Scandal casts pall on Pope: Faces resignation calls as he opens Holy Week"

This from www.cuttingedge.org
NEWS BRIEF:The Star, March 29, 2010

"VATICAN CITY–Pope Benedict XVI opened Holy Week on Sunday amid one of the most serious crises facing the Catholic Church in decades, with protesters in London demanding he resign and calls in Switzerland for a central registry for pedophile.'

As usual, Pope Benedict did not mention the widening scandal during his Palm Sunday homily.

"This year, the most solemn week on the Church's liturgical calendar has been stained by a clerical abuse scandal that has spread across Europe to the Pope's native Germany. In London on Sunday, a few dozen people gathered outside Westminster Cathedral to demand the Pope resign. Demonstrators carried placards saying 'Pope? Nope!' and 'Don't Turn a Blind Eye'."

The Pope himself has been implicated in the coverup of priests who have sexually abused children.

"The Vatican has been on the defensive amid questions about the Pope's handling of sex abuse cases both when he was archbishop of Munich and when he headed the Vatican's doctrinal office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was Munich archbishop when a priest was allowed to resume pastoral work with children even while receiving therapy for pedophilia. He was later convicted of abusing minors. In addition, a case has come to light in which Ratzinger's deputy told Wisconsin bishops to quash a church trial for a priest alleged to have abused up to 200 deaf boys."

Why is the Roman Catholic Church so beset by sexual scandals by its priests? Further, why are these rogue priests then coddled by their superiors, who most often refuse to call the police -- as the law requires -- but simply transfer them to a far-away church where they can resume their molestation on a fresh new group of young boys.

How can this be? In 2002, Cutting Edge created a masterful DVD, pictured above, entitled, "Catholicism: White Sepulcher Christianity". We answer this question once and for all. This material in this DVD is one of the finest we have ever carried in our bookstore.

Now, let us return to our original premise. Quoting pertinent excerpts from a Cutting Edge archived article, NEWS2401, entitled, "The Next Pope Could Very Well Be The False Prophet of Revelation 13".

Pope Benedict XVI is the 11th Pope since the prophecy of St. Malachy, an Irish bishop who at his death in 1148 A.D. was discovered to have left behind a prophetic list of all future popes beginning with Pope Celestine II, whose papacy began in 1143 A.D. 'While in Rome in 1139, Saint Malachy is said to have gone into a trance and received a vision in which he foresaw all the popes from the death of Innocent II until the end of time. Afterward he wrote a few words about each pope and gave the manuscript to Pope Innocent II, who is said to have deposited it in Vatican Archives, where it lay forgotten until it was discovered in 1590 and published. At the time, some questioned its authenticity and it has been the subject of debate ever since. The manuscript contains 112 prophecies, which scholars have matched with each of the 110 popes and anti-popes since Innocent II ..."

"Malachy included a single line in Latin identifying a characteristic of each pope. Historians say Malachy's prediction – wherein he listed just 112 popes – has been amazingly accurate."

112. The last pope! "Petrus Romanus"

This designation seems to imply that the final pope -- the actual False Prophet -- might come from Rome, from the line of the Romans. This possibility makes Biblical sense, for Antichrist himself is prophesied from coming out of a "Revived Roman Empire" (Daniel 9:26b).

Therefore, it is consistent to think that the last pope might be a Roman, an Italian, with roots back to Imperial Rome. In fact, since the Roman Catholic Church has always falsely claimed that the Apostle Peter was their first pope, it seems logical that they would plan on their last pope being "Petrus Romanus"! Listen to the explanation given in our first featured article, above:

"Wrote St. Malachy of the last pope: 'In extreme persecution, the seat of the Holy Roman Church will be occupied by Peter the Roman, who will feed the sheep through many tribulations, at the term of which the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the formidable Judge will judge the people. The End'." [Ibid.]

Does this pagan Catholic prophecy sound like this genuine prophetic Scripture?

"And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will be the very ones to hate the harlot (the idolatrous woman); they will make her cheerless (bereaved, desolate), and they will strip her and eat up her flesh and utterly consume her with fire ... the woman that you saw is herself the great city which dominates and controls the rulers and the leaders of the earth." [Revelation 17:16, 18; Parallel Bible, KJV/Amplified Bible Commentary]

We will watch this story line with great interest. World events are occurring which give great credence to our belief that the End of the Age is upon us and the start of the final global war will begin, a conflagration which will place Antichrist and his False Religious Prophet on the world scene. If this World War III is very close to starting, then we should expect corollary events to occur. One of these corollary events would be the ascension to the Throne of Peter of the final Pope, the man who will become the False Prophet of Revelation -- the Beast who had two horns like a lamb but who would roar like a lion! (Revelation 13:11).

This wording means that this Second Beast will pretend to be a Christian and will be accepted as such, but he will be full of Satan's power and will "roar like a lion" on Antichrist's behalf. This next Pope will be the Final Pope -- #112 -- according to St. Malachy's occult prophecy. Since we know that God allows the demonic host a limited amount of prophetic foreknowledge, it is possible that this prophecy will prove accurate to the final detail.

