, hypocrisy, tyranny, mischiefs, pride, and all other devilishness, of all his malicious members which have been since the beginning.......

No abomination nor mystery of iniquity, as Paul calleth it, was ever found in these kingdoms, but now reigneth manifold in the detestable papacy or monstrous kingdom of antichrist, as all the world may see. (Ibid., pp.420,423.)

With this stinking strumpet have the mighty potentates of the universal earth, the emperors, kings, princes, and other notable governors, committed most shameful whoredom in the spirit by many strange worshippings, agreeing among themselves to her wickedly decreed laws and customs. Too long should we stand here in this place, if we should describe them all severally in their colours at large as they be.

Through the crafty legerdemain of the priests on the one side, and the cruel constitution of princes on the other side, the dwellers of the earth or worldly-minded multitude are drunken with the wine of her fornication spiritual, or practiced worshippings besides the prescript rules of God's word.....

And I saw (saith St John) in mystery a woman (for a whore at the first blush seemeth only a woman) sitting upon a rose-colored beast. This beast is the great antichrist that was spoken of afore, or the beastly body of the devil, comprehending in him popes, patriarchs, cardinals, legates, bishops, doctors, abbots, priors, priests, and pardoners, monks, canons, friars, nuns, and so forth; temporal governors also, as emporers, kings, princes, dukes, earls, lords, justices, deputies, judges, lawyers, mayors, bailiffs, constables, and so forth, learning their own duties-offices as to minister rightly, to serve their abominations. (Ibid., pp. 494-496.)

Edwin Sandys (1519-1588)  He that sitteth in the temple of God, and termeth himself Christ's vicar, doth in like sort offer unto the people bread, water, wine, milk, pardon of sins, grace, mercy, and eternal life; but not freely: he is a merchant, he giveth nothing, and that is nothing which he selleth. For although he make large promises to the buyer, he selleth that which he hath not to deliver. 'Eternal life is the gift of God.' The pope therefore selleth but wind and smoke for fire, shadows for truths: he deceiveth the buyers with false slights, false measures, false weights. Beware of this merchant, lose not your labour, cast not away your money: it is not meat but poison which he offereth you. His physic cannot heal your diseases; his holy water cannot wash away the spots of a sullied and defiled soul, as he untruly would bear you in hand; his blasphemous masses do not appease, but provoke God's wrath; they cannot benefit the quick, much less the dead, which either need no help, or are past all help; his rotten relics cannot comfort you; his blind, dumb, and worm-eaten idols can do you no good. It is cast away which is spent upon his shameless pardons; they will not prevail-God will not admit them: by his Latin service ye cannot be edified, or made wiser. Yet this trumpery they sell for money, and upon this trash they cause silly men to waste their substance, and to these to commit their souls. Thus you see a manifest difference between Christ and antichrist. (Edwin Sandys, The Sermons of Edwin Sandys, pp. 11,12.)

Christ is obscured by that great enemy antichrist, 'the man of sin,' who hath set himself in Christ's peculiar place, and will be 'exalted above all that is called God.' To make any other mediator between God and man, saving only Christ Jesus which is not only man, but also God; to seek elsewhere remission of sins, justification, redemption, sanctification, or salvation, that only in this Jesus, and in him crucified, doth darken and make dim both him and his merits. And of the treason the Romish antichristian church, which they term catholic, is found guilty. For the children of this harlot labour by all means to obscure the Son of God, to rob him of the glory of his deserts in our salvation. (Ibid., pp. 358,359.)

We do utterly abandon this usurped and proud authority: we have happily forsaken that synagogue of Satan.

This is our apostasy. We have forsaken him that hath forsaken God, and whom God hath forsaken: we have left that man of sin, that rose-colored harlot with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, that triple-crowned beast, that double-sworded tyrant, that thief and murderer, who hath robbed so many souls of salvation, and sucked so much innocent blood of christian martyrs, that adversary unto Christ, that pretensed vicar, who hath displaced the person, not only taking upon him Christ's room and office, but also boasting himself as if he were a god, and being content of his parasites so to be called. This wicked man of sin is at length revealed by the sincere preaching of the gospel. Daniel in his prophecies, Paul in his epistles, and John in his revelations, have most lively described and pointed hin forth even as it were with the finger. Yea, through his pride and ambition, his usurping authority and worldly rule, his tyrrany and persecuting of Christ in his members, he hath sufficiently revealed and detected himself, if none had done it for him. (Ibid., p. 389.)

William Fulke (1538-1589) The see being found, it is easy to find the person by S. Paul's description; and this note especially, that excludeth the heathen tryants, 'He shall sit in the temple of God:' which when we see to be fulfilled in the Pope, although none of the eldest fathers could see it, because it was performed after their death, we nothing doubt to say and affirm still, that the Pope is that 'Man of sin,' and 'Son of perdition,' the adversary that lifteth up himself 'above all that is called God;' and shall be destroyed 'by the spirit of the Lord's mouth, and by the glory of His coming. (William Fulke, A Discovery of the Dangerous Rock of the Popish Church, in Works, vol.2 p. 373.)

And concerning the usurped power of the bishop of Rome, which he most wrongfully challengeth, as the successor of Christ and Peter, we may easily perceive how false, feigned, and forged it is, not only in that it hath no sufficient ground in holy Scripture, but also by the fruits and doctrine thereof. For our Saviour Christ and St. Peter teach, most earnestly and agreeably, obedience to kings, as to the chief and supreme rulers in this world next under God; but the bishop of Rome teaches, that they that are under him are free from all burdens and charges of the commonwealth and obedience towards their prince, most clearly against Christ's doctrine and St. Peter's. He ought therefore rather to be called Antichrist and the successor of the Scribes abd Pharisees, than Christ's vicar or St. Peter's successor. ("An Exhortation Concerning Good Order and Obedience To Rulers and Magistrates" [Third Part]. In Certain Sermons or Homilies Appointed To Be Read in Churches in the Time of Queen Elizabeth [1890 ed.], pp. 119, 120: see also Wylie, op. cit., vol. 3. P. 436.)

Jean (John) Calvin (1509-1564)  I deny that see to be Apostolical, wherein nought is seen but a shocking apostasy-I deny him to be the vicar of Christ, who, in furiously persecuting the gospel, demonstrates by his conduct that he is Antichrist-I deny him to be the successor of Peter, who is doing his utmost to demolish every edifice that Peter built-and I deny him to be the head of the Church, who by his tyranny lacerates and dismembers the Church, after disserving her from Christ, her true and only head. (Calvin, Tracts, vol. 1, pp. 219, 220; see also Guiness, Romanism, p. 236.)

Daniel and Paul had predicted that Antichrist would sit in the temple of God. The head of that cursed and abominable kingdom, in the Western Church, we affirm to be the Pope. When his seat is placed in the temple of God, it suggests, that his kingdom will be such, that he will not abolish the name of Christ or the Church. Hence it appears , that we by no means deny that churches may exist, even under his tyranny; but he has profaned them by sacrilegious impiety, afflicted them by cruel despotism, corrupted and almost terminated their existence by false and pernicious doctrines; like poisonous potions, in such churches, Christ lies half buried, the gospel is suppressed, piety exterminated, and the worship of God almost abolished; in a word, they are altogether in such a state of confusion, that they exhibit a picture of Babylon, rather than the holy city of God. (Calvin, Institutes, vol. 2, pp. 314,315. The English translation of 1561, fol. 15v, gives the same thought, only in the quaint but often more ivivd phrasing of the time.)

Some persons think us too severe and censorious when we call the Roman pontiff Antichrist. But those who are of this opinion do not consider that they bring the same charge of presumption upon Paul himself, after whom we speak and whose language we adopt. And lest anyone should object, that we improperly pervert to the Roman pontiff those words of Paul, which belong to a different subject, I shall briefly show that they are not capable of any other interpretation than that which applies them to the Papacy. Paul says that Antichrist 'sitteth in the temple of God.' In another place, also, the Holy Spirit, describing his image in the person of Antiochus, declares that his kingdom will consist in 'speaking great words,' or blasphemies, 'against the Most High.' Hence we conclude that it is rather a tyrrany over the souls of men, than over their bodies, which is erected in opposition to the spiritual kingdom of Christ. And in the next place, that this tyrrany is one which does not abolish the name of Christ or of his Church, but rather abuses the authority of Christ, and conceals itself under the character of the Church, as under a mask. Now, though all the heresies and schisms which have existed from the beginning belong to the kingdom os Antichrist, yet when Paul predicts an approaching apostasy, he signifies by this description that that seat of abomination shall then be erected when a universal defection shall have seized the church, notwithstanding many members dispersed in different places, persevere in the unity of the faith. But when he adds, that even in his days 'the mystery of iniquity' did 'already work' in secret, what it was afterwards to effect in a more public manner, he gives us to understand that this calamity was neither to be introduced by one man, nor to terminate with one man. Now, when he designates Antichrist by this character,-that he would rob God of His honor in order to assume it to himself,-this is the principal indication which we ought to follow in our inquiries after Antichrist, especially where such pride proceeds to a public desolation of the church. As it si evident therefore that the Roman pontiff has impudently transferred to himself some of the peculiar and exclusive prerogatives of God and Christ, it cannot be doubted that he is the captain and leader of this impious and abominable kingdom. (Ibid., vol. 2, pp. 410,411 [in 1561 ed., fol. 45v].)

JOHN KNOX (1505-1572)  First, then, not only are all the impious traditions and ceremonies of the papists taken away, but also that tyranny which the pope himself has for so many ages exercised over the church, is altogether abolished; and it is provided that all persons shall in the future acknowledge him to be the very antichrist, and son of perdition, of whom Paul speaks.

The mass is abolished, as being an accursed abomination and a diabolical profanation of the Lord's supper; and it is forbidden to all persons in the whole kingdom of Scotland either to celebrate or hear it. (The Zurich Letters [1st series], 1558-1579, p. 199.)

As for your Romane Church, as it is now corrupted, and the Authority thereof, wherein stands the hope of your Victory, I no more doubt but that it is the Synagogue of Sathan; and the head thereof, called the Pope, to be that man of Sin of whom the Apostle speaketh, then that I doubt that Jesus Christ suffered by the procurement of the visible Church of Jerusalem. Yea, I offer myself by word or writing, to prove the Romane Church this day farther to degenerate from the purity which was in the dayes of the Apostles, then was the Church of the Jewes from the ordinance given by Moses, when they consented to the innocent death of Jesus Christ. These words were spoken in the open audience of the Parish Church of Saint Andrews, after the said Dean John had spoken what it pleased him, and had refused to dispute. (Knox, The Historie of the Reformatioun of Religioun Within the Realm of Scotland, book 1, pp. 75, 76.)

As far as I am concerned I am absolutely convinced, that whatever is done in the Roman church is contradictory to Christ's blessed rule, and is nothng else than a lethal poison; and whosoever drinks of it drinks death and damnation to himself.......

The malice of your bishops is only to evident, their impure lives contaminate the very air; the innocent blood they shed cries to God for vengeance; the idolatry and abominations they with impunity commit perverts and defiles the whole country. And none amongst you has the courage to do away with these villainies. Will not God consider you guilty? Do not decieve yourselves, dear bretheren. Do not sleep in your sins, for vengeance is near to all the disobedient. Flee from Babel, if you do not want to partake in her destruction. (Translated from Brandes, op. cit., p. 494.)

JOHN NAPIER  (NEPER)  (1550-1617)  In the former proposition was described the holie Spouse of Christ, here is to bee described the filthie whoore of Sathan, there that Ladie, who is adorned with the Sunne, Starres, and heavenlie virtues: here that Adultresse, who glories in golde, silver, precious stones, and worllie pleasures: there shee, who is persecuted by the Dragon, here she unto whome the Dragon doeth give authoritie: There she, who is chaced into the wilderness, and hath no lodge to hide her in; here she who impireth above all people, and is the Metropolitane citie of the world. And finallie, seeing in al things this Whoore, or whoorish Babylon, is contrarious to Christes holie Spouse, lette us, and all Christians trie her out, as our detestable and deadlie enemie, and see what Babylon she is. We say then, that this Babylon, is not that reall Babylon of Chaldee, but Rome, for these reasons. First, for that this Babylon is called mysterium Babylon, that is to say, mysticall or figurative Babylon: Therefore, it is not Babylon it self in Chaldee. (John Napier, A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of Saint Iohn., p. 34. This first reason was supported by a series of supplemental arguments.)

For firste (saieth the text) the Woman that sate upon this Beast, is the great Citie, that sitteth over the Kings of the earth: So the chiefe seate and citie of the Latine or Romane Empire, is that great citie Rome, that had Empire overe all the kingdomes of the earth. Secondly, saith Daniel, there shal foure chief kingdomes arise upon the earth, under the figure of foure beastes: Whereof (by plaine interpretation hee saith) the fourth beast that had these ten horns, is the fourth kingdome of the earth: And so it is, that the firste greate kingdome or Monarchie being the Babylonians: The seconde, of the Medes and Persians: The thirde, of the Graecians. The fourth and laste, is certainlie the Monarchie of the Latines or Romanes:and therefore, that fourth beaste which both there in Daniel, & here in Iohns Revelation, hath ten horns, must necessarily be the Romane or Latine Empire. (Ibid., pp. 36,37; and introductory table.)

Cotton Mather (1663-1728) (Congregational Theologian) 
"The oracles of God foretold the rising of an Antichrist in the Christian Church: and in the Pope of Rome, all the characteristics of that Antichrist are so marvelously answered that if any who read the Scriptures do not see it, there is a marvelous blindness upon them." 
Taken from The Fall of Babylon by Cotton Mather in Froom's book, The Prophetic Faith of Our Fathers, Vol. 3, pg. 113.

John Wesley (1703-1791) (Methodist) 
Speaking of the Papacy he said, "He is in an emphatical sense, the Man of Sin, as he increases all manner of sin above measure. And he is, too, properly styled the Son of Perdition, as he has caused the death of numberless multitudes, both of his opposers and followers... He it is...that exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped...claiming the highest power, and highest honour...claiming the prerogatives which belong to God alone." 
Taken from Antichrist and His Ten Kingdoms by John Wesley, pg. 110.



SECOND SCOTCH CONFESSION OF FAITH  In special, we detest and refuse the usurped authoritie of that Romane Antichrist upon the scriptures of God, upon the Kirk, the civill Magistrate, and consciences of men. (Philip Schaff, Creeds, vol. 3, p. 481.)

The statement from the Westminster Confession of Faith of the Church of England, which was later used by the Presbyterians, is significant:
There is no other head of the church but the Lord Jesus Christ, nor can the pope of Rome in any sense be head thereof, but is that antichrist, that man of sin and son of perdition that exalteth himself in the church against Christ and all that is called God. (The Westminster Confession of Faith, Section 6, chapter 25)

Irish Articles of Faith (adopted in 1615): "The Bishop of Rome...be that 'man of sin', foretold in the holy Scriptures."

Westminster Confession of Faith: "The Pope of Rome...is that man of sin and son of perdition, that exalteth himself in the church against Christ."

Savoy Declaration: "The Pope of Rome...is that Antichrist, that man of sin and son of perdition."

Baptist Confession 1688: "The Pope of Rome...is no other than Antichrist, that man of sin and son of perdition."

The Waldensian treatise titled the Noble Lesson, dated 1100 A.D., stated: "Antichrist, the predicted murderer of the Saints, hath already appeared in his true character, seated monarchally in the seven-hilled city." In 1120 or 1160 A.D., A Treatise Concerning Antichrist identified the Pope of Rome as the Antichrist. George Faber identifies this as a production of Peter the Valdo (Faber, pp. 379-384).

In 1206, the Albigenses made the following confession: "That the Church of Rome was not the spouse of Christ, but the Church of confusion, drunk with the blood of the martyrs. That the polity of the Church of Rome was neither good nor holy, nor established by Jesus Christ" (Peter Allix, The Ecclesiastical History of the Ancient Churches of the Albigenses, 1821 edition, first published in 1692, p. 178).

Not quite sure what Amo's latest reply had to do with anything either.

: piecrust  Sat Jun 01, 2019 - 21:38:45
Not quite sure what Amo's latest reply had to do with anything either.

No big surprise in that. You wanted to know what being Protestant had to do with not believing biblical prophecy was only in relation to pagan Rome. So I supplied you with the testimony of primarily Protestant Reformers identifying the Pope as the anti-christ of biblical prophecy, or the head of the system of anti-christ. What do you think Protestants protested? They protested the abuses of the Church of Rome upon humanity, and identified her as BABYLON THE GREAT, and or the system of anti-christ. Nor are her abuses only of the Reformation era or less distant past, as her policies and practices to date continue to bring untold woe and suffering upon humanity. During her hay day of power various estimates place her victims at 50 to 125 million over about a 1200 year period. Since then, she being continuously and hopelessly entangled in the politics of this world, her hand has been in many of the wars, if not directly responsible for several of them. She has supported abusive Kings, Queens, and Dictators repeatedly throughout history. She has been, is, and will always continue to be the enemy of freedom and liberty, and the friend of big abusive government. This is not to mention the homosexuality, and abuse of women and children perpetrated by her in large numbers all throughout her history due primarily to her demand of celibacy among all priests and monks. The child abuse cases are all over the world presently, and the Church has been caught covering it up repeatedly.

In the last couple of decades her emphasis has been upon the globalist agenda and has recently called for a global government and economic system again, to enforce her global vision. If she is not BABYLON THE GREAT, or a system of anti-christ, it is certainly not because she has not been involved in, and is trying to bring about exactly what scripture states concerning the same. No other entity fits the details as she does. So be it.

https://www.charismanews.com/world/76267-did-pope-francis-just-call-for-a-one-world-government

Did Pope Francis Just Call for a One-World Government?

Pope Francis is pushing for steps toward global authority that supersedes the rights of individual countries, all with the goal of pursuing "the common good" on issues like climate change and immigration.

"When a supranational common good is clearly identified, it is necessary to have a special authority legally and concordantly constituted capable of facilitating its implementation. We think of the great contemporary challenges of climate change, new forms of slavery and peace," he told members of the Pontifical Academy.

They met last week at the Vatican to discuss the topic of: "Nation, State, Nation-State."

While addressing the conference, Francis rebuked the trend of nationalism among individual countries and the many tensions that "come from an excessive demand for sovereignty on the part of states."

However, the pope defended patriotism as a good thing. But he warned it can become perverted when "it involves the exclusion and hatred of others when it becomes a conflictual nationalism that builds walls, indeed even racism or anti-Semitism," according to Breitbart.com.

Francis also implied national sovereignty becomes twisted when countries do not have a welcoming attitude toward migrants.

"The church observes with concern the reemergence, in many parts of the world, of currents that are aggressive towards foreigners, especially immigrants, as well as a growing nationalism that neglects the common good," he told the conference.

This, in turn, "threatens to jeopardize consolidated forms of international cooperation, undermines the aims of international organizations as a space for dialogue and meeting for all countries in a spirit of mutual respect, and hinders the attainment of the sustainable development goals approved unanimously by the United Nations," the pope said.

International organizations are filled with unelected elitist politicians who bypass the will of the people of the various nations and the leaders they voted into office to represent their concerns. They have been forcing mass migration down the throats of the citizens of many nations without their consent or approval at all. They have also been redistributing the wealth, jobs, natural resources, and power structures of these nations as well according to their own elitist self appointed globalist agenda. They are the minions of BABYLON THE GREAT, in facilitating the final global beast of biblical prophecy which the Church of Rome herself rides to dominion over the same.

Rev 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. 6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. 7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. 9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, 10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, 13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. 14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. 15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! 17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, 18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! 19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. 22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; 23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

: Amo  Sun Jun 02, 2019 - 08:43:12
No big surprise in that. You wanted to know what being Protestant had to do with not believing biblical prophecy was only in relation to pagan Rome. 

Seems that you can only get salvation if you are a protestant, Amo.  You are interested in the Reformers, you don't really seem all that interested in Jesus Christ.

No I'm not  Catholic, I am "just" a Christian.  I trust in Him.

: piecrust  Sun Jun 02, 2019 - 21:34:36
Seems that you can only get salvation if you are a protestant, Amo.  You are interested in the Reformers, you don't really seem all that interested in Jesus Christ.

No I'm not  Catholic, I am "just" a Christian.  I trust in Him.

Yes, of course piecrust, cause you know me so well.

Continued from reply #116

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III. LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY

32. The earth's resources are also being plundered because of short-sighted approaches to the economy, commerce and production. The loss of forests and woodlands entails the loss of species which may constitute extremely important resources in the future, not only for food but also for curing disease and other uses. Different species contain genes which could be key resources in years ahead for meeting human needs and regulating environmental problems.

33. It is not enough, however, to think of different species merely as potential "resources" to be exploited, while overlooking the fact that they have value in themselves. Each year sees the disappearance of thousands of plant and animal species which we will never know, which our children will never see, because they have been lost for ever. The great majority become extinct for reasons related to human activity. Because of us, thousands of species will no longer give glory to God by their very existence, nor convey their message to us. We have no such right.

34. It may well disturb us to learn of the extinction of mammals or birds, since they are more visible. But the good functioning of ecosystems also requires fungi, algae, worms, insects, reptiles and an innumerable variety of microorganisms. Some less numerous species, although generally unseen, nonetheless play a critical role in maintaining the equilibrium of a particular place. Human beings must intervene when a geosystem reaches a critical state. But nowadays, such intervention in nature has become more and more frequent. As a consequence, serious problems arise, leading to further interventions; human activity becomes ubiquitous, with all the risks which this entails. Often a vicious circle results, as human intervention to resolve a problem further aggravates the situation. For example, many birds and insects which disappear due to synthetic agrotoxins are helpful for agriculture: their disappearance will have to be compensated for by yet other techniques which may well prove harmful. We must be grateful for the praiseworthy efforts being made by scientists and engineers dedicated to finding solutions to man-made problems. But a sober look at our world shows that the degree of human intervention, often in the service of business interests and consumerism, is actually making our earth less rich and beautiful, ever more limited and grey, even as technological advances and consumer goods continue to abound limitlessly. We seem to think that we can substitute an irreplaceable and irretrievable beauty with something which we have created ourselves.

35. In assessing the environmental impact of any project, concern is usually shown for its effects on soil, water and air, yet few careful studies are made of its impact on biodiversity, as if the loss of species or animals and plant groups were of little importance. Highways, new plantations, the fencing-off of certain areas, the damming of water sources, and similar developments, crowd out natural habitats and, at times, break them up in such a way that animal populations can no longer migrate or roam freely. As a result, some species face extinction. Alternatives exist which at least lessen the impact of these projects, like the creation of biological corridors, but few countries demonstrate such concern and foresight. Frequently, when certain species are exploited commercially, little attention is paid to studying their reproductive patterns in order to prevent their depletion and the consequent imbalance of the ecosystem.

36. Caring for ecosystems demands far-sightedness, since no one looking for quick and easy profit is truly interested in their preservation. But the cost of the damage caused by such selfish lack of concern is much greater than the economic benefits to be obtained. Where certain species are destroyed or seriously harmed, the values involved are incalculable. We can be silent witnesses to terrible injustices if we think that we can obtain significant benefits by making the rest of humanity, present and future, pay the extremely high costs of environmental deterioration.

37. Some countries have made significant progress in establishing sanctuaries on land and in the oceans where any human intervention is prohibited which might modify their features or alter their original structures. In the protection of biodiversity, specialists insist on the need for particular attention to be shown to areas richer both in the number of species and in endemic, rare or less protected species. Certain places need greater protection because of their immense importance for the global ecosystem, or because they represent important water reserves and thus safeguard other forms of life.

38. Let us mention, for example, those richly biodiverse lungs of our planet which are the Amazon and the Congo basins, or the great aquifers and glaciers. We know how important these are for the entire earth and for the future of humanity. The ecosystems of tropical forests possess an enormously complex biodiversity which is almost impossible to appreciate fully, yet when these forests are burned down or levelled for purposes of cultivation, within the space of a few years countless species are lost and the areas frequently become arid wastelands. A delicate balance has to be maintained when speaking about these places, for we cannot overlook the huge global economic interests which, under the guise of protecting them, can undermine the sovereignty of individual nations. In fact, there are "proposals to internationalize the Amazon, which only serve the economic interests of transnational corporations".[24] We cannot fail to praise the commitment of international agencies and civil society organizations which draw public attention to these issues and offer critical cooperation, employing legitimate means of pressure, to ensure that each government carries out its proper and inalienable responsibility to preserve its country's environment and natural resources, without capitulating to spurious local or international interests.

39. The replacement of virgin forest with plantations of trees, usually monocultures, is rarely adequately analyzed. Yet this can seriously compromise a biodiversity which the new species being introduced does not accommodate. Similarly, wetlands converted into cultivated land lose the enormous biodiversity which they formerly hosted. In some coastal areas the disappearance of ecosystems sustained by mangrove swamps is a source of serious concern.

40. Oceans not only contain the bulk of our planet's water supply, but also most of the immense variety of living creatures, many of them still unknown to us and threatened for various reasons. What is more, marine life in rivers, lakes, seas and oceans, which feeds a great part of the world's population, is affected by uncontrolled fishing, leading to a drastic depletion of certain species. Selective forms of fishing which discard much of what they collect continue unabated. Particularly threatened are marine organisms which we tend to overlook, like some forms of plankton; they represent a significant element in the ocean food chain, and species used for our food ultimately depend on them.

41. In tropical and subtropical seas, we find coral reefs comparable to the great forests on dry land, for they shelter approximately a million species, including fish, crabs, molluscs, sponges and algae. Many of the world's coral reefs are already barren or in a state of constant decline. "Who turned the wonderworld of the seas into underwater cemeteries bereft of colour and life?"[25] This phenomenon is due largely to pollution which reaches the sea as the result of deforestation, agricultural monocultures, industrial waste and destructive fishing methods, especially those using cyanide and dynamite. It is aggravated by the rise in temperature of the oceans. All of this helps us to see that every intervention in nature can have consequences which are not immediately evident, and that certain ways of exploiting resources prove costly in terms of degradation which ultimately reaches the ocean bed itself.

42. Greater investment needs to be made in research aimed at understanding more fully the functioning of ecosystems and adequately analyzing the different variables associated with any significant modification of the environment. Because all creatures are connected, each must be cherished with love and respect, for all of us as living creatures are dependent on one another. Each area is responsible for the care of this family. This will require undertaking a careful inventory of the species which it hosts, with a view to developing programmes and strategies of protection with particular care for safeguarding species heading towards extinction.

2 Pe 3:1This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: 2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: 3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

It certainly can and should be agreed upon by all professed Christians, that care for this earth and the creatures upon it is in fact a Christian duty, as good stewards of this earth created for us by God. Just how and why such should be approached and or implemented however, is another matter altogether. Needless to say, good government will be necessary to effecting the same. So, what kind of governing should be applied to this universal problem of preservation and maintenance of the globe?

This world is filled with those of very different religious and even non religious faiths. Self preservation and sustenance should be and likely is common ground to all. Therefore, as the Church of Rome is so apt to point out or continuously refer to, a common good should be sought concerning the same. Is a global government and economy the answer to this dilemma? While the Church of Rome is quick to point out that certain governments and or corporations interested in self centered short term profits or benefits are necessarily therefore also shortsighted, would a global government of unelected officials be any better? Or would such great power being put into the hands of such fewer people disconnected from so many of the masses they would be effecting, only inflate the same problems on a much wider scale to the benefit of a select few?

Unfortunately, history has already answered this question many times over.  More power in the hands of fewer people has almost universally resulted in abuse throughout the history of this world. This is true concerning the Church of Rome itself, the author of this very document calling for the same. This is far though from the only problem concerning her perspectives and suggested courses of action in relation to the topic at hand. Which perspectives are not only at variance with other contending political ideologies, philosophies, or disciplines, but with many a Christian as well.

Many Christians believe the word of God above the prevailing scientific theories of the day. The Church of Rome though has embraced evolution and human effected if not straight up controlled climate change. The former casts serious doubt upon the global flood account which evolutionists cannot allow for while maintaining their theory. Even though the Church of Rome claims the Apostle Peter as their first Pope, they apparently take the testimony of evolutionists over his own regarding the flood. The latter places humanity in control of God's creation. While many understand that humanity is certainly capable of destroying God's creation, they also know without question that they cannot save that which God Himself has said He will destroy. Nor will He allow humanity to do what He has made it clear, He will do.

So then, while bible believing Christians agree with good stewardship in all things including the care of our planet, such is not part simple self preservation and or therefore subject to fear mongering politics built upon the same. Nor are they apt to sacrifice personal or national liberties obtained and maintained by representative government for the people and by the people, to all intrusive global government by self appointed unelected unrepresentative elitists. Such who have in the past and are presently employing fear mongering political tactics exactly to exalt themselves to the position of elitist lords over us all. While the Church of Rome covers herself with the cloak of "Christianity" her political designs have always in the past and now in the present support elitism and servility over personal responsibility and therefore equality.

Therefore did the Church of Rome fight tooth and nail to preserve Feudalism in the past. Ever entwined in illicit relations with the kings, queens, and nobility of the same, as they abused their subordinates. Therefore also has she supported the likes of Hitler, Mussolini, and other dictators or abusive governments if they would only enter into an illicit relationship with her. Therefore did she use the United States to help her topple Communism as a world power ruling over many once historically Catholic nations. Therefore does she now even praise and side with communists and socialists against Capitalism and the United States in order to topple us as a world power, that her power within may yet become greater. Therefore does she now not only side with but rather leads the globalists toward their all consuming goal which is the same as hers, world domination. Therefore was this document written, as another rally cry for her minions around the world.

Her fear mongering politics and practices will not save this world. All of this world who will be saved must come out of Babylon and into the fold of Jesus Christ the only Lord and Savior of humanity. She is not leading the world to salvation, but rather its ruin. God destroyed the world once before because "every imagination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually." After that destruction He once again intervened to split humanity apart and divide them to help prevent the same condition from coming about to soon the second time at the Tower of Babel. Now BABYLON THE GREAT seeks the unity of all humanity under her banner unto the same end. This God will eventually allow right before our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ returns to deliver His own, as biblical prophecy predicts. Come out of Babylon, come out of this world, and enter the fold of Christ Jesus. The unity of this world is false and rebellion against God.

13. In addition to its important link with the entirety of the Church's social doctrine, Populorum Progressio is closely connected to the overall magisterium of Paul VI, especially his social magisterium. His was certainly a social teaching of great importance: he underlined the indispensable importance of the Gospel for building a society according to freedom and justice, in the ideal and historical perspective of a civilization animated by love. Paul VI clearly understood that the social question had become worldwide [25] and he grasped the interconnection between the impetus towards the unification of humanity and the Christian ideal of a single family of peoples in solidarity and fraternity. In the notion of development, understood in human and Christian terms, he identified the heart of the Christian social message, and he proposed Christian charity as the principal force at the service of development. (ENCYCLICAL LETTER CARITAS IN VERITATE OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF BENEDICT XVI TO THE BISHOPS PRIESTS AND DEACONS MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS THE LAY FAITHFUL AND ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL ON INTEGRAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN CHARITY AND TRUTH)

Rev 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

: Amo  Sat Jun 08, 2019 - 15:09:32
Yes, of course piecrust, cause you know me so well.

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Continued from reply #123

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Excerpts from - ENCYCLICAL LETTER
LAUDATO SI'
OF THE HOLY FATHER
FRANCIS
ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME(All emphasis is mine, my comments in blue)

IV. DECLINE IN THE QUALITY OF HUMAN LIFE AND THE BREAKDOWN OF SOCIETY

43. Human beings too are creatures of this world, enjoying a right to life and happiness, and endowed with unique dignity. So we cannot fail to consider the effects on people's lives of environmental deterioration, current models of development and the throwaway culture.

44. Nowadays, for example, we are conscious of the disproportionate and unruly growth of many cities, which have become unhealthy to live in, not only because of pollution caused by toxic emissions but also as a result of urban chaos, poor transportation, and visual pollution and noise. Many cities are huge, inefficient structures, excessively wasteful of energy and water. Neighbourhoods, even those recently built, are congested, chaotic and lacking in sufficient green space. We were not meant to be inundated by cement, asphalt, glass and metal, and deprived of physical contact with nature.

45. In some places, rural and urban alike, the privatization of certain spaces has restricted people's access to places of particular beauty. In others, "ecological" neighbourhoods have been created which are closed to outsiders in order to ensure an artificial tranquillity. Frequently, we find beautiful and carefully manicured green spaces in so-called "safer" areas of cities, but not in the more hidden areas where the disposable of society live.

46. The social dimensions of global change include the effects of technological innovations on employment, social exclusion, an inequitable distribution and consumption of energy and other services, social breakdown, increased violence and a rise in new forms of social aggression, drug trafficking, growing drug use by young people, and the loss of identity. These are signs that the growth of the past two centuries has not always led to an integral development and an improvement in the quality of life. Some of these signs are also symptomatic of real social decline, the silent rupture of the bonds of integration and social cohesion.

47. Furthermore, when media and the digital world become omnipresent, their influence can stop people from learning how to live wisely, to think deeply and to love generously. In this context, the great sages of the past run the risk of going unheard amid the noise and distractions of an information overload. Efforts need to be made to help these media become sources of new cultural progress for humanity and not a threat to our deepest riches. True wisdom, as the fruit of self-examination, dialogue and generous encounter between persons, is not acquired by a mere accumulation of data which eventually leads to overload and confusion, a sort of mental pollution. Real relationships with others, with all the challenges they entail, now tend to be replaced by a type of internet communication which enables us to choose or eliminate relationships at whim, thus giving rise to a new type of contrived emotion which has more to do with devices and displays than with other people and with nature. Today's media do enable us to communicate and to share our knowledge and affections. Yet at times they also shield us from direct contact with the pain, the fears and the joys of others and the complexity of their personal experiences. For this reason, we should be concerned that, alongside the exciting possibilities offered by these media, a deep and melancholic dissatisfaction with interpersonal relations, or a harmful sense of isolation, can also arise.

If Rome wants to look one of the major contributors to all of the above in the face, she can look in a mirror. Her policies of the past have drained virtually all nations she has become predominant within, always ending in a two class society, the clergy and laity, and the elites and peasants. Both of the latter completely dependent upon the former. Her present lefty progressive political aspirations and relations are conducive to the same. The increased decline in quality of life, and societal breakdown are in direct correlation to her ever rising political power and influence the world over.

She is presently in bed with various elites of the world, pushing mass migration, wealth, natural resources, and job redistribution. Increasing the financial burdens of successful self governed peoples and nations through mass migration, while also redistributing their wealth, natural resources, and jobs to less productive more elitist societies or governments. This without changing their failing systems which will therefore require indefinite support from the once successful nations which are now in a downward spiral due to the same. The eventual result of which will be a global two class society of elites and peasants. The society she has always favored and fostered.

All of these efforts themselves transforming once self governed peoples and nations into peasant dependent societies as well, as she manipulates their politicians and politics to bypass the will and power of the people in subjugation to her own judgment and policies. Thus does anti-christ go about preaching love and good will in the name of Christ as his whore of a church destroys freedom, liberty, and prosperity for all but herself and her lovers.

March 26, 1851

A proper similitude to describe our holy Father

And to see how our holy father came up, mark the ensample of the ivy tree: first it springeth out of the earth, and then awhile creepeth along by the ground till it find a great tree. Then it joineth itself beneath alow unto the body of the tree, and creepeth up a little and a little, fair and softly. And at the beginning, while it is yet thin and small, that the burden is not perceived, it seemeth glorious to garnish the tree in winter, and to bear off the tempests of the weather. But in the mean season it thrusteth roots into the bark of the tree, to hold fast withal; and ceaseth not to climb up, till it be at the top and above all. And then it sendeth his branches along by the branches of the tree, and overgroweth all, and waxeth great, heavy, and thick; and sucketh the moisture so sore out of the tree and his branches, that it choaketh and stifleth them. And then the foul stinking ivy waxeth mighty in the stump of the tree, and becometh a seat and a nest for all unclean birds, and for blind owls, which hawk in the dark, and dare not come at the light.

Even so the bishop of Rome, now called the pope, at the beginning crope along the earth; and every man trod upon him in this world. But as soon as there came a christian emperor, he joined himself unto his feet and kissed them, and crope up a little with begging now this privilege, now that; now this city, now that; to find poor people withal, and the necessary ministers of God's word. And he entitled the emperor with choosing the popes and other bishops; and promoted in the spiritualty, not whom virtue and learning, but whom the favor of great men commended; to flatter, to get friends, and defenders withal. And the alms of the congregation which was the food and the patrimony of the poor and necessary preachers, that he called St Peter's patrimony, St Peter's rent, St Peter's lands, St Peter's right; to cast a vain fear and a heathenish superstitiousness into the hearts of men, that no man should dare meddle with whatsoever came once into their hands for fear of St Peter, though they ministered it never so evil; and that they which should think it none alms to give them any more (because they had to much already) should yet give St Peter somewhat, (as Nabuchodonesser gave his god Beel) to purchase an advocate and an intercessor of St Peter, and that St Peter should at the first knock let them in. And thus, with flattering and feigning, and vain superstition, under the name of St Peter, he crept up and fastened his roots in the heart of the emperor, and with his sword clamb up above all his fellow bishops, and brought them under his feet. And as he subdued them with the emperors sword, even so by subtilty and help of them (after that they were sworn faithful) he clamb above the emperor, and subdued him also, and made him stoop unto his feet and kiss them another while. Yea, pope Caelestinus crowned the emperor Henry the fifth, holding the crown between his feet: and when he had put the crown on, he smote it off with his feet again, saying, that he had might to make emperors and to put them down again.

And he made a constitution, that no layman should meddle with their matters, nor be in their councils, or whit what they did; and that the pope only should call the council, and the emperor should but defend the pope; provided alway that the council should be in one of the pope's towns, and where the pope's power was greater than the emperor's. Then, under the pretence of condemning some heresy, he called a general council, where he made one patriarch, another cardinal, another legate, another primate, another archbishop, another bishop, another dean, another arch dean, and so forth, as we now see.

