Posted on 10/09/2018 8:32:05 AM PDT by ebb tide
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has invited Pope Francis to Pyongyang, South Korea’s presidential office said Tuesday, in a new diplomatic outreach by the repressive regime as it negotiates a nuclear-disarmament deal with Washington.
A papal visit to Pyongyang risks courting controversy for the Vatican, which recently signed a contentious agreement with China on the appointment of bishops in the world’s most populous country. North Korea has among the world’s worst human-rights records and operates a network of political prison... (excerpt; subscription required).
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Seeing the power of prayer.
If the pope talks to him, he will harden his position against Donald Trump and pull away from the moderation that he has been showing.
The pope hates Trump and the USA, and loves communism.
Are there any Catholics in North Korea? If so, is this the first time Pyongyang admitted they exist?
Funny play on words. Kim Jong uninvites pope? Kim Jong Un invites pope?
Ping
This is Bergoglio’s 30 pieces of silver for selling out the Catholic Church in China. He now gets to ride triumphant into Pyongyang and to go where no Pope has gone before. He will be acclaimed by the media as a “true” peacemaker and will bask in the adulation of the masses. Kim’s Chinese overlords set this up so that Bergoglio will be proclaimed a “hero”.
Another installment of the Big Lie.
I wouldn’t put it past Kim to allow a Papal Mass, with the poor attendees put into those camps of his after the Pope flies away for belief in gods other than the Kims.
Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes
Oh, great.
BYOB?
rwood
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