Posted on 11/26/2013 3:23:10 AM PST by Reaganite Republican
...the move is described by former U.S. Ambassador James Nicholson, who's also a former Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Bush administration and a former chair of the Republican National Committee, as a "massive downgrade" in U.S./Vatican ties.
"It's turning this embassy into a stepchild of the embassy to Italy'
'The Holy See is a pivot point for international affairs and a major listening post for the United States," he said, "and to shoehorn [the U.S. delegation] into an office annex inside another embassy is an insult to American Catholics and to the Vatican.'
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'In the diplomatic world, if you don't have your own separate space, you're on the road to nowhere'...
“Reposts: (From THE OMEN)”
I noted that in my post. Before the posts I reposted, I had said I had just finished watching THE OMEN and that poem has always fascinated me. No matter that it is not a Bible quite. It can still be prophetic. The original film was made in 1976. And in light of exactly what we are seeing, it SEEMS extraordinarily prophetic since we are literally seeing it come to life.
I have often thought that some gifted authors and artists had the gift of prescience without ever realizing it, G-d works in mysterious ways.
At any rate, this poem is chilling for its accuracy no matter where it came from.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/11/obama-to-close-embassy-at-vatican-says-its-unsafe/
Excerpt
This afternoon I spoke with former Vatican Ambassador James Nicholson. He wanted me to tell CV readers:
“It’s another manifestation of the antipathy of this administration both to Catholics and to the Vatican – and to Christians in the Middle East. This is a key post for intermediation in so many sovereignties but particularly in the Middle East. This is anything but a good time to diminish the stature of this post. To diminish the stature of this post is to diminish its influence.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3095065/posts?page=55
U.S. to Downscale Vatican Embassy, Raising Concern Among Catholics—Including Five Former Ambassadors
Patheos ^ | 11/23/13 | Kathy Schiffer
Posted on Sunday, November 24, 2013 5:21:20 PM by marshmallow
The United States is scaling back its diplomatic mission at the Vatican—making plans to close its Vatican Embassy headquarters, and instead conduct its operations in a smaller building within the walls of the U.S. Embassy to Italy.
The Obama Administration cites “security concerns” following the attack in Benghazi, and claims that they can better protect embassy staff in a consolidated compound. According to government authorities, once construction is completed in 2015, the Vatican Embassy will have a separate entrance and it will be apparent that it is a completely separate operation.
But many Catholics—among them five former U.S. Ambassadors to the Holy See—strongly disagree, calling the plan a “massive downgrade” in U.S./Vatican relations.
Former U.S. Ambassador James Nicholson, who served as Secretary of Veterans Affairs under George W. Bush and as chairman of the Republican National Committee, said, “It’s turning this embassy into a stepchild of the embassy to Italy.” Speaking to National Catholic Reporter’s John Allen, Ambassador Nicholson said:
“The Holy See is a pivot point for international affairs and a major listening post for the United States, and to shoehorn [the U.S. delegation] into an office annex inside another embassy is an insult to American Catholics and to the Vatican.”
Obama puts the screws to Israel and shows his hostility to Catholicism by closing the Vatican embassy. Nonetheless, the vast majority of Jews and Roman Catholics will continue to vote enthusiastically for Obama and his allies.
This should make some of the people on the religion forum estatic.
The guy who wrote the Omen is David Seltzer. He knows his stuff.
Don’t know if you are interested or not, but here are some wierd facts from the making of the original OMEN.
http://voices.yahoo.com/creepy-facts-didnt-know-movie-omen-463307.html
Gregory Peck (the actor who portrayed Robert Thorne) and David Seltzer took separate airplanes to London; both of which were struck by lightening.
Harvey Bernhard, the producer, was very nearly struck by lightening while filming in Rome, Italy.
The dogs that were featured in the film’s cemetery scene attacked the trainers.
The hotel in which Richard Donner was residing was bombed by the IRA.
Richard Donner was struck by a car while getting out of Harvey Bernhard’s vehicle. Miraculously, he was not injured.
Donner and his crew planned to charter an airplane. The company needed the plane that day and offered Donner a discount if they waited an extra day or two. Donner agreed. The airplane that they would have been on had engine trouble and crashed, killing all on board. The plane crashed into a car and killed all of its passengers. Ironically, the passengers in the vehicle were the wife and two children of the pilot.
On the same day that the baboon scene was filmed, two lions broke loose and attacked and killed a guard.
John Richardson, the person in charge of the special effects, was in a car accident. As a result of the collision, his girlfriend was beheaded; Richardson was the one who invented the scene in the film where the photographer was beheaded.
Yep they say the movie was a curse I don’t think so. I think when making a film based on something so spiritual I believe it calls it. Yes the Omen and even the Exorcist were cursed. The Omen is based on the Antichrist which will appear in the near future and the Exorcist based on true demon possession. Who knows it may have attracted spirits. Anyway, that poem even-though it was part of the script is very very prophetic. That is why I call Obama - Damien Thorn.
Yes you did. I missed it. I read it in a rush, it was the last thing I did before I left for work. Sorry.
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