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Monday, September 28, 2015
Pope Francis Compares Transgender People to Nuclear Weapons
Pope Francis is making waves in the LGBT(Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender) community again with his most recent comments where he compared transgender people to nuclear weapons, saying both do not 'recognize the order of creation.”
The National Catholic Reporter says the comments were made in a new book published called Pope Francis: This Economy Kills, which calls on Christians to preserve God’s order of creation.
In an interview with veteran Italian journalists Andrea Tornielli and Giacomo Galeazzi, the pope compares genetic manipulation and nuclear weapons with gender theory, a broad term for how people learn to identify themselves sexually and how it’s transmitted culturally.
“Let’s think of the nuclear arms, of the possibility to annihilate in a few instance a very high number of human beings,” the pope says.
“Let’s think also of genetic manipulation, of the manipulation of life, or of the gender theory, that does not recognize the order of creation.”
“With this attitude, man commits a new sin, that against God the Creator,” he continues. “The true custody of creation does not have anything to do with the ideologies that consider man like an accident, like a problem to eliminate.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Popular Actress Says Pope Francis Wiil Be Assasinated This Week
Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon has alleged that Pope Francis will be assassinated this week during his upcoming visit to the U.S. if the security operative do not act fast to avert the murder.
The head of the Catholic Church is set to make his first official trip to the country later this week, starting his tour in Washington, D.C. before heading to New York and Philadelphia.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has already promised to step up security in the Big Apple to make sure the pontiff is kept safe during his visit, but Sarandon fears the Pope may still come to harm.
She tells the New York Daily News, "I think they're going to assassinate him. I think he's done some major, major cleansing of the whole system ... I love this pope. He's humble ... He doesn't live in the palatial whatever. I think he's a pope of the people."
De Blasio previously said of the security arrangements for Pope Francis' visit, "[There is] a great partnership between the NYPD, the Secret Service, the FBI. We're ready. We have the personnel, we have the equipment, we have the planning."
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Free At Last! : Meriam Ibrahim, Woman Put On Death Row Arrives In Italy, Meets Pope Francis
Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese Christian mother put on death row for refusing to reject Christianity has now arrived Italy, ending an almost year-long ordeal that triggered outrage around the world.
The State Department has been negotiating with Sudanese officials to secure the family's safe passage out of the country. She, her American husband and two young children, eventually fled Sudan on Thursday and arrived at Rome's Ciampino airport accompanied by Italy’s vice minister of foreign affairs, officials told NBC News.They had been sheltered at the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum for almost a month.
Ibrahim was heavily pregnant when she was jailed in February after a member of the Muslim side of her family told authorities she had recently converted from Islam to marry her Christian husband. She was sentenced to death and 100 lashes after she refused to renounce Christianity when given the opportunity in court. She was forced to take her 20-month-old son into her cell and gave birth to her second child, Maya, while her legs were in shackles.
Meriam Ibrahim, flew into Italy this morning in company of her husband Daniel Wani and their two children Martin and Maya and they met with Pope Francis at Casa Santa Martath inside the Vatican. According to the head of the Vatican Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, the meeting took place in a 'very serene and affectionate' environment, and Pope Francis thanked Meriam for her 'courageous witness to perseverance in the Faith.' Fr. Lombardi said Meriam thanked the Pope for his prayers, saying they provided great support and encouragement to her during her ordeal. See more photos as they met below....
Meriam Ibrahim, flew into Italy this morning in company of her husband Daniel Wani and their two children Martin and Maya and they met with Pope Francis at Casa Santa Martath inside the Vatican. According to the head of the Vatican Press Office, Father Federico Lombardi, the meeting took place in a 'very serene and affectionate' environment, and Pope Francis thanked Meriam for her 'courageous witness to perseverance in the Faith.' Fr. Lombardi said Meriam thanked the Pope for his prayers, saying they provided great support and encouragement to her during her ordeal. See more photos as they met below....
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Amazing Photo : Pope Francis Hugging A Muslim Cleric And A Jewish Priest
Pope Francis seen in a warm embrace with Jewish Rabbi (Abraham Skorka) and Muslim Iman (Omar Abboud) at the Western 'wailing' wall of Jerusalem during his state visit to Jerusalem, Israel, recently. This Pope is so phenomenal, it's not to hard to see why he's loved by all. See the Photo below.....
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Pope Francis asks the world to pray for missing Chibok girls
The general overseer of all christian church, Pope Francis has asked the world to pray for the immediate release of the abducted Chibok girls.It feels good to know that the world is praying for Nigeria. Prayer is always the answer. Lets hope all our prayers will do more than just releasing the girls in the areas of putting a final stop to boko haram and terrorism in Nigeria.
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Pope urges doctors to stop performing abortion
Pope Francis has reportedly urged Catholic doctors to refuse to perform abortions while denouncing abortions as symptom of today's 'throwaway culture and encouraged Catholic doctors to refuse to perform them.
Francis issued a strong anti-abortion message and cited Vatican teaching on the need to defend the unborn during an audience with Catholic gynecologists.
"Dear friends, doctors, those of you who are called to deal with human life in its initial phase, remind everybody, with facts and words, that this is always, in all its phases and at every age, sacred and always quality life, and not for a reason of faith, but for a reason of science," he said.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Pope Francis To Forgive Sins on Twitter
Pope Francis has revolutionized the Roman Catholic Church in many ways and now he's venturing into the world of social networks.
It
has been announced through the Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary
publication that the Pope may forgive sins through Twitter, to encourage
those that cannot afford to see him in Brazil to follow him through the
TV or Internet.
The
official announcement will be made next week during the World Youth Day
2013, which will take place in Brazil July 23rd-28th with the presence
of millions of people around the world.
The
initiative is to give "collective forgiveness" only to the Pope's
followers on Twitter that have previously confessed their sins, have
been absolved by a priest and have attended Mass.
They
may tune in the World Youth Day broadcasts and receive special papal
indulgence, which can reduce the time a soul spends in purgatory.
According to iEnterate.com, many theologians have criticized the measure
because it "distances the person of the priest, the only mediator
between God and man," said one Vatican analyst. "You do not get an
indulgence as you get a coffee from a machine," said Archbishop Claudio
María Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social
Communications.
"It's
not enough just to watch a mass online or follow Pope Francis via live
streaming on your iPad or by connecting to Pope2You.net. These are just
devices.
What
really counts is that the tweet that the Pope will send from Brazil or
the photos from World Youth Day produce genuine spiritual fruit in the
heart of the person," said Celli.
According
to the Courier Mail, Monsignor John Kennedy told Vatican Radio that
indulgences referred to God's kindness in forgiving the effects of sins.
"They
are linked to a theme that Pope Francis has spoken very frequently
about since the moment of his election - that is to say, to the gift of
God's mercy," Kennedy said.
On July 9, the Pope released a decree about indulgences and social media, according to Tennesean.com.
"The
faithful who on account of a legitimate impediment cannot attend the
aforementioned celebrations may obtain Plenary Indulgence under the
usual spiritual, sacramental and prayer conditions, in a spirit of
filial submission to the Roman Pontiff, by participation in the sacred
functions on the days indicated, following the same rites and spiritual
exercises as they occur via television or radio or, with due devotion,
via the new means of social communication," the Pope stated.
The
Pope's Twitter account is @Pontifex and has over 2,600,000 followers,
while its Spanish version is @Pontifex_es has nearly three million
followers worldwide.
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