Posted on 02/05/2012 2:58:27 PM PST by marshmallow
Fidel Castro will be received back into the communion of the Roman Catholic Church during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the island in March, the Italian press is reporting. If true, this is a remarkable story — and one that has yet to catch the attention of editors this side of the Atlantic.
On 1 Feb 2012, La Republicca — [Italy’s second largest circulation daily newspaper, La Republicca follows a center-left political line and is strongly anti-clerical; not anti-Catholic per se but a critic of the institutional church] — reported that as death approaches, the octogenarian communist has turned to God for solace.
ABC’s Global Note news blog is the only U.S. general interest publication I have found that has reported this story. It referenced the La Republicca story and said that Castro’s
daughter Alina is quoted as saying “During this last period, Fidel has come closer to religion: he has rediscovered Jesus at the end of his life. It doesn’t surprise me because dad was raised by Jesuits.” The article quotes an unidentified high prelate in the Vatican who is working on the Pope’s Cuba trip: “Fidel is at the end of his strength. Nearly at the end of his life. His exhortations in the party paper Granma, are increasingly less frequent. We know that in this last period he has come closer to religion and God.”
Some Italian websites have even speculated as to when Fidel will make his confession and credo — setting the date as 27 March 2012 at 17:30 when the two ottantacinquenni, Pope Benedict XVI and Castro, will meet at the Palacio de la Revolución when the pope makes his official visit to the head of state, Raul Castro.
During Pope John Paul II’s 1998 visit to Cuba, Castro attended mass, but did...........
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“”Nope salvation is not universal.””
Ridicules(Heb. 8:10) The law of love is written on everyone’s heart -it is a free decision to follow or reject it, thus salvation is universal. This is Christianity 101
Good Night. I wish you a peaceful evening!
Take it up with free republic mods -they approved the source,
This is the same pope that started the war between the Protestants and the Catholics in England too.
(you know the one where they always accuse the Protestants of trying to kill them - he started it )
This same pope put a bunch of his own family members in charge of all kinds of catholic religious things even though they did not even have any religious training .
If you start looking at how these guys got in power and who they gave power to you start to see just how much of a joke their claim Apostolic succession really is .
There is no indication that the Yeshu passages in the Talmud describe the Jesus of Christianity. There are only a few Yeshu passages that descibe different people who lived at different times who happened to share a common name. But you knew that, didn’t you?
http://www.angelfire.com/mt/talmud/jesusnarr.html
Please post an in depth educational report of what you said from a reliable source
Please post an in depth educational report of what you said from a reliable source
Well, if the Talmud really says that, I guess the Alter-Christ was right to murder Jews. Just as Holy Tradition says, “if someone strikes you on the cheek, kill them.”
I find it hard to take what you write very serious considering the lack of knowledge of historical Catholic teachings.
Also , why is it that you can not explain that Jesus is God and the Holy Trinity? These are basic tenants of Chritianity
This is claimed to be a reference to Jesus. However, this claim is patently ridiculous.
Is that what you think I was doing? Another example of missing the point. I posted what I did to demonstrate that whatever the Catholics want to throw on Martin Luther, gets blown back on them two-fold. You give a non-sourced, out of context quote from Luther to show that he made mistakes and acted in un-Holy Spirit filled ways at times. This tactic to discredit anything else he might say, is proved futile merely because the Catholic Church's history is replete with far worse acts than mere words. And it cannot be blamed on the "we all are sinners, oh well" meme.
That Pope Paul IV included direct actions in an official Bull that not only prohibited them from professions, limiting their financial and commercial activities, forbidding them to own real estate, and humiliating them by obliging them to wear yellow hats, but banning them to ghettos with a single exit, burned thousands of books - not just the Talmud - but even went so far as murder. What Luther may have believed in his final years - and in some things there is no excuse - he had no power of enforcement as the Pope in Rome did. If you do an honest study of Luther's views on the Jewish people, he was against anti-Judaism NOT anti-Semitic. A good source describing "Luther's Attitudes Toward the Jews" is by James Swan. You can read it online at http://tquid.sharpens.org/luther_Jews.htm#_edn11
Using strongs Concordance is a joke.It’s flawed.
Are you one of these people that thinks Eve had sex with satan and produced cain?
Do you believe the Talmud is the complete works of the Holy Spirit?
Pay no attention to the woman who defends the indefensible things her church has done by trying to put the blame for their atrocities on every one else.
Trying to pass the buck again ? Shame on you
The source was not condemned by FR, so it’s approved by them, like it or not
You’re avoiding my questions weather you believe Jesus is God and whether you believe eve had sex with satan and produced cain
Your non answers show everyone your beliefs that you believe that eve had sex with satan and deny Jesus is God
No.
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