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To: ebb tide

There is a reason why lightning struck St. Peter’s Cathedral the night this Pope was appointed to the Papacy. He wants to “fundamentally change” the Church the way Obama did the USA. I am a Catholic and this Pope worries me greatly, but we have had bad popes before and survived.


12 posted on 10/05/2019 2:40:53 PM PDT by Doche2X2
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To: Doche2X2

You’re right about the pope intending to change the church, but don’t be superstitious. Lightening strikes St. Peter’s dome all the time. It’s the highest point for miles around. Lightening rods are part of the structure for this reason.


14 posted on 10/05/2019 3:12:07 PM PDT by Marchmain (peace...pax)
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To: Doche2X2
There is a reason why lightning struck St. Peter’s Cathedral the night this Pope was appointed to the Papacy. He wants to “fundamentally change” the Church the way Obama did the USA. I am a Catholic and this Pope worries me greatly, but we have had bad popes before and survived.

Are you sure you have the facts correct?

Benedict announces resignation Feb 11, 2013

Francis was selected on March 13, 2013.

https://liturgyguy.com/2017/02/11/on-resignations-and-lightening-strikes/

Using your same train of thought was there displeasure with the feast day for "Our Lady of the Rosary"?

From the same article:

Having said that, it did not suffer another such occurrence until October 7, 2016 on the feast day for Our Lady of the Rosary, when the Church recalls Christian Europe’s defeat of the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Lepanto.

15 posted on 10/05/2019 3:24:26 PM PDT by ealgeone
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