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BREAKING: Pope Benedict XVI To RESIGN!

by Deplorable Macker ( 165 Comments › )
Filed under Christianity, History, Religion at February 11th, 2013 - 7:22 am

All good people of faith, please keep this man in your prayers. Here’s the text:

ROME (Reuters) – The following is the text of the speech that Pope Benedict delivered in Latin to members of a consistory, or church council, announcing his planned resignation on Monday. It was distributed by the Vatican in a statement:
“Dear Brothers,
I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry. I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering. However, in today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the bark of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.
“Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects. And now, let us entrust the Holy Church to the care of Our Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the Cardinal Fathers with her maternal solicitude, in electing a new Supreme Pontiff. With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.”

With this first resignation of a Pope since the Middle Ages, Christianity in general, and the Roman Catholic Church in particular, is thrown into uncertainty once again. Keep the Faith! STAND.

The Pope theologically debunks an anti Jewish smear

by Phantom Ace ( 142 Comments › )
Filed under Anti-semitism, Christianity, Judaism at March 3rd, 2011 - 8:30 am

Pope Benedict XVI has written a follow up to his Jesus of Nazareth book. What’s different about this book is that it addresses the age old smear that Jews are to blame for the crucifixion of Jesus. Anyone who read scripture knows this is not the case. However it was unfortunately part of Catholic theology for several centuries. The reason it was is when the Romans converted to Christianity they didn’t want to admit that it was their ancestors along with Judean puppets who did it, so they smeared the Jews.  That all came to end in 1965 with the 2nd Vatican Council where the Church thoroughly rejected this nonsense with their Nostra Aetate declaration.

Now The Pope has taken this a step further. He does a scripture based rejection on the smear against Jews. The importance of this is that Pope Benedict was a theologian. This is beyond a papal statement, but a theological debunking of one of the biggest anti-Semitic lies of all ages.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ, tackling one of the most controversial issues in Christianity in a new book.

In “Jesus of Nazareth-Part II” excerpts released Wednesday, Benedict explains biblically and theologically why there is no basis in Scripture for the argument that the Jewish people as a whole were responsible for Jesus’ death.

Interpretations to the contrary have been used for centuries to justify the persecution of Jews.

[…]

The Catholic Church issued its most authoritative teaching on the issue in its 1965 Second Vatican Council document “Nostra Aetate,” which revolutionized the church’s relations with Jews by saying Christ’s death could not be attributed to Jews as a whole at the time or today.

Benedict comes to the same conclusion, but he explains how with a thorough, Gospel-by-Gospel analysis that leaves little doubt that he deeply and personally believes it to be the case: That only a few Temple leaders and a small group of supporters were primarily responsible for Christ’s crucifixion.

That Benedict is a theologian makes “this statement from the Holy See that much more significant for now and for future generations,” said Anti-Defamation League national director, Abraham H. Foxman.

Read it all: Pope exonerates Jews for Jesus’ death in new book

As a Catholic I am glad Pope Benedict XVI decided to do a theological debunking. Although it is already Church teaching, a theological based book by the Pope is huge. This  book will take away ammunition from the Jew hating Catholic hold outs and the few Jews who hate the Catholic Church. Hopefully with this book, Catholics and Jews can continue to cultivate closer relations and move forward towards the future.

The Catholic Church isn’t perfect since it’s made up of humans. However it has been, for the most part good for humanity.

(Hat Tip: Lilly)

Pope Benedict XVI’s fight against Catholic persecution

by Phantom Ace ( 255 Comments › )
Filed under Christianity, Islam, Leftist-Islamic Alliance, Progressives, Religion, Republican Party at December 30th, 2010 - 6:30 pm

In today’s world, Catholics and other Christians are being persecuted. While some religions, like Islam, are given an almost de facto state religion status in the west, Catholicism is constantly mocked and attacked by Progressives. Anything Catholics do is considered evil and society accepts the disrespect of the church. This is due to the fact that unlike in days past, Pope Benedict XVI doesn’t have an allied power with a military force and Catholics aren’t engaged in terrorism. While Islam is praised and criticism of it is portrayed as persecution, real discrimination against Catholics and Christians is occurring with silence. The Pope is trying to bring this to light, but the media is ignoring it.

This being the season of hope, Islamic extremists of course have been engaged in their annual tradition of blowing up Christian churches.

An attack by a radical Muslim sect on two churches in northern Nigeria killed six people on Christmas Eve. On the Philippines’ Jolo Island, home to al Qaeda-linked terrorists, a chapel bombing during Christmas Mass injured 11.

