Posted on 01/26/2018 1:04:07 PM PST by GoldenState_Rose
We are in a time of the first ever mass conversions of Muslims,” Father Mitch Pacwa SJ told me in a phone interview. “God is doing a mighty work among them.”
Pacwa said that mass conversions are happening even in very fundamentalist countries. There is rapidly growing number of conversions especially on the edges of the Muslim world in the western and southern parts of Africa, he said. “Africa is now growing predominantly Christian despite crackdowns,” Pacwa said.
Some of the noteworthy countries he mentioned include Iran, reported to have 3 million Christians, and Indonesia with reports of 2 million a year converting.
“In Mongolia, the president opened the country to Christians and there’s even an archbishop,” Pacwa said. “They built a Catholic school there too. If I was younger, I would have gone.” He said that the desire for a Western education was the impetus to open up the country to the Catholic Church.
There are even conversions happening in many strict Muslim countries, according to Pacwa. He did not want to go on record with particulars for fear of increased retribution. Mass conversions are also being reported among refugees that are filling up the Christian churches left empty by Europeans. Many wonder if those are authentic conversions or just a response to improving their chances for amnesty, but time will tell.
Signs of this conversion are showing up in the U.S. too, Pacwa said. “I was about to celebrate Mass at a Maronite church in San Diego and I said hi to a man who introduced himself as Achmad. I asked if he was a Christian. He said: ‘Yes, I was recently baptized.’ He said he from Morocco. Christians do not have the name Ahmad—that’s a form of Mohammad.”
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Your article is a year old, and the title of Co- Redemptrix was not granted by Pope Francis... so what’s your point?
“Can ya put the satin ones in the washer?”
Beats me,I’m just a poor cotton sheet girl.:-)
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>>Elsie, what you should do is focus on learning what is meant by the word “believe” in each of the scriptural uses of that word. Here’s a hint: it always connotes significantly more in its scriptural context than the simple dictionary definition of it.
>>Call no man father...<<
Elsie, what are you attempting to say by referring to this statement?
>>How can I kick a field goal if the posts keep shifting?<<
Not sure I understand what you’re implying by this statement. Do you play football???
*** “You have to believe in all of them or you are damned per Rome. “ That’s not my problem or worry as a Protestant. ***
Whether Catholic or Protestant, we are all damned for not FOLLOWING all of the commandments as laid out in the Bible. (Heck - anyone can BELIEVE them).
Thankfully God knew that we couldn’t follow all of them, and sent His Son to save us, sinners all.
Elsie, thank you for sharing this interesting information regarding the veneration of Mary by so many well-known persons in the history of the Church. What, by the way, was the purpose of your doing so?
>>Still nice?<<
Elsie, can you be a little less cryptic with your postings, because I have no idea what point you’re trying to make here.
And neither can you, so you don’t know if it’s denial or not.
I didn’t. I stated they never supported the lie of a supreme pope.
The other poster did say he knew what their motivations were.
I sure do.
Remind me of the party line on “two or three” asking in Jesus name?
How about “born again” when there’s even MORE comment from Christ himself regarding eating his flesh and drinking his blood.
It’s on your post.
God makes the judgement, not Revisionists.
We were told to obey.
Says the one “popping smoke.”
You guys can’t even get “The Word of God” defined; I’m going to give you credit for anything else?
Sorry, don't know what you are saying.
Here is the post your responded to:
Me: ..."I didn’t. I stated they never supported the lie of a supreme pope.
They never supported the Peter is pope falsehood in history. I am not judging their motives or reading their minds. There was and isn't any support for this.
If you mean another post, let me know.
Of course it does.
HMMMmmm...
Jesus; just what did you mean to say when you were QUOTED as saying...
Of course not.
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