And as the pope played with the emperor, so did his branches and his members, the bishops, play in every kingdom, dukedom, and lordship; insomuch that the very hiers of them by whom they came up, hold now their lands of them, and take them for their chief lords. And as the emperor is sworn to the pope, even so every king is sworn to the bishops and prelates of his realm: and they are the chiefest in all parliaments; yea, they and their money, and they that be sworn to them, and come up by them, rule altogether.

And thus the pope, the father of all hypocrites, hath with falsehood and guile perverted the order of the world, and turned the roots of the trees upward, and hath put down the kingdom of Christ, and set up the kingdom of the devil, whose vicar he is; and hath put down the ministers of Christ, and hath set up the ministers of Satan, disguised yet in names and garments like unto the angels of light and ministers of righteousness. For Christ's kingdom is not of the world (John XVIII); and the popes kingdom is all the world.

And Christ is neither judge nor divider in this world (Luke XII): but the pope judgeth and divideth all the world, and taketh the empire and all kingdoms, and giveth them to whom he lusteth.

Christ saith, "Blessed are the poor in spirit:" so that the first step into the kingdom is humbleness, or humility; that thou canst find in thine heart to do service unto all men, and to suffer that all men tread thee.

The pope saith, 'Blessed be the proud and high minded, that can climb and subdue all under them, and maintain their right, and such as will suffer no man:' so that he which was yesterday taken from the dunghill and promoted this day by his prince, shall to-morrow, for the pope's pleasure, curse him, and excommunicate him, and interdict his realm.

Christ saith, "Blessed by the meek," or soft, that be harmless as doves.

The pope blesseth them that can set all the world together by the ears, and fight, and slay manfully for his sake, that he may come hot from blood-shedding to a bishoprick; as our cardinal did, and as St Thomas of Canterbury did, which was made bishop in the field, in complete harness on his horseback, and his spear bloody in his hand.

Christ hath neither holes for foxes, nor nests for birds, nor yet whereon to lay his head, nor promised aught in this world unto his disciples, nor took any to his disciple but him that had forsaken all. The ivy-tree, the pope, hath under his roots throughout all Christendom, in every village, holes for foxes, and nests for unclean birds in all his branches, and promiseth unto his disciples all the promotions of the world.

The nearer unto Christ a man cometh, the lower he must descend, and the poorer he must wax. But the nearer unto the pope ye come, the higher ye must climb, and the more riches ye must gather, whencesoever ye can get them, to pay for your bulls, and to purchase a glorious name, and license to wear a mitre, and a cross, and a pall, and goodly ornaments.

This same process described above is and has been going on again in this world for quite some time now, that is ever since the papacy fell from power in 1798 till the present as it has been busy reestablishing the same. Politics, politicians, and forms of government may have changed since the papacies first establishment, but her process of regaining her lost power is much the same as that described by William Tyndale above. As the papacy destroyed him, and all other truly biblical Christians when she had the power to do so, so she will again in the future when she regains all that she had lost with the help of her confederates. This process is not only well under way, but we are living during the final stages of the papacies resurrection as the woman riding yet another beast power, the final global one. The beast that was, and is not, is about to be again. The beast that received a mortal wound to the head, is almost completely healed.

 

Continued from reply #125

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Entire Encyclical quoted and commented upon below may be viewed at link above.

Excerpts from - ENCYCLICAL LETTER
LAUDATO SI'
OF THE HOLY FATHER
FRANCIS
ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME (All emphasis is mine, my comments in blue)

V. GLOBAL INEQUALITY
48. The human environment and the natural environment deteriorate together; we cannot adequately combat environmental degradation unless we attend to causes related to human and social degradation. In fact, the deterioration of the environment and of society affects the most vulnerable people on the planet: "Both everyday experience and scientific research show that the gravest effects of all attacks on the environment are suffered by the poorest".[26] For example, the depletion of fishing reserves especially hurts small fishing communities without the means to replace those resources; water pollution particularly affects the poor who cannot buy bottled water; and rises in the sea level mainly affect impoverished coastal populations who have nowhere else to go. The impact of present imbalances is also seen in the premature death of many of the poor, in conflicts sparked by the shortage of resources, and in any number of other problems which are insufficiently represented on global agendas.[27]

49. It needs to be said that, generally speaking, there is little in the way of clear awareness of problems which especially affect the excluded. Yet they are the majority of the planet's population, billions of people. These days, they are mentioned in international political and economic discussions, but one often has the impression that their problems are brought up as an afterthought, a question which gets added almost out of duty or in a tangential way, if not treated merely as collateral damage. Indeed, when all is said and done, they frequently remain at the bottom of the pile. This is due partly to the fact that many professionals, opinion makers, communications media and centres of power, being located in affluent urban areas, are far removed from the poor, with little direct contact with their problems. They live and reason from the comfortable position of a high level of development and a quality of life well beyond the reach of the majority of the world's population. This lack of physical contact and encounter, encouraged at times by the disintegration of our cities, can lead to a numbing of conscience and to tendentious analyses which neglect parts of reality. At times this attitude exists side by side with a "green" rhetoric. Today, however, we have to realize that a true ecological approach always becomes a social approach; it must integrate questions of justice in debates on the environment, so as to hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor.

50. Instead of resolving the problems of the poor and thinking of how the world can be different, some can only propose a reduction in the birth rate. At times, developing countries face forms of international pressure which make economic assistance contingent on certain policies of "reproductive health". Yet "while it is true that an unequal distribution of the population and of available resources creates obstacles to development and a sustainable use of the environment, it must nonetheless be recognized that demographic growth is fully compatible with an integral and shared development".[28] To blame population growth instead of extreme and selective consumerism on the part of some, is one way of refusing to face the issues. It is an attempt to legitimize the present model of distribution, where a minority believes that it has the right to consume in a way which can never be universalized, since the planet could not even contain the waste products of such consumption. Besides, we know that approximately a third of all food produced is discarded, and "whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of the poor".[29] Still, attention needs to be paid to imbalances in population density, on both national and global levels, since a rise in consumption would lead to complex regional situations, as a result of the interplay between problems linked to environmental pollution, transport, waste treatment, loss of resources and quality of life.

Population growth must certainly be considered where there is already not enough food, jobs, or natural resources to go around. Or, where governing bodies are either to corrupt or incompetent to provide such for their people.  Parents who already cannot feed their children, shouldn't have more children. While such irresponsible actions and or behavior certainly can be offset with integral shared development including wealth redistribution from more responsible and or successful governments and peoples, enabling failed governments and peoples through the same will only spread such conditions, not cure them. Nor is it the right of the Pope or any other self appointed elitist unelected globalist official to lord themsleves over any peoples and nations in redistributing their wealth without their consent. Fix what is broken, don't break everything trying to sustain what is broken.

The message of this document is plain and simple, Popery wants control of all wealth, natural resources, industry, government, and peoples to distribute them as she wishes. Her minions are already implementing the same wherever and whenever possible through politicians following her globalist dominion lead. She is not just telling the world what she wants in this present document, she is telling us what she has been and is busy implementing right now. Therefore do we see the redistribution of peoples, wealth, natural resources, and governmental powers going on all over the world. Mass migration is a key factor in all of this. Her politicians have been facilitating the redistribution of the wealth of this nation for quite some time now by moving our jobs and companies over seas or creating conditions which make it more profitable for them to do so, straight up giving countless billions to other countries who even hate us, implementing the welfare state, calling for open borders and facilitating mass migration regardless, and taking billions of dollars of tax payers money from us herself, just to mention a few methods she has been implementing in draining the life blood out of our nation. All her policies enrich herself and the elites she is always in bed with, while ruining nations and subjugating the peoples of the same to her and her elitist lovers.

Mk 14:6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. 7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. 8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. 9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

Jesus Christ, King of kings and Lord of lords, said the poor will always be with us. He said we may do them good whenever we wish. In other places He admonished all to do them good. He never though, even hinted at forcing all to do them good through government enforced redistribution of wealth. No doubt the King of kings and Lord of lords, had good reasons for not suggesting any such thing.

I can think of one good reason. Many are poor because of individual poor decisions and or practice. Drugs and alcohol come to mind as among the more extreme examples of such. There are many other less extreme causes of individual poverty though, the remedy of which lies with the decisions and or practice of said individual, not charity from others around them. To continually give such individuals charity without facilitating a change in their poverty producing decision making or actions, is simply to enable their poor decisions, actions, and poverty. They will continue to be a constant drain upon those providing the charity. As is obvious, if the number of those needing charity continually increases, while those not needing it are forced to supply that ever increasing need, eventually all will need charity and there will be none to supply it.

This same scenario can be and is played out on national levels as well. Failing systems of government which are continually needing to be bailed out by successful systems of government, will eventually drag the latter down if they are forced to provide for such without facilitating the change necessary in said failing government to prevent poverty producing leadership. This is not even to address the issue of taking the prophets of successful peoples and nations and redistributing them with or without the consent of said people.

This nation has been in a downward spiral of ever increasing debt for decades now. In many places we have failing infrastructure. The level of poverty and homelessness in the cities of many states is reaching third world proportions. While we are falling apart within, our wealth based upon trillions of dollars of debt apparently, continues to be redistributed by Rome and her lefty progressive minions. At the same time Rome and her minions continue to facilitate illegal immigration of millions of poverty stricken from other failing nations who need all kinds of help. How long do they think this can go on? Are they not purposely pushing unsustainable wealth draining policies upon us in order to collapse the present system, that they might implement their own at such a time? Whether the system collapses as is or not, their mission will and is being accomplished. They are already dismantling the system that was and replacing with their own through their political minions within. If the system crashes they are ready to replace it, if not, then they successfully changed it into their own from within.

So be it. Let the system of anti-christ and BABYLON THE GREAT,  spread poverty and destruction around the world while proclaiming to be angels of light. Come Lord Jesus.

2 Co 11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

The Lord Jesus Christ never commissioned His own to politically bring about global equality. He commissioned them to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ unto salvation. They are to prepare a people to meet their God face to face, not bring about global equality on this planet of sin and deception which God has declared He will destroy. Nor is Rome's vision really about global equality accept among the peasants of the two class society she fully supports and ever seeks to establish. She and her elitist government allies will be far above the rest of us, controlling every aspect of our lives. The Dark Ages all over again on a global scale.

The Catholic politicians of our land who submit to and seek to establish Roman Catholic social doctrine and teaching within the same, and the lefty progressive minions who go along with them, want to tare down the borders of these United States of America. This according to the globalist mindset of Rome and her minions, allowing for countless citizens of the predominantly Catholic failing nations to our south, to enter into our nation and reap what benefits remain of our once productive and successful nation. They bring their failed political ideologies with them. Thus does Rome intend to destroy this once productive and successful nation built upon Protestant and biblical principles of freedom and liberty. A nation once blessed by personally responsible and productive peoples inspired by the superior morality promulgated in the Holy scriptures.

A deadly threefold union between resurrected political Popery, Secular Humanism and or Atheism, and Apostate Protestantism mingling with the same, is dragging this nation down rapidly. Biblical principles of morality and the freedoms and prosperity this nation once proved go along with the same, are disappearing right before our eyes. The blessings this world and nation once received by the enlightenment of Holy scripture facilitated by the Protestant Reformation, are on the way out. The dark ages facilitated by the removal of the Holy scriptures from the people by BABYLON THE GREAT, is on the way back in on a global scale. It is Babylon and the three unclean spirits of the book of Revelation that gather together the kings of the earth in rebellion against and the battle of Armageddon. So be it. Rise again Babylon, and ride your global beast, it will be the last beast you ever ride.


Rev 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. 16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.  

Rev 17:1And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. 7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. 12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. 13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. 14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. 15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. 17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

https://www.7continentslist.com/vatican-city-the-smallest-country-by-land-and-population.php

Vatican City, the Smallest Country by Land and Population

Whether you are a student of geography or not, peeping deeper into the strange secrets of the world and its geopolitical divisions must always be of some interest to you as is the case with others living in this global village. The purpose of writing this article is to add to your knowledge about a sovereign state in the world, which is considered to be the smallest with regards to its population as well as land area Vatican City. This landlocked country shares its borders, from all sides, with the city of Rome in Italy, which in turn is a unitary parliamentary republic in Southern Europe. Run by the absolute monarchy type of government, the area of this sovereign state is extremely small, measuring even less than half a square kilometer (0.44 square kilometer). If you want to acquaint yourself with some of the very strange Vatican City facts, just go through the following list of facts and figures:

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Rev 18:1And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/07/25/jesuit-magazine-makes-catholic-case-for-communism/

Jesuit Magazine Makes 'Catholic Case for Communism'

The Jesuit flagship publication in the United States, America magazine, has published an article defending Marxism and comparing the murderous, atheist ideology to Christianity.

In "The Catholic Case for Communism," America writer Dean Dettloff says that the militant atheism of Marxist politics is "understandable" because "Christianity has so often been a force allied to the ruling powers that exploit the poor."

As a number of prospective presidential candidates from the Democrat party are openly donning the mantle of socialism, America took the issue one step further, suggesting that the negative reaction to "Bernie Sanders's inspiring 2016 primary bid and the electoral success of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib" represents a "revival of socialist hysteria."

Dettloff showcases Marxist priests "like Herbert McCabe, O.P., Ernesto and Fernando Cardenal, S.J., Frei Betto, O.P., Camilo Torres" who "have been inspired by communists and in many places contributed to communist and communist-influenced movements as members," as if the corruption of Catholic clergy were grounds for supporting Marxism.

"Many of my friends in the Party for Socialism and Liberation, for example, a Marxist-Leninist party, are churchgoing Christians or folks without a grudge against their Christian upbringing," Dettloff declares, "as are lots of people in the radical wing of the Democratic Socialists of America."

The writer then describes Christianity as just another ideological "faction" alongside other factions, such as communism.

"The history of communism, whatever else it might be, will always contain a history of Christianity, and vice versa, whether members of either faction like it or not," he proposes.

Citing Marxist arguments, Dettloff makes the bizarre claim that the ownership of private property necessarily leads to slavery, since property owners come to see other people as just another form of property to be owned.

Capitalism emerged through "the privatization of what was once public, like shared land," Dettloff declares, paraphrasing Marx. "As time went on, human beings themselves would become the private property of other human beings."

Communists, on the other hand, are loving people concerned above all for the good of the poor, even if they have occasionally strayed from their pure roots, he suggests.

"Communism has provided one of the few sustainable oppositions to capitalism, a global political order responsible for the ongoing suffering of millions," Dettloff states.

"Communism in its socio-political expression has at times caused great human and ecological suffering," Dettloff concedes, but any "good communist is quick to admit as much," he adds, because "communism is an unfinished project that depends on the recognition of its real and tragic mistakes."

Mr. Dettloff evidently believes that over 100 million deaths in the 20th century can be reduced to "great human and ecological suffering" caused by the Marxist ideology being an "unfinished project."

One would be tempted to suggest that if Marxism were a "finished" project, the deaths would be many times greater.

Dettloff goes so far as to parallel Marx's The Communist Manifesto to Catholic teaching on the nature of private property.

Although the Catholic Church "officially" teaches that private property is a natural right, Dettloff writes, "this teaching also comes with the proviso that private property is always subordinate to the common good."

In what has been called the "Magna Carta" of Catholic social thought, Pope Leo XIII wrote something a trifle different in his 1891 encyclical letter Rerum Novarum.

The socialists, Leo wrote, "working on the poor man's envy of the rich, are striving to do away with private property, and contend that individual possessions should become the common property of all, to be administered by the State or by municipal bodies."

Their proposals are, however, "emphatically unjust," Leo wrote, "for they would rob the lawful possessor, distort the functions of the State, and create utter confusion in the community."

"Socialists, therefore, by endeavoring to transfer the possessions of individuals to the community at large, strike at the interests of every wage-earner, since they would deprive him of the liberty of disposing of his wages, and thereby of all hope and possibility of increasing his resources and of bettering his condition in life," Leo wrote.

The remedy to injustice proposed by the socialists is "manifestly against justice," he continued, since "every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own."

The Jesuits' decision to publish a radical article of this sort suggests that they believe public opinion is warming toward communism. America's editors have floated a weather balloon to see how Americans react to communism 2.0.

In so doing, the Jesuits have likely overplayed their hand. Even in the age of Francis, too many people remember that communism has been one of the most destructive and murderous ideologies in the history of humanity. A century of unspeakable terror, tortures, and massacres is difficult to forget.

Roman politics are of course extremely flexible, and can be and are adjusted as necessary toward their final goal, world domination.

https://cruxnow.com/news-analysis/2019/07/21/pope-francis-may-just-hit-it-off-with-new-eu-leader/

All emphasis in quoted article below from link above is mine.

Pope Francis may just hit it off with new EU leader

ROME - For sure, German politician Ursula von der Leyen isn't exactly taking office as the first female leader of the European Union under the best of circumstances.

To tick off just a few less-than-auspicious realities, the UK is about to name a prime minister determined to exit the EU even without a formal agreement, the new European parliament contains a record share of Euro-skeptics, and her six-year tenure as Germany's defense minister is under a cloud due to allegations of improperly awarding bids to outside contractors.

Moreover, von der Leyen only won the job last Tuesday by nine votes out of 733 cast, in part because of objections over how she became a contender in the first place.

In advance of the 2019 race, European politicians of all stripes vowed their next leader would be one of the Spitzenkandidaten, meaning the candidate declared publicly by each of the major parties. Instead, von der Leyen is a classic product of a backroom deal. A protégé of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and never among the declared candidates for the job, her selection was a product of a deal worked out behind closed doors between Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron and then endorsed by their allies in the European parliament.

Nigel Farage, the hardline anti-EU British politician who led his Brexit party to a first-place finish in the UK's European elections in May, sniffed on twitter after Tuesday's vote that von der Leyen has "power but no legitimacy."

Granted, Farage has ideological reasons for being dismissive, but few people seem to regard the result as meaning much. Here's how "Time" summed it up, under the heading of "One Thing to Say about It at a Dinner Party":

"Ursula von der Leyen is more of the same. That's not what a waning Europe actually needs right now... but it's what it can get. She's not going to move Europe forward, but she won't let it fall apart, either."

Yet however she got there, von der Leyen is now the closest thing Europe has to a commander-in-chief. A pope, meanwhile, is the closest thing Europe has to a chaplain, so one important question for anyone interested in the future of the Old Continent is whether these two figures can hit it off - and, as it turns out, there's considerable reason to believe the answer is "yes."

Born in Brussels to a European civil servant father, von der Leyen is of German and British-American descent. (On her mother's side, her roots are in South Carolina and her ancestors include several governors of the Carolinas). Her family is traditionally Lutheran, though there's no reason to believe von der Leyen personally is especially religious.

Yet because von der Leyen comes from Germany's Christian Democratic Union, which historically is the successor of the Catholic Centre Party, she's not anti-religious either. When it comes to the issues, there are several reasons to believe she'll see Francis as an ally.

To begin, von der Leyen, like her mentor Merkel, is basically pro-immigrant. As Minister of Labor and Social Affairs in Germany, she supported lowering barriers for foreign workers. In the program she outlined ahead of last Tuesday's vote, she indicated that she supports reforms in the EU's "Dublin rules" requiring refugees and asylum-seekers to make their applications in the country where they arrived, potentially sharing the burden of welcoming new arrivals more equitably.

Her selection, therefore, is a further indication that despite the right-wing populist and nationalist tide coursing through European politics, the Old Continent hasn't completely rejected what Francis likes to call a "culture of welcome."

For another thing, von der Leyen is pro-family. When she was Germany's Minister for Family Affairs in 2007 under Merkel, she pioneered a plan to raise the country's dismally low birth rates by expanding government support for family leave.

Under the plan, the federal government pays mothers or fathers two-thirds of their last net paycheck (up to $2,360) for 12 months as long as they stay at home to take care of the baby. If the other parent takes an additional two months off to care for the child, the government heaps two more months of pay on top. Von der Leyen also pushed for expanded public funding for day care centers for working parents.

Despite opposition from conservatives who objected to the price tag, her initiatives won Catholic support. Joachim Meyer, at the time the president of the Central Committee of German Catholics, said of the backlash: "With that kind of politics Germany does its families no justice, and dramatically endangers its own future."

Certainly for a pope who called two synods of bishops on the family, who's called the family "the foundation of co-existence and a remedy against social fragmentation," such attitudes likely will seem congenial.

Finally, von der Leyen is also pro-environment, committing herself in her programmatic speech to making Europe carbon-neutral by 2050 and to creating a European investment bank to fund sustainable "green" projects across the continent. For the pope of Laudato si', all that has to be music to the ears.

For bonus points, Francis repeatedly has advocated greater empowerment of women, and the fact von der Leyen is the first woman ever to become Europe's leader ought to be something he applauds.

Granted, there may be flash points too. In Germany, for instance, von der Leyen backed adoption rights for gay couples, while Francis has opposed such measures. However, there's no reason to believe such differences are unmanageable.

In von der Leyen, in other words, Francis would seem to have a European leader with whom he can do business. Whether that business eventually will turn a political profit, however, is anyone's guess.

Follow John Allen on Twitter: @JohnLAllenJr

Surprise surprise, Catholic minions put lefty progressive papal puppet in place of outgoing papal puppet Angela Merkel's position as EU leader in backroom closed door politics. The new leader and Merkel both being members of "Germany's Christian Democratic Union, which historically is the successor of the Catholic Centre Party". Now the forced mass immigration upon Europe can continue, and the new papal puppet can continue to force the Pope's globalist climate change politics upon Europeans as well. Behold, what BABYLON THE GREAT, has, can, and does do when her unelected officials and politicians cease control. The will of the people becomes history under Rome's leadership, while she breaks up and destroys their power by dividing, displacing, and bankrupting them through mass migration and the redistribution of their wealth unto her own ends, wealth, and power. Rise BABYLON, and raise your minions along with you, it must be so before the Lord of Glory humbles and destroys you in the sight of all humanity. When those also whom you have deceived will turn on you and contribute to your destruction.

Rev 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. 7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. 12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. 13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. 14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. 15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. 17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

18 :1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. 6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. 7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. 9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, 10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, 13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. 14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. 15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! 17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, 18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! 19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. 21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. 22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; 23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q4pQkNUwlY

Catholic puppet and minion Macron, continues to put globalist papal politics into place. While they are busy trying to disarm citizens of all nations, arming and building up an EU army to help force their globalist agenda upon all is certainly not off the table. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpxAIYrtGLw

Good rebuff of climate change and the politics attached. Rome and her minions methods of subjugation.

Continued from reply #126

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

Entire Encyclical quoted and commented upon below may be viewed at link above.

Excerpts from - ENCYCLICAL LETTER
LAUDATO SI'
OF THE HOLY FATHER
FRANCIS
ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME (All emphasis is mine, my comments in blue)

51. Inequity affects not only individuals but entire countries; it compels us to consider an ethics of international relations. A true "ecological debt" exists, particularly between the global north and south, connected to commercial imbalances with effects on the environment, and the disproportionate use of natural resources by certain countries over long periods of time. The export of raw materials to satisfy markets in the industrialized north has caused harm locally, as for example in mercury pollution in gold mining or sulphur dioxide pollution in copper mining. There is a pressing need to calculate the use of environmental space throughout the world for depositing gas residues which have been accumulating for two centuries and have created a situation which currently affects all the countries of the world. The warming caused by huge consumption on the part of some rich countries has repercussions on the poorest areas of the world, especially Africa, where a rise in temperature, together with drought, has proved devastating for farming. There is also the damage caused by the export of solid waste and toxic liquids to developing countries, and by the pollution produced by companies which operate in less developed countries in ways they could never do at home, in the countries in which they raise their capital: "We note that often the businesses which operate this way are multinationals. They do here what they would never do in developed countries or the so-called first world. Generally, after ceasing their activity and withdrawing, they leave behind great human and environmental liabilities such as unemployment, abandoned towns, the depletion of natural reserves, deforestation, the impoverishment of agriculture and local stock breeding, open pits, riven hills, polluted rivers and a handful of social works which are no longer sustainable".[30]

While the above addresses some negative specifics that certainly should be corrected, it is basically a complaint against governments and peoples which are more successful than their neighbors. As admitted above, those guilty of taking advantage of less developed countries, are practicing things they would not be allowed to practice in their own countries. Why are they not only allowed to do so in these developing countries, but are apparently aided in doing so by the governments of the same? The problem here is not so one sided as presented. Nor does an elitist unelected self proclaimed globalist leader, have a right to pronounce a debt upon all the citizens of successful nations the vast majority of whom have no idea what this or that company from their nation has been doing in other nations. Let alone approved of such.

The solution to this problem is not pronouncing a debt and demanding payment from the people of said nations, but rather going after the people responsible for said abuse. Which would be the companies involved, and the politicians of said developing countries who allowed said companies to abuse their own no doubt, for personal gain. Raise the standard in developing countries to combat this problem, don't throw the debt and cost of fixing it upon the citizens of the nation a particular company comes from, who had no idea and in no way shape or form approved of what that company did. Go after the corrupt politicians and companies perpetrating these abuses, not the citizens of entire nations just for being more successful and productive than their neighbors. Of course it is easier for the papacy to blame entire nations, than the corrupt elitists and politicians she continuously rubs shoulders with.

As usual, the papacies solution to problems is to stifle productivity and progress she does not have control over. This is about power and control, not inequity or equality. If it was truly about inequity or equality then the papacy would be trying to raise standards in the developing nations, not lower them in developed ones. It is about power and control, therefore does she seek to cast a debt upon developed nations. To remove their wealth, freedom of mobility or travel, and just plain progress in general from all but the elites such as herself. In this manner they may be transformed into nations more like the predominantly Catholic ones to our south. While she is encouraging the Catholic politicians of our nation and their lefty minions to bring about her social justice demands, she is also facilitating mass migration of citizens from these same failing nations to our south into our nation to increase our financial crisis and bring us down to her vision of a global two class society. The elites whom she is in bed with, and the peasants whom she pretends to care about but really creates that she may be exalted above the same. Her politics are just like her religion, the success of both creates the clergy and nobility, and the laity and peasantry. All of the latter subservient to the former of course, and dependent upon the same.

This is not to mention the fact that no doubt the Vatican itself has had a great deal to do with establishing international companies for the purpose of redistributing the wealth of developed nations. Without question, the ever increasing number of Catholic politicians inhabiting our government have contributed greatly to producing conditions which made moving jobs to other countries increasingly desirable for the sake of profit. They could pay less in taxes, not be as bogged down with countless laws, rule, and regs, and pay employees less for their services while offering less benefits. If you yourself are a main proponent of, and continually foster and promote wealth redistribution through Catholic and or lefty progressive minions, then you yourself are responsible for the negative results of such endeavors. Man up, take responsibility for your own actions. Stop blaming and trying to get tax paying citizens of successful nations to pay for the wrong doing of corrupt politicians, powerful executives, and elitists of the same, whom you regularly rub shoulders with and influence. No citizens anywhere elected you to politically represent them, or implement your social justice upon all through the manipulation of their elected officials. You are a self appointed unelected usurper, exalting yourself above the will of the people of various nations. Stop intruding upon their political processes with the intention of manipulating their governments, businesses, wealth, natural resources, and very lives according to your own global agenda with or without their consent. There will be hell to pay in the end.

Rev 18:And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. 6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. 7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzCMHL1wElI

The above video addresses the hypocrisy of the green deal pushers, and the reality that it is all about a power grab. The subjugation of the peasants of a two class society they wish to help bring in through the climate agenda. Us peasants will have to give up all, while the elites continue their fossil fueled and other liberties, which they wish to transform into privileges which only they have. Make no mistake about it, this is not as much about saving the planet, as it is about subjugating the masses once again to a privileged elite as in the Dark Ages. So does the Roman church itself a relic of the Dark Ages, fully support all efforts at reestablishing the same.

The Pope, Climate Change, and children.

Pope and Archbishop of Canterbury urge 'drastic measures' on climate change

https://www.edie.net/news/9/Pope--Archbishop-of-Canterbury--urge--drastic-measures--on-climate-change/

Pope Francis declares 'climate emergency' and urges action

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/14/pope-francis-declares-climate-emergency-and-urges-action

Teenage climate activist meets the Pope after scolding EU leaders on climate change

https://kdvr.com/2019/04/27/teenage-climate-activist-meets-the-pope-after-scolding-eu-leaders-on-climate-change/

Preaching to the converted: Swedish teen climate activist gets pope's blessing

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-youth-greta-pope-idUSKCN1RT1B9

Notre Dame president co-signs climate change accords with energy and investor executives at Vatican summit

https://news.nd.edu/news/vatican-and-notre-dame-co-sign-climate-change-accords-with-energy-and-finance-executives/

Pope Francis took the climate crisis to those who can fix it: oil and gas execs

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/392943-pope-francis-took-the-climate-crisis-to-those-that-can-fix-it-oil

The pope is having none of Trump's DACA-ending, climate change-denying nonsense

https://www.dailydot.com/irl/pope-none-daca-ending-climate-change-denying-nonsense/

A Rising Generation Asserts Itself On Climate Change

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/20/761916356/global-youth-climate-strike-expected-to-draw-large-crowds

Pope warns oil bosses of climate threat

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48641799

Protesting Climate Change, Young People Take to Streets in a Global Strike

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/climate/global-climate-strike.html

Climate change: Children are carving out a place in politics, now adults must listen and act

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-climate-children-politics-adults.html

Millions hit the streets for global climate change strike - live updates

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/global-climate-change-strike-protests-today-2019-09-20-live-updates/

Scaring the children on climate is cruel, cynical, and dangerous

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/scaring_the_children_on_climate_is_cruel_cynical_and_dangerous.html

Pope urges politicians to take 'drastic measures' on climate change

https://news.yahoo.com/pope-urges-politicians-drastic-measures-103550652.html

Africa: Pope Francis Launches Trip to Three African Nations Affected By Climate Change

https://allafrica.com/stories/201909050005.html

Students Demand Change In Vast Global Climate Strike

https://www.ibtimes.com/students-demand-change-vast-global-climate-strike-2829706

Pope Francis issues new call for world leaders to act on the climate emergency

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/09/01/pope-francis-issues-new-call-world-leaders-act-climate-emergency

Pope Francis claims climate in state of 'emergency', asks world to 'abandon' fossil fuels

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pope-francis-claims-climate-in-state-of-emergency-asks-world-to-abandon-fossil-fuels

Change life to combat climate crisis, say bishops

https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/12010/change-life-to-combat-climate-crisis-say-bishops

Pope to oil companies: Climate crisis threatens humanity's future, I'm not exaggerating

https://www.romereports.com/en/2019/06/14/pope-to-oil-companies-climate-crisis-threatens-humanitys-future-im-not-exaggerating/

Pope backs carbon pricing to stem global warming and appeals to deniers

https://in.reuters.com/article/oil-vatican-conference-idINKCN1TF1KA

Pope Francesco Bergoglio addresses climate emergency

https://www.eturbonews.com/255445/pope-francesco-bergoglio-addresses-climate-emergency/

Pope Francis Calls For 'Radical Energy Transition' To Stem Global Warming

https://www.eurasiareview.com/17062019-pope-francis-calls-for-radical-energy-transition-to-stem-global-warming/

Pope Francis: Mitigate global warming and spare further injustice to poor

https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2019/06/14/pope-francis-mitigate-global-warming-and-spare-further-injustice-poor

'Doomsday predictions can no longer be met with disdain': Pope Francis calls carbon pricing 'essential'

https://vancouversun.com/news/world/pope-calls-carbon-pricing-essential-and-calls-for-action/wcm/f7ae25d7-d9e2-4e41-b59c-6246c32c9b28

Repent, convert, pray, give up fossil fuels, pope says

https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/09/01/repent-convert-pray-give-up-fossil-fuels-pope-says/

Young People Lead Millions To Protest Global Inaction On Climate Change

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/20/762629200/mass-protests-in-australia-kick-off-global-climate-strike-ahead-of-u-n-summit

Surprise, surprise, the Vatican and lefty progressive Climate Changers use the youth they have indoctrinated in our public school systems to support their political agenda. At least many of these youth are vowing not to have children, and therefore will not pass their brain washed ignorance to another generation. Nevertheless, these children will soon be adults, unless they are educated they will most certainly politically support the Vatican and their lefty progressive minions.

Nolte: Climate 'Experts' Are 0-41 with Their Doomsday Predictions

For more than 50 years Climate Alarmists in the scientific community and environmental movement have not gotten even one prediction correct, but they do have a perfect record of getting 41 predictions wrong...................................

It seems evolutionists and climate alarmists have something in common. They are wrong so very very often, but are so very very confident that they are right all along their wrong marry way. You have no stinking idea how things work. Arrogant sinners learn a little about the environment of the few dimensions God has limited them to, then they deny His testimony regarding them, and create their own false projections of the past and future according to their own puffed up extremely limited and faulty understanding. Placing their faith in "Scientists" so called, who continually prove even themselves wrong over and over again, and yet have undaunted faith in their own speculations and expect and even demand that others do as well.

Joined by a growing number of the false religions of this world who also reject the testimony of God's word, they ever increasingly seek political justification and enforcement of policies based upon their arrogant speculations. Eventually in doing so they will form the final beast of biblical prophecy in defiance of God's word and authority. Which beast power will castigate and eventually persecute all who will not submit to the usurped authority of these arrogant sinners in defiance of the God of heaven and earth. Shortly after which time they will experience the second mass extinction event upon this world, at the second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Having rejected the testimony of God's word concerning the first mass extinction event on earth brought about by His judgment upon arrogant evil sinners, they reproduce the same conditions of fallen human pride and arrogance leading to another final judgment and extinction of created being who reject the authority of their creator and sustainer.

2Pe 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

The Lord is not slack concerning His promises, but desires that all would repent and submit to the truth of His testimony and authority of the same. They will not repent though. They will continue to place faith in their own faulty speculations and understanding over and above God's word, and create their own abusive authority over others accordingly.

Rev 16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. 8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. 9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. 10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, 11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. 12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. 16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

Go to, gather together your armies through fear mongering politics based upon the "Science" of arrogant self deluded fallen humanity in defiance of the plain testimony of God's word. The Devil knows and understands that God's word is sure, therefore he knows global warming is on the way. Therefore has he raised up a final delusion based upon fallen humanities faith in their own selves. Never mind what God's word has said, He is not responsible for the global warming to come, humanity is. Therefore humanity must also save itself from the same through massive government controlling every aspect of human life and conscience. It is all a lie. Humanity has not caused the global warming to come through industry or technology, they have and will cause it by the rejection of the testimony of God's word. Nor can they save themselves from what is to come through political action addressing the lies which they have chosen over and above God's testimony. Faith in that very testimony alone will save anyone, because it is the Word of God alone who can save anyone.

Joh 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not. 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Seek salvation where alone it can be found. Abandon faith in the arrogant claims of fallen humanities "Science", in conjunction with the false religions and political systems of this world. Place your faith in Jesus Christ, the Word of God.

Mat 24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Fallen humanity will not destroy or save this world. God destroyed it once before, and almost all of fallen humanity perished then because they would not accept the salvation God had provided. He has declared that He will destroy it again, and that salvation is in His Son Christ Jesus alone. Do not reject God's testimony through His Son as the world did in the days of Noah. Do not be deceived by those who reject the testimony of God's word concerning this world's first destruction by flood, and now submit to those who claim we are going to destroy this world unless we do what they say. Submit to the sure testimony of God found in the holy scriptures. This world will not be saved from the destruction to come, but all within it who will submit themselves to the Lord Jesus Christ will be saved out of it to inhabit the new heaven and new earth promised in the holy scriptures.

Luk 17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.

Do not listen to the Pope of Rome and his minions, they will not save anyone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7hb1zYqZ-k

Pope Francis And the UN - RE-EDUCATING THE MASSES

Submit to and obey God's Word, not the globalist leader of "Scientists", false religions, and unelected elitist leaders seeking to establish their own authority above all others, including God's.

https://www.breitbart.com/environment/2019/03/05/vatican-urges-religions-to-back-u-n-s-sustainable-development-goals/

Vatican Urges Religions to Back U.N.'s 'Sustainable Development Goals'

Hmmm. Sounds familiar, religion or church and state uniting with global political power to enforce a global agenda. Where have I heard of something like that before?

Continued from reply #131

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

Entire Encyclical quoted and commented upon below may be viewed at link above.

Excerpts from - ENCYCLICAL LETTER
LAUDATO SI'
OF THE HOLY FATHER
FRANCIS
ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME (All emphasis is mine, my comments in blue)

52. The foreign debt of poor countries has become a way of controlling them, yet this is not the case where ecological debt is concerned. In different ways, developing countries, where the most important reserves of the biosphere are found, continue to fuel the development of richer countries at the cost of their own present and future. The land of the southern poor is rich and mostly unpolluted, yet access to ownership of goods and resources for meeting vital needs is inhibited by a system of commercial relations and ownership which is structurally perverse. The developed countries ought to help pay this debt by significantly limiting their consumption of non-renewable energy and by assisting poorer countries to support policies and programmes of sustainable development. The poorest areas and countries are less capable of adopting new models for reducing environmental impact because they lack the wherewithal to develop the necessary processes and to cover their costs. We must continue to be aware that, regarding climate change, there are differentiated responsibilities. As the United States bishops have said, greater attention must be given to "the needs of the poor, the weak and the vulnerable, in a debate often dominated by more powerful interests".[31] We need to strengthen the conviction that we are one single human family. There are no frontiers or barriers, political or social, behind which we can hide, still less is there room for the globalization of indifference.

