“VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis criticized people he called “fake Christians” and “Mafiosi” on Wednesday. The Pope held his weekly audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Speaking to thousands of faithful, Francis said “fake Christians” who claim to follow Jesus but who lead corrupt lives will “meet a bad end.” He called out “Mafioso Christians,” saying they “carry death in their soul and to others.” –Source
While all that may be true, one has to keep in mind that the Pope of Rome is in fact the prophesied man of sin and so he will mix truth with error so as to lure many into his camp. And so just as a Christian allows the Holy Spirit sent forth by the ever living God of creation to move their tongue when speaking truth unto the people the Lord sends their way, so will the Pope use the unholy spirit of his dying god to speak lies unto the people sent his way. And so when he speaks of being a good Christian he is actually talking about being a good Catholic and anyone refusing to do as he teaches is a fake Christian. We must do as Jesus stated when it comes to examining the fruits of those who claim Jesus to be their Lord. After all, was it not prophesied by Paul in 2 Corinthians 11:4 that many will “preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached…” And did not Jesus Himself state in Matthew 24:11 that “many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many” in our day? Continue reading
Canada is now fining its citizens for offending people of the Islamic faith.
“This group represents an important and growing avenue of ministry for churches,” says Roxanne Stone, editor in chief of Barna Group. “Particularly if you live in a more churched area of the country, it’s more than likely you have a significant number of these disaffected Christians in your neighborhoods. They still love Jesus, still believe in Scripture and most of the tenets of their Christian faith. But they have lost faith in the church.” –
In a recent attack, some 90 Muslims stormed a Christian church in eastern Uganda, beating and tying up the men present before raping 15 of the Christian women.
“A priest in Italy has caused uproar after announcing there would be no Christmas nativity scene at the local cemetery this year because it could offend Muslims and atheists. Fr Sante Braggiè said there would be no crib in the cemetery in the northern city of Cremona because it may anger people of others faiths or none whose relatives are buried there. …The local chief of the conservative Lega Nord, Pietro Burgazzi, also said: “I hope the decision not to put up a crib was not ideological, but hearing the criticisms it seems that it was.” –
“The latest WikiLeaks dump of John Podesta emails shows the Obama administration kept a list of high-profile Muslims it wanted to appoint to top administration jobs, sub-cabinet jobs and outside boards, agencies and policy committees. The 2008 emails reveal that it wasn’t enough to be Arab American, you had to be Arab and Muslim to make it onto this list.” –
“In a new set of education rules, the Chinese Communist Party is urging citizens to spy on their neighbors and report parents who raise their children in a religious faith or have them attend religious services. …The new rules, which will go into effect on November 1, stipulate that parents cannot “organize, lure or force minors into attending religious activities,” or force them to wear religious dress or symbols. Moreover, they cannot even “tolerate” that children attend “underground scripture studies.” –
The so-called Islamic State will not stop until it has “exterminated” all other religious groups, according to a former Islamic extremist now working in counter-terrorism.