The diabolical disorientation of which Our Lady warned runs so deep that when it comes to Pope Francis people simply see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear; putting gestures in his public record and words in his mouth as happens to suit their fancy.
Consider, for example, the story widely reported last month about the pope stopping his motorcade while en route to Calabria (where he would excommunicate, or not, the Mafia) so he could greet a young disabled woman whose family was on the roadside with signs that read, “Please Pope stop here to see an angel who has been waiting for you,” and “Please come and bless little Roberta.”
L’Osservatore Romano ran a piece referenced on the Vatican News website which said:
“Pope Francis got out of the car and entered the garden, he bent over Roberta, caressing her with tenderness. He blessed her and her loved ones. Then he climbed into the car and continued his journey.”
Catholic News Agency reported on the event likewise, saying, “When the Pope saw their signs, he asked for his car to stop, and immediately went to greet and bless the people.”
The CNA story even included a video that I watched for the first time just today. Take a look.
What did you see?
I saw what looked like a famous person going out of his way to make a memorable moment for some adoring fans and not much else. A gesture of kindness, maybe, but I can’t say that I saw any “blessing.” Can you?
Substitute Bono, or Mick Jagger, or Dino Spumoni for the pope in this video and no one would be moved to say, “Who the hell does that man think he is blessing the people like that, the pope!”
I suppose one could conduct a frame-by-frame analysis (in fact, Catholic Answers may have already done so) to see if it is possible to detect the pope’s thumb tracing a small cross on the young woman’s forehead, but if it’s necessary to treat this video like the Zapruder film just to find evidence of a blessing, well, then, I think we have our answer.
And what are we to think of a pope who doesn’t bless God’s people?
Perhaps the pope was concerned that some of the people on that Southern Italian roadside were not Catholic and was politely “respecting the conscience of each” in withholding his blessing from them. Who knows?
In any event, let’s not kid one another, “Peter” didn’t bless those people that day; rather, Jorge simply said hello.
In spite of lasting but a minute, the incident in question is emblematic of this entire pontificate, such as it has been thus far: It’s not about Jorge taking on the Petrine Office; it’s about Peter giving way to Jorge.
That’s why the 53,000 word Evangelii Gaudium, wherein Pope Francis set forth the guiding principles that will inform his pontificate, reads so much like a personal diary.
The family of that young disabled woman was thrilled to encounter the pope, and I can’t blame them. It’s a moment they will never forget; one that may even lead to a more fervent faith among themselves and their extended family and friends.
Even so, one is hard pressed not to realize that what those people really wanted, and indeed truly deserved, was not delivered that day.
Or what man of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
It was not always this way with Father Bergoglio, if Tony Palmer told the truth on his video about the ongoing Miracle of Unity in which he discloses that Cardinal Bergoglio CONSECRATED HIM AFTER THEY MADE A COVENANT and he became the current Pope’s spiritual son commissioned by him and culminating in this moment when he proclaimed to the world:
“We are witnessing the Unity of Christians by the Spirit of God, and NOT BY THE DOCTRINES AND TRADITIONS OF MEN”
Please see our full research on this under comment #4 of the previous blog post Tony Palmer. We found the information astonishing.
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Who does Francis think he is? Bono? He’s still the unapologetic exhibitionist.
Whenever I envision a pope blessing the people, I think of Pope Pius XII. If subsequent popes did bless the people with a very clear and deliberate Sign of the Cross, I must have missed it and stand to be corrected. BTW, reports have come in that “Bishop” Tony Palmer has passed away after a motorcycle accident in England. Too bad his friend, Beergoglio, didn’t bother to convert him. He is very much in need of our prayers.
Beergoglio was a typo. I don’t know what he drinks!
Dear my2cents
Louie posted a blog on it just prior to this one. No photo, so it’s easy to miss.
In this video Pope Pius XII shows how it should be done.
Scratch that, a photo of Tony Palmer is now posted. Thanks, Louie.
…reportedly, the occasional glass of wine, but the European Trappists, might appreciate your typo…. :-).
In his first message to monastic communities across Europe, Francis…
warned that the Catholic Church should not get too involved in “retail” enterprises. …Francis singled out the handful of Trappist monasteries producing beer in Europe, adding that anything that “interfered with clear devotion” was not a proper function for Church brothers. Church traditionalists, already in turmoil over early actions by the new pope, were left reeling by the news. You think Westvleteren is expensive now? Wait until they they quit making it. The black market will be huge.” Quoted from from:
http://beervana.blogspot.com/2013/04/pope-francis-to-trappists-no-more-beer.html
LOL! Beergoggleo.
What on earth does “consecrate” mean? The Pope’s mission is to save souls by bringing those souls to the One True Faith in the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. There is the means of salvation that Our Lord God became Man, suffered and died, and rose again to provide for us – the Church – and no other means.
Why will no cardinal or bishop cry “stop!”? How much more destruction of the Faith and morals?, how much more persecution of the orthodox faithful?, how many more souls killed?, how much longer God mocked and deceitfully
opposed in His Own Church, including in His very Body, Blood, Soul and
Divinity?