Yes, debt gives power to the lenders over the borrowers. Increasing debt increases the amount of that power. The United States is 23 trillion dollars in debt. To whom do we owe that money, and what power do they exert over us? How does a nation 23 trillion dollars in debt lend or just straight up give countless billions of dollars every year to various nations and institutions all over the world? Who has told them to do this? Certainly not the citizens. Our own elitist politicians decide to spend us into oblivion. Which elitists the Vatican rubs shoulders with and hops in bed with from all countries of this world. She herself receiving at least tens of billions a year from our government with or without the consent of the people, and countless billions from other nations as well with or without the consent of their people.

She is right in the middle of the money games played by the elitists of this world, always at the expense of people they rob or extort the money from. Much of all such inspired if not straight up directed by her own wealth redistribution mandates for all minions of her "social justice" agenda. Just as she and her minions have been directly involved in the wealth redistribution of this nation from within and without for many a decade now. She and her ever increasing number of minions within our government in cooperation with many from without, are directly responsible for a large portion of the debt our elitist politicians have incurred. The incorporation or implementation of her political and or economic policies do always ruin all interests but her own. To cooperate with Rome is to subjugate one's self to Rome.

Now, after all of the above, she insists Americans subject themsleves to major downgrades in all areas of life, and pay a debt defined and created in her own mind, to poorer nations we have already no doubt been financially aiding for quite some time now also under her guiding redistributive hand. This is her globalist vision. The redistribution of the wealth of prosperous successful nations, to failing unsuccessful nations without corrective change to said nations, in a welfare world. She does not raise humanity to higher standards, she desires to lower all standards on a global scale, and subjugate the resulting mass peasantry and dependency to her and her elitist lovers. In this manner she seeks to reestablish the usurped abusive power she once had and maintained during the dark ages on a global scale today. The present fear mongering political article of agitation and instruction of implementation under examination, being her latest manifesto. Her minions such as AOC are about the business of serving Babylon's wine up in our legislative halls. The number of Catholics within our nation has and continues to grow through mass migrations, legal or not. Their political vision never has been in line with the founders of this nation. As their numbers continually increase, so will our nation continually diverge from that vision into the global vision of BABYLON THE GREAT.

https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/decolonizing-faith-and-society/laborem-exercens-aoc-why-im-catholic-democratic

All emphasis in below article quoted from link above is mine.

From Laborem Exercens to AOC: why I'm a Catholic Democratic Socialist

As we begin Lent, one of the signs of our time is unrelenting attacks on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York), who upset the former Queens Democratic party boss Joe Crowley after he had served 10 terms in Congress.

People of faith who seek to deepen their love of neighbor this Lent, I believe, ought to embrace the vision and practice Ocasio-Cortez represents.

How does a 29-year-old Latina inspire such scorn? Reviewing the long list of smears and insults, it seems like heavy doses of ageism, sexism and racism certainly make up the poisonous mix.

As Newsweek reports, Ocasio-Cortez, also known as AOC, has gained the moniker the "queen of savage comebacks." Full of joy and passion for her constituents and American democracy, AOC deflects critics with an implacable sense of humor and irony.

Stephen Colbert interviewed AOC on his late night show just days after her June 2018 primary victory. Colbert began by admitting that he didn't know her name before she won. Then he asked her how she overcame a 36-point deficit in the polls and win by 15 points, a staggering 51-point shift.

Polling is often wrong, she explains, because it tries to predict who will turn out to vote; she won because her campaign "changed who turns out." She was able to attract youth and other voters who typically do not vote in a midterm election.

At the recent Conservative Political Action Conference, former White House official Sebastian Gorka warned that AOC and the Democrats "want to rebuild your home. They want to take away your hamburgers. That is what Stalin dreamt about but never achieved." GOP chairwoman Ronna McDaniel referred to people "eating dog food to survive. That is the path that Democrats are taking us down."

So it sounds like what really irks powerful politicians, especially the GOP and some conservative Democrats, is Ocasio-Cortez's passionate advocacy for the vision and policies of the Democratic Socialists of America and the new constituency that supports it.There's a staggering irony to the GOP redbaiting when a Republican president met with Russian President Vladimir Putin a second time without any American translator or note-taker.

Although the ridiculous hypocrisy of GOP redbaiting is laughable, the rhetoric reveals a deeper irony of our time. The GOP rhetoric claims that AOC and the Democrats are taking away "our" beef, homes and way of life. "Our" goods and way of life trumps all other social and moral concerns — pun intended.

Yet the assumption of the GOP's "our" rhetoric goes to heart of Catholic social teaching and why I became a member of Democratic Socialists of America in 1988 under the inspiration of the Catholic Democratic Socialist John Cort, when I was a graduate student at Weston Jesuit School of Theology.

Cort was a Catholic Worker with Dorothy Day during the Great Depression, helped found the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists in 1937 and worked with Michael Harrington to initiate Democratic Socialists of America. Cort has been described as "one of the great figures of twentieth century American Catholicism" by the historian of American Catholicism James Fisher.

In the epigraph to his Christian Socialism (1988), Cort quotes St. Gregory's enduring admonishment that the goods of the Earth are "common to all and brings forth nurture for all alike. Idly then do men hold themselves innocent when they monopolize for themselves the common gift of God. In not giving what they have received they work their neighbors' death; every day they destroy all the starving poor whose means of relief they store at home."

Three patristic Cappadocian bishops, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory of Nazianzus, all underscored the primary biblical obligation to share the goods of God's creation with all, especially those who are in any way destitute.

St. John Paul II repeatedly taught this point. It is not "our" option of charity. It's a spiritual and moral obligation to God and neighbor.
For example, in Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, on the social concerns of the church, John Paul II wrote that one of the greatest injustices in the contemporary world is "the poor distribution of the goods and services originally intended for all."

"Having," as possession of goods, the pope continued, does not contribute to human perfection or the common good unless it contributes to the maturing and enriching of human "being."
Put in other terms of the social tradition, capital is obligated to be at the service of labor, the economy at the service of people, not labor at the service of capital or the economy (see Laborem Exercens, on human work).

Pope Francis extends this primary understanding of God's gratuitous love and Catholic social teaching in "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," in how he develops an "integral ecology" where "society as a whole, and the state in particular, are obliged to defend and promote the common good."

So, when AOC tells Colbert that she is a democratic socialist because "in a modern, moral and wealthy society, no person in America should be too poor to live," and as human beings we possess rights to health care, food, education and jobs to "lead a dignified life," she is articulating a democratic socialist vision that is deeply rooted in Jewish and Christian Scripture and Catholic social teaching.

That is a vision whereby Americans may yet achieve a fully functioning democracy.

More importantly, that is a morally rich vision of how we may authentically worship God and integrate our primary obligation to love both God and neighbor. It's a vision and practice rooted in the Gospel whereby we may passionately promote "a faith that does justice" on our Lenten journey.

[Alex Mikulich is a Catholic social ethicist.]

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/cwn/2019/may/pope-pushes-idea-of-global-authority-at-vatican-nation-state-conference-nbsp

All emphasis in article quoted below is mine.

Pope Rejects 'Excessive Demand for Sovereignty', Pushes Idea of Global Authority

Pope Francis is pushing for steps toward global authority that supersedes the rights of individual countries, all with the goal of pursuing "the common good" on issues like climate change and immigration.

"When a supranational common good is clearly identified, it is necessary to have a special authority legally and concordantly constituted capable of facilitating its implementation. We think of the great contemporary challenges of climate change, new forms of slavery and peace," he told members of the Pontifical Academy.

They met last week at the Vatican to discuss the topic of: "Nation, State, Nation-State."

While addressing the conference, Francis rebuked the trend of nationalism among individual countries and the many tensions that "come from an excessive demand for sovereignty on the part of States."

However, the pope defended patriotism as a good thing. But he warned it can become perverted when "it involves the exclusion and hatred of others when it becomes a conflictual nationalism that builds walls, indeed even racism or anti-Semitism,"  according to Breitbart.com.

Francis also implied national sovereignty becomes twisted when countries do not have a welcoming attitude toward migrants.

"The Church observes with concern the reemergence, in many parts of the world, of currents that are aggressive towards foreigners, especially immigrants, as well as a growing nationalism that neglects the common good," he told the conference.

This, in turn, "threatens to jeopardize consolidated forms of international cooperation, undermines the aims of international organizations as a space for dialogue and meeting for all countries in a spirit of mutual respect, and hinders the attainment of the sustainable development goals approved unanimously by the United Nations," the Pope said.

The Pope also said individual countries can no longer look out for their own people by themselves due to globalization.

"The nation-state is no longer able to procure the common good of its populations alone. The common good has become global and nations must associate for their own benefit," Francis said.

The Pope also pushed the idea of supranational entities to the conference.  A supranational union is defined as a type of multinational political union where negotiated power is delegated to an authority by governments of member states.  The term is sometimes used to describe the European Union, according to Wikipedia.

For instance, a group of nations could "strengthen their cooperation by connecting certain functions and services to intergovernmental institutions that manage their common interests," he said.

"When a supranational common good is clearly identified, it is necessary to have a special authority that is legally and concordantly constituted and capable of facilitating its implementation," the Pope concluded.

Yes, all nations must submit to the unelected elitist papal minions of the UN. BABYLON THE GREAT is pushing all the leaders to become intoxicated with her wine.

The following is a response from another thread concerning climate change. It seems appropriate here as well.

https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/articles/item/4603-pope-francis-our-duty-is-to-obey-the-united-nations

Saturday, September 14, 2019
POPE FRANCIS: 'Our duty is to obey the United Nations!'
Written by  Michael J. Matt | Editor

https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/pope-francis-says-we-should-obey-the-united-nations

Pope Francis says we should obey the United Nations

https://catholictruthblog.com/2019/05/27/pope-francis-not-climage-change-is-leading-the-world-towards-disaster/

Pope Francis (not climate change) Is Leading The World Towards Disaster...

Many Catholics themselves know and understand that the Pope has called for submission to the UN. The video at the first above Catholic link addresses several of their concerns including the Popes call for submission to the UN. They view this call as satanic, and are correct. Nevertheless, it has been the constant habit of Rome to fully support those vying for civil authority whom she deems most likely to acknowledge and eventually submit to her temporal authority over all. This of course tends towards those with agendas similar to her own, in this case elitist globalists. The last article addresses who is really in charge of the situation.


http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2019/may/documents/papa-francesco_20190502_plenaria-scienze-sociali.html

Emphasis in the following quote from the link above is mine.

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE PLENARY SESSION 
OF THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Clementine Hall
Thursday, 2 May 2019

Dear Sisters and Brothers,
I welcome you and I thank your President, Prof. Stefano Zamagni, for his courteous words and for having agreed to preside over the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. This year too, you have chosen to address an ever current topic. Unfortunately we have before our eyes situations in which certain nation-states conduct their relations in a spirit more of opposition than of cooperation. Moreover, it should be recognized that State borders do not always coincide with the demarcations of homogeneous populations and that much tension arises from excessive claims of sovereignty on the part of States, often in the very areas where they are no longer able to act efficiently to protect the common good.

Both in the Encyclical Laudato Si' and in this year's Address to Members of the Diplomatic Corps, I drew attention to the challenges, of an international nature, that humanity must address, such as integral development, peace, care for our common home, climate change, poverty, wars, migration, human trafficking, organ trafficking, protection of the common good, the new forms of slavery.

Saint Thomas had a beautiful idea of what a people is: "The river Seine is not this river because of this water flowing down it, but because of this source and this river bed; so it's always regarded as the same river in spite of different water flowing down it. And it's like this for a population: it's the same population, not because of any sameness of soul or of persons, but because of the same dwelling place; or, even more, because of the same laws and the the same style of living, as Aristotle explained in book 3 of his Politics" (On Spiritual Creatures, a. 9, ad 10). The Church has always encouraged love of one's people, of country; respect for the value of various cultural expressions, uses and customs and for the just ways of living rooted in peoples. At the same time, the Church has admonished individuals, peoples and governments regarding deviations from this attachment when focused on exclusion and hatred of others, when it becomes hostile, wall-building nationalism, or even racism or anti-Semitism. The Church observes with concern the re-emergence, somewhat throughout the world, of aggressive tendencies toward foreigners, types of migrants, as well as that growing nationalism that disregards the common good. This risks compromising previously consolidated forms of international cooperation, threatens the aims of International Organizations as spaces for dialogue and encounter for all countries on a level of mutual respect, and prevents the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals unanimously approved by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015.

It is a common doctrine that the State is at the service of the person and of natural groupings of people such as the family, the cultural group, the nation as an expression of the will and customs inherent in a people, the common good and peace. Too often, however, States are subjugated to the interests of a dominant group, largely for motives of economic profit, which oppress, among others, ethnic, linguistic or religious minorities who are in their territory.

In this perspective, for example, the way in which a nation welcomes migrants reveals its vision of human dignity and of its relationship with humanity. Every human being is a member of humanity and has the same dignity. When a person or a family is compelled to leave their homeland they must be welcomed with humanity. I have said many times that our duty to migrants can be articulated around four verbs: welcome, protect, promote and integrate. Migrants are not a threat to the culture, customs and values of a receiving nation. They too have a duty, that of being integrated into the nation that receives them.

Integrating does not mean assimilating, but sharing the way of life of their new homeland, while they themselves remain as individuals, with their own biographical history. In this way, migrants can present themselves and be recognized as an opportunity to enrich the people that integrates them. It is the task of public authorities to protect migrants and to regulate migratory flows with the virtue of prudence, as well as to promote welcome so that the local populations may be formed and encouraged to consciously take part in the integrative process of the migrants who are to be received.

The migratory issue too, which is a permanent fact of human history, revives reflection on the nature of the nation state. All nations are the result of integration of consecutive waves of migrating individuals or groups, and tend to be images of the diversity of humanity while being united by values, common cultural resources and healthy customs. A State that arouses in its people nationalistic sentiments against other nations or groups of people would fail in its own mission. We know from history where similar deviations have led; I am thinking of Europe in the last century.

The nation-state cannot be considered as an absolute, as an island with respect to the surrounding circumstances. In the current situation of globalization not just of the economy but also of technological and cultural exchanges, the nation-state is no longer able to procure on its own the common good of its populations. The common good has become global and nations must affiliate themselves for their own benefit. When a supranatural common good is clearly identified, it necessitates a specific, legally and concordantly constituted authority capable of facilitating its fulfilment. Let us consider the great contemporary challenges of climate change, of the new forms of slavery and of peace.

While, according to the principle of subsidiarity, the power of individual nations to work for whatever they can achieve must be recognized, on the other hand, groups of neighbouring nations — as is already the case — can strengthen their own cooperation by conceding the exercise of certain functions and services to the intergovernmental institutions that manage their common interests. It is to be hoped, for example, that awareness of the benefits produced by this approach and harmony among peoples undertaken in this post-World War II period not be lost in Europe. Meanwhile, in Latin America, Simón Bolivar urged the leaders of his time to forge the dream of a Great Homeland, which knows how and is able to welcome, respect, embrace and develop the richness of every people. This vision of cooperation among nations can advance the narrative by upholding multilateralism, opposing both new nationalistic impulses and hegemonic policies.

Humanity would thus escape the threat of resorting to armed conflict every time a dispute between nation-states arose, and would likewise exclude the danger of economic and ideological colonization by superpowers. Thus, it would avoid the subjugation of the strongest over the weakest, being attentive to the global dimension without losing sight of the local, national and regional dimension. Before the design of a globalization imagined as "spherical", which levels differences and suffocates localization, it is easy for both nationalism and hegemonic policies to re-emerge. In order for globalization to be beneficial for all, a "polihedrical" form must be considered, supporting a healthy struggle for mutual recognition between the collective identity of each people and nation and globalization itself, according to the principle that the whole first comes from the parts, so as to arrive at a general state of peace and harmony.

Multilateral petitions have been drawn up in the hope of being able to replace the logic of revenge, the logic of dominion, of subjugation and of conflict with that of dialogue, of mediation, of compromise, of harmony and awareness of belonging to the same humanity in the common home. Of course, it is imperative that such organizations assure that the states be effectively represented, with equal rights and obligations, so as to avoid the growing hegemony of powers and interest groups that impose their own visions and ideas, as well as new forms of ideological colonization, not rarely disrespectful of the identity, of uses and customs, of the dignity and sensitivity of the concerned peoples. The emergence of these tendencies is weakening the multilateral system, resulting in insufficient credibility in international policies and in the progressive marginalization of the weakest members of the family of nations.

I encourage you to persevere in seeking appropriate processes to overcome what divides nations and to propose new paths of cooperation, especially in regard to the new challenges of climate change and new forms of slavery, as well as that exalted social good which is peace. Unfortunately, today the season of multilateral nuclear disarmament seems to have been superseded and no longer moves the political conscience of the nations that possess atomic weapons. Instead, a new season of disturbing nuclear confrontation seems to have appeared, as the progress of the recent past is cancelled out and the risk of war increased, also due to the potential malfunctioning of technologies that are highly advanced but always subject to the naturally and humanly imponderable. Now, if offensive and defensive nuclear arms are placed not only on earth but also in space, the so-called technological new frontier will raise and not lower the danger of nuclear holocaust.

The state is called therefore, to a greater responsibility. While maintaining the characteristics of independence and sovereignty, and continuing to seek the good of its own population, today it is its task to participate in the edification of the common good of humanity, a necessary and essential element for global balance. This universal common good, in its turn, must acquire a heightened legal significance at the international level. Of course, I am not thinking of a universalism or a generic internationalism that disregards the identity of individual peoples: this, indeed, must be appreciated as a unique and indispensable contribution in the largest harmonious plan.

Dear friends, as inhabitants of our time, Christians and scholars of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, I ask you to cooperate with me in spreading this awareness of renewed international solidarity with respect for human dignity, the common good, with respect for the planet and the supreme good of peace.

I bless all of you; I bless your work and your initiatives. I accompany you with my prayers, and you too, please, do not forget to pray for me. Thank you!

As previously stated, this Pope is using fear mongering tactics associated with climate changers to promote submission of all nations to a global authority of unelected elitist politicians who represent no peoples or nations will, but only her own and that of the minions she chooses to side with. The previous Pope used the same kind of fear mongering tactics concerning economic instability as evidenced in the following quotes from one of his Encyclicals. They both of course identify Capitalism as an evil which must be overcome, or at least chained by their superior temporal and civil authority above and over the same. We simply cannot have a system of economic freedom inspired by the likes of the Protestant Reformation, of course. Such is continually demonized by the masters of the Counter Reformation.

On what is truly needed to establish this unification and wealth redistribution


Globalization certainly requires authority, insofar as it poses the problem of a global common good that needs to be pursued.

64. While reflecting on the theme of work, it is appropriate to recall how important it is that labour unions — which have always been encouraged and supported by the Church — should be open to the new perspectives that are emerging in the world of work.

67. In the face of the unrelenting growth of global interdependence, there is a strongly felt need, even in the midst of a global recession, for a reform of the United Nations Organization, and likewise of economic institutions and international finance, so that the concept of the family of nations can acquire real teeth. One also senses the urgent need to find innovative ways of implementing the principle of the responsibility to protectand of giving poorer nations an effective voice in shared decision-making. This seems necessary in order to arrive at a political, juridical and economic order which can increase and give direction to international cooperation for the development of all peoples in solidarity. To manage the global economy; to revive economies hit by the crisis; to avoid any deterioration of the present crisis and the greater imbalances that would result; to bring about integral and timely disarmament, food security and peace; to guarantee the protection of the environment and to regulate migration: for all this, there is urgent need of a true world political authority,

Furthermore, such an authority would need to be universally recognized and to be vested with the effective power to ensure security for all, regard for justice, and respect for rights. Obviously it would have to have the authority to ensure compliance with its decisions from all parties,[/szie] and also with the coordinated measures adopted in various international forums. Without this, despite the great progress accomplished in various sectors, international law would risk being conditioned by the balance of power among the strongest nations.

These Popes are of course simply employing political maneuvers aimed at accomplishing the goals of the Church of Rome established and declared at one of the heights and zeniths of her power during the Dark Ages, recorded in her following Papal Bull.

UNAM SANCTAM
Bull of Pope Boniface VIII promulgated November 18, 1302

Urged by faith, we are obliged to believe and to maintain that the Church is one, holy, catholic, and also apostolic. We believe in her firmly and we confess with simplicity that outside of her there is neither salvation nor the remission of sins, as the Spouse in the Canticles [Sgs 6:8] proclaims: 'One is my dove, my perfect one. She is the only one, the chosen of her who bore her,' and she represents one sole mystical body whose Head is Christ and the head of Christ is God [1 Cor 11:3]. In her then is one Lord, one faith, one baptism [Eph 4:5]. There had been at the time of the deluge only one ark of Noah, prefiguring the one Church, which ark, having been finished to a single cubit, had only one pilot and guide, i.e., Noah, and we read that, outside of this ark, all that subsisted on the earth was destroyed.

We venerate this Church as one, the Lord having said by the mouth of the prophet: 'Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword and my only one from the hand of the dog.' [Ps 21:20] He has prayed for his soul, that is for himself, heart and body; and this body, that is to say, the Church, He has called one because of the unity of the Spouse, of the faith, of the sacraments, and of the charity of the Church. This is the tunic of the Lord, the seamless tunic, which was not rent but which was cast by lot [Jn 19:23- 24]. Therefore, of the one and only Church there is one body and one head, not two heads like a monster; that is, Christ and the Vicar of Christ, Peter and the successor of Peter, since the Lord speaking to Peter Himself said: 'Feed my sheep' [Jn 21:17], meaning, my sheep in general, not these, nor those in particular, whence we understand that He entrusted all to him [Peter].

Therefore, if the Greeks or others should say that they are not confided to Peter and to his successors, they must confess not being the sheep of Christ, since Our Lord says in John 'there is one sheepfold and one shepherd.' We are informed by the texts of the gospels that in this Church and in its power are two swords; namely, the spiritual and the temporal. For when the Apostles say: 'Behold, here are two swords' [Lk 22:38] that is to say, in the Church, since the Apostles were speaking, the Lord did not reply that there were too many, but sufficient. Certainly the one who denies that the temporal sword is in the power of Peter has not listened well to the word of the Lord commanding: 'Put up thy sword into thy scabbard' [Mt 26:52]. Both, therefore, are in the power of the Church, that is to say, the spiritual and the material sword, but the former is to be administered for the Church but the latter by the Church; the former in the hands of the priest; the latter by the hands of kings and soldiers, but at the will and sufferance of the priest.

However, one sword ought to be subordinated to the other and temporal authority, subjected to spiritual power. For since the Apostle said: 'There is no power except from God and the things that are, are ordained of God' [Rom 13:1-2], but they would not be ordained if one sword were not subordinated to the other and if the inferior one, as it were, were not led upwards by the other.

For, according to the Blessed Dionysius, it is a law of the divinity that the lowest things reach the highest place by intermediaries. Then, according to the order of the universe, all things are not led back to order equally and immediately, but the lowest by the intermediary, and the inferior by the superior. Hence we must recognize the more clearly that spiritual power surpasses in dignity and in nobility any temporal power whatever, as spiritual things surpass the temporal. This we see very clearly also by the payment, benediction, and consecration of the tithes, but the acceptance of power itself and by the government even of things. For with truth as our witness, it belongs to spiritual power to establish the terrestrial power and to pass judgement if it has not been good. Thus is accomplished the prophecy of Jeremias concerning the Church and the ecclesiastical power: 'Behold to-day I have placed you over nations, and over kingdoms' and the rest. Therefore, if the terrestrial power err, it will be judged by the spiritual power; but if a minor spiritual power err, it will be judged by a superior spiritual power; but if the highest power of all err, it can be judged only by God, and not by man, according to the testimony of the Apostle: 'The spiritual man judgeth of all things and he himself is judged by no man' [1 Cor 2:15]. This authority, however, (though it has been given to man and is exercised by man), is not human but rather divine, granted to Peter by a divine word and reaffirmed to him (Peter) and his successors by the One Whom Peter confessed, the Lord saying to Peter himself, 'Whatsoever you shall bind on earth, shall be bound also in Heaven' etc., [Mt 16:19]. Therefore whoever resists this power thus ordained by God, resists the ordinance of God [Rom 13:2], unless he invent like Manicheus two beginnings, which is false and judged by us heretical, since according to the testimony of Moses, it is not in the beginnings but in the beginning that God created heaven and earth [Gen 1:1]. Furthermore, we declare, we proclaim, we define that it is absolutely necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff.

https://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201710/what-common-good-31181

Emphasis in the article below quoted from link above is mine.

What is the common good?

The task of creating a good life for all members of society is never perfectly realized.

Social life is a lot like being on a sports team. Individual players want to be as successful as possible, perhaps by scoring lots of points. The ultimate goal of each player, however, is the success of the team, a goal more than the sum of every player's statistics. A team does not win because each player tries to score as many points as possible, but conditions do need to be optimal for each individual player to play well in order for a team to win. The good of both the individual and the team are interdependent.

The common good is a lot like the set of "optimal conditions" that allow both the team and its players to succeed. In theological terms the common good is defined in Pope John XXIII's encyclical Materet Magistra (On Christianity and Social Progress) as "the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily."

Sometimes the common good is presented as "sacrificing for the good of the whole." And while, indeed, the good may require sacrifice, as any athlete could tell you, the common good is not exalting the team at the expense of the individual. Rather it is the realization that both the individual and the team's success depend on one another. For the common good to be achieved, no one on the team may be sacrificed or disregarded.

This analogy does have its limitations. First, the success of a team—winning—depends on meeting the clear objective standard of scoring the most points, while the success of a society can be measured in a variety of different ways. For this reason it is often easier to point to ways that the common good is not being pursued than to specific ways that the common good ought to be pursued. The other principles of Catholic social teaching function to concretize the common good. The preferential option for the poor, for example, turns our attention to the most vulnerable members of society, whose own suffering most threatens the achievement of the common good.

Perhaps the greatest difficulty with this analogy, however, is seeing society as a team. Our society is so thoroughly individualistic that it is difficult to see beyond our own individual happiness. Solidarity encourages us to see one another as each other's keepers, to make sure that no individual is hogging the ball. Also necessary is the state, which acts a lot like a coach to "guarantee the coherency, unity, and organization of the civil society" (Compendium, 168). 

Because society is always evolving, the concrete demands of the common good will also evolve. This means that the task of creating a good life for all members of society is never perfectly realized. Because of the pervasive temptations of individualism and self-interest, one of the most pressing demands of the common good is the persistent conversion of hearts in the realization that we do not exist for ourselves.

This article also appears in the November 2017 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 82, No. 11, page 49).

The new green deal and climate changers are all just part of the ever evolving concrete demands of the common good which the papacy and globalist minions intend to force upon all. Unelected religious leaders and self appointed elitists attempting to force their leadership upon all, few if any of whom have asked them to do so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_84Ue2QOlI

I'm glad to see that some American Catholics are withholding their donations to the Church because of its financial and otherwise support of the illegal migrant crisis, according to the above video. Not to mention several other pertinent problems.

https://schoolhistory.co.uk/notes/hitler-and-mussolini/

Quote below from link above.

Italy was Nazi Germany's obvious political and military ally in Europe. Benito Mussolini, the Italian fascist, had been governing Italy since 1925 and Hitler acknowledged the role played by Italian fascism in starting Nazi Germany. The relationship between them, however, was bumpy and complex. As a result, the alliance formed was not as firm as many anticipated. Despite being military allies by the late 1930s, Germany and Italy still had their own priorities and national interests and were cautious in supporting the interests or ambitions of the other. This alliance between Nazi Germany and fascist Italy was formed out of convenience and experience.

http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/treaty.htm



    IN the name of the Most Holy Trinity.

    Whereas the Holy See and Italy have recognized the desirability of eliminating every reason for dissension existing between them and arriving at a final settlement of their reciprocal relations which shall be consistent with justice and with the dignity of both High Contracting Parties, and which by permanently assuring to the Holy See a position de facto and de jure which shall guarantee absolute independence for the fulfillment of its exalted mission in the world, permits the Holy See to consider as finally and irrevocably settled the Roman Question which arose in 1870 by the annexation of Rome to the Kingdom of Italy, under the Dynasty of the House of Savoy;

    And whereas it was obligatory, for the purpose of assuring the absolute and visible independence of the Holy See, likewise to guarantee its indisputable sovereignty in international matters, it has been found necessary to create under special conditions the Vatican City, recognizing the full ownership, exclusive and absolute dominion and sovereign jurisdiction of the Holy See over that City;

    His Holiness the Supreme Pontiff Pius XI and His Majesty Victor Emanuel III, King of Italy, have agreed to conclude a Treaty, appointing for that purpose two Plenipotentiaries, being on behalf of His Holiness, His Secretary of State, viz. His Most Reverend Eminence the Lord Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, and on behalf of his Majesty, His Excellency the Cav. Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister and Head of the Government; who, having exchanged their respective full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have hereby agreed to the following articles:


    Italy recognizes and reaffirms the principle established in the first Article of the Italian Constitution dated March 4, 1848, according to which the Catholic Apostolic Roman religion is the only State religion.


    Italy recognizes the sovereignty of the Holy See in international matters as an inherent attribute in conformity with its traditions and the requirements of its mission to the world.


    Italy recognizes the full ownership, exclusive dominion, and sovereign authority and jurisdiction of the Holy See over the Vatican as at present constituted, together with all its appurtenances and endowments, thus creating the Vatican City, for the special purposes and under the conditions hereinafter referred to.

    The boundaries of the said City are set forth in the map called Annex I of the present Treaty, of which it is forms an integral part.

    It is furthermore agreed that, although forming part of the Vatican City, St. Peter's Square shall continue to be normally open to the public and shall be subject to supervision by the Italian police authorities, which powers shall cease to operate at the foot of the steps leading to the Basilica, although the latter shall continue to be used for public worship. The said authorities shall, therefore, abstain from mounting the steps and entering the said Basilica, unless and except they are requested to do so by the proper authorities.

    Should the Holy See consider it necessary, for the purpose of special ceremonies, temporarily to prohibit the public from free access to St. Peter's Square, the Italian authorities shall (unless specially requested to do otherwise) withdraw to beyond the outer lines of Bernini's Colonnade and the extension thereof.


    The sovereignty and exclusive jurisdiction over the Vatican City, which Italy recognizes as appertaining to the Holy See, forbid any intervention therein on the part of the Italian Government, or that any authority other than that of the Holy See shall be there acknowledged.


    For the purpose of the execution of the provisions of the preceding Article before the present Treaty comes into force, the Italian Government shall see to it that the territory forming the Vatican City shall remain free from any charge and from possible occupants. The Holy See shall arrange to enclose the access thereto, enclosing such parts thereof as remain open, except St. Peter's Square.

    It is furthermore agreed that, in respect of the buildings there existing and belonging to religious institutions or bodies, the Holy See shall settle relations with the latter direct, the Italian Government having no part in such arrangements.


    Italy shall provide, by means of suitable agreements entered into with the interested parties, that an adequate water supply be fully assured to the Vatican City. Italy shall furthermore provide for connection with the State railways by constructing a railway station within the Vatican City on the spot shown on the annexed map, and by permitting the circulation of railway carriages belonging to the Vatican on the Italian railways. It shall further provide for direct connection with other States by means of telegraph, telephone, wireless, broadcasting, and postal services in the Vatican City. It shall equally also provide for the coordination of all other public services.

    All expenses connected with the arrangements above mentioned shall be defrayed by the Italian State, within the period of one year from the entry into force of the present Treaty.

    The Holy See shall, at its own expense, arrange the existing means of access to the Vatican, and those others which it may consider it necessary to make in the future.

    Agreements shall be subsequently concluded between the Holy See and Italy concerning the circulation, on and over Italian territory, of land vehicles and aircraft belonging to the Vatican City.


    The Italian Government undertakes to prohibit the construction within the territory surrounding the Vatican City, of any new buildings which might overlook the latter, and shall for a like purpose provide for the partial demolition of similar buildings already standing near the Porta Cavalleggeri and along the Via Aurelia and the Viale Vaticano.

    In accordance with the provisions of International Law, it shall be forbidden for aircraft of any kind whatsoever to fly over Vatican territory.

    On the Piazza Rusticucci, and in the areas adjoining the Colonnade, over which the extra-territoriality referred to in Article 15 hereof does not extend, all structural alterations or street construction shall only be effected by mutual assent.


    Considering the person of the Supreme Pontiff to be sacred and inviolable, Italy declares any attempt against His person or any incitement to commit such attempt to be punishable by the same penalties as all similar attempts and incitements to commit the same against the person of the King.

    All offences or public insults committed within Italian territory against the person of the Supreme Pontiff, whether by means of speeches, acts, or writings, shall be punished in the same manner as offences and insults against the person of the King.


    In accordance with the provisions of International Law, all persons having a permanent residence within the Vatican City shall be subject to the sovereignty of the Holy See. Such residence shall not be forfeited by reason of the mere fact of temporary residence elsewhere, unaccompanied by the loss of habitation in the said City or other circumstances proving that such residence has been abandoned.

    On ceasing to be subject to the sovereignty of the Holy See, the persons referred to in the preceding paragraph, who, according to the provisions of Italian law (independently of the de facto circumstances considered above) shall not be regarded as possessing any other citizenship, shall be regarded in Italy as Italian nationals.

    Notwithstanding that all such persons are subject to the sovereignty of the Holy See, the provisions of Italian law shall be applicable to them within the territory of the Kingdom of Italy, even in such matters wherein the personal law must be observed (when they are not covered by the regulations emanating from the Holy See) and, in the case of persons of foreign nationality, the legal provisions of the State to which they belong.


    Such dignitaries of the Church and persons belonging to the Papal Court as shall be indicated in a Schedule to be approved by the High Contracting Parties, shall always and in every case, even when not citizens of the Vatican, be exempt from military service as far as Italy is concerned, jury service, and any other service of a personal nature.

    This provision shall also apply to regular officials whose services are considered indispensable by the Holy See, if permanently employed by the latter and earning a fixed salary, or employed in the Departments or Offices mentioned in Articles 13, 14, 15, and 16 hereof and residing without the Vatican City. The names of such officials shall be set forth in another Schedule to be drawn up and approved as above mentioned, and which shall be brought up to date each year by the Holy See.

    The ecclesiastics whose duty it shall be to participate, without the Vatican City, in the execution of enactments emanating from the Holy See, shall not, on that account, be subject to any hindrance, investigation, or molestation on the part of the Italian authorities.

    All foreigners in official ecclesiastical employment in Rome shall enjoy the personal guarantees appertaining to Italian citizens, in accordance with the laws of the Kingdom of Italy.


    All central bodies of the Catholic Church shall be exempt from any interference on the part of the Italian State (save and except as provided by Italian law in regard to the acquisition of property made by corpi morali, [recognized public bodies] and with regard to the conversion of real estate.)


    Italy recognizes the right of the Holy See to passive and active Legation, according to the general rules of International Law. Officials accredited by foreign Governments to the Holy See shall continue to enjoy, within the Kingdom of Italy, all the prerogatives of immunity enjoyed by diplomatic agents under International Law, and their headquarters may continue to be within Italian territory whilst enjoying the immunity due to them under International Law, even in the event of their State not having diplomatic relations with Italy.

    It is understood that Italy undertakes in all cases to allow the freedom of correspondence for all States, including belligerents, to and from the Holy See, as well as free access to the Apostolic See by Bishops from all over the world.

    The High Contracting Parties undertake to establish normal diplomatic relations between each other, by accrediting an Italian Ambassador to the Holy See and a Papal Nuncio to Italy, who shall be the doyen of the Diplomatic Corps, in accordance with the ordinary practice recognized by the Congress of Vienna by the Act of June 9, 1815, in consequence of the sovereignty hereby recognized and without prejudice to the provisions of Article 19 hereof, the diplomats accredited by the Holy See and the diplomatic couriers dispatched in the name of the Supreme Pontiff, shall enjoy within Italian territory, even in time of war, the same treatment as that enjoyed by diplomatic personages and couriers of other foreign Governments, according to the provisions of International Law.


    Italy recognizes the full ownership of the Holy See over the patriarchal Basilicas of St. John Lateran, Sta. Maria Maggiore, and St. Paul, with their annexed buildings.

    The State transfers to the Holy See the free management and administration of the said Basilica of St. Paul and its dependent Monastery, also paying over to the Holy See all monies representing the sums set aside annually for that church in the budget of the Ministry of Education.

    It is also understood that the Holy See shall remain the absolute owner of the edifice of S. Callisto, adjoining Sta. Maria in Trastevere.


    Italy recognizes the full ownership by the Holy See of the Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo, together with all endowments, appurtenances, and dependencies thereof, which are now already in the possession of the Holy See, and Italy also undertakes to hand over, within six months after the coming into force of the present Treaty, the Villa Barberini in Castel Gandolfo, together with all endowments, appurtenances, and dependencies thereof.

    In order to round off the property situated on the northern side of the Janiculum Hill, belonging to the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide and to other ecclesiastical institutions, which property faces the Vatican Palaces, the State undertakes to transfer to the Holy See or other bodies appointed by it for such purpose, all real estate belonging to the State or to third parties existing in that area. The properties belonging to the said Congregation and to other institutions and those to be transferred being marked on the annexed map.

    Finally, Italy shall transfer to the Holy See, as its full and absolute property, the Convent buildings in Rome attached to the Basilica of the Twelve Holy Apostles and to the churches of San Andrea della Valle and S. Carlo ai Catinari, with all annexes and dependencies thereof, and shall hand them over within one year after the entry into force of the present Treaty, free of all occupants.


    The property indicated in Article 13 hereof and in paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article 14, as well as the Palaces of the Dataria, of the Cancelleria, of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide in the Piazza di Spagna of the S. Offizio with its annexes, and those of the Convertendi (now the Congregation of the Eastern Church) in Piazza Scossacavelli, the Vicariato, and all other edifices in which the Holy See shall subsequently desire to establish other offices and departments although such edifices form part of the territory belonging to the Italian State, shall enjoy the immunity granted by International Law to the headquarters of the diplomatic agents of foreign States. Similar immunity shall also apply with regard to any other churches (even if situated outside Rome) during such time as, without such churches being open to the public, the Supreme Pontiff shall take part in religious ceremonies celebrated therein.


