Pope Francis – who stands accused of covering up widespread sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, says that the devil is trying to divide and attack the organization. So apparently all of the child rape isn’t the priests’ fault, since the devil apparently made them do it.
“(The Church must be) saved from the attacks of the malign one, the great accuser and at the same time be made ever more aware of its guilt, its mistakes, and abuses committed in the present and the past,” said Francis in a September 29 message.
Francis, who has made clear that he believes the devil to be real, suggested that Catholics worldwide pray every day in the month of October to stave off the Devil and his pedophile-encouraging ways.
“We should not think of the devil as a myth, a representation, a symbol, a figure of speech or an idea. This mistake would lead us to let down our guard, to grow careless and end up more vulnerable.”
“I renew the invitation to everyone to pray the Rosary every day of the month of October ending it with the antiphon ‘Under Your protection’ and the prayer to St. Michael the Archangel, to repel the attacks of the devil who wants to divide the Church,” said Francis, who described the devil as “the great accuser.”
The prayer reads:
“St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan, and all evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.”
Perhaps the power of 1.2 billion praying Catholics October will be enough to overcome the Devil’s influence over the preying priests.
Francis’ description of Satan as “the great accuser” has rubbed one of the pope’s adversaries the wrong way – Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the Vatican’s former ambassador to Washington D.C.
Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, former Apostolic Nuncio to United States.
In an 11-page statement published on Aug. 26, Viganò launched an unprecedented broadside by a Church insider against the pope and a long list of Vatican and U.S. Church officials.
He accused Francis of knowing about sexual misconduct by a former U.S. cardinal with male adult seminarians but not doing anything about it.
Viganò, concluding that his former boss had singled him out as the devil in disguise, complained in his next statement that Francis “compared me to the great accuser, Satan, who sows scandal and division in the Church, though without ever uttering my name”. –Reuters
Archbishop Viganò then said in his written statement that Pope Francis “continued to cover” for McCarrick and not only did he “not take into account the sanctions that Pope Benedict had imposed on him” but also made McCarrick “his trusted counselor.” Vigano said that the former archbishop of Washington advised the Pope to appoint a number of bishops in the United States, including Cardinals Blase Cupich of Chicago and Joseph Tobin of Newark.
CBS News spoke by telephone to Viganò, who confirmed he wrote the statement and said he was speaking out now “to combat the grave situation in the church, to protect the church and also to stop future abuse.” He told CBS News producer Anna Matranga that he had no agenda and was stating facts.
Viganò, who retired in 2016 at age 75, described an exchange with Francis on June 23, 2013, shortly after he became pope, about Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, D.C., who resigned last month over claims he sexually abused seminary students and an altar boy.
Viganò writes that he told Francis about the allegations: “Holy Father, I don’t know if you know Cardinal McCarrick, but if you ask the Congregation for Bishops there is a dossier this thick about him. He corrupted generations of seminarians and priests and Pope Benedict ordered him to withdraw to a life of prayer and penance.”
Viganò then said that the pope did not respond to the statement, and McCarrick continued in his role as a public figure for the church.
“Pope Francis has repeatedly asked for total transparency in the Church. He must honestly state when he first learned about the crimes committed by McCarrick, who abused his authority with seminarians and priests. In any case, the Pope learned about it from me on June 23, 2013 and continued to cover him.”
On Sunday, a top Vatican official attacked Viganò in an open letter, accusing him of mountingh a “political frame job devoid of real foundation,” while refuting the accusations against Pope Francis point by point.
Francis, meanwhile, has refused to confirm or deny Viganò’s accusations.
A global pedophile / butt fucking club. The Pope ranting about the devil. How low can you go? Who falls for this shit? How can the Catholic Church have any legitimacy? Last one out, turn off the lights!
Ah, Dutchbag (douche bag) once again chimes in. Are you still maintaining there are “millions” of victims like in your last post. Go crawl back into your Minnesota basement hovel and maybe focus on how there are “billions’ of me to victims. That is more your style.
LOL! I remember when Dutchman claimed that Jesse Ventura was secretly running as a Communist when he ran for Governor. He will never live that one down. Absolutely no cred.
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 KJV… “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.”
If this is a prayer from the heart and soul of an actual Christian…
“St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan, and all evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.”
…it would not be directed at the Archangel of Israel but to the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and the doors of the catholic church would forever be shut. True wickedness, the actual snare of the devil today is to keep a man ignorant of the simplicity of the saving gospel of Christ; died for us while we were yet sinners and raised again for our justification.
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 KJV… “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”
Exactly what I was thinking…he wants people to pray their goddess worship and to angels… instead of God…talk about serving the devil
Right on.
Colossians 2:18-19 KJV… “Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.”
Sure…the devil made me a pedophile to prey on innocent boys and girls. OK…do seven hail Mary’s and come back in a week for your next confession after you have raped some more children. It is clear that the Roman Catholic Church like most Protestant churches in the West has been infiltrated and subverted in clear violation of the teachings of Christ. Vatican II was a milestone in this subversive process. One of the most corrupt churches is evangelical churches in America that spout a satanic doctrine which popularized dispensationalism called Christian Zionism based on a fraudulent bible written by Cyrus I. Scofield and funded by Rothschild banksters. They actually worship the satanic state of modern Israel which has nothing whatsoever to do with the Biblical Israel. Such is the false world we now live in.