Dear Lynda,
To answer your question, after studying the full video, we’d have to say his “consecration” was considered to be for his special mission to BE the BRIDGE he describes as the meeting place between the Catholic Church and all the Protestants who are to remain just as they are–heretics, and just “feel” the love oozing from the Pontiffs yearning heart. He emphasizes several times, that the Pope is NOT trying to welcome anyone “Home”, but meeting them where they are–as if walking half way across a bridge.
Apparently. the article from April 1, 2013, is an April fool’s joke. Would that so much else was an April fool’s joke as well.
crawler
Thanks 🙂 Shows how easy it is to get taken in, when something seems like typical behavior…
IIRC, during the Great Schism, there was a certain saint, a victim soul, who deigned to allow her body to be literally torn apart, leaving her miraculously suspended and partially dismembered. Thus did she suffer willingly for the sins of the Church in that time.
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You already know where I’m going with this: Dare we imagine what certain souls high in sanctity must be suffering now, willingly, for the Lord’s Body?
Si transit gloria mundi… The pope as Vicar of Christ, knows at every moment that he must grow less so Christ will grow more evident through him. The rock star approach is not appropriate. Was there a blessing in that entire photo op? Was there no attempt at kissing the ring of Peter…the policeman saved the day. Loved those shoes too….the shoes of the fisherman, impressive eh? Just seems like there is just too much emphasis on the man and not the Vicar. There seems to be a lot of that going around: a country that is not exceptional to a Church that is not exceptional.
“Peter” didn’t bless those people that day; rather, Jorge simply said hello.” That’s what ‘popes’ of the ‘new ecclesiology’ do. They just say hi – you’re okay, to all the Christ deniers (Jews, Muslims, Atheists, Pagans) and Christ dissolvers (all protestants and protestant-catholics), thereby actually becoming Christ deniers and Christ dissolvers themselves and encouraging every other Catholic who has any respect for them to become Christ deniers and Christ dissolvers.
We took a quick look to see what reaction Pope Francis’ public words and actions are getting from those who normally hold the Roman Catholic Church in contempt for it’s claims of authority and Doctrine, and found this opinion in “Revival Magazine” on June 25, 2014 :
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“If it smells like “Religion”, I don’t want it. I want God and a relationship with him, not a form of religion. If you can say amen to this, you probably use the same Evangelical language most of us as Evangelical ministers do. However, I have to enlighten you. I first heard this kind of language through the mouth of Pope Francis. We may be more in sync with our Roman Catholic brothers and sisters and the Orthodox than we are aware.”
Bruno Ierullo of Catch the Fire ministries
Sinead O’Connor once said she wanted to ‘rescue God from religion’. This is how far things have come. Angels are lower than humans (according to Bergoglio), so as to need humans to rescue them, one could conclude; and human beings need to ‘resuce’ God from His own revelation to poor human beings which God gave in order that we be saved = perfect protestant logic. Protestantism = dissolving Christ = antichrist.
p.s. New Ecumenism (spirit of VII) = protestantism =dissolving Christ = antichrist.
I learned to spell ‘Bergoglio’ by remembering that it ends just like ‘Imbroglio’. If that’s not a nod from heaven….
The Wizard of Oz: After my total consternation with the politics here in the USA, I question myself as to who is really running the show. Is the president but the front man, the salesman for whomever is really making the decision and pulling all the strings in DC? Having become exhausted by the daily disappointments of this administration, I turn and look to the only and largest centralized form of government in the world, Rome. Notice I did not say the Church, but rather that other administration that has grown up over the past 50 years, dare I say it since the placement of the sainted John XXIII. Tony Palmer did say that he was called to Rome from Africa 10 years before and was commissioned to some new ministry for ecumenism. That was not this Pope’s doing. One might ask who hired him. A seeming convergence of cosmic forces makes these two entities DC/Rome look very similar. Both seeming came from obscurity, rose quickly in the ranks, won elections with little investigation, and present themselves with remarkably similar policies. If it weren’t for the trappings and centuries of tradition, we might see them as mirror images. We all know that there is a terrible situation in the politics of the Vatican. We expend much effort on the man up front, but the question could be asked about the one or ones behind that curtain controlling what we see. These two are not just salesmen, but shields hiding that shadow government and church. So just who is in charge?
Lies, lies, lies. Apostasy, apostasy,apostasy. Diabolical. Diabolical. Diabolical. Dear Lord, save the Church from these evil-doers. Save our souls from their malign clutches. Reparation.
The following statement is from the webpage of an organization called simply “ONE”.
http://www.one.org/us/2014/07/18/bono-malala-desmond-tutu-send-stark-warning-to-world-leaders/
I post it here because it is endorsed by Bono and but it is also in full harmony with the anti-Catholic words and actions of bergoglio. It’s no wonder the world loves him so much and treats him like a “rock star”.
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You probably haven’t heard about it, but this week decisions are being taken that could mean the difference between poverty and dignity for millions of people. Diplomats from UN member states are finalizing a draft blueprint for the post 2015 development agenda and the stakes could not be higher.