    The property mentioned in the three preceding Articles, as also that used as headquarters of the following Papal institutions - the Gregorian University, the Biblical, Oriental, and Archaeological Institutes, the Russian Seminary, the Lombard College, the two Palaces of St. Apollinaris, and the Home of the Retreat of the Clergy dedicated to St. John and St. Paul - shall never be subject to charges or to expropriation for reasons of public utility, save by previous agreement with the Holy See, and shall be exempt from any contribution or tax, whether ordinary or extraordinary and payable to the State or to any other body.

    It shall be permissible for the Holy See to deal with all buildings above mentioned or referred to in the three preceding Articles as it may deem fit, without obtaining the authorization or consent of the Italian governmental, provincial, or communal authority, which authorities may in this regard rely entirely on the high artistic traditions of the Catholic Church.


    As from January 1, 1929, salaries of whatsoever nature payable by the Holy See, or by other central bodies of the Catholic Church and by bodies administered directly by the Holy See whether within or without Rome to dignitaries employed and salaried (whether permanently or not, shall be exempt from any contribution or tax whether payable to the State or to any other body.


    The artistic and scientific treasures existing within the Vatican City and the Lateran Palace shall remain open to scholars and visitors, although the Holy See shall be free to regulate the admission of the public thereto.


    Diplomats and envoys of the Holy See, as well as diplomats and envoys of foreign Governments accredited to the Holy See, and the dignitaries of the Church arriving from abroad and traveling to the Vatican City, provided with passports of the States whence they come duly furnished with the visa of the Papal representative abroad, shall be allowed free access to the Vatican City over Italian territory without formalities.


    Goods arriving from abroad for destinations within the Vatican City, or without it boundaries for institutions or offices of the Holy See, shall invariably be allowed transit over Italian territory (from any part of the Italian boundary as also from any seaport of the Kingdom) free of payment of any customs or octroi dues.


    All Cardinals shall enjoy, in Italy, the honours due to Princes of the Blood. Those Cardinals who may reside in Rome without the Vatican City shall, for all purposes, be considered citizens thereof.

    In the event of the office of the Holy See falling vacant, Italy shall make special arrangements for the free transit and access of Cardinals over Italian territory to the Vatican, and shall provide that their personal liberty is not impeded or limited.

    Italy shall also take all measures, within her territory surrounding the Vatican City, necessary to prevent the commission of any act which may in any way disturb the meetings of the Conclave.

    The same provisions shall apply to Conclave held beyond the boundaries of the Vatican City and to Councils presided over by the Supreme Pontiff or his Legates, and with regard to all Bishops summoned to attend them.


    At the request of the Holy See, or by its delegate who may be appointed in single cases or permanently, Italy shall provide within her for the punishment of offences committed within the Vatican City, save and except when the author of the offence shall have taken refuge in Italian territory, in which event he shall immediately be proceeded against according to the provisions of the Italian laws.

    The Holy See shall hand over to the Italian State all persons who may have taken refuge within the Vatican City, when accused of acts committed within Italian territory which are considered to be criminal by the law of both States.

    The same provisions shall apply in regard to persons accused of offences who may have taken refuge within the buildings enjoying immunity in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 hereof, save and except if the persons having authority within such buildings prefer to request members of the Italian police force to enter and arrest such persons.


    The regulations provided by International Law shall apply for the execution, within the Kingdom of Italy, of sentences pronounced by the Courts of the Vatican City.

    All sentences and measures emanating from ecclesiastical authorities and officially communicated to the civil authorities, in regard to ecclesiastical or religious persons and concerning spiritual or disciplinary matters, shall without other formality have legal effect in Italy even for all civil purposes.


    In regard to the sovereignty appertaining to it also in international matters, the Holy See declares that it desires to take, and shall take, no part in any temporal rivalries between other States, nor in any international congresses called to settle such matters, save and except in the event of such parties making a mutual appeal to the pacific mission of the Holy See, the latter reserving in any event the right of exercising its moral and spiritual power.

    The Vatican City shall, therefore, be invariably and in every event considered as neutral and inviolable territory.


    By a special Convention written below and united to the present Treaty, which constitutes the IV codicil to the same and forms an integral part thereof, provision shall be made for the liquidation of the credit of the Holy See towards Italy. ±


    The Holy See considers that the agreements signed to-day offer an adequate guarantee for assuring to it, together with the requisite liberty and independence, the pastoral administration of the Roman Diocese and the Catholic Church throughout Italy and the entire world, and it declares the Roman Question to be definitely and irrevocably settled and therefore eliminated, and recognizes the Kingdom of Italy under the Dynasty of the House of Savoy, with Rome as the capital of the Italian State.

    Italy, on her part, recognizes the State of the Vatican City under the sovereignty of the Supreme Pontiff.

    The law dated May 13, 1871 (No. 214) and any other dispositions contrary to the present Treaty, are hereby abrogated.


    Within four months after the signature thereof, the present Treaty shall be submitted for ratification by the Supreme Pontiff and the King of Italy, and shall enter into force as soon as ratifications are exchanged.

    Dated in Rome this 11th day of February, 1929.


2. THE FINANCIAL CONVENTION ANNEXED TO THE TREATY ±

   The Holy See and Italy having in consequence of the stipulations of the Treaty which has definitely composed ' the Roman Question ' held it necessary to regulate with a distinct convention, forming an integral part of the same, their financial relations;

   The supreme Pontiff considering on the one hand the immense damage sustained by the Apostolic See through the loss of the patrimony of S. Peter constituted by the ancient Pontifical States, and of the Ecclesiastical property, and on the other side, the ever-increasing needs of the Church in the City of Rome alone, and taking into consideration the present financial condition of the State and the economic condition of the Italian people, especially after the war, has deemed it well to restrict the request for indemnity to the barest necessity; asking for a sum partly in cash and partly in bonds which is much inferior in value to the which the State to-day should disperse towards the Holy See if only in execution of the obligation assumed by the law of May 13, 1871.

   The Italian State appreciating the paternal sentiments of the Supreme Pontiff has felt bound to adhere to the request for the payment of the said sum.

Art. 1.   Italy, on the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty, shall pay to the Holy See the sum of Italian lire 750,000,000 (seven hundred and fifty millions) and a the same time consign Italian 5 per cent bonds (with coupons, June 30) of the nominal value of Italian lire 1,000,000.

Art. 2.   The Holy See declares that it accepts the above as a definite systemization of the financial relations with Italy in consequence of the events of 1870.

Art. 3.   All the acts necessary for the execution of the Treaty with regard to the present Convention and of the Concordat shall be exempt from every form of taxation.

Rome, eleventh February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine.


3. THE CONCORDAT ±

   IN the name of the Most Holy Trinity.

   Seeing that from the beginning of the negotiations between the Holy See and Italy for the solution of ' the Roman Question ' the Holy See itself has proposed that the Treaty relating to the said question should be accompanied, as its necessary complement, by a Concordat to regulate the conditions of religion and the Church in Italy.

   Seeing that to-day a Treaty has been concluded and signed for the solution of ' the Roman Question.'

   His Holiness the Supreme Pontiff Pius XI and His Majesty Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy, have resolved to make a Concordat and to that end have nominated the same Plenipotentaries delegated for the stipulation of the Treaty, that is: on the part of His Holiness, His Eminence the Most Reverend Lord Cardinal Pietro Gasparri, his Secretary of State; and on the part of His Majesty, His Excellency Cav. Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister and head of the Government, who having exchanged their full powers and found them to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles:

  Art. 1. Italy, in the sense of Art. I of the Treaty, assures the Catholic Church of the free exercise of her spiritual power, the free and public exercise of worship, and of jurisdiction in Ecclesiastical matters in conformity with the norm of the present Concordat, and when it occurs, accords to Ecclesiastics for the ads of their spiritual ministry defence on the part of its authority.

   In consideration of the sacred character of the Eternal City, the Episcopal See of the Sovereign Pontiff, centre of the Catholic world and place of pilgrimage, the Italian Government will take care to impede in Rome whatsoever may be in opposition with its said character.

   Art. 2. The Holy See shall communicate and correspond freely with the Bishops and clergy of the whole Catholic world without any interference on the part of the Italian Government.

   Equally in everything that concerns their pastoral ministry the Bishops shall communicate and correspond freely with their clergy and all the faithful. Like the Holy See the Bishops can freely publish and affix within and to the external doors of buildings destined for public worship or for the offices of their ministry, instructions, ordinances, pastoral letters, diocesan bulletins and other ads concerning the spiritual government of the faithful which they see fit to issue in the sphere of their competence.

   Such publications and affixions and in general all the acts and documents relative to the spiritual government of the faithful shall not be subject to any taxation.

   Such publications as regards the Holy See may be made in any language, those of the Bishops in Italian or Latin, but besides the Italian text the Ecclesiastical Authority can adjoin translations into other languages.

   The Ecclesiastical Authorities can, without any interference on the part of the Civil Authorities, make collections within and at the doors of the churches and buildings belonging to them.

  Art. 3. Theological students in the last two years of their theological course devoted to the priesthood, and novices of religious institutions can, at their request, put off from year to year until the twenty-sixth year of their age the fulfilment of the obligation of military service.

   Clerics ordained ' in sacris ' and religious who have made their vows are exempt from military service, saving the case of a general mobilization. In such case the priests pass into the armed forces of the State, but conserve their ecclesiastical habits in order to exercise amongst the troops their sacred ministry under the ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the military ordinary in the sense of Art. 14. The other clerics and religious of preference shall be destined to military service.

   Nevertheless, even in the case of a general mobilization, those priests are dispensed from the call to present themselves who have cure of souls. As such are considered ordinaries, parish priests, vice-parish priests and coadjutors, vicars and priests permanently appointed to rectories and churches open to the public.

    Art. 4. Ecclesiastics and religious are exempt from serving on juries.

  Art. 5. No Ecclesiastic may be employed or remain in the employment of an office of the Italian State or any public entity depending from the same without the nihil obstat of the Diocesan ordinary.

   The revocation of the nihil obstat deprives the Ecclesiastic of the capacity of continuing to exercise the employment or office which he has assumed.

   In any case, apostate priests, or those subject to censure, cannot be appointed or continued as teachers, or hold office or be employed as clerks where they are in immediate contact with the public.

    Art. 6. The stipends and the other assignments which Ecclesiastics enjoy by reason of their office are open to mortgages in the same measure as the stipends and assignments of clerks in the offices of the State.1

1 Stipendiaries of the State are allowed to mortgage one-fifth of their salaries.

  Art. 7. Ecclesiastics cannot be required by magistrates or other authorities to give information concerning persons or matters which have come to their knowledge by reason of their sacred ministry.

  Art. 8. In case of an Ecclesiastic or religious being brought before a magistrate for some crime, the Procurator of the King must immediately inform the ordinary of the diocese in the territory of which he exercises jurisdiction, and ought care- fully to transmit to the office of the same the instructional decrees, and where necessary the definitive sentence of the judgment both in the first grade and also on appeal.

   In case of the arrest of an Ecclesiastic or religious he shall be treated with the regard due to his hierarchical grade.

   In the case of the condemnation of an Ecclesiastic or religious the punishment shall be performed in a place separate from that for lay people, unless the competent ordinary shall have already reduced the condemned person to the lay state.

  Art. 9. Regularly buildings open for public worship shall be exempt from requisitions and occupation.

    If in consequence of a grave public necessity it is necessary to occupy a building open for worship, the authority which proceeds to the occupation should have come to a previous accord with the ordinary, unless the reasons are of such absolute urgency as to prevent it. In such a case the authority should immediately proceed to inform the same (i.e. the ordinary).

   Saving cases of urgent necessity, the public forces shall not in the exercise of their functions enter any building open for worship, without giving previous notice to the Ecclesiastical Authority.

  Art. 10. For no cause whatsoever is it possible to proceed to the demolition of a building open for worship without previous accord with the competent Ecclesiastical Authority.

  Art. 11. The State recognizes the Feast-days established by the Church, which are the following:

   All Sundays.
   The first day of the year.
   The Epiphany (January 6).
   The Feast of S. Joseph (March 19).
   The Ascension.
   The Feast of Corpus Domini.
   The Feast of SS. Peter and Paul (June 29).
   The Assumption of the B.V. Mary (August 15).
   All Saints' Day (November 1).
   The Feast of the Immaculate Conception (December 8).
   Christmas Day (December 25).

  Art. 12. On Sundays and feasts of precept in churches which have a chapter, the celebrant shall sing at the Conventual Mass according to the norm of the Sacred Liturgy a prayer for the prosperity of the King of Italy and for the Italian State.

   Art. 13. The Italian Government shall give to the Holy See a table of the Ecclesiastics enrolled in the work of spiritual assistance to the military forces of the State as soon as they are approved in the mode of law.

   The designation of the Ecclesiastics to whom is committed the high direction of the service of spiritual assistance (the military ordinary, the Vicar-General and the inspectors) shall be made confidentially by the Holy See to the Italian Government. Whenever the Italian Government has reason to oppose such designation, it shall communicate the fact to the Holy See, which shall proceed to another designation.

   The military ordinary shall have Archiepiscopal rank.

   The nomination of the military chaplains shall be made by the competent authority of the Italian state upon the designation of the military ordinary.

   Art. 14. The Italian troops by land, sea and air shall enjoy in regard to their religious duties the privileges and exemptions sanctioned by Canon Law.

   The military chaplains in regard to the said troops have parochial authority. They shall exercise their sacred ministry under the jurisdiction of the military ordinary assisted by his proper curia.

    The military ordinary has jurisdiction also over the religious, both masculine and feminine, engaged as workers in the military hospitals.

   Art. 15. The military Archiepiscopal ordinary is Provost of the Chapter of the Church of the Pantheon in Rome, constituted by his clergy, to whom is entrusted the religious service of the said Basilica. Such clergy are authorized to provide for all the religious functions, even outside Rome, which in conformity with the Canon Law are required by the State or by the Royal House.

   The Holy See consents to confer on all the canons composing the Chapter of the Pantheon the dignity of Protonotaries ad instar durante munere. Their nomination shall be made by the Cardinal Vicar of Rome after presentation by the King of Italy, a confidential indication being given previous to presentation.

   The Holy See reserves to itself the right to transfer the Diaconia to another church.

  Art. 16. The High Contracting Parties shall proceed to an accord by means of a mixed commission for the revision of the boundaries of the dioceses for the purpose of rendering them more in agreement with those of the provinces of the State.

   Moreover the Holy See shall erect the diocese of Zara, and no part of the territory subject to the Sovereignty of the Kingdom of Italy shall be subject to a bishop whose seat is found in territory subject to the Sovereignty of another State, and no Diocese of the Kingdom shall include territory subject to the Sovereignty of another State.

   The same principle shall be observed for all the existing parishes as for those to be constituted in the territory near the confines of the State.

   The modifications which after the enquiry shall be deemed necessary to arrange the boundaries of the dioceses, shall be disposed by the Holy See in previous accord with the Italian Government, and in observance of the direction expressed above, saving small rectifications of territory required for the good of souls.

  Art. 17. The reduction of dioceses that may result from the application of the preceding Article, shall be brought into force as the said dioceses become vacant.

   The said reduction shall not import the suppression of the titles of the dioceses, nor their Chapters, which shall be conserved when regrouping the dioceses in such a mode that the chief place therein shall correspond with that of the province.

   The said reductions shall leave the economic resources of the dioceses and of the Ecclesiastical entities existing in the same unchanged, including the assignments from the Italian State.

  Art. 18. By disposition of the Ecclesiastical Authority the parishes shall be regrouped provisionally or definitively, entrusting them to one parish priest assisted by one or more curates uniting in one presbytery several priests. The State shall maintain unaltered the economic treatment of the said parishes.

    Art. 19. The choice of Archbishops and Bishops belongs to the Holy See.

   First before proceeding to the nomination of an Archbishop, a Diocesan Bishop or a coadjutor with right of succession, the Holy See shall communicate the name of the person chosen to the italian Government so as to be assured by the same that it has no reason of a political character to offer against the nomination.

   The relative practice shall be performed with the greatest possible care and with every reserve so that the name of the person chosen shall remain secret.

  Art. 20. Bishops before taking possession of their dioceses shall take an oath of fidelity to the head of the State according to the following formula:

   Before God and his Holy Gospels I swear and promise on becoming a Bishop fidelity to the Italian State. I swear and promise to respect and make respected by my clergy the King and the Government established according to the constitutional laws of the State. I swear and promise moreover that I shall not participate in any agreement or any counsel that can damage the Italian State and the public order and I shall not allow to my clergy such participation. I shall concern myself with the well-being and interests of the Italian State and endeavour to avert any danger that can possibly menace it.

  Art. 21. The provision of Ecclesiastical benefices belongs to the Ecclesiastical Authority.

   The nomination of those invested with parochial benefices shall be communicated under reserve by the competent Ecclesiastical Authority to the Italian Government, and cannot have effect until thirty days from the date of the communication.

   Within this period the Italian Government shall where grave reasons are opposed to the nomination manifest them under reserve to the Ecclesiastical Authority, and if the dissent continues shall bring the case before the Holy See.

   When Crave reasons arise which render the continuance of an Ecclesiastic in a determined parochial benefice injurious, the Italian Government shall communicate such reasons to the ordinary who in accord with the Government shall take the appropriate measures within three months thereof.

   In case of divergences between the ordinary and the Government, the Holy See shall entrust the solution of the question to two Ecclesiastics chosen by it, who in accord with two delegates of the Italian Government shall take a definitive decision.

   Art. 22. Ecclesiastics who are not Italian citizens cannot be invested with the existing benefices in Italy. Those in charge of dioceses or parishes must speak the Italian language.

   Where necessary they shall have helpers assigned to them who, besides Italian, understand and speak the language locally in use, for the purpose of giving religious assistance in that language to the faithful according to the rules of the Church.

  Art. 23. The dispositions of Articles 16, 17, 19, 20, 21 and 22 do not apply to Rome and the suburban dioceses.

   But the Holy See shall proceed to a new arrangement of the said dioceses, the assignments at present being made by the Italian State both of their revenues and of the other Ecclesiastical Institutions shall remain unchanged.

  Art. 24. The exequatur and the Royal placet are abolished, and any Cæsarean or Royal nomination in the matter of the appointment to any Ecclesiastical benefices or offices throughout Italy, saving the exceptions made by Art. 29, letter g.

  Art. 25. The Italian State renounces the sovereign prerogative of the Royal patronage of benefices both major and minor.

   Likewise the regalia1 over major or minor benefices and the terzo pensionabile2 in the provinces of the Kingdom of the two Sicilies is abolished.

   1 Regalia. The right on the part of the Crown to appropriate to itself the income of Ecclesiastical benefices during the period they remain vacant.
   2 Terso pensionabile. The right of the State to apply a third part of the income of a benefice in favour of persons designated by itself.  Such rights were in force in the provinces of the former Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

   The relative burdens cease to be chargeable to the State and to the dependent administrations.

   Art. 26. The nomination to the possession of the major or manor benefices and of the temporary representative of the vacant See or benefice has the effect of the said Ecclesiastical provision, in which the Government officially participates.

   The administration and enjoyment of the revenues during the vacancy shall be arranged according to the norm of Canon Law.

   In the case of bad management the Italian State in accord with the Ecclesiastical Authority shall proceed to the sequestration of the temporalities of the benefice, devoting the net revenues in favour of the possessor, or in his absence to the advantage of the benefice.

   Art. 27. The Basilicas of the Holy House at Loreto, of S. Francis at Assisi and of S. Antony at Padua, with the buildings and works annexed, except those of a purely lay character, shall be ceded to the Holy See and their administration shall belong to the same. They shall be free from every interference by the State and from the conversion of other entities of whatsoever nature under the management of the Holy See, even the Missionary Colleges. In any case the Italian law regarding the acquisitions of moral corporations remains in force.

   With regard to the property now belonging to the said sanctuaries, a mixed commission shall proceed to deal with their distribution, having regard to the rights of third parties and to the necessary endowment of the said works of a lay character. For the other sanctuaries in which a lay administration exists, these shall be replaced by the management of the Ecclesiastical Authority, saving the case of the distribution of the property according to the norm of the preceding paragraph.

  Art. 28. For the tranquillization of consciences the Holy See accords a full condonation to all those who in consequence of the Italian laws changing the Ecclesiastical patrimony, are found in possession of Ecclesiastical property.

   For such purpose the Holy See shall give the ordinaries the opportune instructions.

  Art. 29. The Italian State shall revise its legislation in so far as it concerns Ecclesiastical matters, reforming and reintegrating them in order to bring them into harmony with the direction which inspires the Treaty with the Holy See and the present Concordat.

   It remains now for the two High Contracting Parties to agree the following :

   (a) The personality of the Ecclesiastical entities already recognised by the Italian law (the Holy See, Dioceses, Chapters, Seminaries, parishes, etc.) shall remain unchanged. Such personality shall be recognized also in churches open to public worship which at present do not enjoy it, composing those that formerly belonged to Ecclesiastical entities now suppressed, with the assignment in regard to these last of the revenue actually destined to each one from the Fund of Public Worship. Saving what is settled in the previous Art. 27, the council of administration wheresoever existing, and even if wholly or in part composed of lay persons, shall not interfere in the service of public worship, and the nomination of those composing the administration shall be made in agreement with the Ecclesiastical Authority.

   (b) The juridical personality of those religious congregations shall be recognized, with or without votes, approved by the Holy See, which have their principal house within the Kingdom, and are there represented juridically and in fad by persons who are of Italian citizenship and are domiciled in Italy.

   The juridical personality shall also be recognized of the Italian religious provinces of those associations having their principal house abroad within the limits of the State and its colonies? when the same conditions concur.

   The Juridical personality of houses, when the particular rules of each order attributes to them the right of acquisition and possession, shall likewise be recognized.

  Finally shall be recognized the houses of the Generals, and the procurators of religious associations, including those abroad. The religious houses and associations which at present enjoy juridical personality shall conserve the same.

  The acts relating to the transfer of the property to which the associations now come into possession from the present owners to the association shall be exempt from any taxation.

   (c) The confraternities exclusively or principally devoted to worship and which are not subject to ulterior transformation as regards their purpose, depend on the Ecclesiastical Authority for what concerns their functioning and administration.

   (d) The foundation of religious worship of any kind is permitted provided that it responds to the needs of the people, and imposes no financial burden on the State. These dispositions apply to such as are already in existence.

   (e) In the civil administration of Ecclesiastical patrimony resulting from the aversive laws half the council of administration shall be composed of members designated by the Ecclesiastical Authority, and likewise for the religious funds of the new provinces.

   (f) The acts computed up to the present by Ecclesiastical or religious entities, without the observance of the civil law, shall be recognized and regularized by the Italian State at the request of the ordinary if presented within three years from the entry into force of this Concordat.

   (g) The Italian State renounces the exemption from Ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the palatine clergy in all Italy (saving for those belonging to the Church of the Santa Sindone of Turin di Superga, and of the Sudario of Rome and the chapels annexed to the palaces which are occupied by the Sovereign and the Royal princes) entering all the nominations and provisions of benefices and offices under the norm of the preceding Articles. An appropriate commission shall provide for the assignment to any basilica or palatine Church of a suitable endowment according to the criteria indicated for the property of the sanctuaries in Art. 27.

   (h) The tributary facilities already established by Italian law in forms of Ecclesiastical entities at present existing shall remain in force; the scope of worship and religion is for all tributary effects made equal to the scope of beneficence and education.

   The extraordinary tax of 30 per cent imposed by Art. 18 of the law of August 15, 1867, n. 2848, the quota of concourse of which see Art. 31 of the law of July 7, 1866, n. 3036, and Article 20 of the law of August 15, 1867, n. 3848, are abolished; also the tax on the passage of interest of property constituting the endowment of benefices and other Ecclesiastical entities established by Art. I of the Royal Decree, December 30, 1923, n. 3270, and for the future the institution of any special tribute charged on the property of the Church. Neither shall there be applied to ministers of worship in the exercise of their sacerdotal ministry any professional tax or licensing tax instituted by Royal Decree, November 18, 1923, n. 2538, in place of the suppressed tax of trade and resale, or any other tax of that nature.

   (i) The use of the Ecclesiastical and religious habit on the part of seculars as on the part of Ecclesiastics or religious who have been forbidden to wear it by definitive provision of the competent Ecclesiastical Authority, which should be officially communicated to the Italian Government, is forbidden: and shall be punished with same sanctions and pains with which is forbidden and punished the unlawful use of the military uniform.

  Art. 30. The ordinary and extraordinary administration of property belonging to any Ecclesiastical Institute or religious association shall be under the direction and control of the competent authority of the Church, every intervention on the part of the Italian State being excluded, and without the obligation to submit the conversion of real estate.

   The Italian State recognizes in Ecclesiastical Institutes and religious associations the capacity to acquire property, saving the dispositions of the civil law concerning the acquisition of moral corporations.

   The Italian State by the new accords, unless established otherwise, shall continue to supply the deficiencies in the income of Ecclesiastical benefices with assignments that shall correspond to a measure not inferior to that established by the laws actually in force, in consideration of which the administration of the patrimony of the said benefices as far as it concerns acts and contracts which exceed simple administration shall take place with the intervention of the Italian State, and in the case of a vacancy the assignment of the property shall be made in the presence of a representative of the Government expressed by an appropriate document.                       

   The Episcopal income of the suburban dioceses, and the patrimonies of the chapter and parishes of Rome and the said dioceses, is not subject to the said intervention.

    For the purpose of a congruous supplement, the amount of the said incomes and patrimony corresponding to the benefices shall result from a declaration rendered annually under the proper responsibility of the Bishop for the suburban dioceses and of the Cardinal Vicar for Rome.

  Art. 31. The erection of new Ecclesiastical entities or religion associations shall be made by the Ecclesiastical Authority according to the norm of Canon Law; their recognition as regards civil effects shall be made by the civil authority.

    Art. 32. The recognitions and the authorizations foreseen in the provisions of the present Concordat and of the Treaty shall take place through a norm established by the civil law which shall be put into harmony with the dispositions of the said Concordat and Treaty.

  Art. 33. The disposition of the existing Catacombs in Rome and other parts of the territory of the Kingdom are reserved to the Holy See, with the consequent honour of keeping, maintaining and conserving them. The Holy See can, with the observance of the law of the State and saving the eventual rights of third parties, proceed to future excavations and the transfer of the bodies of the saints.

  Art. 34. The Italian State, wishing to restore to the institution of matrimony, which is the foundation of the family, that dignity which is conformable with the Catholic traditions of its people, recognizes the civil effects of the Sacrament of matrimony regulated by Canon Law.

   The publication of matrimony as above shall be effected in the parish, and also in the communal hall.

   Immediately after the celebration of matrimony, the parish priest shall explain to the newly wedded pair the civil effects of matrimony, reading to them the Articles in the civil code regarding the rights and duties of married persons, and commit the act of matrimony to writing, of which within five days he shall send an exact copy to the Commune, in order that it may be transcribed in the registers of the civil State.

   Causes concerning nullity of matrimony and dispensations from matrimony ratified but not consummated are reserved to the competence of the Ecclesiastical Tribunals and their departments.

   The provisions and the relative sentences when they have become definitive shall be carried to the supreme tribunal of the Segnatura, which shall control them and see that the norm of the Canon Law relative to the competence of the judge, the citations, the legitimate representation and the contumacy of the parties, has been observed.

   The said provisions and definitive sentences with the relative decree of the supreme tribunal of the Segnatura shall be transmitted to the Court of Appeal of the State competent for the territory, which shall, by an order of chamber of Council, render effective the civil effects and order the same to be annotated in the margin of the Act of Matrimony of the civil State.

   As to causes of personal separation the Holy See agrees that these shall be judged by the ordinary civil authority.

   Art. 35. For secondary (scuola media) schools of instruction carried on by Ecclesiastical or religious associations the examination by the State with effective parity of conditions for candidates of the Government schools and candidates of the said schools shall remain in force.

   Art. 36. Italy, considering the teaching of Christian doctrine according to the form received by Catholic tradition as the foundation and the crown of public instruction, agrees that religious instruction imparted in the public elementary schools shall have a further development in the secondary schools according to a programme to be established by an accord between the Holy See and the State.

   Such teaching shall be given by means of masters and professors, priests and religious approved by the Ecclesiastical Authority, and subsidiaries by means of lay masters and professors, who for this end shall be furnished with a certificate of fitness to be issued by the ordinary of the diocese.

   The revocation of the certificate on the part of the ordinary deprives the teachers of the capacity to teach.

   For the said religious teaching there shall only be used in the public schools the text-books approved by the Ecclesiastical Authority.

   Art. 37. The director of the State Association of physical culture for pre-military instruction, of the Avanguardisti and the Balilla, in order to render possible the religious instruction of the youth entrusted to them, shall dispose the hours in such a way as shall not impede on Sundays and days of precept the fulfilment of their religious duties.

   The same applies to the directors of public schools for gatherings of their pupils on the said feast days.

   Art. 38. The nomination of the professors of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and the dependent institute of Mary Immaculate are subject to the nihil obstat on the part of the Holy See directed to secure that nothing shall be wanting from the moral and religious point of view.

   Art. 39. The Universities, the greater and lesser Seminaries, diocesan, inter-diocesan or regional, the academies, the colleges and other Catholic Institutes for Ecclesiastical formation and culture shall continue to depend solely from the Holy See without any interference on the part of the scholastic authority of the Kingdom.

  Art. 40. The doctorate in Sacred Theology bestowed by the Faculty approved by the Holy See shall be recognized by the Italian State ; likewise shall be recognized the diplomas which shall be given in the schools of palæography, archives and diplomatic documents erected near the Library and the Archives in the City of the Vatican.

  Art. 41. Italy recognizes the use in the Kingdom and its colonies of the Pontifical honours of knighthood by means of a register of briefs of the nominations through the presentation of the brief by the person interested and the request for its inscription therein.

  Art. 42. Italy shall admit the recognition by a Royal decree of titles of nobility conferred by the Supreme Pontiff, even after 1870, and of those that shall be conferred in the future.

   It shall also be established that the said recognition in Italy shall not be subject to taxation.

   Art. 43. The Italian State recognizes the organizations dependent from the Italian Catholic action in so far as the Holy See has disposed that they carry out their activity outside any political party and under the immediate dependence of the Hierarchy of the Church for the diffusion and exercise of Catholic principles.

   The Holy See takes the occasion of the stipulation of the present Concordat to renew to all Ecclesiastics and religious of Italy the prohibition of belonging to and fighting for any political party whatsoever.

    Art. 44. If any difficulty shall arise in the future concerning the interpretation of the present Concordat, the Holy See and Italy shall proceed by a common examination to a friendly solution.

  Art. 45. The present Concordat shall come into force by exchange of the ratifications at the same time as the Treaty between the two High Parties for the elimination of ' the Roman Question. '

   With the entry into force of the present Concordat, the Concordat with the former Italian States shall cease to be operative. The Austrian law, the laws and decrees of the Italian State actually in force, in so far as they are opposed to the depositions of the present Concordat, shall be abrogated by the entry into force of the same.

   To prepare for the execution of the present Concordat, a commission shall be nominated immediately after the signing thereof, comprised of persons to be designated by the two High Parties.

Rome, eleventh February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine.


At the conclusion of the signing, the following official communiqué was released:

    The Holy See considers that with the Agreements signed today it possesses the guarantees necessary to provide due liberty and independence to the spiritual government of the dioceses of Rome and of the Catholic Church in Italy and the whole world. It declares the Roman question definitely and irrevocably settled, and therefore eliminated, and recognizes the Kingdom of Italy under the dynasty of the House of Savoy, with Rome as the capital of the Italian State. Italy, on its side, recognizes the State of the Vatican City under the sovereignty of the Supreme Pontiff.

    The Law of Guarantees and any other Law or Act contrary to the present Treaty is abrogated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wYgt3fKDlc

Many Catholics themselves know of the Vaticans animosity toward the U.S., as the above link to a Church Militant video attests. The Green Deal and Climate Change agenda are just more attempts to rend control from national governments in submission to global government. In the case of our nation and all other nations with representative forms, this is nothing but an attempt to end such and remove power from the citizens of various nations and place it into the hands of power hungry unelected self appointed tyrants. The dumbing down of as many as possible of all nations of course, increases the gullibility of the general populace making them easier prey for such tyrants. Thus also does and is the Vatican pushing for the re-education of the world according to her Climate Change agenda as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7hb1zYqZ-k

https://www.breakingisraelnews.com/140087/pope-meets-muslim-leader-rabbi-esau-sending-ishmael-complete-holocaust/

Quoted article below, from link above.

Pope Meets With Muslim Leader, Rabbi Says "Esau Sending Ishmael to Complete the Holocaust"
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz November 17, 2019 , 2:15 pm

They have said: "Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.' For they have consulted together with one consent; against Thee do they make a covenant; The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites." Psalms 83:5-7 (The Israel Bible™)

A meeting between the Pope and an Egyptian, solidifying an agreement that sounds like the epitome of peaceful coexistence but which some experts believe hides an end-of-days Ishmael-Esau agenda.

The Meeting Intended to Unify All Religions

Pope Francis received the Grand Imam Ahmed Al-Tayeb of Al-Azhar of Egypt at the Vatican on Friday. The meeting was intended as the net step in actualizing the Document on the Human Brotherhood for World Peace and Common Living Together, a joint statement signed by the Pope and the Imam in February in Abu Dhabi intended to promote a "culture of mutual respect."

The agreement between the two religious leaders was criticized for its stance on the diversity of religions.

"The fact that people are forced to adhere to a certain religion or culture must be rejected," the document read. "As too the imposition of a cultural way of life that others do not accept."

On one hand, this statement could be understood as an attempt to introduce tolerance for other religions into two religions, Islam and Catholicism, which both have supersessionism as a basic tenet. While members of other religions may see this as a praiseworthy effort, Catholics and Muslims have expressed concern that this agreement represents a commitment by the leaders to a process that is unacceptable. This is especially problematic for Islam which punishes apostasy with death.

William Kilpatrick, a professor at Boston College who writes about religious and cultural issues, was skeptical of the agreement.

"it's unlikely that the Muslim parties will stick to their end of the bargain", he wrote upon its signing, noting that the document "seems to have been written almost entirely in Rome."

"[The agreement is] geared to obfuscating the dangerous differences while emphasizing the surface similarities between Christianity and Islam", Kilpatrick wrote. "This is not what Muslim converts want to hear from their pope....That the Pope seems to propose the Quran as a way of salvation, is that not cause for worry?"

Catholic Church Changing

The meeting at the Vatican comes at a time when traditional values in the Catholic Church are changing. Pope Francis has taken on a policy in which homosexuals are welcomed into the church so much so that the American LGBT magazine The Advocate named Pope Francis their Person of the Year for 2013. In 2019, Pope Francis stated that homosexual "tendencies are not a sin. If you have a tendency to anger, it's not a sin. Now, if you are angry and hurt people, the sin is there." He has frequently met with openly homosexual and transgender people.

Some Catholic Churches are taking this agenda even further. Catholic dioceses in the United Kingdom are reportedly hosting homosexual Masses designed to welcome homosexuals into the church and combine "gay pride" with the Eucharist and other Romish sacraments. According to reports, these pro-homosexuality events have received blessings from the local Roman Catholic bishops. It should be noted that these events welcome homosexuals into the Catholic Church while not advocating celibacy.

Pope Francis: Anti-Bible

Pope Francis has come under fire before for connecting the Catholic Church with the children of Ishmael. In 2015, 71 elders of the Sanhedrin tried the Pope in absentia for recognizing a "State of Palestine" with an official treaty. By doing so, the Sanhedrin claimed, the Pope was denying the covenant as described in the Bible in which God gives the land of Israel to the descendants of Jacob.

After the trial, Rabbi Daniel HaKohen Stavsky, an elder on the Sanhedrin, told Breaking Israel News that Israel must learn from the lessons of the Holocaust in order to protect the future of the state and the nation.

"They cannot forget or deny this, so the haters of Israel cannot allow themselves to do this again. Esau is sending Ishmael to kill us in a completion of the Holocaust," he told Breaking Israel News. "They pray to idols and to death. They talk about human rights, which include the right to a homeland. But they don't consider Jews to be humans, so we don't have these rights. It is not just the land, but also the title of the Chosen People that they deny. They are stealing our body and our soul. They are against Israel because they cannot allow us to fulfill the prophecy of returning to the land."

Rabbi Yeshayahu Hollander, who was tasked with defending Pope Francis at the trial has modified his opinion of the pontiff since the trial.

"A lot has changed since then," Rabbi Hollander told Breaking Israel news. "This pope is not like previous Popes. He is from South America. He hid it at first but he is a socialist and that is his agenda."

"This meeting between the Pope and the Imam is the Vatican abdicating to Islam. The Vatican has realized that they cannot convert the Muslims so they are announcing that they will no longer try. The Catholic Church would like the Muslims to reciprocate in kind but in truth, the Imam did nothing of the sort."

"The Pope is not an antisemite," Rabbi Hollander said, comparing him to the lamb described by Isaiah.

The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard lie down with the kid; The calf, the beast of prey, and the fatling together, With a little boy to herd them. Isaiah 11:6

"The pope sees himself as the prophesied lamb," Rabbi Hollander said. "The Imam sees himself as a wolf but not in the sense of Isaiah."

Rabbi Hillel Weiss, the spokesman for the Sanhedrin, noted that these recent developments illustrate that their conviction four years ago was a true judgment and rather than take the time to repent, the Pope has gone even further away from God.