Scofield was an “Acts 2” dispensationalist. He was correct in stating that the doctrine for Christians today come from Paul’s epistles, yet (and herein lies his critical error) he includes those Jewish Kingdom saints in the body of Christ thus promoting the nation Israel. “Christians” have NOT become a part of Israel’s program. God began a new program with the calling of the Apostle Paul.
Thinking that dispensationalism and Zionism go hand in hand is to make the same critical error.
I am a dispensationalist and am NOT a Zionist. Israel is blinded until that time God Himself decides (as with Jewish Paul who was blinded for a time and then given far clearer sight) to let them see clearly the error of their ways.
Zechariah 12:10 KJV… “And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son , and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.”
I am in agreement with you that the vast majority of churches make this Zionist error. An error only Bible study can remedy.
There Has Always Been Only One Gospel—One Plan of Salvation!
Dr. Peter Ruckman (1921-2016) errantly teaches that there are multiple plans of salvation. Dr. Ruckman was a devout Dispensationalist. I do not agree with dispensational heresy! There has always been one ONE Gospel—just one plan of redemption. Acts 10:43, “To him [Jesus Christ] give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.” As Acts 10:43 plainly evidences, Old Testament saints were saved the same way we are today, which is, by faith alone in the Messiah. There is nothing in the Holy Bible which teaches that saints under the Mosaic covenant were required to do works to be saved. To teach that works were required is utter heresy!
Here is solid proof that Dispensationalists are VERY WRONG, who errantly claim that people in the Old Testament were saved by both works plus faith. Notice that the Bible rebukes the very notion of Abraham being justified by works:
Romans 4:2-6, “For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works.”
Could the Scriptures speak any plainer? I think not. Abraham was saved by faith, which was “COUNTED (the same exact Greek word as “imputed” in verse 6) FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS”!!! Thus, then as today, a person’s faith is imputed for righteousness. This speaks of God’s righteousness, which is imputed (credited) to the believer by faith at the time of salvation. Notice in verse 6 that God imputes His righteousness to a man BY FAITH ALONE… “WITHOUT WORKS”! Where in the world do Dispensationalists come up with the heretical idea that people were saved by works in the Old Testament? As you have just read for yourself from Romans 4:2-6, God saves sinners (the ungodly) by faith. You are saved immediately the very moment that you, as an admitted guilty sinner in God’s eyes, receive Christ’s sacrifice on the cross as payment for your sins, believing that He bodily resurrected from the dead three days later. This is the Gospel (Good News) according to 1st Corinthians 15:1-4. Believe the Gospel now, Oh sinner, and be saved!
Dispensationalists are theological hypocrites, using double-speak quite often, as do nearly all false prophets. In one breath dispensationalists assert that salvation has always been by grace through faith, but in the next breath they teach that the Old Testament Hebrews were required to perform works in addition to their faith to be saved. Peter Ruckman plainly taught that people in the Old Testament were saved by works plus faith. He also teaches that works will be necessary to be saved during the Tribulation period. This is unbiblical. If you’d like to know more about Dr. Ruckman’s heretical position please read, Ruckman’s Multiple Plans Of Salvation For Different Ages. Peter Ruckman is teaching satanic doctrine when he says works were necessary in addition to faith to be saved in the Old Testament! I’m surprised how many Baptists have been lured into this satanic fraud. The King James Bible is not only our final authority, it is our ONLY AUTHORITY!!!
According to Romans 4:2-6, Abraham was saved by faith without works! According to Acts 12:43, Old Testament saints were saved by faith in the coming Messiah. According to Hebrews 4:2, Moses preached the Gospel. Hebrews 4:10-11 teaches us that New and Old Testament saints alike are saved by resting completely in Jesus Christ, Who is our Sabbath. Hebrews 4:10-11, “For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.” Obviously, resting is the opposite of works. We simply rest our faith in Jesus to be
saved. JESUS PAID IT ALL!
http://www.lovethetruth.com/false_doctrine/dispensationalism.htm
Let’s start where we are in agreement.
“You are saved immediately the very moment that you, as an admitted guilty sinner in God’s eyes, receive Christ’s sacrifice on the cross as payment for your sins, believing that He bodily resurrected from the dead three days later. This is the Gospel (Good News) according to 1st Corinthians 15:1-4. Believe the Gospel now, Oh sinner, and be saved!”
Amen!
“The King James Bible is not only our final authority, it is our ONLY AUTHORITY!!!”
Amen and amen!
“JESUS PAID IT ALL!”
Yes, He did.
Where we are in disagreement… (I’m not a fan of Peter Ruckman by the way and I’m not a baptist either.)
“There has always been one ONE Gospel—just one plan of redemption.”