Apollyon Rising 2012

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This is from their site:
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* Unrecognized by the vast majority of peoples around the world is the greatest conspiracy of all time, sitting right out in the open in Washington DC and at the Vatican. It is an ancient, magical, talismanic diagram—the Lost Symbol—which waits its final use by the hidden, occult hand guiding the Secret Destiny of America toward the year 2012.
* To make sure they are prepared, the ritual for what is coming has been rehearsed in the Heredom by the Supreme Council over Washington DC with every passing US president starting with George Washington in anticipation of the deity's return in 2012.
* Many US Founding fathers were aware of these prophecies and designed the Capitol City to serve as the home of these pagan gods on their return.
* This secret is also openly hidden in the most spectacular way in the US Capitol Dome, directly tying the US and Vatican to the Mesoamerican 2012 date.
* Catholic priests who tried to warn about what was coming died under mysterious circumstances.
* A 200 Year Old cipher encoded on the Great Seal of the United States points to the same prophecy concerning the return of the gods in the year 2012.
* Nearly 500 years ago the Maya prophesied about the Colonial date 1776 as the beginning of the last 13 katuns leading to apocalypse in 2012. When academic Richard N. Luxton interpreted The Book of Chumayel: The Counsel Book of the Yucatec Maya 1539–1638, he was astonished to find it was connected to the "Christian Last Judgment" and the date 2012.
* A couple modern "Mayan elders" - who have been getting themselves in the news lately by claiming the year 2012 will not lead to the end of the world - are covering up how their prophecies diametrically contradict the prophecies of their forefathers including the Maya, Aztec, and numerous other ancient peoples who foresaw this time as portending destruction and "judgment from the gods."
* 200 Years ago Cherokee Indians prophesied likewise and set their calendar, like the Maya and Aztec, to end in the year 2012.
* In more than one place in the New Testament, scripture reveals by the same name that the deity encoded in the Masonic prophecy on the Great Seal and elsewhere throughout Washington DC will be the dreaded Antichrist.
* Over 700 years ago Orthodox Jewish priests prophesied in the Zohar that their Messiah would arrive in the year 2012.
* The first degree Masonic Tracing Board contains the same prophecy toward the year 2012.
* Jesus Himself in Matthew 24 may have set the date for the apocalypse around the year 2012.
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Pope stresses Christian unity at Lutheran church

Mixed Signals, missed by both the media and mainstream protestantism, I fear.

Protestants should be thankful that Roman Catholicism isn't at full scale war with her!

That's the message I see. The only reason the Roman Church is not at full scale war-OPENLY- is Romes fear of loosing that war. When she no longer feels the need to hide behind ambiguous wording and loosing that war, she will take off the mask!

(Reuters) - Pope Benedict told Rome's Lutheran congregation on Sunday that Protestants and Roman Catholics should be thankful for all the unity achieved among Christians rather than complain about the slow pace of dialogue.

from Reuters.com:
"Addressing about 350 Lutherans in their small church, Benedict said both sides had accused each other of slowing down the ecumenical movement, but that only God, not humans, could create true unity.
The movement has brought Christian churches closer together in recent decades but has lost momentum lately.

Some Protestants, especially in Germany, say Benedict has contributed to that by stressing more strongly the Catholic claim to be the only true church.

They say he also seems more interested in improving ties with the theologically conservative Orthodox churches than with more liberal Protestant groups.

In the Vatican's view, several Protestant churches have drifted away from common ground by ordaining women as priests and bishops or blessing same-sex marriages.

"We have divided the one path into many, so the witness we should give has been obscured," Benedict told the German-speaking congregation, which his predecessor John Paul II visited in 1983, in their common native tongue."

The above bold statement is true, they have divided the one path into many! The ONE WAY is only found in scripture. The only way found in scripture is Acts 2:38

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

When protestantism began, its leaders were almost exclusively Roman priests defecting for revealed truth. They took with them Roman Catholic traditions...sprinkling for baptism, trinity formula in baptism.

A harlot is a woman who assumes intimate privileges only allowed to a bride. The great Harlot church, as understood by those same protestant pioneers was the Roman Catholic Church. What they didn't understand was the part that calls her the "Mother of Harlots". What makes the true church the bride is that we have taken the name of Christ upon ourselves in baptism.

Please review the power-point on Baptism-Water and Spirit, and Mystery Babylon is the Roman Catholic Church. Also check out the books available for reading: Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop, Foxes Book of Martyrs, Fifty Years in the Church of Rome by Charles Chiniquy, 30 Years in Hell by Benard Fresenborg, The Secret History of the Jesuits by Edmond Paris

Most protestant pastors seem to be completely taken by the RCC deception of a desired Unity!

The only Unity she desires is for all to under her thumb. Watch! And Pray!