Pope.
“George”, we would have called him.
Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the future Pope Francis would become the first in several categories. First Jesuit Pope. First from the southern hemisphere (although he is ethnically Italian), first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III in the 8th century!
Why study the Pope when he talks about a New World Order? Easy. The Popes lost their government centuries ago and would do anything to get it back. His goal, like everyone else in the new world, is to dominate the world. They’d say it’s for nicer reasons, but the world has seen what a Roman Catholic ruler looks like, and isn’t interested for now.
But if the pope can join and help bring about a reordering of nations, perhaps the world will forget the brutality of his previous reign. Let’s see if this Pope is the man we’ve been looking for.
The father of the current Pope was an Italian immigrant who left the homeland during the reign of Mussolini. In Argentina, the family grew to five children, the eldest of whom was Jorge. As a young man he attended a technical school and soon became an assistant in a chemical laboratory. Prior to this more professional job, Bergoglio had worked as a bar bouncer and janitor.
At the age of 21, the future pope developed pneumonia. After recovery, he had to make professional decisions and decided on the priesthood. Three years of Seminary, and then he entered the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), 1958. He took vows in 1960. Poverty. Chastity. Obedience.
It’s hard to go on without a comment about “poverty.” That vow is supposed to be for life. And while it is true that this Pope has shed many of the trappings of the Papacy and has lived a humble existence compared to his predecessors, his estimated worth at this point is $25 million. I’m not sure how all that works on the vow of poverty.
Anyway, in 1960 he graduated in philosophy and began to teach literature and psychology in various schools.
He entered his theological studies in 1967 and in 1969 he was ordained a priest. He was awarded titles and positions one after another from 1969 to 1992.
He then went on to the episcopate. Auxiliary Bishop. Bishop. And in 2001 Archbishop Bergoglio became Cardinal Bergoglio. His rise in power continued until in 2005 he was already being considered for the Papacy. But not quite. Not yet.
It wasn’t until 2013, when the Cardinal was 76, that he was finally elevated to the top spot, when he took the name Francis in honor of the saint who loved the poor so much.
All men have flaws. So all Popes have flaws. As a Protestant, one of the biggest things that concerns me about this Pope and any Pope is the fact that it is a Pope, a “Holy Father” when such titles are forbidden among the people of God.
And, of course, his message: Catholic doctrine is sometimes mixed with Christian doctrine, and thus many are drawn to join. There are words that sound familiar within Rome.
So looking at this man’s beliefs and criticizing them is not so easy. Some Popes who have controversy with Romanism turn out to be close to Protestants. Others have no connection to the Christian faith at all.
The news about this Pope is that he tends to be on the liberal side. But many Catholics consider him quite conservative.
He repudiates abortion. But while he opposes same-sex marriage within the church, he welcomes civil unions of the same people.
If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, “Who am I to judge?” he philosophizes. “What we have to do is a civil union law. Thus they are legally covered. They are children of God and have a right to a family. No one should be kicked out or miserable for it.”
But, same-sex marriage, he says, “disfigures God’s plan for creation.”
Divorce and remarriage has always been against Roman law. But Francis says:
“It’s important for divorcees who have entered a new union to feel part of the church.”
On the one hand, you don’t want the old rules to be disregarded. On the other hand… he does.
The Pope plays a little fast and loose with the Scriptures as well. The Lord’s Prayer, prayed for millennia by ardent believers inside and outside the Catholic Church, recently received a makeover by the Pope. “lead us not into temptation” should not be there. God does not lead to temptation.
Not my words. The words of the Pope.
Francis the Globalist.
Bergoglio’s (sorry, Pope Francis) strongest arguments are against right-wing, fascistic politicians who emphasize taking care of their own nation rather than contributing to the global agenda. For example, Mr. Trump.
A person who thinks only of building walls, wherever they are, and not of building bridges, is not a Christian. Like Mr. Trump.