There is the gospel of the Kingdom (Mat 4:23, 9:35, 24:14), the gospel of the circumcision (Gal 2:7), the gospel of the uncircumcision (Gal 2:7)… things that are as different as circumcision and uncircumcision cannot be the same, the gospel of Abraham (Gal 3:8), the gospel of God (Rom 1:1), gospel of Christ (Rom 1:16, 15:19-29, 1 Cor 9:12-18 and 14 other occurrences of the term, there is what Paul calls “his” gospel (Rom 2:16, 16:25, 2 Tim 2:8), the everlasting gospel (Rev 14:6). I’m sure this list is not exhaustive. Clearly your statement about a singular gospel throughout scripture is incorrect as scripture demonstrates. There is one Lord of course who has always wanted all men to be saved. It is true that the same unchanging Lord has dealt with man in different ways throughout history. The King James Bible we both agree is Gods preserved word is a book of progressive revelation.
“Notice that the Bible rebukes the very notion of Abraham being justified by works:”
In Paul’s book to the Romans it certainly does, but certainly not in the book of James. How do you reckon what James writes to the 12 tribes scattered abroad? And please don’t say “I know that’s what it says but that’s not what it means.” It means EXACTLY what it says.
James 2:24… “Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.”
If all the Bible is true, and it of course is, how can this clear contradiction exist? Accurate dispensationalism (mid-Acts) addresses the problem. Paul and James were speaking to two different groups of people.
“Where in the world do Dispensationalists come up with the heretical idea that people were saved by works in the Old Testament?”
How about right here to use but one example…
Gen 17:10-14… “This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.”
God clearly says, to paraphrase… “cut it off or I’ll cut you off”. How is that not a work for salvation?
Christ told His followers to “keep the commandments”. James says “by works a man is justified”.
“Dispensationalists are theological hypocrites, using double-speak quite often, as do nearly all false prophets. In one breath dispensationalists assert that salvation has always been by grace through faith, but in the next breath they teach that the Old Testament Hebrews were required to perform works in addition to their faith to be saved.”
We’re not hypocrites or false prophets (I’m not prophesying anything). We just recognize that God is dealing with different people for different purposes at different times. Israel is Gods tool to redeem the earth back to Himself in Christ. The body of Christ is the tool God uses to redeem the heavens back to Himself in Christ. Both realms are fallen and in need of redemption. The body is not Israel and Israel is not the body, though any man may become a part of it. The body is a “new creature”; a direct creation of God hidden (not prophesied) since the beginning of the world (2 Cor 5:14-21).
Gal 3:28… “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”
Are these verses in Hebrews written to me if I am saved by grace through faith in Christ alone? Once saved, always saved… If I’m not saved by my works can my works cost me my salvation? Of course not.
Heb 10:26-27… “For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.”
That’s scary man! Have you sinned since being saved? I know I have…
Peter, in Acts 3 preached that which was spoken since the beginning of the world.
Acts 3:19-21… “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.”
Paul, in his epistles preached that which was kept secret in God since the beginning of the world.
Rom 16:25-27… “Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.”
1 Cor 2:7-8… “But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”
“According to Acts 12:43, Old Testament saints were saved by faith in the coming Messiah.”
There is no Acts 12:43…
“According to Hebrews 4:2, Moses preached the Gospel. “
Yes… which gospel? The Kingdom.
“Hebrews 4:10-11 teaches us that New and Old Testament saints alike are saved by resting completely in Jesus Christ, Who is our Sabbath.”
Old and new testament saints are Jews. See Jer 31 and Heb 8. The body of Christ, saints today, are under no testament or covenant agreements with God. That is how we can be saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in the finished work of Christ alone.
Understanding the difference between Peter and Paul is the key which unlocks the scriptures! Give me an hour and I’ll give you the whole Bible in a nutshell… this will blow your mind.
grace and peace wdg…
The Pope is absolutely right. However, the Devil is operating through his demons who wear bishop and cardinal clothes. The Pope should be ashamed to steal material from Flip Wilson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SLifea3NHQ&t=34s
You are all right . The first time I saw the Pope throw up the devil Horn hand sign I knew he was a liar and a false prophet . I suspected after reading here was knee deep into liberation theology and the social gospel which comes right out of Marxism.
And Marxism comes directly from:
Acts 4:32-35 KJV… “And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, And laid them down at the apostles’ feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.”
To the down voters; Did Marx NOT say… “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need”?
Is that NOT exactly what is occurring in the above passage? They had all things “common”. Communism…
It does work good on paper. Also when God is behind it as well. Problem is, God is not behind it today. satan is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SLifea3NHQ
The devil operates through the hands of men who wield the word of God deceitfully.
I was waiting for that reference…
The devil no longer has use for his harlot.
Pray to angels? Really? While you are at it, pray to your favorite saint, too./sarc
“While there is no verse which explicitly states, “You shall not pray to angels,” it is abundantly clear that we are not to pray to angels. Ultimately, prayer is an act of worship. And, just as angels reject our worship (Revelation 22:8-9), so they would also reject our prayers. Offering our worship or prayer to anyone but God is idolatry.
https://www.gotquestions.org/praying-to-angels.html