"With both the Pope and the Imam, the truth is precisely the opposite of what they say," Rabbi Weiss said to Breaking Israel News. "Islam claims to be the religion of peace but they have never had peace or even offered peace to another religion. The Pope claims to be a man of God but he is working precisely against every precept explicitly given in the Bible."

Plotting Against Jerusalem

The Grand Imam of al-Azhar is a prestigious Sunni Islam title and a prominent official title in Egypt. He is considered by some Muslims to be the highest authority in Sunni Islamic thought and Islamic jurisprudence. Appointed by former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. He has been accused of being called for stopping the "Judaization of Jerusalem." Contrary to the agreement he signed with Pope Francis, in 2016 el-Tayeb ruled that apostates must rejoin Islam or be killed.

At last week's meeting, the Pope also received along with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Ambassador of the Republic of Egypt to the Holy See, Mahmoud Samy and some personalities and representatives of the University of Al-Azhar and the Superior Committee.

Perhaps the only possibility that some semblance of sanctity would enter into the proceedings came from the introduction of Dr. Irina Georgieva Bokova as a member of the initiative. Dr. Bokova was Director-General of UNESCO in 2017 when the organization passed several resolutions denying any connection between Judaism and Jerusalem. Bokova was sharply criticized for comments she made contradicting these resolutions.

Continued from reply #136

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

Entire Encyclical quoted and commented upon below may be viewed at link above.

Excerpts from - ENCYCLICAL LETTER
LAUDATO SI'
OF THE HOLY FATHER
FRANCIS
ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME (All emphasis is mine, my comments in blue)

VI. WEAK RESPONSES

53. These situations have caused sister earth, along with all the abandoned of our world, to cry out, pleading that we take another course. Never have we so hurt and mistreated our common home as we have in the last two hundred years. Yet we are called to be instruments of God our Father, so that our planet might be what he desired when he created it and correspond with his plan for peace, beauty and fullness. The problem is that we still lack the culture needed to confront this crisis. We lack leadership capable of striking out on new paths and meeting the needs of the present with concern for all and without prejudice towards coming generations. The establishment of a legal framework which can set clear boundaries and ensure the protection of ecosystems has become indispensable; otherwise, the new power structures based on the techno-economic paradigm may overwhelm not only our politics but also freedom and justice.

Rom 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.

The present world is and has already been suffering greatly from the fall and sin. It would in fact become uninhabitable eventually without God's intervention, if He has not already intervened in ways we do not even understand to prolong it already. Nevertheless God Himself has predicted the destruction of this world by His own hand, that it might be replaced by the new heaven and new earth. It is the papacies lack of faith in the word of God concerning this earths creation and final end as depicted in the scriptures, which causes her to project the theories in and of this world above scriptural testimony. She joins those of this world in seeking salvation from the coming doom through her own efforts in leading them in the false hopes of self salvation. All such is in fact rebellion against the plain testimony and word of God.

While she should be warning the world of the destruction of this world predicted at Christ's second coming and the salvation provided from such through Christ alone, she instead joins the world in seeking salvation through their own means. This as though the answer lies within the politics of this world, and the cooperation of all within it, regarding their own plans to save the planet. She not only joins them, but positions herself at their head leading the same. She is unquestionably BABYLON THE GREAT, deceiving the world through her false doctrines and fear mongering politics.

Her real problem concerning the last two centuries of unparalleled advancement in many areas, is that it all came about as a direct result of the rejection of her abusive authority, and the freedom of thought and practice which followed. The United States which became a power house of these advancements along with many others, separated church from state for the exact purpose of preventing anything like the Holy Roman Empire and its abusive history occurring again. She has of course been warring against these developments from the moment they were put into place. Thus today she is in bed with countless corporate, government, and religious leaders the world over serving them her intoxicating wine that they might become drunk enough to allow her to mount their backs and ride them where she will. She is and will continue to succeed because God has said it will be so. Woe to all of them though, who worship or serve the global beast which she is and will ever increasingly ride unto destruction.

The global legal framework she seeks to established spoken of above, is simply global government placed back under her authority and thumb. This will lead directly to the same kind of persecution and abuse it lead to the first time kings and queens allowed this satanic institution to ride upon their backs. The deadly wound of the first beast she rode will be healed, which occurred in 1798 when the Pope was dethroned and exiled, and she will have a new global beast to lead where she will. The problems she has had with the last two hundred years after she was knocked off the back of the governments she then rode, will be corrected and placed back under her control unto the destruction of this world and humanity as a whole, accepting those who remain faithful to salvation in Christ Jesus alone. The false salvation she has offered and provided as solution to the problems which she herself helped fabricate and foster, will be the destruction of all who accept her intercession in the place of our only High Priest and Savior Jesus Christ. Who is the WORD OF GOD, and did predict all of the same and reveal it to His servants.

Rev 1:1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: 2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0vFkgAVSwc

Good video. Addresses climate change and other political maneuvers of papal politics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joLSL-WJNaE

Another good one addressing papal Jesuit politics.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/pope_francis_admits_it_he_really_really_hates_americans.html

Article below from link above.

September 5, 2019

Pope Francis effectively admits it: He really, really hates Americans

Sounding more and more like a politician and less and less like a pope, Pope Francis threw out this one for his American critics who view him as just a bit too political. According to Fox News:

Pope Francis told a reporter on Wednesday it was an "honor" to be the subject of attacks from American religious conservatives and their Catholic allies.

The pope was speaking with French journalist Nicholas Seneze, the author of "How America Wants to Change Popes," when he responded to his American critics while heading to Mozambique for a three-day tour of sub-Saharan Africa.

His stances on climate change, immigration, homosexuality and theology have garnered heavy criticism from politicians and conservative Catholics and commentators. Some critics have demanded his resignation.
"It's an honor that the Americans attack me," the pontiff told Seneze.

Interesting that he characterized his critics as "the Americans" instead of 'the conservatives.' After all, the U.S. Church (and nearly all U.S. religious denominations) actually do have plenty of leftists -- they're actually dominated by them.

Which goes to show just how coldly he views the United States with all its famous freedoms, calling to mind that like the late Venezuelan socialist dictator Hugo Chavez, he's never spent appreciable time in the U.S. He knows nothing of democracy, other than the Peronist balcony-descamisados kind practiced in Argentina with its famous Argentine economic consequences. The U.S. practice of freely speaking one's mind and questioning authority that's failing unsettles him. He gets mad. If he's the good guy, then someone who criticizes him is the devil, which of course is why it's an 'honor.' The U.S. and all its freedom is a bad place, see, but he'd nevertheless like all the world's illegal migrants he claims to champion to somehow be here.

Which goes to show the depth of his confusion and resentment.

But the big problem is that he's now acting like a politician, not a spiritual leader, not the successor to St. Peter. Politicians love to throw the middle finger and say 'backatcha' to their critics (as the late Nelson Rockefeller once did), or come out swinging at their critics, as President Trump is willing to do. It's effective politically.

But it sure as heck isn't becoming of a religious leader who presumably spends his time in contemplation. Not this guy.

The pope's Vatican handlers are now cleaning up the mess left after that one:

"The pope was speaking in an informal context in which he wanted to say that he always considers criticism an honor, particularly when it comes from authoritative thinkers, in this case, those in an important nation," he said.

In other words, they're saying the pope considers everything an honor, like he's some la-di-da guy out there thinking only noble things. But we heard him the first time. He's angry, he hates Americans, he has a problem with critics, he's sarcastic as heck, and he descends rapidly into the mud of political mudslinging.

What a wretched, sorry, picture. He's down for the count to put himself into the Medieval leagues of battling popes.

Continued from reply #144

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

Entire Encyclical quoted and commented upon below may be viewed at link above.

Excerpts from - ENCYCLICAL LETTER
LAUDATO SI'
OF THE HOLY FATHER
FRANCIS
ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME (All emphasis is mine, my comments in blue)

54. It is remarkable how weak international political responses have been. The failure of global summits on the environment make it plain that our politics are subject to technology and finance. There are too many special interests, and economic interests easily end up trumping the common good and manipulating information so that their own plans will not be affected. The Aparecida Document urges that "the interests of economic groups which irrationally demolish sources of life should not prevail in dealing with natural resources".[32] The alliance between the economy and technology ends up sidelining anything unrelated to its immediate interests. Consequently the most one can expect is superficial rhetoric, sporadic acts of philanthropy and perfunctory expressions of concern for the environment, whereas any genuine attempt by groups within society to introduce change is viewed as a nuisance based on romantic illusions or an obstacle to be circumvented.

What is the common good spoken of above, but that determined by the Pope of Rome to be for the good of everyone. So what is the above call, but a call for the submission of all to the Pope of Rome? The technological and financial plans of every person and nation must submit to the Church of Rome's superior knowledge and agenda regarding all of the same. Nothing new here. Just the same old call for submission to Rome in all things. 

Here is an idea for the Vatican. Take the many billions of dollars you receive from the tax payers of various nations with or without their consent every year, and start clean up and green projects on a global scale. Then ask peoples and governments to contribute time, money, and people to the cause. Which I am sure many gladly will. Stop trying to politically control and dominate the world unto your vision, but rather lead by example and ask for support in your endeavors. You know, kind of like our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ did, whom you claim to represent. Then please, point all to the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation of their own selves and this entire world, instead of some global political government or cooperation between the governments of this world as its salvation. Then you really could represent the Lord's best wishes for this planet and everyone on it, instead of representing the Babylonian woman of prophetic scripture who seeks to unite all the leaders of the world under her intoxicating influence.

Rev 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

Rev 18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/vatican-official-praises-china-for-witness-to-catholic-social-teaching-21595

Vatican official praises China for witness to Catholic social teaching

Vatican City, Feb 6, 2018 / 12:45 pm ().- The chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences has said that China is exercising global moral leadership in the principles of Catholic social teaching and defense of human dignity.

Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, an Argentinian, is chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. In an interview with Vatican Insider, he recently said that "at this moment, those who best realize the social doctrine of the Church are the Chinese."

Sorondo told Vatican Insider that he had recently visited China, where he says he found that "they [the Chinese] seek the common good, subordinate things to the general good."

"I found an extraordinary China; what people do not know is that the central Chinese principle is 'work, work, work.' ...As Paul said: 'he who does not work, who does not eat.' You do not have shantytowns, you do not have drugs, young people do not have drugs. There is a positive national consciousness, they want to show that they have changed, they already accept private property," he said of his trip.

The bishop said that the People's Republic of China has "defended the dignity of the human person," and, in the area of climate change, is "assuming a moral leadership that others have abandoned."

Sorondo criticized the United States, where, he said, the economy dominates politics. "How is it possible that oil multinationals manage Trump," he asked.

"Liberal thought has liquidated the concept of the common good, they do not even want to take it into account, it affirms that it is an empty idea, without any interest." On the other hand, he said, the Chinese propose work and the common good. 

The bishop said that "China is evolving very well," adding that "you can not think that the China of today is the China [during the pontificate of] John Paul II or the Russia of the Cold War."

In October 2017, the US Congressional-Executive Commission on China criticized the country's human rights practices.

The commission condemned "the Chinese government and Communist Party's continued efforts to silence dissent, criminalize activities of human rights lawyers, control civil society, suppress religious activity, and restrict the operations of foreign media outlets, businesses, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) over the past 12 months."

"Nothing good happens in the dark," Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) said in an October statement on China. "That is why the Administration should shine a light on the Chinese government's failures to abide by universal standards, shine a light on the cases of tortured and abused political prisoners, shine a light on China's unfair trade practices and still coercive population control policies."

https://www.ncronline.org/news/earthbeat/capitol-hill-jesuit-students-deliver-58000-catholic-signatures-support-senate-climate

On Capitol Hill, Jesuit students deliver 58,000 Catholic signatures in support of Senate climate bill

WASHINGTON — The annual Jesuit student takeover of Capitol Hill this week brought more than the usual fiery spirit for social justice into the halls of Congress, as the teens and young adults hand-delivered a petition on behalf of tens of thousands of Catholics nationwide in support of a Senate bill that would force federal action to address climate change.

The 22nd Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice (Nov. 16-18), organized by the Ignatian Solidarity Network, drew more than 2,000 students from Jesuit high schools and colleges to the Washington, D.C., area to pray and work together toward addressing injustice and inequality in their world.

On the final day, many of them flocked to congressional offices, equipped with talking points and proposals on immigration reform and environmental justice for their elected officials. In tow were also copies of a petition signed by more than 58,000 people urging their senators to support a House-passed bill requiring the president to create a plan to meet the U.S. commitment under the Paris Agreement.

The petition effort was a joint initiative by Ignatian Solidarity Network and Catholic Climate Covenant.

The International Climate Accountability Act would give the White House 120 days to submit a plan to Congress to achieve the U.S. goal — reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28% under 2005 levels by 2025 — and to annually update the plan. In essence, it would block a president from departing the Paris climate deal, and also prohibits using funds to withdraw from it. The House of Representatives passed its version of the bill in May.

President Donald Trump on Nov. 4 began the formal withdrawal process from the Paris Agreement. It will take effect a year later.

The lone Republican among the bill's 46 co-sponsors is Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.

The petition drive was supported by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, the Sisters of Mercy, Franciscan Action Network, the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests and the Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach.

"Climate change is already causing major suffering around the world intensifying floods and droughts and impacting food systems. Sea-levels are rising affecting millions today and future generations will suffer even more. Meanwhile, the federal government is failing to provide global leadership to protect life. This is not morally acceptable," reads sample language of a form letter addressed to senators.

During an environmental policy briefing Nov. 17, Jose Aguto, Catholic Climate Covenant associate director, said that young people represent the solution to ending partisanship in the nation, particularly on climate change.

He said the petition received support from people in all 50 states, and not just predominantly from traditionally blue ones. Florida, for instance, contributed 25,000 signatures, more than any other state. Aguto also pointed out the Catholic Climate Declaration — a separate statement backing the Paris Agreement endorsed by roughly 800 Catholic institutions — collected signatures from bishops in Alaska, Alabama, Mississippi, Wyoming, Texas and Kentucky.

Copies of the Catholic Climate Declaration were also shared with Senate offices.

Pressing for immigration reform, climate action

A delegation of roughly two dozen students from Jesuit schools in California presented the signatures and declaration to staff members for Sen. Kamala Harris during a meeting in the lobby of the Hart Senate Office Building.

While they described how wildfires in the state have interrupted their lives in direct and indirect ways, the students spent the bulk of their time pressing for a more humane immigration system.

As Jesuit students, they said, they are taught to speak up for the voiceless, and their Catholic faith holds that all people should be treated with dignity.

One by one, the students talked about their own experiences with immigration. Nearly all said they've been impacted directly or indirectly by inhumane migration policies. They addressed ICE raids across the state and the Trump administration's family separation and Remain in Mexico policies.

Oscar, a student at Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose who asked that his full name not be published, came to the U.S. from Mexico when he was 4 and received DACA status in 2017. The Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program shields from deportation some immigrants who came into the country illegally as children. But now he fears for himself and his younger sister should the Supreme Court uphold the Trump administration's revoking of the program.

"It's just a fear of going back to a country I don't know," he said.

Taylor Schlicht, a junior at Xavier College Preparatory School in Palm Desert, said hearing from immigrant speakers at the Teach-In ahead of the lobby day was "refreshing," because it showed to her that the policies they want aligned with students' experiences around immigration in Southern California.

"It was nice knowing that we can make our voices heard and be a voice for the voiceless," she told NCR.........................................

https://ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2019/09/20/global-climate-strike-ignatian-network/

GLOBAL CLIMATE STRIKE MOBILIZES IGNATIAN NETWORK INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS

BY ISN STAFF | September 20, 2019
[updated September 23, 2019]

On Friday, September 20, 2019, students around the world stepped out of their classrooms to unite with their global peers demanding action on climate change. The Global Climate Strike's timing strategically comes just days before the world leaders gather for the United Nations climate summit.

In the U.S. and beyond, numerous Jesuit and other Catholic institutions, parishes, and communities joined in the strikes, some utilizing ISN's Ignatian Carbon Challenge Climate Strike resources, designed in collaboration with the Jesuit Conference of Canada and U.S.'s Office of Justice and Ecology to assist network members as they pray, act, and advocate for climate change prioritization.

Two of the core tenets of Jesuit education are the call to help students become women and men for others and to form and educate agents of change in the world. The global climate strikes provide an educational moment within the context of world events. "We believe it is important to mark this day, using Ignatian spirituality and pedagogy as the frame for our participation," shared Brenna Davis, ISN's director of environmental initiatives.

The call to action of the youth-led climate strikes is particularly relevant for Jesuit institutions in light of the recently promulgated Universal Apostolic Preferences, which ask Jesuits and Ignatian ministries to look toward new horizons in the next ten years. Especially relevant to the climate strikes are the preferences that call us to "accompany the young in the creation of a hope-filled future" and "to collaborate in the care of our Common Home." In the UAPs, General Superior Sosa states, "Young people continue opening up to the future with the hope of building a life of dignity in a reconciled world that is in harmony with the environment. It is the young who, from their perspective, can help us to understand better the epochal change that we are living and its hope-filled newness."

Below, the ISN staff has compiled a summary of ways that network institutions and individuals have worked to live out these preferences through Global Climate Strike engagement. This listing is ongoing—tell us about your involvement here to be added to this story.

Boston College student organizations Climate Justice BC and Ecopledge of Boston College united more than 80 students from a host of student groups for a campus demonstration and march to City Hall and the Massachusetts State House, joining with a group from Boston College High School.

Brebeuf Jesuit in Indianapolis, Indianaheld a school climate strike in connection with the Global Climate Strike on their athletic fields. The event was organized by the school's conservation club to show the importance of climate action.

The Canisius College Project Conservation Club and other members of the campus community, including Mike Hayes, director of campus ministry, used public transportation to join the Buffalo Climate Strike. Speakers included a Canisius alum and other local climate activists.

Cheverus High School participated in the Portland, Maine Climate Strike. "There is no longer a debate about climate change, too much is at stake not to take action," said Mary King, campus minister. "Nothing the kids could have learned in school today was as important as putting faith into action with hundreds of other students in southern Maine crying out for universal climate justice and for the health of Maine's ecosystems."

Creighton University..............................

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Milwaukee......................

The list goes on. The Vaticans globalist version of Nazi youth to be employed in making her social justice agenda the law of the land. When these students grow up or graduate from their colleges they will enter into society, politics, or perhaps even the UN forces which are now being considered as enforcers of this Roman Catholic social justice agenda as well.

https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/danish-professor-says-united-nations-use-military-enforce-climate-change-agenda

Danish Professor Says United Nations Could Use Military To Enforce Climate Change Agenda

A prominent professor of international relations at the University of Copenhagen has suggested the United Nations could use military force to enforce its climate change agenda.

Professor Wæver had an interview with ABC News in Australia and said that nations who are not taking action on climate change could become engaged with the United Nations in armed conflict as it decides to enforce its agenda.

"The United Nations Security Council could, in principle, tomorrow decide that climate change is a threat to international peace and security," the professor said......................

https://www.jesuit.org.uk/more-just-and-sustainable-future

FOR A MORE JUST AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Scores of Jesuit Missions supporters were among the thousands who took part in yesterday's Climate Coalition rally in Westminster. They were joined by students and staff from Jesuit schools, as well as Jesuits from Britain and overseas. Jesuit Missions is one of 100 organisations that make up the Climate Coalition, which is raising concerns over the threat posed by climate change and highlighting its impact on the world's poorest communities.

Addressing the campaigners in Farm Street Church Hall, Mayfair, before they set off, the British Jesuit Provincial, Fr Dermot Preston SJ said their primary task was to raise awareness among politicians and decision-makers in Westminster. He said it was easy to take the beauty of the natural world for granted, stressing that it was important to recognise not only threats to the environment but also opportunities to improve our relationship with it.

"Yesterday we joined thousands of people on the streets of Westminster to urge our politicians to take urgent and decisive action to tackle climate change," said Paul Chitnis, the Director of Jesuit Missions. "They need to act both here in the UK and at the Paris meeting in December to ensure that climate change is at the forefront of the global political agenda. We owe it to the poorest people, who suffer most from the impact of global warming, and to future generations to do everything we can to build a more just and sustainable future.  We echo Pope Francis' urgent call for a new dialogue about the future of our planet and for action on behalf of the poorest."

Global concerns

Among those who took part in the Climate Coalition rally were students from Wimbledon College, Stonyhurst College (Lancashire) and Heythrop College, University of London. Staff from Donhead Lodge in Wimbledon, as well as the Wimbledon College Chaplain, also joined the rally. They heard George Gelber from Jesuit Missions describe them as 'advocates' – people who wanted to persuade others over to their argument. He reminded the pupils that many of them would be entitled to vote by the time of the next General Election and said that politicians would be impressed by the fact they were concerned about the situation facing people all over the world, not simply on their own doorsteps.

Mr Gelber highlighted three issues that lobbyists needed to raise when they met their Members of Parliament: a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, the need to reduce consumption of energy and the need to retain subsidies for a more energy-efficient environment.  The rally took place the day before the publication of Pope Francis's encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si, and in the context of the meeting of world leaders due to take place in Paris in December, when they will be discussing a global agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

https://www.jesuit.ie/news/prayer-and-protest-for-climate-action/

Prayer and protest for climate action

Students of Gonzaga College SJ and Belvedere College SJ united once again in prayer and protest as part of the strike for Global Climate Action in Dublin on 20 September 2019. This included their participation at the Interdenominational Prayer Service at the Famine Memorial beside Custom House Quay and the protest of more than 10,000 people in Merrion Square. They were accompanied by staff of the Jesuit schools and the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. The students gave feedback on the event, claiming that the Climate Strike Movement brings people of all backgrounds together and that it will continue to grow in size and influence.

According to Ms Siobhán McNamara, school librarian of Gonzaga College, the Gonzaga boys who attended the event live out the school's values such as accompaniment and generosity of spirit. She says, "These four Second Year boys [who express their opinions below] volunteered to attend the strike to represent the school. There was a total of eight boys in this representative group and I accompanied them. The group joined the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice at an interfaith service before joining the other secondary school students to march to Leinster House."

Ms McNamara continues: "As a Jesuit school we encourage all members of our community to be 'men and women for and with others'. Our students and staff are protesting not only out of concern for their own futures, but also because climate change disproportionately affects vulnerable and disadvantaged communities worldwide and we want to advocate for them. We were all impressed by the size of the crowd and by how well-organised the event was. The young people taking part had made excellent posters (as from the main photo) and it is clear that they believe passionately that action has to be taken to prevent further climate chaos".

https://www.jesuit.ie/news/joining-young-people-for-climate-action/

Joining young people for climate action

Ciara Murphy, Environmental Justice Advocate at the Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, explains why she is joining the Global Climate Strike on Friday, 20 September 2019. The protest is being led by school students who are calling on everyone to make their voice heard and demand action on the climate emergency. Ciara will be attending the Dublin event which starts at Custom House Quay at 12pm before marching to Government Buildings on Merrion Square at 12.30pm.

"I'll be one of the thousands of people marching on Friday 20th September because I want things to change, and I want to contribute to that change. Together, as communities and a country, we need to and can do more for our environment. We need positive change, now. Climate breakdown is affecting us all, although the consequences are not shared equally.

It's easy and understandable to feel helpless and become detached when we see environmental destruction on a scale we can't fully comprehend, such as the recent Amazon fires. At home, the consequences may not seem as dramatic but we still feel the impact of climate chaos with extreme weather events like heatwaves and storms causing flooding and droughts becoming more frequent in recent years.

To combat this, certain individual actions and choices can make a difference but only to a point. What our individual voices are now more important than ever for, is amplifying the collective message. Together we can become a cornucopia of hope and change, demanding that governments become instruments of positive environmental policy. Real change will happen when those in power make it their priority. I'm protesting on Friday 20th to call on them to do that.

Pope Francis, in his 2015 encyclical letter Laudato Si' urges us to care for the Earth, 'Our Common Home'. He stresses that "Living our vocation to be protectors of God's handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or secondary aspect of our Christian experience." He recognises that climate change is an environmental issue but one that does not exist in a vacuum, independent of other environmental and social problems including water shortages, loss of biodiversity, pollution, decline in the quality of the human life and the breakdown of society and global inequality. These issues need to be assessed through an integral ecology lens, examining the impacts of our interaction with the world around us............................................

https://www.slu.edu/news/2018/april/bill-nye-climate-summit.php

Bill Nye, 'the Science Guy,' Joins the Saint Louis Climate Summit Keynote Session

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The Saint Louis Climate Summit , April 22-24, is dedicated to working to fulfill Pope Francis' call to unite in defense of our common home. Saint Louis University is proudly hosting the summit as part of its bicentennial anniversary celebration and to honor Pope Francis' call to unite leaders in defense of the health and well-being of the planet. As one of the most respected Jesuit educational institutions in the world, celebrating its 200-year anniversary in 2018 under the Catholic Church's first-ever Jesuit Pope, there is perhaps no other institution as appropriate to convene a summit aimed at tackling the challenges outlined in Pope Francis's Encyclical three years ago.

Saint Louis University is a Catholic, Jesuit institution that values academic excellence, life-changing research, compassionate health care, and a strong commitment to faith and service. Founded in 1818, the University fosters the intellectual and character development of nearly 13,000 students on two campuses in St. Louis and Madrid, Spain. Building on a legacy of nearly 200 years, Saint Louis University continues to move forward with an unwavering commitment to serve a higher purpose while seeking the greater good.

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/02/06/tax-the-rich-pope-francis-calls-for-global-wealth-redistribution/

All emphasis in article quoted below from link above is mine. My comments are in blue.

Tax the Rich: Pope Francis Calls for Global Wealth Redistribution

Tax cuts for the wealthy constitute a "structure of sin," Pope Francis said Wednesday in a passionate address calling for international wealth redistribution.

"Every year hundreds of billions of dollars, which should be paid in taxes to fund health care and education, accumulate in tax haven accounts," the pontiff told participants in a Vatican seminar, "thus impeding the possibility of the dignified and sustained development of all social agents."

"Today's structures of sin include repeated tax cuts for the richest people, often justified in the name of investment and development," Francis told the meeting organized by the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences.

During his discourse, the pope repeated his conviction that poverty is on the rise worldwide and "the poor increase around us."

With the passage of time and the advances of civilization the number of poor people increases rather than diminishing, Francis similarly asserted last June, and "the poor are always poorer, and today they are poorer than ever."

As a Brookings Institution report noted in late 2018, however, the world is currently experiencing "the lowest prevalence of extreme poverty ever recorded in human history — less than 8 percent," and that number falls with each passing year.

According to the widely used "international poverty line," people are considered to be in "extreme poverty" if they live on less than $1.90 per day or its equivalent.

In the world today, less than 10 percent of the global population lives in extreme poverty, whereas just 30 years ago (1990), some 37 percent of the world lived in extreme poverty. Two centuries ago, nearly everyone in the world lived in extreme poverty.

While in the year 1800 almost 90 percent of the world's population subsisted on less than $1 a day, that percentage had been constantly falling, dropping below 20 percent in the year 2000 and below 10 percent in the present day.

It is not only "extreme poverty" that is falling, however. The global poverty rate has been falling across every single poverty line, whether the bar is set at $1.90 a day or $10 a day.

In his address Wednesday, the pope lamented that the per capita annual income in the world this year will be $12,000 "according to official reports."

According to data from the World Bank, however, annual per capita income worldwide has been increasing dramatically year by year and in 2018 was $17,948. Furthermore, the World Bank reveals, global per capita income has increased by over 200 percent since 1990 and is now more than three times higher than its 1990 level of $5,498.

This does not suggest that poverty is not a problem or that poverty reduction is not a worthy and important goal. It does mean, however, that global poverty is not increasing but is decreasing rapidly. In free market economies that favor wealth creation such as the United States, "extreme poverty" has virtually been eradicated.

For example, in 2005, 78.3 percent of households living in "poverty" (by U.S. standards) had air conditioning, whereas in 1970, 36.0 percent of all households had air conditioning.

"If extreme poverty exists in the midst of wealth (also extreme) it is because we have allowed the gap to widen to become the largest in history," the pope said. "The world's 50 richest people have $2.2 trillion worth of assets. These fifty people alone could fund the health care and education of every poor child in the world, whether through taxes, philanthropic initiatives, or both."

It must be acknowledged, however, that no such "gap" exists between the wealthy and the poor, since the vast majority of people live somewhere in the middle. There is not a cluster of ridiculously rich people followed by an immense mass of very poor people. The majority of people are neither very rich nor very poor.

The Pope forgot to mention no doubt, the tens if not hundreds of billions his church receives every year from tax payers of various nations without their consent. This by arrangement with politicians of these nations and not the consent of the people they claim to represent. This is besides the countless billions generated by the churches business activities and investments, not to mention the shady side of her handling of very large amounts of money all are aware of. While I certainly do not support illegal or shady tax havens for the rich removing their fare share of the burden of taxes, tax break incentives and such which can create jobs and spread some wealth around are not part of such a category. Let the Pope and Vatican lead by way of example if they wish by surrendering the many billions they receive in tax monies, and the billions they also generate in other ways directly into these government controlled poverty erasing mechanisms they speak of. If they really want everyone else to hand their wealth over for redistribution by unelected and unrepresentative officials, then let them do so first before crying about and demanding everyone else do so. Then we can go from there.

Big global government run by unelected elitist politicians controlling individual, national, and corporate wealth is most certainly not the answer for combatting poverty. The past has proved this point repeatedly when great wealth and power was in the hands of fewer people. The stats in the above article fully support this reality in the revelation of the continual drop in global poverty over the last two centuries. These stats have been concurrent to the rise and development of representative government by and for the people replacing governments based upon elitism, communism, and socialism. Which form of government was directly influenced by the Protestant Reformation in the struggle for religious freedom which by natural result spilled over into political and economic freedoms. The Holy scriptures being given back into the hands of the common people, educated them unto personal conviction, responsibility, and action. By such they broke the chains which elitist religious leaders and politicians working together had bound them with.

This is the true history of the United States of America and other nations who broke free from elitist kings, queens, popes, and bishops who retained all the wealth and power to be had in their dark ages. Since that time the US and other like minded nations have outlasted and performed various communistic and socialistic nations which abused many of their citizens and have failed them repeatedly. Nevertheless, the papacy today leans more heavily towards these political ideologies than representative government and free market society. This is not to mention her full support of such in the past, and even the Nazi party in many respects before it went full on bat poop crazy. So today, after using the United States to help topple the global influence of communist and socialist governments taking over nations filled with her adherents, she now turns on us in support of global elitist, communistic, and socialistic leaning politics. Today she praises much of the same as more in line with her social justice agenda than representative government for and by the people, and free market for the same. Nevertheless, the true results of her lefty progressive politics may be seen in many an American city which has adopted them. A vanishing middle class, and extreme wealth and or poverty. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

She will not be satisfied until all forms of government and peoples submit to her usurped authority in all things. She exists as a foreign political entity within every nation that will tolerate her presents, from within she seeks to supplant their own vision and structures of authority with hers. Within the various nations she hides behind the worlds various political ideologies, using and pitting one against the other until such can be manipulated unto the results she has had in mind all along. The nations fall for her tactics one by one. They will not identify her as the real culprit to be addressed, so they are doomed. Calling each other Nazi's, Communists, Socialists, or evil Capitalists, they destroy each other from within while the papacy waits to pick up and manipulate the pieces unto her own ends. So are the nations made drunk with the wine of her false doctrines, teachings, and politics unto eternal ruin.

In America, particularly, is this investigation important. In all the countries over which it has triumphed, Popery, like the anaconda, has wound around its folds of art, of cunning, of superstition and of power, until, enclosing everything in its too friendly embraces, it has, with one tremendous effort, crushed the nation to death. It sends forth its missionaries; it gathers its schools and colleges; it erects its cathedrals and builds its churches; it is patriotic, benevolent, charitable. Its alms and offerings attract the vulgar, its austerities and penances convince the sceptical. It is at first tolerated; then approved; next obeyed! But now come the dread realities of the system, taxation, passive submission, excommunications, interdicts, crusades, the inquisition, destruction. Yes, Popery has well nigh destroyed every country in which it has been predominant. The liberties and national prosperity of a people cannot coexist with such a system.(CHRIST AND ANTICHRIST, by Samuel J. Cassels, PART 2 ANTICHRIST OR THE PAPACY PROVED TO BE THE ANTICHRIST PREDICTED IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Pgs. 125&126)

Thus does the anomalous character of the Papacy prove it to be the antitype of "the little horn." This power is unlike all others; is uncongenial with all others. It is a usurper, a supplanter. We can readily conceive, how a spiritual power, either associated with the state, or entirely independent of the state, may exist without discord or collision. If the church be entirely distinct from the political institutions of a people, there can of course be no disturbance, as there is no contact. And if a church be established by law, as the operations of the religious and the political systems are kept in distinct spheres, there may be but occasional evils growing out of such union. But for a government that claims its existence jure divino, that sets up a universal empire, that arrogates to itself supremacy in all civil, as well as ecclesiastical matters — for a government that considers itself infallible, and which requires absolute submission in all its subjects — for such a government to exist in the midst of other governments; in its very principles trampling upon their rights and privileges; wielding both a temporal and a spiritual sword; punishing offenders both in this world and the next — for such a government to exist in harmony with other governments, is impossible, absolutely impossible. The papal system can harmonize with no other, whether religious or political. To the religious world, it exhibits one supreme pontiff of Christendom, and requires for him universal obedience. To the political world, it presents one great monarch, whose throne is above every throne, and whose will is law throughout the globe. No the Papacy is a unit, and presents the front of positive hostility to every thing that is not consolidated in itself. It may not be able to carry out its principles and wishes, but this is its nature. It is "diverse from all other governments; it is the adversary of all other governments.(Chapter 3, Pgs. 155&156)

The Vatican is a globalist institution, with the intended purpose of being on top of a new world order. The dissolution of existing governments, peoples, and nations is not only compatible with such designs, but beneficial to the same. Such provides excellent opportunity to step in and fill the void of authority in social order created by the same. Nor is she the only one seeking to more firmly establish herself upon the ruin of existing nations and peoples. She rose to power during the dissolution of the Roman Empire as she contributed to the same. Just as she is now rising to power in the same manner contributing to dissolving national and individual sovereignty on a global scale through wealth redistribution, mass migration, fear mongering politics of climate change, and a slew of other political maneuvers. Failing to identify and address this cancer within a nation, can certainly mean its demise. Why should the cost of eradicating poverty globally be personal and national freedom? It should not.

How about it, Amo?  Are you going to tell us that you agree with the SDA statement of Confidence in Ellen White? 

: current occupant2  Sat Feb 08, 2020 - 09:45:11
How about it, Amo?  Are you going to tell us that you agree with the SDA statement of Confidence in Ellen White?

If I was going to, or decide to, I will address it in the thread where it is being discussed, not here. There are a whole lot of things to do in life and on these boards other than addressing CO2's constant accusations and questions. Even if CO2 is going to follow people around on other threads to try and get them to respond to the same.

: Amo  Sat Feb 08, 2020 - 16:10:50
If I was going to, or decide to, I will address it in the thread where it is being discussed, not here. There are a whole lot of things to do in life and on these boards other than addressing CO2's constant accusations and questions. Even if CO2 is going to follow people around on other threads to try and get them to respond to the same.

It would be nice if you would begin contributing to discussions on this forum by actually answering questions that respond to the Seventh-day Adventist beliefs that you claim to espouse.

Are you a woman? I tell you what I often tell my wife, quit tryin to manipilate me.

: Amo  Sat Feb 08, 2020 - 17:38:56
Are you a woman? I tell you what I often tell my wife, quit tryin to manipilate me.

Ooooooo.  The misogyny of your post.....  - and the veiled ad hominem......

: current occupant2  Sat Feb 08, 2020 - 18:48:50
Ooooooo.  The misogyny of your post.....  - and the veiled ad hominem......

Oooooooooo. It is a standing joke between us. As we both understand the manipulative nature of sin and sinners which we are.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-francis-announces-laudato-si-week-to-take-place-in-may-38697

Article below from link above, emphasis mine. My comments in blue.

Pope Francis announces Laudato si' Week to take place in May

Vatican City, Mar 3, 2020 / 09:57 am (CNA).- Pope Francis is calling on Catholics to participate in "Laudato si' Week" in May to encourage care for our common home.

"I renew my urgent call to respond to the ecological crisis. The cry of the earth and the cry of the poor cannot wait anywhere," Pope Francis said in a video message published March 3.

The video shows young protesters yelling, "Climate justice, now" juxtaposed with images of wildlife in Africa and a beached whale.

Laudato si' Week, sponsored by the Dicastery for Integral Human Development will take place May 16-24. The date marks the 5th anniversary of the publication of Pope Francis' encyclical on integral human ecology.

The Global Catholic Climate Movement and Renova + are facilitating the campaign.

The Laudato si' Week website recommends Catholics participate by engaging elected representatives, conducting an energy audit, or divesting in fossil fuels. It also recommends the option to "represent your commitment with a symbolic gesture," such as planting a tree or attending a climate strike.

Laudato si', which means "Praise be to You," was published June 18, 2015, and was dated May 24. Pope Francis took the name for the encyclical from St. Francis of Assisi's medieval Italian prayer "Canticle of the Sun," which praises God through elements of creation such as Brother Sun, Sister Moon, and "our sister Mother Earth."

The encyclical argues that it is not possible to effectively care for the environment without first working to defend human life.

It states that it is "clearly inconsistent" to combat the trafficking of endangered species while remaining indifferent toward the trafficking of persons, to the poor and to the decision of many "to destroy another human being deemed unwanted."

Pope Francis also highlighted that concern for the protection of nature is "incompatible with the justification of abortion."

"How can we genuinely teach the importance of concern for other vulnerable beings, however troublesome or inconvenient they may be, if we fail to protect a human embryo, even when its presence is uncomfortable and creates difficulties?" he asked.