Trump’s response to this attack was characteristic of the American leader:
He accused the Pope of being a “pawn” of the Mexican government and warned that the Vatican would be attacked by ISIS if he (Trump) were not president.
Things settle down after the election, but the Pope has made it clear in other ways that he is definitely a man of the New World Order.
But then the pope must be a globalist. The Roman “church” he heads is global. Political. Catholic. Nations must be united and at peace to advance the Rome agenda.
Hidden behind the Pope’s plea for charity and peace among nations is a globalist agenda that sounds like the dreams of world leaders past and present.
Massimo Faggioli talks about all this in an article in The cross, April 29, 2020.
“The COVID-19 pandemic will have an impact on the world order and international relations and, of course, also on the Catholic Church. The papacy stands as a global landmark. That’s partly because most world leaders have lost credibility.”
Can’t you trust world leaders? Trust the Pope.
“But it’s also because Pope Francis, from the beginning of his pontificate, has continuously articulated the vision of a human family in this one world: a world made of borders that can become thresholds for new human relationships”.
The very definition of globalism.
“Papal teaching in recent years has paved the way for a ‘global peace process’… [they] It couldn’t be more visibly different from the policies of the strongmen currently leading governments in places like the United States, Russia, India, Turkey and Brazil.”
Rome against the world. When all else fails, come home with us.
And how do you like that, Americans? Trump was a “strong man” like those in communist countries and under dictatorships.
After the pandemic, there will be
“has new world order with very different consequences in different countries. In Italy it meant the rise of the fascist government between 1922-1925 and for two decades until the end of World War II.”
He neglects to mention Rome’s silent compliance with the dictatorships of those years, and must be blind to compare them with America today, as he will endeavor to do…
“We can already see that the global health crisis has confirmed Pope Francis’ interpretation of our times as a disruption of globalization.”
What? Were we on our way to a world government when COVID-19 slowed down our plans? So thank goodness for COVID-19! When God has separated the nations, as he did in Genesis 10, let man not bring them back together.
He expands on his idea:
“However one looks at it, the pandemic could certainly accelerate changes in the balance of power in particular parts of the world.”
Power balance. Code word for the New World Order.
The article goes on to castigate Western countries for their response to Covid-19. Down with the West, particularly America. And Chinese? Answering well, thank you.
No, the Pope did not write the preceding articles. But he might as well have. And the papacy has always been a factor in world events. There is no question on which side he has taken and will take Rome.
Rome is always busy contacting non-Catholic entities to join. Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus. And other Christian entities are now lowering their guard, forgetting the reasons and the rhetoric of the Reformation, arriving in Rome sweet home.
We have recently heard of strange gatherings of Catholic leaders and Protestant preachers, accepting each other’s differences, washing each other’s feet, yes, even kissing those appendages in public, so that God’s people know that we are all one.
But we are not. Not really. The stage is simply being set for visible unity in religion and politics. Our enemy is trying, as he always has, to subvert God’s order in Genesis, creating nation states that would live independently of one another, so as to give Satan no idea how to rule the entire world.
Many of these nations have determined that God will be their sovereign. Others continue to ignore it and reap the benefits. Until now, the world has resisted the idea of unity.
No more. The threat of disease, war and poverty now rises and demands unity, at any cost.
The price: the faith of Jesus Christ. Let it go!
Rome has not shown a great zeal for the truth throughout the centuries. Just for power. Bow down to our man and you’ll be part of the family. Go your own way and life is not good for you.
The current Pope will certainly follow in the footsteps of the men who came before him and who gave their Papacy for the reunification of all who dared to leave them. And all men like sheep have strayed into the fold of his warm embrace. All except some.
If indeed Rome is the city called Babylon, as Revelation 17 indicates, its glory will be short-lived in the time of the end. The political power that brought her out of near extinction will finally discard her and give her allegiance to a man.
The world religion will collapse, and the religion of the antichrist will rear its ugly head.