Posted on 05/16/2009 11:04:01 AM PDT by GOP_Lady
The world desperately needs Benedict's model of reconciliation.
Jerusalem
Most Israelis seem to agree that the pope's just concluded trip to Israel wasn't a raving success. Far from healing wounds, his address at the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum garnered harsh criticism for failing to adequately address the horrors memorialized there.
I see the visit in a much more positive light.
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POPE, PING! :-)
Will both side keep on fighting? If yes no success! If no don’t hold your breath. This has been going on for thousands and thousands of years and will for many more because family feuds are that way!
Benedict meets with religious leaders at the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, Israel.
Pope Benedict XVI visits the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City May 12, 2009. (Reuters: Ronen Zvulun)
Pope Benedict XVI inspects an honor guard, during a welcoming ceremony with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, not pictured, at the Palestinian headquarters, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, on Wednesday.
I am extremely proud of the Catholic Church, who teaches us to love and respect all religions.
This is a battle by the Evil One for the souls
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
of all will be seduced to support him and reject YHvH.
Peace be unto you in the Name of Jesus the Messiah
That right, and the feud goes on because one side will not admit they are the step child, but want all the family rights and land!
Pope Benedict XVI talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Franciscan convent in Nazareth.
Whoops...that should be Yad Vashem
Thank you! :-)
He did advocate that the Covenant land be divided for “peace,” in his very first public statement upon arrival in Israel. Any student of Biblical prophecy, let alone a pope, should know the consequences of doing such a thing, and that there will be no peace. We as Christians should oppose such a thing, even though prophecy tells us it will happen.
The only way I can see that this pope could be acting in accord to God’s will, is if he is acting to hasten His return. Even then, dividing the land will have dire consequences for all involved. Going against God to support God, by dividing the land, thereby bringing about prophetic conditions for His return? Intentionally? Is this possible? The notion is very discomfiting to me.
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