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Today, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Malala Yousafzai, Graca Machel, Bono, Mo Ibrahim and Muhammed Yunus have joined forces to sound a warning that 2015 is a year of huge opportunity, but also of huge risk.
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In a strongly worded open letter, they are calling on world leaders to make next year a transformative year in the fight against poverty, inequality and climate change. Next year, the UN’s development framework known as the Millennium Development Goals will reach its deadline and be replaced. A new climate treaty will also be agreed. Together, these two processes could determine what kind of world we live in in 2030. They write:
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What is at stake here could not be greater, for it is not less than the future of our human family and the world upon which we all depend.
It is fitting that on Mandela Day these Nobel laureates, moral and religious leaders and campaigners are urging our politicians to be ambitious. They are demanding goals that will build on the dramatic progress we have seen in some areas and guide us on a path that gives people everywhere a chance to live a life of dignity.
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2015 is an historic opportunity for change. A focused package of ambitious but achievable development goals can really empower grassroots citizens of the global south – and those globally who campaign in solidarity with them – to demand and receive vital life-saving and life-changing health, education and infrastructure services from governments.
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A global movement is taking shape to call for urgent action, justice and for leaders to seize this chance to secure a better, safer world for all. ONE’s 6 million members will be campaigning alongside activists from hundreds of organizations worldwide who care about justice. The letter says:
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This movement for people and planet will lead to accolades for those leaders who rise to this historic occasion. It will hold accountable those who fail to help secure a better safer world for all. It will speak up for the marginalized and disenfranchised, and demand justice for all.
If decision makers get this wrong, the real risk is that progress is lost, we see higher levels of poverty, hunger and more armed conflicts. Eradicating the injustice of extreme poverty is within our grasp – we can’t and we won’t let this opportunity slip.
Thank you Michael for correcting my previous assertion of the USA and Rome. How could I have forgotten the UN. Must have a Freudian slip. The principle still holds of who is pulling the UN’s strings. There is some push going on to bring it all together soon. All the cosmic dots of decades if not centuries of distortion are coming together for the worse. “Put not your trust in princes in whom there is no salvation.” Viva, Cristo Rey!
or you could just divide it into syllables and remember the evil “GOG” (from the books of Daniel and Revelations), which is right in the center between a backwads “reb” on the left, and ” lio” (low input-output) on the right.
As an example of how bergoglio pushes the UN “One world” agenda take a look at this recent “pro-life” announcement.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pope-francis-urges-uk-and-irish-youth-to-combat-the-culture-of-death
Notice how bergoglio twists the Catholic pro-life message into a ONE-style call for “social justice”.
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As the Church in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales celebrates the 2014 Day for Life, the Holy Father expresses his confidence that this annual witness to the sanctity of God’s gift of life will inspire the faithful, and young Catholics in particular, to combat the culture of death, not only by working to ensure adequate legal protection for the fundamental human right to life [So far so good, right?], but also [And then it takes a sharp turn to the left.] by seeking to bring the merciful [bergoglio’s favorite catch-word “mercy”. That should be a warning sign of trouble ahead.] love of Christ [bergoglio never shies from using our Lord’s name in vain to promote his socialist ideology.] as a life-giving balm to those troubling “new forms of poverty and vulnerability” (cf. Evangelii Gaudium 210) which are increasingly evident in contemporary society.
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Did you catch that last part? It’s not about saving the unborn, it’s about “the fight against poverty, inequality and climate change”. (See ONE statement.) Granted bergoglio resisted the temptation to insert an “ecological” message into this particular statement. He’s saving that for his upcoming “pro-life” encyclical on “the environment”. And coincidentally this encyclical will come out just in time to give the official support of the Catholic Church to the UN Millennium Development Goals in 2015 including a new “climate treaty”. And in case you didn’t know the UN Millennium Development Goals are all about “population control”, i.e. “the culture of death”.
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Question: Who does bergoglio think he is working for?
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Kyrie eleison.
Dear rcaamo. I ask myself the same question. Who’s pulling the strings? See below.
Dear Michael Leon,
In case that wasn’t a rhetorical question:
All indications from preponderance of evidence based on decipherable words and actions remaining after sorting through reversals and re-reversals of mis-quotes and made-up quotes and misunderstood quotes and spun-quotes and recycled spun quotes and denials are:
God.
How he defines God, is another question.
ATTN: Please see the following post in the forum on the upcoming day of prayer and penance for our brethren suffering persecution at the hands of Muslims:
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https://akacatholic.com/topic/august-1st-2014-day-of-prayer-and-penance/
Dear Indignus. Good one! 🙂
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Yes it is some sort of deity or spirit that he is working for. That’s for sure.
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Do you remember all his comments about the devil. He seems to be very familiar with this topic.
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He even says the book “Lord of the World” is one of his favorites. How should we interpret that?
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The man sure knows how to blow smoke.
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Come to think of it deception is a key technique of the evil one. From the Garden of Eden to the betrayal of Christ to our present day… until the Second Coming.
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“Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”
Who does the Pope think he is – Bono ?