The pope also addressed the highly-debated topic of population control, a proposed solution to problems stemming from poverty and maintaining a sustainable consumption of the earth's resources.

"Instead of resolving the problems of the poor and thinking of how the world can be different, some can only propose a reduction in the birth rate," Francis lamented.

He denounced the fact that developing countries often receive pressure from international organizations who make economic assistance "contingent on certain policies of 'reproductive health.'"

"In the face of the so-called culture of death, the family is the heart of the culture of life," Pope Francis wrote in Laudato si'.

"The urgent challenge to protect our common home includes a concern to bring the whole human family together ... for we know that things can change," he said.

As usual, lies mixed with some truth, unto energizing the globalist political agenda of the unity of all humanity for our common good as defined by Papal Rome itself. Nothing new here. All Papal politics are globalist politics, as the papal system presents one universal religious and political leader over all of humanity. Her unification of humanity will be accomplished through her never ending illicit relations with the kings and rulers of this earth. Thus does she continually call upon all of her billion followers the world over to pressure their elected representatives where she cannot directly bypass citizens in more authoritarian governments. The subversion of all governments toward her own political ends from within or without, is her primary goal in her never ending quest for world domination.

Continued from reply #148

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

Entire Encyclical quoted and commented upon below may be viewed at link above.

Excerpts from - ENCYCLICAL LETTER 
LAUDATO SI'
 OF THE HOLY FATHER 
FRANCIS
ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME (All emphasis is mine, my comments in blue)

55. Some countries are gradually making significant progress, developing more effective controls and working to combat corruption. People may well have a growing ecological sensitivity but it has not succeeded in changing their harmful habits of consumption which, rather than decreasing, appear to be growing all the more. A simple example is the increasing use and power of air-conditioning. The markets, which immediately benefit from sales, stimulate ever greater demand. An outsider looking at our world would be amazed at such behaviour, which at times appears self-destructive.

Have the Pope and the rest of the religious and political elites all turned off their air conditioners to lead by way of example for the rest of us? As always, the sacrifice the elites demand is applicable to us, not them. Peasents of course, shouldn't expect the luxuries which elites have a natural right to, and or should sacrifice them if they are available to them. Thus maintaining a clear distinction between themselves and their overlords. Such is the only right and natural course according to the papal vision for humanity. Other voices see things a bit differently.

https://www.ammoland.com/2015/06/pope-francis-battles-evil-air-conditioning/#axzz6HKls0xxs

Holy Hypocrisy and Hot Air, Pope Francis Battles Evil...Air Conditioning

By Michelle Malkin

Los Angeles, CA -(Ammoland.com)- Unlike Pope Francis, I believe that air-conditioning and the capitalists responsible for the technology are blessings to the world.

Perhaps the head of the Catholic Church, who condemned "the increasing use and power of air-conditioning" last week in a market-bashing encyclical, is unaware of the pioneering private company that has donated its time, energy and innovative heating, ventilating and air-conditioning equipment to the Vatican's most famous edifice for more than a decade.

That's right. While the pontiff sanctimoniously attacks "those who are obsessed with maximizing profits," Carrier Corporation — a $13 billion for-profit company with 43,000 employees worldwide (now a unit of U.S.-based United Technologies Corp.) — ensures that the air in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel stays clean and cool.
Last fall, Carrier unveiled a groundbreaking HVAC system for the Vatican to help preserve Michelangelo's masterpieces against pollution caused by the estimated six million visitors who descend on the Sistine Chapel every year to see its famous frescoes.

As the company described it, their new solution "uses two Carrier AquaForce(r) 30XWV water-cooled chillers with Greenspeed(r) intelligence, each with 580 kilowatts of capacity. It leverages specially designed software and components, as well as patented, energy-saving technologies to maintain optimal climate conditions for the protection of the paintings within the chapel." State-of-the-art intelligent controls "anticipate visitor levels and adjust its performance intuitively." It also "delivers twice the efficiency and three times the capacity of the former system, which was built and installed by Carrier in the early 1990s."

Here's the lesson about air-conditioning capitalists that Pope Francis fails to appreciate: Carrier's technological know-how and breakthroughs didn't just descend from the clouds. As I recount in my latest book, "Who Built That," every perfectly chilled home, office, movie theater, mall, factory, hospital, lab and museum owes its existence to the profit-seeking pioneers of manufactured weather: Willis Carrier and Irvine Lyle.

These early 20th-century inventive giants brought air-conditioning to the market and to the masses. Willis Carrier was the scientist-tinkerpreneur whose prolific stream of experiments and epiphanies, beginning in 1902, fueled historic technological advances in heating, refrigeration and air-conditioning.

Irvine Lyle was the mechanical engineer-turned-salesman who imagined countless new commercial applications for Carrier's work — and successfully turned those ideas into a multibillion-dollar business through relentless promotion, pitches, networking, advertising and outreach.

The scientists and their core team begged, borrowed and made stock sales to friends and neighbors. Carrier even enlisted his dentist for cash to get Carrier Engineering Corporation up and running in 1915. Carrier, Lyle and five founding engineers together pitched in $32,600 in start-up funds.

The Carrier capitalists risked it all in defiance of an economic depression and amid the tumult of world war. They couldn't afford their own factory and scrounged for made-to-order parts wherever they could find them. They dug into their own pockets to cover salary shortfalls. The wealth wasn't handed to them. Carrier and Lyle, farm boys who both graduated from Cornell, drove their men hard and themselves harder.

The Carrier team sold its products to businesses, large and small, that spanned the spectrum of human needs and wants. The pope should know that in addition to sparing countless lives from death by heat wave, Carrier designed a special system for Jonas Salk that helped maintain constant temperatures in the vats where Salk's poliovirus strains grew. The Salk vaccine saved thousands of lives and spearheaded the vaccine revolution.

From Hollywood to the pharmaceutical industry to textiles to the retail industry to the military to homeowners, there isn't a sector of the American economy that Carrier and Lyle didn't help transform. Their zealous focus on helping businesses provide better products at cheaper costs resulted in the invaluable byproducts of increased health, comfort and happiness.

While the pope blames commercial enterprises and the "global market economy" for causing "environmental degradation," it is a worldwide commercial enterprise made in America that solved the (SET (ITAL) human-caused degradation of, and environmental damage to, the Vatican's most prized art and assets.

If the pontiff truly believes "excessive consumption" of modern conveniences is causing evil "climate change," will he be shutting down and returning the multimillion-dollar system Carrier generously gifted to the Vatican Museums?

If not, I suggest, with all due respect, that Pope Francis do humanity a favor and refrain from blowing any more hot air unless he's willing to stew in his own.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/06/pope-francis-air-conditioning-climate-change-encyclical/

Pope Francis Is Wrong about Air Conditioning

Pope Francis's aversion to air conditioning may be red hot, but he himself is comfortably cool.

In his encyclical Laudato Si', published today, the pope lambasts wasteful consumerism and unchecked human economic activity as a root of climate change, singling out one product in particular for censure: the air conditioner.

"A simple example [of harmful habits of consumption] is the increasing use and power of air-conditioning," Francis writes. "The markets, which immediately benefit from sales, stimulate ever greater demand. An outsider looking at our world would be amazed at such behavior, which at times appears self-destructive."

But ironically, Francis probably penned his disapproval in a well-ventilated corner of his residence, Domus Sanctae Marthae, which has air conditioning.

Two years ago, Francis broke with tradition when he became the first pope since 1903 to forgo the papal apartments for newer, more modest accommodations in Domus Sanctae Marthae, an adjacent building erected in 1996 to house cardinals during papal conclaves. In line with Francis's image as the "people's pope," a Vatican spokesman said the pope wanted a more "simple living arrangement." Simple, yes, but air-conditioned.

The pope isn't just being a tad hypocritical here – he's being short-sighted.

Air conditioning is an exemplar of modern ingenuity, but it's also a mechanical thermoregulatory product that's often put to conservative ends — for instance to preserve important artifacts of the past. In fact, right next to the air-conditioned Domus Sanctae Marthae is the Vatican Secret Archives, which conserves invaluable documents spanning millennia by controlling the microclimate in which they are housed.

And next door to the Archives is the Sistine Chapel, where just a year ago the Vatican installed a new air-conditioning system to preserve the deteriorating, centuries-old frescoes while accommodating existing tourist traffic. Director of Vatican Museums Antonio Paolucci wrote in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano that officials had to either limit access to the chapel in order to reduce the amount of dust and carbon dioxide brought in from the outside or find a technological solution. The Vatican's decision to do the latter, according to Paolucci, allowed the Sistine Chapel "to breathe again."


More valuable than a tool to preserve objects, of course, air conditioning is a tool to preserve lives. Two years ago, the National Bureau of Economic Research published a study concluding that air conditioning reduced heat-related deaths in the United States by 80 percent and could save even more lives in hotter, often poorer countries. A/C is an especially promising life-saving technology given the potential effects of climate change, the authors contend. "The typical Indian experiences 33 days annually where the temperature exceeds 90 degrees fahrenheit and this is projected to increase by as much as 100 days by the end of the century."

Air conditioning also increases labor productivity and preserves capital stock, which has crucial implications for developing economies — and sweltering NR interns (@JackFowler). Jokes aside, another study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that labor productivity peaks at 65 degrees fahrenheit and decreases by around 15 percent every time the temperature rises by 10 degrees. Climate-control technology is also needed, the authors argue, to preserve textile threads, paper, and machinery.

Pope Francis's words  carry moral weight. If he'd like to help industrializing populations that benefit the most from air conditioning, he should find a different crusade.

Continued from reply #160

http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html

Entire Encyclical quoted and commented upon below may be viewed at link above.

Excerpts from - ENCYCLICAL LETTER 
LAUDATO SI'
 OF THE HOLY FATHER 
FRANCIS
ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME (All emphasis is mine, my comments in blue)

56. In the meantime, economic powers continue to justify the current global system where priority tends to be given to speculation and the pursuit of financial gain, which fail to take the context into account, let alone the effects on human dignity and the natural environment. Here we see how environmental deterioration and human and ethical degradation are closely linked. Many people will deny doing anything wrong because distractions constantly dull our consciousness of just how limited and finite our world really is. As a result, "whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenceless before the interests of a deified market, which become the only rule".

There are of course and have been examples of that described above throughout history and at present. Which most certainly should be addressed. The answer however does not lie within a mere transference of power from greedy corporations or individuals, to greedy or power hungry politicians with global designs. This would simply be moving from a deified market, to a deified elitist global government. History has proved the indiscriminate nature of the corrupting influence of power and wealth. To much power and wealth in the hands of to few people, corrupts motives and arouses instinctive defensive measures to protect and maintain such power and wealth. Religious and political leaders whether acting independently or together have historically been the corrupted powers fighting tooth and nail to maintain their wealth and dominant positions. The answer does not include a renewed global political system combining church or religion and state once again.

To the contrary, the answer lies within truly biblical concepts of personal responsibility and accountability to God, not other fallen human beings or institutions of the same. A well educated, responsible, and self disciplined people alone, can maintain personal freedom and proper government at the same time. Nothing can effect such a state of existence, as well as the gospel of Jesus Christ and the moral truths and standards proscribed in the holy scriptures. The history of these United States being a testament to the same, being largely established upon Protestant biblical principles of liberty and justice. Not a perfect society, but one filled with people holding to the high moral standards of the scriptures as their guide. While the nation had many hard lessons to learn in continuing to meet that high standard, it did move forward according to the same. Nevertheless, as that standard has been increasingly abandoned, the nation decays from within.

The answer to this dilemma is most certainly not to step back into the dark ages on a global scale by reuniting the church of the dark ages with the politics of this present world unto global governance. A global government called for by said church to address issues of her own creation or choosing unto extreme power and wealth for her and her minions deliberating and executing the same. Which agenda as anyone who cares to pay attention can see, tends towards the sacrifice of freedoms, rights, wealth, and power of all save these religious and political globalists themselves. Who of course must maintain all of the same in order to run and enforce their own agenda. Thus bringing societies back to the preferred two class systems they ruled in the past. Clergy and Nobles, laymen and peasants.

This is what the false and apostate system of "Christianity" calls for in unity with the other religions and leaders in and of this world, in order to save it. True Christianity preaches the gospel of Jesus Christ unto personal salvation concerning the judgment of God which is coming upon this world at His second coming. All of humanity will choose between the gospel of this world to save itself from the certain destruction God has pronounced upon it, or the gospel of Jesus Christ unto personal salvation from that destruction and death altogether. While it is personally responsible and even Christian to take proper care of this earth which is God's creation, nothing can save it from the fate God has declared concerning it. It will be destroyed and replaced when God determines to end sin and all traces of it. This is why true Christianity will be persecuted once again, it cannot join in the false movement coming to save this world in a manner directly contradicting the testimony of holy scripture. Those who will cling to the lies they have chosen over the word of God, will serve the father of lies in his final efforts to destroy as many as possible through deception.

2 Th 2:1Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Links below are to videos or quoted articles with my comments below them. Emphasis in articles is mine, my comments are in blue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kZg6xMm4HE

The video above records Gordon Browns meeting with Pope Benedict in support of the papal backed globalist EU authority, and the cooperation of various governments with the same. As the video states, they discussed the avoidance of any nationalistic selfishness or protectionism that might impede their globalist agendas.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/10/gordon-brown-says-no-deal-brexit-would-be-calamity-for-united-kingdom

The above is just one of many relating to Gordon Browns support for the papal globalist and EU vision at variance with the nationalists of Britain and elsewhere. Birds of a feather flock together. The Vatican is a global hot spot for the meeting of religious and political minds unto the globalist end. She entertains ambassadors from most nations of the world, and a continuous flow of religious and political leaders from the world over meet there to discuss the implementation of globalist policy and practice.

https://www.eutimes.net/2020/03/former-uk-prime-minister-calls-for-global-government-to-fight-coronavirus/

THE EUROPEAN UNION TIMES

Former UK Prime Minister Calls For GLOBAL GOVERNMENT to Fight Coronavirus

Former Prime Minister of the UK Gordon Brown has called on world leaders to create "a temporary form of global government" to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

Brown wants international organizations like the WHO and the UN to be given executive powers that would supersede national sovereignty as part of a new system overseen by world leaders and health experts.

"This is not something that can be dealt with in one country," he said. "There has to be a coordinated global response."

An international task force would "make sure the efforts of central banks were coordinated," help find a vaccine and prevent profiteering according to Brown, who wants more money and power given to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

"We need some sort of working executive," Brown said. "If I were doing it again, I would make the G20 a broader organisation because in the current circumstances you need to listen to the countries that are most affected, the countries that are making a difference and countries where there is the potential for a massive number of people to be affected – such as those in Africa."

As we have exhaustively documented, it was globalism that helped spread the pandemic in the first place.

Even as the virus was raging through China, the World Health Organization repeatedly insisted that countries should not impose any border controls. When many western countries finally did close their borders weeks later it was too little too late.[/u][/b]

The tie between the Vatican and globalist leaning politicians and religionists is most obvious and blatant for all who care to see it. The Popes and Vatican have been calling upon the formation of global government for quite some time now, using the urgencies of this or that real or created crisis as the basis for this globalist agenda. Whatever can be manipulated into a good cause or need for the same, will be.

I do not mean to suggest from the above, that only radical lefty progressives are subject to the manipulative influence of the Church of Rome, to the contrary, her talents are adaptable to whatever wave of religio-politcal activity becomes the predominant one. In this world one either rides the waves of politics and or societal ills unto a predetermined destination, or short of avoiding them altogether, gets smashed by the same.

True biblical "Christianity" avoids them altogether, and seeks to address the ills of society by the wisdom found in the holy scriptures. Not by way of the politics that be of the powers and principalities of this world, but by the direction given to it from above. The true Church is -

2 Pe 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYKcLd8zvOc&list=PLSkt8CkopCJ4pgbP_S-xdwfD-gi4G2_tq

https://pjmedia.com/trending/pope-says-virus-is-natures-response-to-the-climate-crisis/

Pope Says Virus Is Nature's Response to the Climate Crisis

Oh, put a sock in it, Francis.

Pope Francis is certainly not letting a planetary crisis go to waste. He is trying to piggyback the religion of climate change on the back of the coronavirus pandemic.

MSNNews:

"We did not respond to the partial catastrophes. Who now speaks of the fires in Australia, or remembers that 18 months ago a boat could cross the North Pole because the glaciers had all melted? Who speaks now of the floods?" the Pope said.

"I don't know if these are the revenge of nature, but they are certainly nature's responses," he added.

Huh? What? Have the glaciers all melted? Why didn't you wake me up? That would have been pretty cool to watch.

For the record, you cannot cross the North Pole. Climate scientists are predicting that by 2050, it might be possible to "sail over the North Pole," but not now, or 18 months ago, or 18 months from now.

The Vatican fact-checkers blew that one.

The theory that life systems on the world are all interconnected is a well-established one. But that doesn't mean that a virus, originally found in bats, has anything to do with whatever stress is being placed on life on earth because the climate may be changing.

The coronavirus does not live outside the body. It does not interact with any other life form except the human or animal it's living in. It can survive outside the human body for several days, making it extremely contagious, but it doesn't interact with the air or water in our surroundings. In short, there is no evidence that climate change had anything to do with the creation or transmission of this virus.

I guess the pope thought he'd be laughed off the stage if he said it was "God's response" to climate change, or that God is trying to tell us something about climate. But giving sentience to "nature" is appallingly stupid.

The Hill:

"There is an expression in Spanish: 'God always forgives, we forgive sometimes, but nature never forgives,'" the Pope said in an  interview with The Tablet, a Catholic weekly produced in the United Kingdom, that was published on Wednesday.

In addition to climate change, the pope believes we should take the "opportunity" to consume less and to learn to understand and contemplate the natural world." Why do liberals always see opportunity in disaster, death, and destruction? Why not just see the tragedy and let "opportunity" take care of itself?

By extension of course then, climate change deniers are responsible for the Coronavirus, according to the Pope.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Reagan+on+unity+against+a+common+enemy&docid=608007900877229773&mid=A43534E19796CCE68D9AA43534E19796CCE68D9A&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

Looks like the alien scenario referred to by Reagan has been replaced with a pandemic scenario. Nor is the unity Reagan referred to, the same unity lefty progressive globalists religionists and politicians are pushing for. Nevertheless, the enemy seeks to destroy freedom and liberty through unifying fear unto global authoritarian government.

http://adventmessenger.org/the-coronavirus-crisis-is-paving-the-way-to-restore-christian-unity/

The Coronavirus Crisis is Paving the way to Restore Christian Unity

"And power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him [beast], whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the earth" Revelation 13:7, 8.

These verses describe the consolidation of worship. This ecumenical unity is a matter of Bible prophecy. The great beast power of Revelation will bring the churches together and unite them into one, by any means necessary. Whether through ecumenism, through man-made or natural disasters or by a future Sunday law, Rome wants everyone to be on her side. One thing is certain: this call for unity is being accelerated by the Vatican as a result of the coronavirus crisis.

On April 2, 2020, the Vatican released a news report on a new joint statement signed by the Presidents of the two largest and most influential Catholic and Protestant organizations in Europe. The joint statement signed by the COMECE and the CEC was titled "Let us stay together" and spoke of "renewed commitment" and "solidarity" in the face of the "coronavirus pandemic." [1]

Commission of the Conferences of Catholic Bishops of the European Union (COMECE) – Jesuit Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich is president of the COMECE. This Roman Catholic organization has 33 different bishops who represent the Vatican's political interest throughout the European Union. [2] President Jean-Claude Hollerich signed on behalf of the COMECE.

Conference of European Churches (CEC) – Christian Krieger is the President of the CEC. This is a community of 114 Orthodox, Evangelical, Protestant and Anglican churches [3], plus 24 National Councils of Churches [4] and 17 Associated Organizations [5] from all the countries in Europe. President Christian Krieger signed on behalf of the CEC members.

Not only did these two Presidents sign a "solidarity" document representing Catholics and Protestants, they also traveled to the Vatican to receive the Pope's blessing. This is a day of mourning for the successors of the Reformation because today's Protestants are embracing serious theological errors. The entire religious and political world is congregating in Rome to coordinate their operations as predicted by prophecy:

"These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast." Revelation 17:13.

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across Europe, churches are rapidly uniting with the Vatican. The response has been to try to change the religious landscape by showing solidarity, love and unity with all religions. This is what Rome wants and it does not matter that the end justifies the means, even if it is through pandemics. Rome never lets a crisis go to waste without capitalizing on it because prophecy tells us that she will become the greatest religious superpower in the last days:

"And his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast." Revelation 13:3.

Rome is being restored to all its former glory. Under the reign of the Antichrist, no one will be allowed to overshadow the authority of the Papacy. During this season of unprecedented fear and hysteria, the religious world has joined Rome for peace and unity. This is happening thanks to interfaith fellowship and worship. Ecumenical commitments will continue to increase throughout the world by all the world's religions:

"And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?" Revelation 13:4.

Many will see this as a wonderful step in the right direction. But inspiration reveals to us that this false unity and hope is being built upon rebellion and transgression to God's moral law and will only lead to more terror and confusion:

"God is permitting the elements of confusion and disorder to bear sway for a season. A power from beneath is working to bring about the last great scenes in the drama ... Transgression has almost reached its limit. Confusion fills the world, and a great terror is soon to come upon human beings. The end is very near. We who know the truth should be preparing for what is soon to break upon the world as an overwhelming surprise" (Testimonies, vol. 8, p. 28).

We live in dangerous times. Our world is changing rapidly, and the coronavirus has shown us how quickly things can deteriorate in an instant. Those who conspire to implement tyranny would love to keep God's people imprisoned and locked up so that the third angel's message is not shared. The good news is that during this time of crisis, God is still in control! He will work in a supernatural way so that His people can fulfill their divinely appointed work:

"The opposition of the enemies of truth will be restrained that the third angel's message may do its work" (Great Controversy, p. 610).

"The bulwarks of Satan will never triumph. Victory will attend the third angel's message. As the Captain of the Lord's host tore down the walls of Jericho, so will the Lord's commandment-keeping people triumph, and all opposing elements be defeated" (Testimonies to Ministers, 410).

Sources

[1] https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-04/comece-cec-coronavirus-appeal-united-europe.html

[2] http://www.comece.eu/site/en/whoweare

[3] https://www.ceceurope.org/who-we-are/introduction/

[4] https://www.ceceurope.org/national-councils-of-churches/

[5] https://www.ceceurope.org/organisations-in-partnership/

https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=3869

Globalists Look To Exploit Coronavirus In Push For Global Government

Once you understand the globalist mindset, almost everything they do becomes rather robotic and predictable.  It should not be surprising that the World Health Organization (WHO), a branch of the United Nations, has been so aggressive in cheerleading for the Chinese government and its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

After all, China's communist surveillance state model is a beta test for the type of centralization that the UN wants for the entire planet. They certainly aren't going to point out that it was China's totalitarian system that allowed the outbreak to spread from the very beginning.

Even now Xi Jinping is trying to rewrite history, claiming that he had been swift in responding to the crisis more than a month before he actually did.  The lie that the coronavirus mutated naturally in a food and animal market in Wuhan continues to be peddled by the mainstream media even though no evidence supporting this claim exists. 

And China is still releasing rigged death and infection numbers while they have over 600 million people under martial law lockdown and their crematoriums continue pumping out the fumes of the dead 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

Brave health workers like Li Wenliang, who was punished by the government for warning about the virus in December, have died in the process of trying to fight against the centralized behemoth just to get vital information to the world, but that never happened, right?

It was actually president Xi and the CPC that saved the day. The WHO and the CPC say so. You'll never hear the UN praise the efforts of Li Wenliang; they want his name to disappear down the memory hole as much as the Chinese government does.

The developing narrative is a familiar one - Local officials "stifled" the response to the outbreak while the centralized national leadership put things back on track with extreme control measures that have turned the Hubei province into a veritable internment camp.

Whatever you do, don't point out that it was the national government's habit of imprisoning health officials that release "false information" that led to the delayed reaction on the coronavirus.

Also, don't point out that ground zero for the outbreak is just down the road from the largest Level 4 Biohazard Lab in Asia, because that would make you a "conspiracy theorist".

The message being pounded into the public consciousness is clear: "Shut up and accept that Centralization works". Even when it fails miserably, it is still the answer to all our problems. All we have to do is "adjust" the historical record a little bit every time the system breaks and then institute even MORE centralization in response.

In other words, if the interdependent and draconian top-down structure of the globalist state leads to crisis, then it is because it was not centralized ENOUGH. Centralization always begets more centralization.

The financial fascist system of central banking and corporate oligarchy leads to the socialist welfare state, and the socialist welfare state leads to the surveillance state, the surveillance state leads to the martial law state, and the martial law state leads to full-on global governance; an endless elitist empire.

The failings of centralization have caused numerous problems long before it led to a potential pandemic. The pandemic simply clarifies the issue. For example, the breakdown in the global supply chain is becoming a bigger threat by the day.  The Baltic Dry Index a measure of shipping rates as well as global demand for goods, has essentially collapsed. 

This should have been the first warning sign that the supply chain was in trouble, but the mainstream doesn't pay attention to the fundamentals, only stock markets.  Enter Apple, one of the largest companies in the world, which has now abandoned its projections for 2020 and finally admitted that the shutdown of Chinese factories may just be a problem.

Some mentally challenged people out there are scoffing sarcastically at this issue, saying "Oh no, whatever will we do without iPhones...?".  They don't grasp the wider implications.  If Apple's production is going down because of the supply chain disruption then this is a signal that multiple companies and most of the economy are also going down because of supply chain disruptions. It's not about iPhones, it's about the bigger picture.

Globalism has led to interdependent economies and nation states that no longer have redundancies in production. We have been forced to rely on production centers on the other side of the world for a vast majority of our goods.

When China shuts down, the US economy loses almost 20% of its supply chain. When Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Vietnam shut down from the virus, you can add another 10% to 15% on top of that. Retailers in the US represent around 70% of GDP. Cut off the supply chain in Asia and retailers lose a vast array of goods to sell. The US economy eventually shuts down also, even if the virus never spreads here.

Some people will argue that we don't need all the "cheap plastic crap" from Asia anyway, and this situation is a "good thing". Sorry to break it to you, but America's economy is built on the selling of cheap plastic crap (along with the selling of the fiat dollar as the world reserve currency).

Walmart (Chinamart if you discount agricultural products) is the largest employer in the US and the world, after all. Right or wrong, our economic system is so globalized that the fall of the Chinese dominoes will eventually knock down our own dominoes.

But when this disaster occurs and numerous national economies suffer from enforced globalist integration, guess what will happen next? The globalists will ride to our "rescue" with even greater centralization. This was their agenda all along.

Many people in the liberty movement are now aware of the Event 201 simulation, a war game run by globalists in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Economic Forum on a "theoretical" coronavirus pandemic that kills 65 million people.

This simulation took place only a couple of months before the real thing exploded in China in December. But hey, maybe that's all just amazing coincidence.

What concerns me even more is the solution that was presented at the end of Event 201 - the creation of a centralized global financial body that would manage the international response to the outbreak.

Isn't it amazing how every major catastrophe caused by globalism seems to lead to more globalism? One might start to wonder if some of these events were triggered by incompetence, or if they were deliberately engineered.

At the very least, crisis events have been allowed to fester unchecked by organizations like the WHO as they continue to write off the coronavirus as a non-issue that is "well under control" by a Chinese government that caused it to spread in the first place.

So here is what is going to happen next:

Best case scenario is that the Western world is mostly unscathed by the virus itself but the economic supply chain suffers major setbacks. The global economy, which was already crashing over the past year due to historic levels of corporate and consumer debt, not to mention faltering exports and freight, is finally tipped over the edge.

The massive Everything Bubble, fueled by a decade of inflationary central bank stimulus, implodes. Governments respond with totalitarian measures in the name of "protecting the public".

Globalist institutions like the IMF step in and suggest that frail national monetary systems come under the management of their Special Drawing Rights basket in order to mitigate the debt crisis. Essentially, this is the first step to global governance.

Worst case scenario, the virus spreads throughout the US and Europe and governments respond the same way China's government has; martial law and full-blown concentration camp culture. This would lead to civil war in the US because we are armed and many people will shoot anyone trying to put us into quarantine camps. Europe is mostly screwed.

The establishment then suggests that paper money be removed from the system because it is a viral spreader. China is already pushing this solution now. Magically, we find ourselves in a cashless society in a matter of a year or two; which is what the globalists have been demanding for years. Everything goes digital, and thus even local economies become completely centralized as private trade dies.

Again, this might be an engineered event, or it might simply be that the globalists are exploiting a natural outbreak. Either way, they are not going to let a good crisis go to waste. Whether or not they succeed is dependent on several factors, but mostly, its dependent on us.

How many people will buy into the notion that centralization is the answer to out problems? How many people will realize that centralization is the CAUSE of all our problems? And how many people will fight to prevent ultimate centralization under a psychopathic globalist cult?

A viral outbreak is a significant danger to us all, but an even greater threat is the supposed cure. Trading our economic and social freedom in the name of stopping the coronavirus?  No matter how deadly the bug, it's just not worth it.

Originally published at Activist Post - reposted with permission.

Pope Benedict called for global government and economic oversight to avoid economic disaster, which globalist lefty progressives support of course. Pope Francis has renewed the call for global governance under the guise of avoiding climate disaster, which globalist lefty progressives loved as well of course. Now Pope Francis and others are calling for religious and political unity toward global government and economy under the guise of saving us from global pandemics. Ronald Reagan who surrounded himself with Roman Catholics in his staff when President, and reestablished diplomatic ties with the Vatican, alluded to the unity of humanity through fear of a common enemy several times. It appears the Vatican and lefty progressives have taken up this poilitical tool as it were,  and reapplied it several times already to differing circumstance posing global threats with globalist solutions in mind or already in place to address these real or created issues. Perhaps they were more involved with this scenario presented by Reagan years ago, than any know. Lord knows Hollywierd has portrayed it many times over in Scifi and or pandemic movies, and Reagan was an actor of course. Between the Vatican, lefty progressive globalists, the media, and Hollyweird, the agenda is ever pushing forward.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/why-does-pope-francis-want-make-nice-china-111631

Quotes below are from article at link above. Emphasis is mine, my comments in blue.

Why Does Pope Francis Want to Make Nice With China?

Pope Francis caused widespread confusion among Catholics when he agreed to recognize bishops appointed by the authoritarian Chinese government in 2018. Over a year later, the pope keeps silent as China continues religious persecution, imprisons priests, and destroys Muslim graveyards.

Catholic authors and theologians provided the Daily Caller News Foundation with a variety of reasons on why Pope Francis keeps silent on Chinese persecution, and why the pope aligned the Catholic Church with the Chinese government in the first place.

"Francis continually denounces Western countries for any efforts at border control, but stays silent on China's genocide against the Uighur Muslims; on its persecution of Christians; on its escalating crackdown on Hong Kong," author John Zmirak, who writes about Catholic-related topics, told the DCNF. "Is this a replay of the Hollywood studios that vetoed anti-Hitler movies, for fear of losing business in Germany? Or is it darker? Is what we're seeing more like the Soviet Union's stifling of anti-fascist rhetoric after the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in 1939?"

The above demonstrates the Church of Rome's willingness to completely contradict itself in policy and action in differing nations, in order to establish itself within the same, that it might take over various nations and eventually the world over from within. Mass migrations of Catholics influenced by the Vatican is of course beneficial, so is mass migration of Muslims into secularized nations toward destabilization of the same in favor of more religiously influenced government, as the Church of Rome seeks unity with all religions of the world unto leadership of the same. Where necessary like in China, sacrifice of their own is acceptable, if it gains a foothold for the Vatican to infiltrate and change from within there as well. The political goals and aspirations of the Church of Rome trump all others.

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Francis's agreement with China caused widespread confusion among faithful Catholics and Catholic leaders, many of whom quickly denounced the deal. The former archbishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen, called the agreement "an incredible betrayal," adding that "a church enslaved by the government is no real Catholic Church."

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The Catholic Church has entered into hundreds of concordats throughout its history, Pecknold said. He noted in a December 2019 op-ed that the Church entered into a 1933 concordat with Germany that was "signed to protect the Catholic Church from National Socialism" — a deal the Nazis violated almost immediately. Pope Pius XI would go on to publicly urge German Catholics to resist Germany's "national religion."

Pecknold said the Vatican's agreement with China is similar to the Vatican's concordat with Germany, but as Chinese persecution continues, the Vatican will need to "speak boldly against China's abuses" just as Pope Pius XI once did with Germany.

Other Catholic authors and commentators question whether Francis might have more nefarious motives.

Many disagree with the revisionist history promoted above. The Vatican's concordant with the Nazi party has drawn relentless fire since that time. Which fire the Vatican has been seeking to put out and smother with revisionist history among other tactics ever since. Her support unquestionably aided the advancement of Nazi Germany. Her relations with China and many other nations reveal her true intentions and nature in establishing concordats with them. It is the establishment as herself as the state sponsored and protected religion, free to further influence government in favor of her own political agendas.

Author Henry Sire, a Catholic historian, suggested Francis is playing a "geopolitical role as an enemy of the United States" in order to gain acclaim.

"A good working agreement with China would be a snook cocked at Trump," Sire told the DCNF. "Secondarily, I think he was also attracted by the prospect of solving a problem in which previous popes have failed, and showing how a liberal pope, untrammeled by Vatican convention, could score a success that eluded the hidebound curialists."

But because Pope Francis is "amateurish and incompetent," Sire said the opposite has happened: "He has simply played into the hands of the Chinese dictatorship."

"The boot-licking media are never going to mention this blunder, as they would have done with a fanfare if it had been Benedict XVI, but I hope the realities of what is going on in China will break through to enough people in the hierarchy and show them that this is yet another of Francis's disasters," he said.

Zmirak, who is the author of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism," said he worries Francis's Vatican is cultivating the China alliance as part of his struggle against the West, particularly the United States.

"Why else would the highest Vatican authority on economics, Bishop Marcelo Sorondo, take a carefully shepherded tour of China, then return claiming that this Communist dictatorship is the best practitioner of Catholic social teaching," Zmirak told the DCNF. The author, who is also the editor of conservative publication The Stream, was referring to remarks made by Sorondo following a 2018 visit to China.

"Right now, those who are best implementing the social doctrine of the Church are the Chinese," Sorondo told the Vatican Insider, applauding China's efforts to follow the green initiatives spelled out in Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si. Sorondo also accused President Donald Trump of allowing himself to be manipulated by global oil firms and praised China for defending Paris Climate Accord.

"You cannot think that the China of today is the China of [the time of] John Paul II, or Cold War Russia," Sorondo said.

Zmirak argued Francis continually denounces all Western efforts at border control even as he stays silent on the Chinese genocide against Muslims, persecution of Christians, and crackdowns on Hong Kong.

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According to Zen, Pope Francis comes from Argentina where military governments and the rich oppressed the poor together. Communists would "come out to defend the poor," and Zen believes this may have caused Francis to have natural sympathy for these communists. But Zen says that Francis does not know them as the "persecutors they become once in power, like the Communists in China."

Catholic author and commentator Phil Lawler agreed with Zen's assessment. "Dealing with Beijing is dangerous, because they're determined to control the Church," Lawler told the DCNF.

"Cardinal Parolin was given a mandate by the Pope to get a deal done. So he shut out those (like Zen) who voiced reservations that would slow progress toward a deal," the author explained.

"Pope Francis wants the Catholic Church to operate freely in China, which will be possible only if the regime allows it. He's willing to sacrifice doctrinal clarity — something that's never been important to him — toward that end. So that's what is happening now. The Catholics who cling to doctrine are being suppressed; the regime is getting what it wants."

Lawler warns that Francis's dealings with China are yet another illustration of how Pope Francis will not tolerate dissidence.

The true intentions and motives of the Vatican are plain and simple for all who care to do so, to see. She is a master manipulator, willing to do whatever it takes to come out on top. Her globalist vision is all consuming as she herself is manipulated by the evil one to continually strive to dominate a world the Lord Jesus Christ came to separate His followers from. The unity of religions which she continually seeks to establish along these lines, has always entailed the sacrifice of denominational doctrines which tend toward division among the same. It is no surprise that her own doctrines should be effected by the same as well. A unity of humanity which our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ never called for, is what she seeks to establish, because such being orchestrated by her would entail herself at the top of the same. So be it.

Rev 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. 6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. 7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

https://www.naturalnews.com/2020-04-16-pope-francis-full-fascist-universal-basic-income-enslavement.html

Article below from link above.

Pope Francis goes full fascist, pushes universal basic income, a strategy to enslave the world under government tyranny

(Natural News) On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, didn't celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ the Messiah. Instead, he preached about universal basic income (UBI), encouraging governments of the world to widely adopt it for the "betterment" of humanity.

In a letter he wrote to members of various social activist groups, Francis stressed that a big part of his mission in this world is to advance a hybrid form of communist socialism that will ensure a steady stream of fiat currency to those who have "no steady income."

"I know that you have been excluded from the benefits of globalization," Francis wrote. "You do not enjoy the superficial pleasures that anesthetize so many consciences, yet you always suffer from the harm they produce. The ills that afflict everyone hit you twice as hard."

Francis specifically named "street vendors, recyclers, carnies, small farmers, construction workers, dressmakers," and "different kinds of caregivers" as the types of people he believes deserve a UBI. Giving these people free money would "acknowledge and dignify the noble, essential tasks you carry out," he further wrote.

"It would ensure and concretely achieve the ideal, at once so human and so Christian, of no worker without rights," Francis ultimately declared.

Because of rapid technological advances in production and other tasks that are making actual human labor obsolete, many are being left behind, is Francis' take on the situation. Thus, the time is ripe to implement a new world order where people are taken care of by their benevolent governments, apparently.

"I hope that this time of danger will free us from operating on automatic pilot, shake our sleepy consciences and allow a humanist and ecological conversion that puts an end to the idolatry of money and places human life and dignity at the center," Francis contends.

