Is Pope Marx a tool?
Posted on 05/05/2017 2:46:56 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Pontiff criticised 'rigid' Christians who lack mercy, and those who are hypocritical and hide their sinfulness
Pray that those who are too rigid learn to follow the way of Christ and his meekness, Pope Francis said on May 5 during his early morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae.
With the day’s first reading dedicated to the conversion of Saul — who went from fiercely persecuting Christians to patiently evangelising all peoples — the Pope used St Paul’s life story as an example of an honest, idealistic person of faith, who had been “convinced” of the rigidity of the law.
Pope Francis said Saul’s early life reminds him of “many young people in the church today who have fallen into the temptation of rigidity. Some are honest, they are good and we must pray that the Lord help them grow along the path of meekness.”
Others, the Pope said, use rigidity to cover up their weaknesses, sins and personality disorders and to assert themselves over others.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicherald.co.uk ...
The "who am I to judge" Francis in full-fledged judgmental mode, flailing away at his favorite straw man; "rigid" Catholics.
Interesting, I never knew Jesus said a word about rigidity.
I see, we’re not to have convictions as to what is right and what is wrong? What about the Pope’s unswerving adherence to social justice?
I,personally,never detected a whole lot of flexibility in His teachings.
Is Pope Marx a tool?
Pope Francis is really going to be upset when Jesus comes back to rule with His “rod of iron”. ;-)
Can we say “Eternal Lake of Fire”? Or is that too “rigid”?
False Prophet Francis might be one of the first two people ever tossed into the Lake of Fire.
Revelation 19:20
Kingpin Jesuit Argentine marxist is just do’in as “the spirit” leads him...
Anyone doubt the spirit that possesses this final anti-pope?
12 Times Pope Francis Has Openly Promoted A One World Religion Or A New World Order
July 31, 2016 by Michael Snyder
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”. Every two or three years, Catholics from all over the planet converge for one of these giant conferences, and as you will see below the Pope has not been shy about using historic occasions to promote his agenda. Unfortunately, it has become exceedingly clear that his agenda includes moving humanity toward a one world religion and a new world order. Of course Pope Francis is not going to use those exact phrases, but at this point it is very obvious what he is trying to do. If you don’t believe me now, perhaps you will see things differently after you have viewed the evidence that I have compiled in the rest of this article.
Let’s start with what the Pope had to say at the World Youth Day conference on Sunday…
“People may judge you to be dreamers, because you believe in a new humanity, one that rejects hatred between peoples, one that refuses to see borders as barriers and can cherish its own traditions without being self-centered or small-minded,” Francis told his flock.
By itself, this statement is not that dramatic. But when you put it into the context of everything else Pope Francis has done and said over the past couple of years, a clear pattern begins to emerge…
May 2016: Pope Francis welcomed one of the top Sunni clerics in the world to the Vatican, and he reportedly told the cleric that “our meeting is the message“. And mainstream news outlets all over the planet clearly understood what was being communicated. For example, the Daily Mail article about this meeting was entitled “Pope embraces grand imam at historic Vatican meeting in a bid to bring the Catholic and Muslim churches together“.
January 2016: The Vatican releases an extremely disturbing video in which Pope Francis declared that all of the major world religions are “seeking God or meeting God in different ways” and that ultimately “we are all children of God”. The video also featured leaders from various major religions, and they are shown declaring fidelity to their particular gods. First, we see a female Buddhist cleric tell us “I have confidence in the Buddha“, and that is followed by a Jewish rabbi declaring “I believe in God“. As the video goes on, a Catholic priest announces “I believe in Jesus Christ“, and last of all an Islamic leader boldly declares “I believe in God, Allah“. If you have not seen the video yet, you can watch the entire thing right here. After watching that video, nobody can deny that the Vatican is openly promoting a one world religion.
November 2015: Pope Francis declared that fundamentalism, even Christian fundamentalism, is a “sickness” during remarks in which he stressed the similarity of the major religions.
September 2015: Pope Francis traveled to New York City to deliver a speech that kicked off a conference during which the United Nations unveiled a “new universal agenda” for humanity.
