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Pope invites Christians to join together in witnessing the GospelThanking God for ever-greater ecumenism, Pope Francis encourages Christians to work together, in a telegram to a synod gathering of Waldensians and Methodists, taking place this week in northern Italy.By Deborah Castellano LubovPope Francis has called upon fellow Christians to bear witness to the Gospel together.He did so in a telegram sent on his behalf, by Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to the Synod of the Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches, taking place this week in northern Italy.The telegram began by expressing the Pope's delight to greet the...

Freemason Anglican bishop celebrates liturgy in papal basilica with 30 Protestant clergyVatican authorities gave the Anglican clergy permission to say ‘Mass’ in St. John Lateran’s, the ‘Mother of all the Churches of Rome and of the world.’ Pope Francis later greeted the group after his weekly general audience.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Led by a “re-married” Freemason, over 30 Anglican clergymen celebrated “Mass” in the Papal Basilica of St. John Lateran’s this week, sparking outrage among faithful Catholics.On April 18, a group of Anglican clergy from the Anglican suffragan Diocese of Fulham, in England, were granted permission to celebrate a liturgy...

Rehashed Protestantism: Francis' Eucharist Represents "Last Supper”José Antonio Ureta, a member of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) published on OnePeterFive.com (August 12) a 16-pages study on “theological deviations” in Desiderio Desideravi, Francis' attack against the Mass (below).In DD, Francis refers the Eucharist to the Last Supper, rather than to Christ's sacrifice on Calvary. DD 4 even claims that the “same Supper will be made present in the celebration of the Eucharist until he returns again.” Ureta notices that this is warmed-over Protestantism.Francis then alleges that "every man and woman" should eat the Eucharist suggesting a theological indifference which fits with...

Pope Francis celebrates five openly Marxist organizations: ‘You are…a veritable invisible army’'You are, as I said in the letter I sent you last year, a veritable invisible army; you are a fundamental part of that humanity that fights for life against a system of death,' Pope Francis told a number of openly professed Marxist groups in a video published on the Vatican News YouTube Channel. The text below is the script for the video report.(Lepanto Institute) A few weeks ago, the Lepanto Institute produced a report showing the direct connections the Vatican has with an international Communist organization called the...

Statue of Martin Luther displayed at Vatican for second time as pope addresses German protestants'It is important to listen to others,' the Pope said, adding that he hoped for the same readiness to hear one another in the church by means of the synodal process.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis met with a group of some five hundred Lutherans from Germany on Monday morning as part of an ecumenical pilgrimage called “better together.” The statue of Luther erected for the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation appeared once again on the stage of the Vatican’s Paul VI hall.The 500 pilgrims,...

The greater the sinner, the greater God’s love, pope says ROME - God shows the greatest love and compassion for the greatest sinners, Pope Francis said.The Lord “has come precisely for us sinners and the greater the sinner you are, the closer the Lord is to you because he has come for you, the greatest sinner; for me, the greatest sinner; for all of us,” the pope said in his homily Jan. 16 at morning Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae.The pope reflected on the day’s Gospel reading from St. Mark, in which Jesus takes pity on and heals a...