"Our civilization – so competitive, so individualistic, with its frenetic rhythms of production and consumption, its extravagant luxuries, its disproportionate profits for just a few – needs to downshift, take stock, and renew itself."

Pope Francis is the communist false prophet of the new world order

You've got to admit that Pope Francis has a way with words. He knows how to inject just the right amount of Christian-sounding verbiage into his lofty diatribes about social justice and doing away with free-market capitalism, which is something he's been pushing for many years now.

Keep in mind that Francis incorporated these same things into his actual Easter message, which complemented this letter he wrote to social justice warriors everywhere who believe that the duty of the state is to take care of them by providing free money for survival.

By all appearances, Francis is the false prophet spoken about in the book of Revelation who's leading his followers astray and herding them straight into the new world order. His promises of a Utopian future built upon free money from the government is the same message coming from the likes of two-time failed presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who also opposes free markets.

At some point, all of this is going to converge into a new world religion, which will require worship of the beast, a part of which will be mandatory acceptance of microchip vaccinations and total herd tracking. Such chips will also be necessary in order to buy and sell, or to receive the UBI paychecks that Francis is demanding.

Beware of anything that sounds too good to be true because it probably is. And in this case, it will come with plenty of strings attached, including the requirement that a person sell his soul in exchange for everything being promised in the name of fairness, equality, decency and goodness.

The article quoted below is five years old, no doubt the numbers are much higher now.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/sep/24/catholic-church-collects-16-billion-in-us-contract/

Catholic Church collects $1.6 billion in U.S. contracts, grants since 2012

Not to be lost in the pomp and circumstance of Pope Francis' first visit to Washington is the reality that the Catholic Church he oversees has become one of the largest recipients of federal largesse in America.

The Church and related Catholic charities and schools have collected more than $1.6 billion since 2012 in U.S. contracts and grants in a far-reaching relationship that spans from school lunches for grammar school students to contracts across the globe to care for the poor and needy at the expense of Uncle Sam, a Washington Times review of federal spending records shows.

Former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York once famously noted in 1980 that the government funded 50 percent of Catholic Charities' budget, commenting "private institutions really aren't private anymore." Today, those estimates remain about the same, according to Leslie Lenkowsky, who served as the chief executive officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service under George W. Bush.

Catholic Charities USA, the largest charitable organization run by the church, receives about 65 percent of its annual budget from state and federal governments, making it an arm of the federal welfare state, said Brian Anderson, a researcher with the Manhattan Institute.

The federal government came to increasingly rely on the church to help it with Lyndon B. Johnson's "War on Poverty," and the charities "imbued with their new faith in the government's potential to solve social problems, eagerly accepted government money," Mr. Anderson wrote in an essay for the Manhattan Institute.

Catholic Charities received nearly a quarter of its funding from government by the end of the 1960s, more than half by the late 1970s and more than 60 percent by the mid-1980s, the level where it has remained ever since, Mr. Anderson said.

Today, Catholic charity work is a large part of this nation's social safety net, according to Mr. Lenkowsky, now a professor of practice in public affairs and philanthropy at Indiana University.

"A lot of the charity is distributing food, running homeless shelters, most things considered charitable," said Mr. Lenkowsky. "So what we're not talking about is federal money being paid for priests and religious activities."

Fifty-seven government agencies are now contracting with the Catholic Church. If the church were a state, its $1.6 billion in funding would rank it about 43rd out of the 50 states in total federal funding, according to analysis by Adam Andrzejewski, founder of OpenTheBooks.com. The majority of those funds are dedicated to refugee services and rehabilitation.

"Churches have generally looked to find common cause with secular goals, adapting their activities to the secular philanthropic model, if only to benefit from grants from the U.S. government," Olivier Zunz, a social historian, wrote in his book "Philanthropy in America." "Catholic Relief Services and federated Protestant charities have acted not as missions but as humanitarian institutions combining taxpayer money with their own for carrying out modernizing projects in many theaters around the world."

However, Mr. Anderson argues, because the Catholic Church and its charities are so ingrained in the U.S. government's welfare system, it's hard to reform and better it. For example, in 1996 Catholic Charities lobbied heavily against welfare-reform law and met with then-President Clinton to help derail it. At the time, a Jesuit priest, the Rev. Fred Kammer, who is now the director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University, said the welfare-reform law would be "a national social catastrophe. No one will be spared the consequences."

There's also friction between state and church, with Catholic charities taking on such a prominent role in the government's welfare system.

Conservative Christians, unlike Catholics and some other religious charities such as those run by Lutherans, have resisted taking federal money to do charitable work, insisting proselytism and good works go hand in hand and can't be separated from one another — which most federal and state grants require...............................................

Pope Francis may hate Capitalism, but he obviously doesn't have a problem taking tax payers money with or without their consent, from a capitalist nation.

Another article which is four years old but still very revealing concerning the real source of Vatican or Catholic wealth taken from tax payers the world over with or without their consent.

https://cruxnow.com/analysis/2016/07/american-money-flowing-vatican-packs-greater-moral-punch/

US dollars lead the Vatican's pack in 'moral accounting'
John L. Allen Jr.Jul 18, 2016

Last week the Italian government released its latest data on the distribution of annual income tax proceeds, covering the year 2012. The results show that the Catholic Church netted a little over $1.3 billion from what's known as the otto per mille ("eight per thousand") system.

Under Italian law, 0.8 percent of everyone's income tax is devoted either to support of one of the organized religions recognized by the state or to a government-run social assistance program. In a country where distrust of government is pervasive, roughly 80 percent of taxpayers who express a preference each year choose a religion, and the lion's share goes to the Catholic Church.

Moreover, the law says that for those taxpayers who fail to designate a choice, their 0.8 percent will be allocated on the basis of the shares created by those who did, meaning that the Church gets the bulk of that money too. That's hugely significant, given that in 2012 almost 55 percent of taxpayers didn't express an option.

The total yearly haul for the Church for some time now has been north of $1 billion. It's often erroneously reported that the money goes to "the Vatican," but that's not the case - it goes to the Italian bishops. They put out a breakdown each year of where it goes, with the largest line items being clergy salaries and pastoral operations.

Italy is not the only country to have some version of a "church tax." Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden, Austria and Germany all have such a national system, and some cantons in Switzerland also have a local version.

In Germany, the Kirchensteuer is especially consequential, each year bringing in a staggering sum in excess of $6 billion for the Catholic Church. That money allows the German bishops, despite flagging vocations and Mass attendance, to fund a sprawling range of ministries and programs. In fact, the Catholic Church is the country's largest private employer.

Each year when countries that have a church tax release their data, a fresh round of grumbling and complaint always follows.

Many secularists don't like the whole idea of public funding going to support religion. Even those who don't object in principle nevertheless often argue that in practice the system is undemocratic, since, to take Italy as an example, more than half of all taxpayers didn't actually choose to give their share to the Church, but it ended up there anyway.

On the Catholic side, there's long been an undercurrent of doubt in some quarters about the wisdom of dependence on states that have become increasingly secular, and whose agendas aren't always in sync with the Church's.

Other Catholic critics believe it's unhealthy for a local church to be artificially propped up by tax revenue, because it reduces the incentives for pastoral hustle and - in language that is, admittedly, more commercial than spiritual - "customer service."

Politically, Catholics who don't appreciate what they see as the liberal drift of German Catholicism also tend to gnash their teeth at the fact its bishops seem to be swimming in more money than faithful.

For Americans, this is one church/state battle we don't have to worry about fighting, since there's no equivalent of the church tax in the States. (Granted, estimates are that various Catholic entities in the US receive roughly a half-billion each year in public funding for programs ranging from school lunches to contracts to care for the poor, but that's another kettle of fish.)

There is, however, an American angle on the church tax worth a footnote.

The income may not flow directly to the Vatican, but it has an indirect impact because it allows bishops in countries that impose the tax to boost the amount they can offer each year to support Vatican operations.

Canon 1271 of the Code of Canon Law obligates bishops to provide funds to support the Holy See, just as parishes support their diocese: "By reason of their bond of unity and charity, and according to the resources of their dioceses, bishops are to join together to produce those means which the Apostolic See may from time to time need to exercise properly its service of the universal Church."
In terms of its annual budget, the Vatican gets its money each year from three principal sources: investments and financial activity; earnings from real estate holdings; and contributions from dioceses, as well as other groups and individuals. Each year, the biggest contributors in the third category are generally the Americans and the Germans.

Here's the difference: To a large extent, the largesse flowing in from Germany is the result of compulsory tax collections. The money that comes in from the States, on the other hand, reflects what millions of rank-and-file Catholics across the country freely choose to plunk into the collection plate.

(The situation is slightly more complex, because if American bishops had to try to fund all those charities without relying on government support, they'd probably have significantly less to send to the Vatican. Still, the point is that the American church does not get a share of anyone's income tax.)
When the Vatican ponders its income, accountants and overseers naturally evaluate it in strictly financial terms - what's the dollar value of German contributions, American, etc.?

On the premise, however, that voluntary contributions are more impressive than compulsory ones, it may be a small boost to American Catholic pride to know that from the point of view of what we might call "moral accounting," American dollars that end up in the Vatican arguably are worth more.

Taxpayers the world over are forced to support the Roman Catholic Church. Yet another sign that she truly is BABYLON THE GREAT.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/catholic-church-s-massive-wealth-revealed-20180209-p4yzus.html

Catholic Church's massive wealth revealed

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They also call into question the privileges the church enjoys, including billions of dollars in government funding each year to run services, exemptions from almost all forms of taxation, and minimal public accountability.

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I only quoted the part which reveals again in another country the billions the church of Rome receives from tax payer dollars the world over. The article addresses several other financial resources for the Roman church in Australia.

You might be able to excuse their wealth as other ministries that "preach" God wants all to be wealthy so give, give, give, (You all have heard them)

IF

dioceses all over the US and I am sure world wide were not closing or merging to stay off their own poverty situations.

Especially while the Jesuit sitting on those 7 hills is living in the lap of luxury.

"Under St. Ignatius, the Society of Jesus believed that reform in the Catholic Church began with reform of the individual. The founding members of the Society of Jesus took a vow of poverty, chastity and obedience under Ignatius. Current Jesuits take the same three vows today, along with a vow of obedience to the Pope."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/pope-francis-is-a-jesuit-seven-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-society-of-jesus

https://tricountysentry.com/Article/Index/6acf02c7-4a35-4ffd-a12a-432fd150bc5f

Article below from link above, emphasis is mine.

All humankind should heed Pope Francis' call

By Marian Wright Edelman

FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT EMERITA

During this holy season like no other, on Easter Sunday Pope Francis published a "Letter to Popular Movements and Organizations," encouraging people struggling for justice for poor and low income people around our world calling for universal access to the "three Ts": trabajo (work), techo (housing), and tierra (land and food). He said:

"If the struggle against COVID-19 is a war, then you are truly an invisible army, fighting in the most dangerous trenches; an army whose only weapons are solidarity, hope, and community spirit, all revitalizing at a time when no one can save themselves alone...You are looked upon with suspicion when through community organization you try to move beyond philanthropy or when, instead of resigning and hoping to catch some crumbs that fall from the table of economic power, you claim your rights. You often feel rage and powerlessness at the sight of persistent inequalities and when any excuse at all is sufficient for maintaining those privileges. Nevertheless, you do not resign yourselves to complaining: you roll up your sleeves and keep working for your families, your communities, and the common good. Your resilience helps me, challenges me, and teaches me a great deal.

"I think of all the people, especially women, who multiply loaves of bread in soup kitchens: two onions and a package of rice make up a delicious stew for hundreds of children. I think of the sick, I think of the elderly...How difficult it is to stay at home for those who live in tiny, ramshackle dwellings, or for the homeless! How difficult it is for migrants, those who are deprived of freedom, and those in rehabilitation from an addiction...My hope is that governments understand that technocratic paradigms (whether state-centred or market-driven) are not enough to address this crisis or the other great problems affecting humankind. Now more than ever, persons, communities and peoples must be put at the centre, united to heal, to care and to share."

Pope Francis had a message for all of us and especially for workers who do not have any guaranteed income to sustain them through a crisis: "I know that you have been excluded from the benefits of globalization. You do not enjoy the superficial pleasures that anesthetize so many consciences, yet you always suffer from the harm they produce. The ills that afflict everyone hit you twice as hard...This may be the time to consider a universal basic wage which would acknowledge and dignify the noble, essential tasks you carry out." He added: "I hope that this time of danger will free us from operating on automatic pilot, shake our sleepy consciences and allow a humanist and ecological conversion that puts an end to the idolatry of money and places human life and dignity at the centre. Our civilization — so competitive, so individualistic, with its frenetic rhythms of production and consumption, its extravagant luxuries, its disproportionate profits for just a few — needs to downshift, take stock, and renew itself."

We must heed and act on the Pope's urgent message right now. Each of us must be visible and vocal and persistent in acting upon his message to bring hope during this trying time to millions of our brothers and sisters around the world who are suffering. The Pope's urgent call for bold action, including a universal basic wage to help those caught in the trap of poverty, is both just and common sense. So much of the discussion in the United States right now is about how and when to restart the economy in order to get life back to "normal." But if "normal" includes the same structures, systems, and inequalities that have been deeply enshrined in our nation, we must go far beyond the status quo that preceded the pandemic and disrupt the racism, sexism, and massive inequality built into our capitalist system. It is shameful that one in six children are poor and that children are our poorest age group. It is unjust and morally abnormal to have huge disparities based on race. It should not be normal that our nation imprisons more than a fifth of the world's prisoners. And it should be profoundly abnormal that enough children and teens were killed by guns in America in 2018 to fill more than 165 classrooms.

As our Muslim brothers and sisters prepare for Ramadan, with its emphasis on prayer, fasting, and empathy for the poor and hungry, we can all continue this holy season reflecting on how abnormal our nation is in ways that we can change with a sense of urgency. Let's use this season to stop the pandemics of greed, racism, sexism, and religious intolerance and to help create the world God intended, which is one of brotherhood and sisterhood.[/b]

Every single illegal crossing our boarders with nothing in hand, no job, no home, no mode of transportation, adds more poor people and children to the pot. BABYLON THE GREAT, the master manipulator, creates problems through her own policies and then casts the blame upon others and demands actions to transform existing societies according to her own vision. She leaves poverty and ruin behind her everywhere she goes, and now wishes to bring the entire globe into that ruin. Calling on the peoples of the entire world to give into to communism through universal income, jobs, homes, and food. She used us to overthrow communism when they were a serious threat to her own, and now she turns on us and stabs us in the back calling for communism world wide under one guise after another. Evil is as evil does. The Pope and his minions simply cannot stand the following principles upon which this nation was built.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

The answer to the corruption of a government built upon the above principles is not universal communism. The history of this world, and the Roman Catholic Church itself, have proved the abusive nature of governments and or religions people become dependent upon. Nevertheless, the holy scriptures predict that humanity will allow such an abusive power to reign once again on a global scale. So be it. People who will hand their personal liberties and freedoms purchased by the blood of Jesus Christ, over to the power hungry and greedy of this world through fear, do not deserve either.
Go to, resurrect BABYLON THE GREAT and her political minions. The moment her deadly wound is healed and she rises from the grave as it were, her destruction and the destruction of all who have supported her is sure. As is her habit, her global exaltation will bring global ruin.

: Rella  Sat Apr 25, 2020 - 07:59:16
You might be able to excuse their wealth as other ministries that "preach" God wants all to be wealthy so give, give, give, (You all have heard them)

IF

dioceses all over the US and I am sure world wide were not closing or merging to stay off their own poverty situations.

Especially while the Jesuit sitting on those 7 hills is living in the lap of luxury.

"Under St. Ignatius, the Society of Jesus believed that reform in the Catholic Church began with reform of the individual. The founding members of the Society of Jesus took a vow of poverty, chastity and obedience under Ignatius. Current Jesuits take the same three vows today, along with a vow of obedience to the Pope."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/pope-francis-is-a-jesuit-seven-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-society-of-jesus

I should probably start another thread just on the Jesuits. They have a long and very disturbing history, and are right in the middle of so much that is going on now, The Pope himself being one as well.

The following chapter is from the book - FACTS OF FAITH by Christian Edwardson

THE JESUITS

THE "Society of Jesus," commonly called "the Jesuits," is a secret order of the Roman Catholic Church, founded August 15, 1534, by the Spaniard, Ignatius Loyola, and sanctioned by Pope Paul III, September 27, 1540. Loyola had received a military training, and when he later became an extreme religious enthusiast, he conceived the idea of forming a spiritual militia, to be placed at the service of the pope. The Jesuit T. J. Campbell says:

"They are called the Society or Company of Jesus, the latter designation expressing more correctly the military idea of the founder, which was to establish, as it were, a new battalion in the spiritual army of the Catholic Church."-The Encyclopedia Americana, art. "Jesuits."

ORGANIZATION AND RULES OF THE SOCIETY

Loyola organized his Company on the strictest military basis. Its General was always to reside at Rome, supervising from his headquarters every branch scattered over the world. Theodor Griesinger says:

"Its General ruled as absolute monarch in all parts of the world, and the different kingdoms of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America lay at his feet divided into provinces. Over each province was placed a provincial, as lieutenant of the general, and every month it was the duty of this provincial to send in his report to his General .... From these thousands of reports the General was in possession of the most accurate information regarding all that was going on in the world. Moreover, by means of the Father Confessors at the various Courts, he was initiated into all the secrets of these latter. [The officials] had to be careful to report nothing but the exact truth, [for] each one of them was provided with an assistant who was also in direct communication with the General, [who checked the reports of the one against the other.]"-"History of the Jesuits," p. 280. London: 1892.

The Abbate Leone, after personal investigation, writes: "Every day the general receives a number of reports which severally check each other. There are in the central house, at Rome, huge registers, wherein are inscribed the names of all the Jesuits and of all the important persons, friends, or enemies, with whom they have any connection. In those registers are recorded... facts relating to the lives of each individual. It is the most gigantic biographical collection that has ever been formed. The conduct of a light woman, the hidden failings of a statesman, are recounted in these books with cold impartiality. . . When it is required to act in any way upon an individual, they open the book and become immediately acquainted with his life, his character, his qualities, his defects, his projects, his family, his friends, his most secret acquaintances."-" The Secret Plan of the Order," with preface by M. Victor Considerant, p. 33. London: 1848.

Similar registers are also found in the offices of the provincials, and in the "novitiate houses," so that when one Jesuit follows another in office, he has at his finger tips the fullest knowledge of the most secret lives of those for whom he is to labor, whether they are friends or foes. The Abbate Leone says of his secret investigation of this fact:

"The first thing that struck me was some great books in the form of registers, with alphabeted edges.

"I found that they contained numerous observations relative to the character of distinguished individuals, arranged by towns or families. 'Each page was evidently written by several different hands."-Id., p. 31.

Those who enter the Jesuit society spend two years of "noviceship," and then take the "simple vows." After several more years of intensive training, they take the fourth vow, by which they pledge themselves under oath to look to their General and their Superiors as holding "the place of Christ our Lord," and to obey them unconditionally without the least hesitation.

The Jesuits being a secret order, they did not publish their rules. How then can we be absolutely sure about these regulations? Dr. William Robertson says:

"It was a fundamental maxim with the Jesuits, from their first institution, not to publish the rules of their order. These they kept concealed as an impenetrable mystery. They never communicated them to strangers, nor even to the greater part of their own members. They refused to produce them when required by courts of justice." But during a lawsuit at Paris, in 1760, Father Montigny committed the blunder of placing the two volumes of their "Constitutions" (the Prague edition of 1757) in the hands of the French court. "By the aid of these authentic records the principles
of their government may be delineated"-"History of Charles the Fifth," Vol. II, p. 332. (See also "History of the Jesuits," Theodor Griesinger, pp. 435-439, 474-476.)

The author was so fortunate as to have the privilege of carefully reading "The Constitutions of the Society of Jesus." He saw a Latin edition of 1558, and an English translation of it printed in 1838, together with the three Papal Bulls: 1. The Bull of Pope Paul III, given September 27, 1540, sanctioning "The Society of Jesus." 2. The Bull of Clement XIV, abolishing the "Society," July 21, 1773.3. The Bull of Pins VII, restoring it, August 7, 1814. We shall now quote from "The Constitutions," thus presenting first-hand evidence of their Rules:

"It is to be observed that the intention of the Vow wherewith the Society has bound itself in obedience to the supreme Vicar of Christ without any excuse, is that we must go to whatever part of the world he shall determine to send us, among believers or unbelievers"-" Constitutions," pp. 64, 65.

"Displaying this virtue of obedience, first to the Pope, then to the Superiors of the Society... we... attend to his voice, just as if it proceeded from Christ Our Lord;... doing whatever is enjoined us with all celerity, with spiritual joy and perseverance; persuading ourselves that everything is just; suppressing every repugnant thought and judgment of our own in a certain obedience .... Every one.., should permit themselves to be moved and directed under
divine Providence by their Superiors just as if they were a corpse, which allows itself to be moved and handled in any way .... Thus obedient he should execute anything on which the Superior chooses to employ him "-Id., pp. 55, 56.

It is this corpse-like obedience, required of all its members, that has made the Jesuits such a power in the world. Rene Fulop-Miller in his book: "The Power and Secret of the Jesuits," commended by Father Friedrich Muckermann, leading Jesuit writer of Germany, and Father Alfonso Kleinser, S. J., and the Deutsche Zeitung, Berlin's leading Catholic organ, says:

"The Society of Jesus represented a company of soldiers. Where 'duty' in the military sense is concerned, as it is in the Society of Jesus, obedience becomes the highest virtue, as it is in the army. The Jesuit renders his obedience primarily to his superior... and he submits to him as if he were Christ Himself"-" The Power and Secret of the Jesuits," pp. 18, 19.

"So the Jesuits seek to attain to God through 'blind obedience.' "Ignatius requires nothing less than the complete sacrifice of the man's own understanding, 'unlimited obedience even to the very sacrifice of conviction."-Id., pp. 19, 20.

He taught his Jesuit members by a complete "corpse-like obedience" to be governed by the following principle:

"'I must let myself be led and moved as a lump of wax lets itself be kneaded, must order myself as a dead man without will or judgment."-Id, p. 21.

"It was the obedience of the Jesuits that made it possible to oppose to the enemies of the Church a really trained and formidable army"- Id., p. 23.

"For, within a short time after the foundation of the order, the Jesuits were acting as spiritual directors at the courts of Europe, as preachers in the most remote primeval forests, as political conspirators, disguised and in constant danger of death; thus they had a thousand opportunities to employ their talents, their cleverness, their knowledge of the world, and even their cunning"- Id., p. 26.

JESUITS DECIDE ON THEIR MISSION

Loyola first'planned to convert the Mohammedans of Palestine, but finding himself entirely unprepared for that work, and the road blocked by war, and finding, after his return to Paris, that the Protestant Reformation was turning the minds of men from the Roman church to the Bible, he resolved to undertake a propaganda of no less magnitude than the restoration of the Papacy to world dominion, and the destruction of all the enemies of the pope. The Jesuit T. J. Campbell says:

"As the establishment of the Society of Jesus coincided with the Protestant Reformation the efforts of the first Jesuits were naturally directed to combat that movement. Under the guidance of Canisius so much success attended their work in Germany and other northern nations, that, according to Macaulay, Protestantism was effectually checked. In England... the Jesuits stopped at no danger,... and what they did there was repeated in other parts of the world .... The Jesuits were to be found under every disguise, in every country.

"Their history is marked by ceaseless activity in launching new schemes for the spread of the Catholic faith.

"They have been expelled over and over again from almost every Catholic country in Europe, always, however, coming back again to renew their work when the storm had subsided; and this fact has been adduced as a proof that there is something iniquitous in the very nature of the organization"-The Encyclopedia Americana, sixteen-volume edition, Vol. IX, art. "Jesuits." 1904.

Loyola's plan of operation was to have his emissaries enter new fields in a humble way as workers of charity, and then begin to educate the children and youth. After gaining the good will of the higher classes of society, they would, through their influence, secure positions as confessors to the royal families, and advisers of civil rulers. These Jesuit Fathers had been skil-fully trained to take every advantage of such positions to influence civil rulers and direct them in the interest of the Roman church, and to instill in them, that it was their sacred duty to act as worthy sons of the Church by purging their country from heresy. And when war against "heretics" commenced, the Jesuits would not consent to any truce till Protestantism was completely wiped out.

At the time Loyola and his "knights" took the field, the Protestant Reformation had swept over the greater part of Europe, and one country after another was lost to the Papacy. But in a short time the Jesuits had turned the tide. The Netherlands, France, and Germany were swept by fire and sword till the very strongholds of Protestantism were threatened. The Protestant countries were finally forced to combine in the Thirty Years' War to save themselves from being brought back by force under the papal yoke. (See "History of the Jesuits," T. Griesinger, Book II, chap. 2.)

THE ABOLITION OF THE JESUIT ORDER

As long as this war of extermination was waged against Protestantism, the assistance of these daring "knights" was accepted, but when they continued to meddle in politics, and to gather the civil reins in their own hands, the Catholic princes at length became aroused to their danger, and complaints began to pour into the Vatican from various heads of Catholic states. Finally, Pope Clement XIV, after four years of investigation, felt compelled to abolish the Jesuit Order. In his "Bull of Suppression," issued July 21, 1773, he wrote, that repeated warnings had been given to the Society of "the most imminent dangers, if it concerned itself with temporal matters, and which relate to political affairs, and the administration of government." It was "strictly forbidden to all the members of the society, to interfere in any manner whatever in public affairs." Clement then cites eleven popes who "employed without effect all their efforts · . . to restore peace to the Church" by keeping the Jesuits out of "secular affairs, with which the company ought not to have interfered," as they had done "in Europe, Africa, and America." The Pope continues:

"We have seen, in the grief of our heart, that neither these remedies, nor an infinity of others, since employed, have produced their due effect, or silenced the accusations and complaints against the said society .... In vain [were all efforts.]" -"Bull of Clement XIV," in "Constitutions of the Society of Jesus," pp. 116, 117. London: 1838.

"After so many storms, troubles, and divisions... the times became more difficult and tempestuous; complaints and quarrels were multiplied on every side; in some places dangerous seditions arose, tumults, discords, dissensions, scandals, which weakening or entirely breaking the bonds of Christian charity, excited the faithful to all the rage of party hatreds and enmities. Desolation and danger grew to such a height, that... the kings of France, Spain, Portugal,
and Sicily,-found themselves reduced to the necessity of expelling and driving from their states, kingdoms, and provinces, these very companions of Jesus; persuaded that there remained no other remedy to so great evils; and that this step was necessary in order to prevent the Christians from rising one against another, and from massacring each other in the very bosom of our common mother the Holy Church. The said our dear sons in Jesus Christ having
since considered that even this remedy would not be sufficient towards reconciling the whole Christian world, unless the said society was absolutely abolished and suppressed, made known - their demands and wills in this matter to our said predecessor Clement XIII"-Id., p. 118.

"After a mature deliberation, we do, out of our certain knowledge, and the fulness of our apostolical power, suppress and abolish the said company .... We abrogate and annul its statutes, rules, customs, decrees, and constitutions, even though confirmed by oath, and approved by the Holy See .... We declare... the said society to be for ever annulled and extinguished"-Id., pp. I19, 120.

"Our will and meaning is, that the suppression and destruction of the said society, and of all its parts, shall have an immediate and instantaneous effect"-Id., p. I24.

"Our will and pleasure is, that these our letters should for ever and to all eternity be valid, permanent, and efficacious, have and obtain their full force and effect .... Given at Rome, at St. Mary the Greater, under the seal of the Fisherman, the 21st day of July, 1773, in the fifth year of our Pontificate"-" Bull for the Effectual Suppression of the Order of Jesuits." Quoted in "Constitutions of the Society of Jesus," p. 126.

We now respectfully ask: Can any Roman Catholic doubt that the pope is telling the truth about the Jesuits? If he is telling the truth, can we be blamed for feeling that there is a Jesuit danger, after that society has been reinstated and has labored incessantly for more than a century, and is unchanged in principle?

When we reflect upon their past history, and remember that the Jesuits have been expelled from fifty different countries, seven times from England, and nine times from France, and from the Papal States themselves, there must be a reason why civil governments, Catholic as well as Protestant, have found it necessary to take such steps. Only in countries such as the United States, where they are allowed to carry on their work peaceably, we hear little of them. But some day Americans may wake up to find our present generation completely Roman-ized, and our boasted "liberty" a thing of the past. The prophet declares: "And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand;... and by peace shall destroy many." Daniel 8:25.. Any one desiring to know the historical facts should read the "History of the Jesuits," by T. Griesinger, and "The Roman Catholic Church," by F. T. Morton, pp. 167, 168.

"The end justifies the means." This maxim is generally attributed to the Jesuits, and while it might not be found in just that many words in their authorized books, yet the identical sentiment is found over and over again in their Latin works.

Dr. Otto Henne an Rhyn quotes many such sentiments from authorized Jesuit sources. We quote from him the following:

"Herman Busembaum, in his 'Medulla Theologiae Moralis' (first published at Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1650) gives this as a theorem (p. 320): Cum finis est licitus, etiam media sunt licita (when the end is lawful, the means also are lawful); and p. 504: Cui licitus est finis, etiam licent media (for whom the end is lawful, the means are lawful also). The Jesuit Paul Layman, in his 'Theologia Moralis,' lib. III., p. 20 (Munich, 1625), quoting Sanchez, states the proposition in these words: Cui concessus est finis, concessa etiam sunt media ad finem ordinata (to whom the end is permitted, to him also are permitted the means ordered to the end). Louis Wagemann, Jesuit professor of moral theology, in his 'Synopsis Theologiae Moralis' (Innsbruck and Augsburg, 1762) has: Finis determinat moralitatem actus (the end decides the morality of the act)."-" The Jesuits," pp. 47, 48.New York: 1895.

"But the mischief is that the whole moral teaching of the Jesuits from their early days till now is but a further extension Of this proposition, so redoubtable in its application."-ld., pp. 49, 50.

Rene Fulop-Miller says of the Jesuits:

"In actual fact, the Jesuit casuists deal with two forms of permissible deception: that of 'amphibology' and that of reservatio mentaIis. 'Amphibology' is nothing else than the employment of ambiguous terms calculated to mislead the questioner; 'mental reservation' consists in answering a question, not with a direct lie, but in such a way that the truth is partly suppressed, certain words being formulated mentally but not expressed orally.

"The Jesuits hold that neither intentional ambiguity nor the fact of making a mental reservation can be regarded as lying, since, in both cases, all that happens is that one's neighbor is not actually deceived, but rather his deception is permitted only for a justifiable cause.'''-'' The Power and Secret of the Jesuits," pp. 154, 155.

The Jesuit Gury gives examples of this; among others he says:

"Amand promised, under oath, to Marinus, that he would never reveal a theft committed by the latter .... But... Amand was called as a witness before the judge, and revealed the secret, after interrogation.

"He ought not to have revealed the theft,... but he ought to have answered: 'I do not know anything,' understanding, 'nothing that I am obligated to reveal,' by using a mental restriction .... So Amand has committed a grave sin against religion and justice, by revealing publicly, before the court, a confided secret."-" The Doctrine of the Jesuits," translated by Paul Bert, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, Professor at the Faculty of Sciences (in Paris), pp. 168,
169, American edition. Boston: 1880.

Alphonsus de Liguori, the sainted Catholic doctor, says in "Tractatus de Secundo Decalogi Praecepto," on the second [third] precept of the decalogue:

"One who is asked concerning something which it is expedient to conceal, can say, 'I say not,' that is, 'I say the word "not" since the word 'I say' has a double sense; for it signifies 'to pronounce' and 'to affirm': now in our sense 'I say' is the same as 'I pronounce.'

"A prisoner, when lawfully questioned, can deny a crime even with an oath (at least without grievous sin), if as the result of his confession he is threatened with punishment of death, or imprisonment, or perpetual exile, or the loss of all his property, or the galleys, and similar punishments, by secretly understanding that he has not committed any crime of such a degree that he is bound to confess.

"It is permissible to swear to anything which is false by adding in an undertone a true condition, if that low utterance can in any way be perceived by the other party, though its sense is not understood."-The Latin text, and an English translation of the above statements are found in "Fifty Years in the Church of Rome," by Father Chiniquy, chap. XIII, and in "Protestant Magazine," April, 1913, p. 163.

Violations of the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth commandments are justified by many leading Jesuit writers, according to many quotations from their books, cited in "The History of the Jesuits," by Theodor Griesinger, pp. 285-304, 478-488, 508-616, 670, 740; and in Gury's "Doctrines of the Jesuits," translated by Paul Bert; and in "The Jesuits," by Dr. Otto Henne an Rhyn, chap. V.

Theodor Griesinger quotes from eight prominent Jesuit authorities, who advocate that it is permissible to kill a prince or ruler who has been deposed by the pope. Here are a few samples:

"In the 'Opuscula Theologica' of Martin Becan, at page 130, the following passage occurs:

"'Every subject may kill his prince when the latter has taken possession of the throne as a usurper, and history teaches, in fact, that in all nations those who kill such tyrants are treated with the greatest honor. But even when the ruler is not a usurper, but a prince who has by right come to the throne, he may be killed as soon as he oppresses his subjects with improper taxation, sells the judicial offices, and issues ordinances in a tyrannical manner for his
own peculiar benefit'"

"With such principles Father Hermann Buchenbaum entirely agreed, and,in the'Medulla Theologia Moralis,' permission to murder all offenders of mankind and the true faith, as well as enemies of the Society of Jesus, is distinctly laid down. This 'Moral Theology' of Father Buchenbaum is held by all the Society as an unsurpassed and unsurpassable pattern-book, and was on that account introduced, with the approval of their General, into all their colleges.

"Imanuel Sa says, in his aphorisms, under the word ' Clericus': ' The rebellion of an ecclesiastic against a king of the country in which he lives, is no high treason, because an ecclesastic is not the subject of any king.' 'Equally right,' he adds further, 'is the principle that anyone among the people may kill an illegitimate prince; to murder a tyrant, however, is considered, indeed, to be a duty.'

"Adam Tanner, a very well known and highly esteemed Jesuit professor in Germany, uses almost the identical words, and the not less distinguished Father Johannes Mariana, who taught in Rome, Palermo, and Paris, advances this doctrine in his book 'De Rege' (lib. i., p. 54), published with the approbation of the General Aquaviva and of the whole Society, when he says: ' It is a wholesome thought, brought home to all princes, that as soon as they begin to oppress their subjects, and, by their excessive vices, and, more especially, by the unworthiness of their conduct, make themselves unbearable to the latter, in such a case they should be convinced that one has not only a perfect right to kill them, but that to accomplish such a deed is glorious and heroic.'...

"But most precise are the words of the work, so highly prized above all others by the Roman Curie, :Defensio Fidei Catholicce et Apostolicae [Defence of the Catholic and Apostolic Faith]' of the Jesuit Suarez, which appeared in Lisbon in the year 1614, as therein it is stated (lib. vi, cap. iv, Nos. 13 and 14): 'It is an article of faith that the Pope has the right to depose heretical and rebellious kings, and a monarch dethroned by the Pope is no longer a king or legitimate prince. When such an one hesitates to obey the Pope after he is deposed, he then becomes a tyrant, and may be killed by the first comer. Especially when the public weal is assured by the death of the tyrant, it is allowable for anyone to kill the latter.'

"Truly regicide could not be taught by clearer words .... The sons of Loyola... declared that a more learned, or God-fearing book, had never appeared .... Indeed, from this time forth no Jesuit professor whatever wrote on moral theology, or any similar subject, without adopting the teaching of Suarez."-" History of the Jesuits," pp.
508-511.

Can any one doubt that the Jesuits have faithfully carried out this "Article of Faith," wherever they thought it advisable, when he reads of the many attempts upon the life of Queen Elizabeth of England; of the "Gunpowder Plot" to murder James I, and to destroy the "Houses of Parliament" in one blast; of the assassination of William, Prince of Orange; of the attempts upon his son, Maurice, Prince of Orange, and upon Leopold I of Germany, by agents of that Society? We could refer to the "Holy League" of 1576, sponsored by the Jesuits, for the purpose of uniting Catholic Europe to crush Protestantism and the assassination of Henry III and Henry IV of France in the interest of that scheme. "The Jesuits were, indeed, the heart and soul of the Leaguist conspiracy."-Id., p. 210. See also pp. 508-608.

If the political activities of the Jesuits, of which Pope Clement XIV complained so pathetically, are not a serious problem to civil governments, then why were the Jesuits expelled from so many states, Catholic as well as Protestant, as the following table shows? Francis T. Morton, Member of the Massachusetts Bar, gives the following:

Those who feel that the foregoing facts constitute no danger to American civil and religious liberty, would do well to remember that the Jesuits carry on an extensive educational program in this country, and that, according to their textbooks, their principles of civil government are diametrically opposed to the American ideas of separation of church and state. See their "Manual of Christian Doctrine, by a Seminary Professor," pp. 131-
133. Philadelphia: 1915.

The author has stated the foregoing facts, not because of any enmity towards Jesuits as individuals, nor to Catholics in general, but only from a feeling of responsibility to enlighten the American people regarding a public danger. We can truly love the persons, while we warn people against their dangerous tendencies. If we did not sincerely love everybody, we would not be true Christians. (Matthew 5:43-48.) Jesus loves the sinner, while He hates his sins; and we must have the mind of Christ. (Philippians 2:5; 1 Corinthians 2:16.)