September 2015: During a stop at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Pope Francis stressed the unity between Christianity and Islam. These words were directly spoken by him…
I would like to express two sentiments for my Muslim brothers and sisters: Firstly, my greetings as they celebrate the feast of sacrifice. I would have wished my greeting to be warmer. My sentiments of closeness, my sentiments of closeness in the face of tragedy. The tragedy that they suffered in Mecca.
In this moment, I give assurances of my prayers. I unite myself with you all. A prayer to almighty god, all merciful.
July 2015: During a trip to Ecuador, Pope Francis spoke of the need for “a new economic and ecological world order” in which the wealth of the planet is “shared by everyone”.
July 2015: Pope Francis denounced global capitalism and refers to its excesses as the “dung of the devil“.
June 2015: Pope Francis called for “a new global political authority” that would have the resources necessary “to deal with the world’s economic problems and injustices”.
October 2014: Pope Francis publicly embraced the theory of evolution by making statements such as these…
-“When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything. But that is not so.”
-“The Big Bang, which today we hold to be the origin of the world, does not contradict the intervention of the divine creator but, rather, requires it.”
-“Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve.”
By fully embracing the theory of evolution, Pope Francis has aligned himself with the leftist social engineers that are seeking to merge humanity into a socialist new world order, and he has aligned himself against “fundamentalists” that believe that there is one true God that created the heavens and the earth.
June 2014: For the first time in the history of Catholicism, Pope Francis authorized “Islamic prayers and readings from the Quran” at the Vatican. In ancient times, this would have been considered blasphemy, but today nobody really even notices when something like this happens.
March 2013:
During his very first ecumenical meeting as Pope, Francis made it very clear that he believes that Christians and Muslims both “worship the one God”…
I then greet and cordially thank you all, dear friends belonging to other religious traditions; first of all the Muslims, who worship the one God, living and merciful, and call upon Him in prayer, and all of you. I really appreciate your presence: in it I see a tangible sign of the will to grow in mutual esteem and cooperation for the common good of humanity.
The Catholic Church is aware of the importance of promoting friendship and respect between men and women of different religious traditions – I wish to repeat this: promoting friendship and respect between men and women of different religious traditions – it also attests the valuable work that the Pontifical Council for interreligious dialogue performs.
Can you see the pattern?
Pope Francis is all about bringing people together. He wants to bring nations together, and he wants to bring religions together. But in the end, what is the purpose for all of this unity?
An increasing number of “fundamentalist” Christians are concerned that Pope Francis is setting the stage for a one world religion and a new world order. Merging all of the countries of the world into a giant superstate and merging all of the religions of the world into a single faith may sound like a good idea to many, but the truth is that it would just result in a level of tyranny that most people would not even dare to imagine.
first 2 people ?
Who’s the other one?
The AntiChrist.
The verse I posted previously states it that those two will inherit hell before anybody else will, including Satan. They get 1,000 years of torment more than anybody else who’s ever destined to go there.
This fake Pope is a complete A-hole. My morals & guidance are more aligned with Church doctrine !
He is also making sure that he the most meek and humble in the world, bar none. He takes great pride in that.
Fixed my original thought.
With all due respect to Pope Francis, please consider the following.
I can see where rigidity is questionable with respect to Church practices that are probably based on the “traditions of men” that Jesus warned us about in Mark 7:1-23.
Otherwise, not only do the Scriptures show that Jesus taught that “… not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished,” Matthew 5:18 (NIV), appropriate warning in verse 19, but also consider the following.
Noting that there are no New Testament testimonies of Christians actually doing so, Matthew 5:28-29 indicates that Jesus taught his followers to get rid of any body parts that cause you to sin (paraphrased).
The passages referenced above reasonably indicate rigidity imo.
Regarding judging others, Matthew 18:15-17, 1 Corinthians 5:12 and 6:2-5 clearly indicate that Christians can judge anybody who claims to be a Christian.
I question if this misguided Pope has studied the Holy Bible any more than Obama probably has.
...so says our Soros pope.
“Pope Francis said Saul’s early life reminds him of “many young people in the church today who have fallen into the temptation of rigidity. Some are honest, they are good and we must pray that the Lord help them grow along the path of meekness.”
“Others, the Pope said, use rigidity to cover up their weaknesses, sins and personality disorders and to assert themselves over others.”
Not just young people...
Hey Jorge, why don’t you try shutting your pie hole for a change.
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