One of the central public events during these days at year’s end is the Pope’s midnight Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. In his homily the pope invariably pleads for peace, but on Friday evening a viewer could not have missed the meaning when Benedict XVI twice mentioned “garments rolled in blood,” from Isaiah 9:5.

The image, as befits Isaiah, is poetic and disturbing. Benedict surely intended it so: “It is true,” he said, “that the ‘rod of his oppressor’ is not yet broken, the boots of warriors continue to tramp and the ‘garment rolled in blood’ still remains.” He was of course referring to the sustained violence against Christian minorities by Islamic fundamentalists.

Read the rest: Popes, Atheists and Freedom

It is difficult being a Catholic in today’s world. No one stands up for our interests and our faith is constantly mocked and attacked. We don’t have a well armed nation that can defend the faithful. This is part of the reason I want a well armed Colombia, at least we would have someone to turn to for help. The Unites States has bipartisan Pro-Muslim foreign policy due to the Saudi stranglehold on our politics, hence Catholics can’t turn to America for help. The Jewish state of Israel, who would be our next logical ally for assistance, itself is besieged by the Progressive-Islamic Axis and is under pressure from the regime of Barack Hussein Obama, hence they are in no position to assist. In short, Catholics are screwed and in an ironic twist of history, we are in the same position we were 2000 years ago. Hated by society and persecuted.

Pope Benedict XVI is fighting an admirable fight but without any force to back it up, it’s a futile effort.

My message to my Orthodox brothers that we are one and the same. We broke off from you 1000 years ago and we are technically a western Orthodox church. It is a shame more Catholics didn’t stand by the Serbs when they were back stabbed by the West to please Dar al Islam. As the Progressive-Islamic axis does to the Roman Church, they will do to the Eastern Orthodox church. Many of you already know this and I appreciate the support you give us.

My message to other Christians who don’t like Catholics, they are coming for us today, then it will be you tomorrow. If we go down who will defend you? If you think the American government will, think again. The bipartisan elite in Washington will sell you out to please the House of Saud and the Islamic Imperialists. Ask the Serbian Orthodox, they can tell you.

My message to Jews is the same enemies going after the Catholic Church are going after Israel and Jews. Has there been bad relations between the Catholic Church and Jews over the centuries, absolutely, but the problem is a two way street. Some Catholics don’t like Jews and some Jews don’t like Catholics. If we focus on the idiots on both sides, we will be busy sniping each other while our enemies devour both of us.

Catholics, Orthodox, other Christians and Jews are all Children of Abraham and believe in the One true God of Israel. We either stick together or we all will perish and the evil Progressive-Islamic Axis will triumph.

Six Londonistan street sweepers arrested for plot to attack the Pope in the U.K.

by Bob in Breckenridge ( 87 Comments › )
Filed under Al Qaeda, Assassinations, Breaking News, British Islamic Jihadists, Crime, Dhimmitude, Islam, Islamic Invasion, Islamic Terrorism, Leftist-Islamic Alliance, Terrorism, UK at September 19th, 2010 - 11:30 am

Guess what gutter “religion” the M****f**kers belong to…

Police question six street cleaners held over plot to attack the Pope

By Stephen Wright

* Suspects worked for cleaning contractor in Westminster
* Security reviewed but Benedict’s schedule unchanged
* He’s met by angry protesters as he goes to Twickenham
* Sixth man arrested in raid on North London home

Six street cleaners remain in police custody today after they were arrested over an alleged plot to attack the Pope.

Armed officers detained the men, all believed to be Muslims of North African origin, as they prepared to go on shift at a cleaning depot in Central London.

A few hours earlier, counter-terrorism officers had been tipped off that the men could have been planning to ‘harm’ Pope Benedict XVI or carry out some sort of atrocity to coincide with his visit.

With only a short time to assess the credibility of the information, Yard chiefs authorised their arrests.

Their response reflected the nervousness which surrounds the visit of the leader of the world’s Roman Catholics – who prompted outrage four years ago when he said the Prophet Mohammed had brought the world only ‘evil and inhuman’ things.

He later apologised, claiming his words had been misinterpreted.

Read the whole article here…

BTW, why should he have apologized for telling the God’s honest truth about that death cult called Islam?

Rodan Update: the 6 men have been released.

(Sept. 19) – It appears that six men suspected of plotting a terror attack against the pope in London were actually just street sweepers joking around on their lunch break.

The men were arrested on Friday for what authorities at the time described as a terror plot against Pope Benedict XVI, who’s been visiting Britain this weekend. The men were quizzed by counter-terrorism experts and police raided eight homes and two businesses in London, including a street sweeping operation, as part of their investigation. No weapons or suspicious materials were found.

It wasn’t a funny joke.

(Update Hat Tip: Speranza)