To those who wish to study this subject further we recommend the careful reading of the following books, besides those referred to in this chapter:

"History of the Jesuits," by Andrew Steinmetz, London, 1848; "History of the Jesuits," by G. B. Nicolini, London, 1854; "Secret Instructions of the Jesuits," translated from the Latin by W. C. Brownlee, D. D., New York, 1841; "The Footprints of the Jesuits," by R. W. Thompson; "The Jesuit Enigma," by E. Boyd Barrett; "The Programme of the Jesuits," by W. Blair Nearby, London, 1903; "Provincial Letters," by Blaise Pascal, New York, 1853; "History and Fall of the Jesuits," by Count Alexis de Saint-Priest, London, 1861; "Political Life of an Italian," by Francesco Urgos, Battle Creek, Mich., 1876; and "The Jesuit Morals, collected by a Doctor of the College of Sorbonne in Paris," translated into
English, London, 1670.

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After Signing One-World Religion Covenant, Pope Francis Makes His Next Push

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Referencing the biblical story of Noah, the pope suggested that, in order to safeguard peace, we too "need to enter together as one family into an ark which can sail the stormy seas of the world." This means acknowledging, "God is at the origin of the one human family." "No violence can be justified in the name of religion," he said.

"Religious behavior," said Pope Francis, "needs continually to be purified from the recurrent temptation to judge others as enemies and adversaries." The "perspective of heaven," he said, "embraces persons without privilege or discrimination."

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If Noah had unified with the rest of the world religions of his day, he and his family would have perished right along with the rest of them. Just as all those who enter the papal designed ark above will perish at Christ's second coming. The bible states nowhere that this worlds salvation lies in the unification of sinful humanity as one. This is the goal of Satan himself to unify sinful rebellious humanity in one against God and His chosen. God prevented humanity from this sin against Him at the tower of Babel. As biblical prophecy foretells though, He will allow fallen humanity outside of Christ to worship and serve the beast while the world reduces God's chosen in Christ to global outcasts. There judgement will be by fire this time, not water. The sooner this papal man of sin finishes his work, the sooner our Lord and Savior returns unto eternal salvation.

Psa 37:1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. 6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. 9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. 10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. 14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. 15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. 16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. 17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. 18 The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. 19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. 20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. 25 I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. 27 Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. 28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. 29 The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. 34 Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. 38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. 40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

Trust in and obey God, not Pope's and Kings and the rulers of this earth. God has not called His own to rule this earth or unify with falsehood unto salvation. He has called them unto trustworthy obedience in warning this world of the judgment to come and pointing them to their only hope of salvation in Jesus Christ alone.

Act 4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

Joh 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Do not believe the lies concerning the salvation of this world. This world will not be saved, but all within it may be saved in Christ Jesus. The evil one and his minions alone want to save this world of misery and sin. Christ's own look for a new heaven and a new earth wherein righteousness dwells.

Rev 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. 5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2018/07/03/the-catholic-roots-of-the-new-socialism/

Quote below is from link above, emphasis is mine.

The Catholic roots of the New Socialism

The "patron saint" of today's Democratic Socialists of America got his start with Dorothy Day's Catholic Worker Movement. But for Day, prayer and the sacraments came first, not "the revolution."

In a primary defeat that the New York Times has called "the most significant loss for a Democratic incumbent in more than a decade," ten-term Representative Joseph Crowley of New York was defeated in a Queens and Bronx district that is majority-minority by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old Latina. A native of the Bronx and a former community organizer for Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, Ocasio-Cortez, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, declared that it was "time for generational, racial, and ideological change." She garnered more than 57 percent of the vote in the primary.

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) rhetoric played well in the 14th District, which is 70 percent people of color, and 50 percent immigrant. Founded in New York City by Michael Harrington, an Irish Catholic and Holy Cross College graduate, the DSA still draws upon the same rhetoric surrounding Catholic social teachings on human dignity and human flourishing that Harrington promoted in his early days of community organizing in the 1950s. In 1951, Harrington got his start in socialism at what the DSA website calls "Dorothy Day's anarchist-pacifist Catholic Worker movement." In the early days, Harrington was devoted to the Catholic movement, residing at the group's "House of Hospitality" on Chrystie Street in Manhattan's Lower East Side. "There, with other volunteers, he worked in the soup kitchen which catered to the homeless alcoholics who crowded the nearby Bowery District," according to the DSA website.

Although Harrington eventually abandoned Catholicism and joined the Young People's Socialist League, a youth affiliate of the Socialist Party, Catholic social teachings on the importance of dignity in work and human flourishing continued to shape Harrington's rhetoric and his organizing strategies. He inspired the formation of faith-based organizing that we still see today in Catholic Churches throughout the country, many of them funded through the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. Pope Leo XIII's 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum was used in these early days to provide a guiding force in organizing workers because it gave a Catholic rationale for the worker's right to organize and secure what Harrington called "economic dignity." In 1973, Harrington broke away from the Socialist Party, creating the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, which merged with the leftist New American Movement in 1982. The merged organization became the Democratic Socialists of America.

Ocasio-Cortez is a direct descendant of Harrington, drawing from the same rhetoric and strategies. But, today's movement is a Democratic Socialism that has been emptied of any pretense of Catholicism. In an interview with Vogue magazine earlier this month, Ocasio-Cortez tried to explain Democratic Socialism:

"I think what it really means is just democratic participation in our economic dignity, and our economic, social, and racial dignity. It is about direct representation and people actually having power and stake over their economic and social wellness, at the end of the day. To me, what socialism means is to guarantee a basic level of dignity...to examine the historical inequities that have created much of the inequalities—both in terms of economics and social and racial justice."

For Ocasio-Cortez, and quite possibly a majority of the voters in the 14th District in New York, socialism is the only way to "guarantee a basic level of dignity. ... There is no other force, there is no other party, there is no other real ideology out there right now that is asserting the minimum elements necessary to lead a dignified American life."

Tapping into the resentment of her constituents, Ocasio-Cortez was the first New York primary candidate to call for abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE), and for clearing the path to citizenship—claiming that "ICE operates with virtually no accountability, ripping apart families and holding our friends and neighbors indefinitely in inhumane detention centers."

Outspent by the Crowley campaign by a 10 to 1 ratio, the Ocasio-Cortez campaign received 70 percent of its contributions from individual contributions under $200. Progressive PACs including Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats, as well as MoveOn, Democracy in Action, and People for Bernie, provided valuable endorsements.

While Ocasio-Cortez's economic rhetoric draws heavily from Catholic social teachings on human dignity, it is a redefined and hollowed-out Catholicism in many respects. Human dignity for Ocasio-Cortez and the Democratic Socialists of America requires full reproductive rights. On her website, Ocasio-Cortez demands "reproductive freedom for all individuals of marginalized genders, including cisgender women and trans people...Alexandria does not accept any federal, state, or local rollbacks, cuts, or restrictions on the ability of individuals to access quality reproductive healthcare services...open access to safe legal, affordable abortion."

Notably absent from Ocasio-Cortez's supporters were the usual progressive Catholic organizations. There are not (yet) many Catholic colleges and universities with chapters of Democratic Socialists of America on campus. And, although Georgetown University is listed on the Democratic Socialists of America website as having an active chapter on campus, the chapter website is unavailable.

It is likely that others will follow the Ocasio-Cortez socialist playbook as they try to carve out a new niche in the Democratic Party. Her stand on open borders and a path to citizenship for all is appealing to many progressives. The abolition of ICE has quickly become a mantra for progressive Democrats like Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY.

That creates a problem for progressive Catholics. In some ways it is similar to the dilemma that DSA founder Michael Harrington faced in 1952 when he departed both the Catholic Worker movement and the Church to join the Young People's Socialist League. Harrington is idolized by the DSA today—and his religious connection is part of the pseudo-sainthood he has achieved within the DSA. There has been a recent re-launch of the DSA publication Religious Socialism and although there is not yet a Catholic presence on the editorial board, there are a number of prestigious professors, including Princeton philosophy professor and honorary chair of the DSA Cornel West.

Harrington recalled in his 1973 memoir, Fragments of the Century: "All I knew of the Catholic Worker when I walked into the House of Hospitality in 1951 was that it was as far Left as you could go within the Church." When Harrington left the Church, he called it an act of "pious apostasy." Harrington, like many of today's progressive Catholics, wanted to go further left than the Church could have allowed; but unlike Harrington, many of today's Catholics are attempting to change the Church from within.

In the opening lines of The Other America, Harrington's best-selling sociological study of poverty in the United States, he credits Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker movement with opening his eyes to the "terrible reality of involuntary poverty and the magnificent ideal of voluntary poverty." But, as Patrick Jordan recently pointed out in an essay titled "Dorothy Day, The Catholic Worker, and the Liturgy," Dorothy Day's commitment to alleviating the pain of the poor was always "a personalist and communitarian movement, inspired and maintained by sharing the poverty of the crucified Christ in the poor." Jordan recalls that Day once wrote:

"Without the sacraments of the Church, primarily the Eucharist, the Lord's Supper as it is sometime called, I certainly do not think that I could go on... Only by nourishing ourselves as we have been bidden to do by Christ, by eating His body and drinking His blood, can we become Christ and put on the new man."

For Day, faith and prayer came first. An obedient daughter of the Church, Day supported Catholic teachings on divorce, contraception, and abortion. She often spoke of the need to return to the spirit of Franciscan poverty, charity, and obedience. So obedient, it has been said that Day would have closed down the Catholic Worker movement if Rome had asked her to do that. In contrast, for Michael Harrington, the socialist revolution came first. It is difficult to predict whether progressive Catholics will follow the sacramental model promoted by Dorothy Day, or the "pious apostasy" of Michael Harrington.

The movement toward socialism in our nation has Roman Catholicism written all over it. The present Pope unquestionably leans heavily toward it, and prefers it above evil Capitalism which he routinely attacks. Certain Catholics have even boasted that China's government comes closer to the vision of Roman Catholic social justice, than any other. The Roman Catholic church is not communist though, it is not socialist or capitalist either. To the contrary, it is a unique political entity which conquers all others by entering nations under a religious guise crying for religious freedom if necessary to obtain access, then taking over from within by commanding the ever increasing number of her adherents to establish her social justice agenda through legislation. She is as determined as ever to establish what she has always believed to be her divine right, rule over all the religions and governments of this world. She used the evil capitalist United States to help her topple evil communism as a world power in the recent past, and she now sides with socialists and communists to topple the US as such as well, so that she will be the only remaining world or globalist power. Or at the very least, the one on top of the new global order she continually calls for and seeks to establish. If this isn't a ruthless attempt to put greater wealth and power into the hands of fewer people, then what is?

It is no surprise that an institution greatly supported by wealth redistribution to the tune of countless billions of dollars every year from tax paying citizens the world over with or without their consent, seeks to establish government which also redistributes the wealth of all as it sees fit. Especially since she will obviously have a good deal of influence toward that distribution as well. There is nothing Christian about such. Free will offerings alone, have any merit in God's eyes.

https://time.com/4047605/joe-biden-pope-francis-is-challenging-us/

Article below from link above, emphasis is mine.

Joe Biden: 'Pope Francis Is Challenging Us'

he first time I met Pope Francis was in 2013 when I attended his inauguration in Vatican City. After the ceremony, the other government representatives and I stood in line in the Basilica to greet the Holy Father at the foot of the altar. When it was my turn to greet Pope Francis, he reached out his hand and embraced mine. Then he said warmly, "Mr. Vice President, you're always welcome here."

That's the message Pope Francis is sending to the world. He's put a welcome sign on the front door of the Church.

Pope Francis is taking us back to the basics. He emphasizes what I have always believed to be the central mission of our faith—Catholic Social Doctrine—that cuts across all confessional faiths: What you do to the least among us, you do unto me; we have an obligation to one another; we cannot serve ourselves at the expense of others; we have a responsibility to future generations.

That's the mission I learned growing up in the Church. It was how my mother raised our family. It is a mission that says we will be measured by what we do, not just what we say.

Pope Francis is challenging us. He has raised some of the most difficult issues facing the world today—income inequality, poverty, mass migration, immigration, human trafficking, climate change. These are issues we can, and must, address.

He's also offering hope. A message of optimism. That there is no reason we can't make this a better world. That's why people of all backgrounds and faiths feel connected to this Pope.

After meeting Pope Francis at his inauguration, I walked outside the door of the Basilica and met a group of nuns. The excitement on their faces was radiant. They were overjoyed. When President Obama and I greeted Pope Francis at the White House this week, millions of Americans of every background had the same feeling.

We welcomed him as he's welcomed all of us.

Biden for President will just be Obama for President over again. They were both major allies of the Roman Catholic Social Justice agenda. That is, the reconstruction of existing governments into Roman Catholic globalist institutions under the direct supervision of the same.

Rev 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2020/05/04/amid-coronavirus-fight-canadas-trudeau-mulls-handgun-bans-and-gun-confiscation-n2568110

Amid Coronavirus Fight, Canada's Trudeau Mulls Handgun Bans and Gun Confiscation

You may have missed it with all the Wuhan coronavirus news, but Canada suffered one of the worst mass shootings in its history when 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman shot and killed 13 people on April 18 and 19. Nine additional people were killed by the fires he set. The rampage included 16 crime scenes. It's no secret that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants to further chip away at Canadian gun rights.

In response to this tragedy, Trudeau has banned so-called military-style assault rifles. He's also mulling gun confiscation and he did not discount the idea of banning handguns as well (via Daily Caller):

Effective immediately, it is no longer permitted to buy, sell, transport, import or use military-grade assault weapons in this country," Trudeau said.

The prime minister described the sweeping regulations as "closing the market" on these weapons in Canada. He has also discussed banning all handguns, but he avoided discussing that option Friday.

Trudeau talked about confiscating the roughly 100,000 existing firearms affected by the order at some future time through a "fair and effective buyback program." Approximately 1,500 different weapons will be considered "military-grade" by the ban.

Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said a "non-permissive amnesty" will be established in order for Canadians who currently possess the now-banned weapons will be able to possess their firearms for two years but will be unable to use it or sell it.

Just like here, there will be a fight. The Daily Caller interviewed Nicolas Johnson of Canada's The Gun Blog, who said he was skeptical that law-abiding Canadians would turn over their private property while noting that every time the Liberal Party is elected into office, they go after gun rights. Yeah, it's the same across the border with the Democratic Party. And like in the US, the lefties of Canada are using a national tragedy to score political points, using the dead as their deposit slips to enact their odious agenda. Anti-gun liberals in the US want to do the exact same thing here, the only exception is that our right to individual gun ownership is codified in law.[/size]

Another Catholic politician taking advantage of every and any opportunity to implement papal policy of the disarmament of all citizens of all nations. Free armed people simply are not conducive to the elitist peasant two class societies the papacy prefers. She does not appreciate commoners having the ability to defy the religious and political lovers she is constantly in bed with and manipulating unto her own ends.

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/11/is-china-a-model-of-the-common-good

Article below from link above. Emphasis is mine. My comments in blue.

IS CHINA A MODEL OF THE COMMON GOOD?

n 2018, Archbishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview: "Right now, those who are best implementing the social doctrine of the Church are the Chinese."

He contrasted China with the more liberal America. "Liberal thought has dismissed the concept of the common good," he said. "It does not even want to take it into account, it states that it is an empty idea, without any benefits. On the contrary, the Chinese, no, they propose work and the common good."

Sanchez Sorondo may want to reconsider these statements. Last week, the New York Times revealed new details about the Chinese state's mass internment of Uighur Muslims in the western province of Xinjiang. Over the last three years, an estimated one million people have been detained in prison camps, where they are subjected to "reeducation" and urged to abjure Islam. Documents leaked to the Times showed that this campaign of repression was organized after President Xi Jinping urged party leaders to show "absolutely no mercy" and to employ the "organs of dictatorship."

The system by which detainees are selected combines big data with big brother. As the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists put it, "Chinese police are guided by a massive data collection and analysis system that uses artificial intelligence to select entire categories of Xinjiang residents for detention."

Of course, the existence of such camps—among many other abuses—had already been reported when Sanchez Sorondo made his statement. At the time, Bernardo Cervellera, a China expert and head of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions' news service, proposed that the bishop "read the daily news tracking violence, arrests of Christians, Muslims, Buddhists."

"All the unofficial churches have been closed and at least 6 million Catholics have no meeting places," Cervellera said. "The threat of the regime that 'best implements the Churches' social doctrine' is arrest, stratospheric fines and expropriation of the buildings where the faithful gather."

How could a high-ranking Catholic, the leader of a pontifical academy, praise such a regime? It is not mere naivete. Sanchez Sorondo's statement exemplifies the way in which defenses of the "common good" sometimes slip into apologias for authoritarianism. It is important to challenge these statements, because they misunderstand the common good utterly.

In 1943, Charles de Koninck, a Thomist philosopher, wrote an essay against some of the more liberal and individualist strains in Catholic thought. De Koninck believed that certain Catholic thinkers sympathetic to liberal society had a deficient idea of the common good. He rejected their views, but he warned that rejecting liberalism in the name of the common good could never mean embracing tyranny.

"Would it suffice to exalt the primacy of the common good?" he wrote. "Not at all. Totalitarian regimes seize on the common good as a pretext for enslaving persons in the most ignoble fashion. Compared to the slavery to which they threaten to reduce us, the servitude of the beasts is liberty. Shall we commit the cowardice of conceding to totalitarians this perversion of the common good?"

De Koninck rightly worried that false invocations of the common good by totalitarian regimes would do more to discredit the notion of the common good than any argument by those who rejected it explicitly. He therefore criticized not just liberalism—the target of Sanchez Sorondo's polemics—but the oppressive regimes falsely presented as its alternative.

According to de Koninck, liberals and totalitarians shared certain errors. Both groups opposed state and individual. Liberals glorified the individual at the expense of the state; totalitarians glorified the state at the expense of the individual. By opposing the common good to the good of individual persons, they destroyed a correct understanding of each.

But the connection between liberalism and totalitarianism went even deeper. Liberals tend to think that man is freest when unbound by any law. Totalitarians seem to reject this idea, but in fact they simply embrace it on another plane. Rather than seeking to liberate the individual from all constraints, they seek to liberate the state. The totalitarian state is unbound by God's law. It need not make any reference to man's final end, his highest good. It can do what it wants, how it wants. Precisely like the liberal individual.

In such societies, de Koninck wrote, "obedience is substituted for the legal justice of the citizen subjects." Men do not participate in a shared end as citizens. They are simply forced to submit.

Across the world, liberalism is in retreat. Drawing on the World Values Survey, Roberto Foa and Yascha Mounk have found that "citizens are growing more disaffected with established political parties, representative institutions, and minority rights." For example, whereas 41 percent of older Americans believe it is "absolutely essential" that "civil rights protect people's liberty," only 32 percent of millennials agree.

As people turn away from liberalism, it is important that they do not turn to ideologies that share with liberalism a fundamental mistake. If they do, Catholics must state clearly that the common good is not a euphemism for tyranny, and oppression is not a synonym for order. Counter to what Sanchez Sorondo seems to believe, neither China nor America is a model society.

The above article properly addresses the pitfalls on either side of the common good ideology, coming to a wrong conclusion however, while defending this Roman Catholic created or adopted doctrine. Pointing out the failures of unchecked individualism or statism in connection with Roman Catholic notions of the common good in relation to her social justice agenda, is simply to declare superiority for the latter. The obvious answer suggested to the dilemma created by either unchecked individual liberty, or unchecked power of the state over the same, is control or heavy influence over both by the guiding force of the common good as interpreted by Roman Catholic social doctrine. That is to say, the Church above the individual and the state. That is to say, the reestablishment of the dark ages all over again.

The wrong conclusion of the article above was in stating that these United States of America were and are not the correct model of the ideology of a common good. Our Declaration of Independence and Constitution are exactly that. Which principles allowed for a continued evolution of liberty and justice for all individuals to be freed from political, religious, and or racial injustices as the history of our nation has demonstrated. Biblical principles of self government and equality for those willing to govern first and foremost their own lives, enabling them then to properly govern themselves together as a society built upon such freedom of responsibility. As is obvious, only the personally educated and responsible, either deserve or can maintain individual freedoms and liberties. Those who refuse to govern their own selves must therefore be governed by others.

The false narrative of this nations history being passed off as the truth today, is all about creating misinformed ignorance and a mindset of dependency prepared to be ruled over by supposed elites. Who themselves are nothing but power hungry self important people who want to control and manipulate the lives of all around them. The Roman Catholic church and her Pontiff are not the least of these individuals and or institutions who have been battling our form of government for a long time now, many fully supporting if not straight up creating the false historical narratives about our nation which are now passed off as the truth upon an increasingly ignorant people by exact design and purpose. The Church of Rome simply seeks to rise again to the pinnacle of power she once had while in bed with the kings of this earth during the dark ages, under a new guise with new political ideologies and structures on a global scale. The first couple of paragraphs of our Declaration of Independence however, reveal the true intent of our founding fathers, and the baseless deception of the false narrative of our history adopted by the true enemies of any real common good. This nation became great under God's guidance because of this true agenda of common good which encouraged people from the world over to seek refuge in our nation and still does to this very day. These people are not stupid, they want to come here for a good reason. How unfortunate that so many from within and without have been and continue to seek to destroy what is left of this nation built upon such high and lofty principles. Emphasis in the following quote is mine.

In Congress, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world............

If you believe the above ideals to represent evil intentions of government, then you are simply ignorant or perhaps evil yourself. So be it.

If in fact the government established by such ideals expressed above in that establishment has become to corrupt to any longer support, then the answer does not lie in support of already proven failed systems of abuse, but rather the reestablishment of the ideals expressed above which brought this nation to the greatness it once possessed and represented. The answer most certainly does not lie within the establishment or reestablishment of historically abusive institutions of government and or religion such as communism, socialism, facism, or the likes of the Holy Roman Empire. We absolutely should not be looking to present day leaders of these kind of governing bodies to fix the corruption of our own nation, but rather to reestablish the high ideals it was founded upon as expressed in our own founding documents. Do not be deceived by those who have always warred against our most "Christian"  and biblically based form of government ever established. It is the freedoms and liberties espoused by the same, that also require us to be ever educated and on guard against the deceptions of those who would overthrow such in seeking to exalt their own power over all others. Hear the words of one of the following founders of our nation, and understand where the high ideals and principles of our government came form, and what it was fighting against.

John Adams - A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law (On man's standing in the order of creation)

"Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind." This is an observation of Dr. Tillotson, with relation to the interest of his fellow men in a future and immortal state. But it is of equal truth and importance if applied to the happiness of men in society, on this side the grave. In the earliest ages of the world, absolute monarchy seems to have been the universal form of government. Kings, and a few of their great counsellors and captains, exercised a cruel tyranny over the people, who held a rank in the scale of intelligence, in those days, but little higher than the camels and elephants that carried them and their engines to war.

By what causes it was brought to pass, that the people in the middle ages became more intelligent in general, would not, perhaps, be possible in these days to discover. But the fact is certain; and wherever a general knowledge and sensibility have prevailed among the people, arbitrary government and every kind of oppression have lessened and disappeared in proportion. Man has certainly an exalted soul; and the same principle in human nature, -- that aspiring, noble principle founded in benevolence, and cherished by knowledge; I mean the love of power, which has been so often the cause of slavery, -- has, whenever freedom has existed, been the cause of freedom. If it is this principle that has always prompted the princes and nobles of the earth, by every species of fraud and violence to shake off all the limitations of their power, it is the same that has always stimulated the common people to aspire at independency, and to endeavor at confining the power of the great within the limits of equity and reason.

The poor people, it is true, have been much less successful than the great. They have seldom found either leisure or opportunity to form a union and exert their strength; ignorant as they were of arts and letters, they have seldom been able to frame and support a regular opposition. This, however, has been known by the great to be the temper of mankind; and they have accordingly labored, in all ages, to wrest from the populace, as they are contemptuously called, the knowledge of their rights and wrongs, and the power to assert the former or redress the latter. I say RIGHTS, for such they have, undoubtedly, antecedent to all earthly government, -- Rights, that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws -- Rights, derived from the great Legislator of the universe.

Since the promulgation of Christianity, the two greatest systems of tyranny that have sprung from this original, are the canon and the feudal law. The desire of dominion, that great principle by which we have attempted to account for so much good and so much evil, is, when properly restrained, a very useful and noble movement in the human mind. But when such restraints are taken off, it becomes an encroaching, grasping, restless, and ungovernable power. Numberless have been the systems of iniquity contrived by the great for the gratification of this passion in themselves; but in none of them were they ever more successful than in the invention and establishment of the canon and the feudal law.

By the former of these, the most refined, sublime, extensive, and astonishing constitution of policy that ever was conceived by the mind of man was framed by the Romish clergy for the aggrandisement of their own order. All the epithets I have here given to the Romish policy are just, and will be allowed to be so when it is considered, that they even persuaded mankind to believe, faithfully and undoubtingly, that God Almighty had entrusted them with the keys of heaven, whose gates they might open and close at pleasure; with a power of dispensation over all the rules and obligations of morality; with authority to license all sorts of sins and crimes; with a power of deposing princes and absolving subjects from allegiance; with a power of procuring or withholding the rain of heaven and the beams of the sun; with the management of earthquakes, pestilence, and famine; nay, with the mysterious, awful, incomprehensible power of creating out of bread and wine the flesh and blood of God himself. All these opinions they were enabled to spread and rivet among the people by reducing their minds to a state of sordid ignorance and staring timidity, and by infusing into them a religious horror of letters and knowledge. Thus was human nature chained fast for ages in a cruel, shameful, and deplorable servitude to him, and his subordinate tyrants, who, it was foretold, would exalt himself above all that was called God, and that was worshipped.

In the latter we find another system, similar in many respects to the former;1 which, although it was originally formed, perhaps, for the necessary defence of a barbarous people against the inroads and invasions of her neighboring nations, yet for the same purposes of tyranny, cruelty, and lust, which had dictated the canon law, it was soon adopted by almost all the princes of Europe, and wrought into the constitutions of their government. It was originally a code of laws for a vast army in a perpetual encampment. The general was invested with the sovereign propriety of all the lands within the territory. Of him, as his servants and vassals, the first rank of his great officers held the lands; and in the same manner the other subordinate officers held of them; and all ranks and degrees held their lands by a variety of duties and services, all tending to bind the chains the faster on every order of mankind. In this manner the common people were held together in herds and clans in a state of servile dependence on their lords, bound, even by the tenure of their lands, to follow them, whenever they commanded, to their wars, and in a state of total ignorance of every thing divine and human, excepting the use of arms and the culture of their lands.

1 Rob. Hist. ch. v. pp. 178-9, &c.
But another event still more calamitous to human liberty, was a wicked confederacy between the two systems of tyranny above described. It seems to have been even stipulated between them, that the temporal grandees should contribute every thing in their power to maintain the ascendency of the priesthood, and that the spiritual grandees in their turn, should employ their ascendency over the consciences of the people, in impressing on their minds a blind, implicit obedience to civil magistracy.
Thus, as long as this confederacy lasted, and the people were held in ignorance, liberty, and with her, knowledge and virtue too, seem to have deserted the earth, and one age of darkness succeeded another, till God in his benign providence raised up the champions who began and conducted the Reformation. From the time of the Reformation to the first settlement of America, knowledge gradually spread in Europe, but especially in England; and in proportion as that increased and spread among the people, ecclesiastical and civil tyranny, which I use as synonymous expressions for the canon and feudal laws, seem to have lost their strength and weight. The people grew more and more sensible of the wrong that was done them by these systems, more and more impatient under it, and determined at all hazards to rid themselves of it; till at last, under the execrable race of the Stuarts, the struggle between the people and the confederacy aforesaid of temporal and spiritual tyranny, became formidable, violent, and bloody.

It was this great struggle that peopled America. It was not religion alone, as is commonly supposed; but it was a love of universal liberty, and a hatred, a dread, a horror, of the infernal confederacy before described, that projected, conducted, and accomplished the settlement of America...........

Please do find and finish reading the above by John Adams. Go back and read what the founders of this nation really believed, and what the Reformers who inspired many of them believed. The Papacies non stop calls for universal religion and government on a global scale under her own guidance relating to a common good, are nothing but a ploy to reestablish the power she once had on a global scale. The lefty progressives and other globalists of today are just so many willing or unknowing minions of her own design unto the exaltation of her own vision for humanity. Which vision is nothing less than the vision of BABYLON THE GREAT, riding the final global beast or government of biblical prophecy. The tower of Babel was destroyed by God, and humanity was dispersed to prevent universal rebellion against God unto global destruction once again. The final unification of humanity as envisioned by the Church of Rome, will be the realization of this very universal rebellion against God in the building of a spiritual tower of Babel in defiance of the same. God divided us for a reason, the evil one alone desires our unity under his control through his agents unto our destruction once again. We must fight the good fight against this final deception. Christ's true church can never become one with the prince of the powers that be of this world, most of whom deny His rightful authority over them.

https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/13/how-the-wuhan-virus-is-accomplishing-the-green-new-deals-goals/

Article below from link above.

How The Wuhan Virus Is Accomplishing The Green New Deal's Goals

Coronavirus is a glimpse of the long-term pain a Green New Deal and environmental radicalism would inflict on America. And besides, grandma would die eventually anyway.

Coronavirus is accomplishing in a matter of weeks what Democrats' Green New Deal could only hope to do. Crushing capitalism, putting the oil and gas industry into panic, ending travel, and controlling population would all be deliberate consequences of the radical Green New Deal. So its supporters—Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Bernie Sanders, billionaire and former presidential candidate Tom Steyer, and myriad eco-leftists—should be mildly, if not outwardly, pleased.

Don't come to their defense, with claims like, "The Green New Deal is meant to help the environment and battle climate change!" Listen, I don't make value judgements on intentionality, Kant. So, don't @ me with what the Green New Deal was "meant" to do. Let's talk like grownups about what it would actually do.

The Green New Deal's call "to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions" is a nicer way of saying "ban the combustion engine." Sure, that's your car and the family minivan, but it's also the lawn mower and leaf blower. You have any recreational toys like jet skis? Gone. Boats? Gone. ATVs, RVs, all gone. Four golfers and their clubs can putt around 18-holes in an electric cart. Try hauling the family over the hills and through the woods to grandma's house in one.

You know what industry is only economically viable because of the relatively inexpensive combustion engine? The travel industry. And the coronavirus is crushing it. CNN declared the coronavirus is doing the same thing to airlines as 9/11 did. Their stocks are down 30 percent since the panic began. The cruise industry is getting slammed even worse: bookings are down 50 percent, and Carnival Cruise, the largest in the industry, has seen its stock price fall from $51 to $23 in just six weeks.

Good news for the green community, right? Tourism was killing the planet! Climate change apostles have long scolded us for tourism, which "studies show" is responsible for 8 percent of carbon emissions. Even U.S. News and World report breathlessly tells us tourism's carbon footprint has increased from 3.9 to 4.5 gigatons. Wow: 4.5 gigatons!

To inaccurately quote (like an MSNBC anchor) Marty McFly in "Back to the Future": what the hell is a gigaton? Doesn't matter, and the article doesn't really explain. But you've increased it 0.6 amounts. I hope your trip to Mykonos was worth the environmental Armageddon.

If you believe tourism is killing the planet — and by logical deduction that ending tourism would save it — so deeply that you would introduce legislation to achieve this end, then coronavirus is a blessing.

Beyond tourism, I haven't even touched on the hundreds of other commercial enterprises that run on combustion engines. Trains. Trucking. Trans-Atlantic cargo ships. That gadget you bought on Amazon yesterday: odds are it was manufactured overseas in a factory powered by coal, shipped to some west coast port or a tanker that runs on diesel, put on a train to a Bezos sweatsho—err, "fulfillment center" powered by coal or natural gas electricity, and will arrive tomorrow at your front door in a gas-powered UPS truck.

You think that gadget will still be affordable without fossil fuels? From your smartphone where you bought it to the synthetic sneakers of the man who stole it from your front door, every step of the Amazon life cycle is fossil-fuel dependent.

"Nonsense!" the greenies will scream. "Electric engines work fine!" Well, partly true, but when our electric grid is made, "green" electricity bills will double or triple under the fiscal boondoggle of renewables. Currently, fossil-fuel-rich Americans pay an average of 12 cents per kilowatt hour in an average household. The "green" Germans pay 33 cents. Wunderbar! That's something to look forward to.

You think there won't be negative social repercussions with electric bills three times as high? We need only look at our older brother, England, to see what will happen: old people die. Skyrocketing electricity costs in the United Kingdom brought about by its green mandates have left seniors quite literally in the cold. Caroline Abrahams, director of the charity Age UK, made the connection clearly: "because high heating costs are prohibitive for many, resulting in large numbers of older people finding it virtually impossible to stay adequately warm."

Two winters ago, 46,000 British seniors died from the cold. In their homes. Which they could not afford to heat, because England went "green." Forty. Six. Thousand. And it barely got a mention in the press.

That's also not some third world, primitive country. That's this earth, this realm, this England, which watched it happen.

What else has high numbers of old people dying? Winner, winner, chicken-flavored tofu dinner (meat is banned under the Green New Deal): coronavirus! From China to Italy to here at home, older people are at a greater risk of—well, let's not say "death," let's say "reducing the population to save the planet."

So once again coronavirus is accomplishing the same ends as the Green New Deal. And it didn't even need a vote in Congress. It's as powerful as Barack Obama's pen.

Green activists want to be judged by their intentions. When they destroyed the coal industry with help from Obama's Environmental Protection Agency and Mike Bloomberg's $650 million tax-deductible donation, their intention was to combat climate change. In reality, their combined efforts gave coal miners opioid addictions, increased suicide rates, and rampant poverty. Those facts didn't make it into Bloomberg's ubiquitous campaign ads.

That is the future of energy workers if the Green New Deal were to become law: ghost towns where people once sunk their savings into a now worthless mortgage. Abandoned main streets. Institutional poverty. Despair.

But the green activists don't fret these casualties. Grandma freezing to death is a necessary offering on the altar of climate change. These are the necessary means to accomplish the Greta ends. Sorry, GREAT ends. Don't know why I wrote Greta...

Unless you think you will be immune, just watch the markets. Watch the economy. Watch the millions who work in hospitality, restaurants, airlines, and energy. Watch the coronavirus crisis intensify and a recession come. Watch entire industries collapse.

Sure, they will demand Trump be held responsible and maybe even call for congressional hearings to stem the unemployment crisis. Nothing makes congressmen feel more potent than sitting in high-backed chairs and feigning indignation reading a script prepared by an intern.

But deep down inside, in a warped sense of justice where math, economics, physics, and logic have no home, the greens will rejoice. Earth is more important than its inhabitants. And people are a disease.

Fewer gigatons of something are being released. Fewer engines are combusting. Fewer factories are manufacturing. Fewer people are working. And that is the goal of the Green New Deal, whatever they claim as their intention.

Coronavirus is a glimpse of the long-term pain a Green New Deal and environmental radicalism would inflict on America. And besides, grandma would die eventually anyway.

Good article addressing some straight forward facts. Of course as usual, the true author of the Green New Deal, the Pope of Rome and his papal minions and politicians attempting to implement the same are not addressed at all. Papal hands are all over the Green New Deal, Coved-19, and the W.H.O. Of course for any who care to actually pay attention, papal hands seem to be  increasingly all over almost everything. As it will have to be, for any serious contender for top seat in the global order.

Quoted article below may be viewed in its entirety at the link provided above it. Emphasis is mine, my comments are in blue.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-upholds-individual-mandate-obamacare-survives

Supreme Court upholds individual mandate, ObamaCare survives

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld nearly all of President Obama's health care overhaul, in a landmark ruling that will have sweeping consequences for the economy, the election and America's health care system.

In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled as constitutional the so-called individual mandate requiring most Americans to obtain health insurance starting in 2014.

The ruling is a victory for the president, ensuring for now that his signature domestic policy achievement remains mostly intact. It also ensures that the law will play a prominent role in the general election campaign, as Republican candidate Mitt Romney vows to repeal the law if elected.

Obama is expected to speak publicly about the ruling later in the day.

Chief Justice John Roberts, who was appointed during a Republican administration, joined the four left-leaning justices on the bench in crafting the majority decision.

"The Affordable Health Care Act survives largely unscathed," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of those justices, declared at the end of the reading, claiming the "setbacks" going forward will be "temporary blips, not permanent obstructions."

The ruling relied on a technical explanation of how the individual mandate could be categorized. Roberts, in the opinion, said the mandate could not be upheld under the Constitution's Commerce Clause. However, it could be upheld under the government's power to tax.

"The Affordable Care Act is constitutional in part and unconstitutional in part  The individual mandate cannot be upheld as an exercise of Congress's power under the Commerce Clause," Roberts wrote. "That Clause authorizes Congress to regulate interstate commerce, not to order individuals to engage it. In this case, however, it is reasonable to construe what Congress has done as increasing taxes on those who have a certain amount of income, but choose to go without health insurance. Such legislation is within Congress's power to tax."

Roberts stressed that the decision does not speak to the merits of the law. "We do not consider whether the act embodies sound policies. That judgment is entrusted to the nation's elected leaders," he said.

The ruling did rein in one element of the law -- the expansion of Medicaid across the country to take in millions of low-income Americans. The opinion allows Washington to offer more funding to states to expand the program, but says the federal government cannot penalize states for not participating in the new program by withholding existing Medicaid funds.

Democrats, many of whom were bracing for the court striking down the mandate, celebrated the decision Thursday.

Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., told Fox News that the ruling "gives us the opportunity to re-sell the bill, which we did not do before."

But Republicans vowed to re-double their campaign to repeal the still-controversial law.

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The decision Thursday virtually guarantees the health care law will remain at the forefront of the 2012 campaign.

Ever since Bush appointed Roberts and Alito to the Supreme Court, there has been a Catholic majority in the same. Though both of these men were considered conservatives, Roberts who is the Chief Justice, has decided with the liberals several times upon crucial issues. Catholics have had the ability to form a majority upon every vote since then. Roberts support of Obamacare shocked many conservatives, but this was no shock to anyone who understands Roman politics. His decision favored the social justice agenda and politics of the Papal See. Universal Healthcare is one of their political ends.