The 50th anniversary of the greatest religious movement few have heard of

A Catholic Charismatic Renewal youth healing service in Brazil in 2009. Photo courtesy of Creative Commons

(RNS) This month marks the 50^th anniversary of the birth of the most important Catholic lay movement of the past century.

The Catholic Charismatic Renewal ranks second only to Protestant Pentecostalism among significant new Christian movements to emerge over the past century. Like Pentecostalism, the CCR was made in the USA.

At a prayer retreat in a Pittsburgh suburb led by two Duquesne University professors, several students experienced baptism in the Holy Spirit.

From Duquesne, the new Catholic brand of Pentecostalism spread quickly to other universities in the Midwest, such as Notre Dame and Michigan State. Continue reading →

Posted on February 20, 2017February 21, 2017 by Gospel Order 0

Knights of Columbus leader meets Pope, presents $1.6 million

ROME – Pope Francis on Thursday met with Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, who presented the pope with a $1.6 million donation and also discussed his organization’s efforts on behalf of persecuted Christians in the Middle East.

The Knights of Columbus have played a lead role in raising consciousness about the realities of anti-Christian violence around the world. Among other things, a report prepared by the Knights was instrumental in triggering a finding from the U.S. State Department in March 2016 that Christians, Yazidis and other minorities are the victims of an ISIS-led genocide in Iraq and Syria.

The Knights of Columbus, the largest Catholic fraternal organization in the world, are also the primary partner of Crux. Continue reading →

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Gospel Order 0

Vatican Expresses Concerns Over ‘Spread of Nationalism, Populism’

“The Cardinal also recalled recent comments by Pope Francis, saying that “there is a risk of history repeating itself.” In a lengthy interview with the Spanish daily El País in late January, Pope Francis was asked whether he was concerned about the spread of a populism that capitalizes on “people’s fears,” preaching “a message of hate.” In his reply, Francis distinguished between a good, grassroots populism, where it is the people who are “the protagonists,” and a cult of personality where a charismatic figure like Hitler rises to power and is welcomed as a savior figure.” –Source

Ironic don’t you think? A Jesuit Pope who took the bloodcurdling Jesuit oath uses Roman Catholic emperor Adolph Hitler as his example of what can happen when such a political monster, which by the way his very own papal predecessor funded, puffed up and installed as emperor. But because most people are purposely dumbed down all over the world on Scripture as well as historic facts, they don’t realize how he’s playing both ends against us in the middle. Continue reading →

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Gospel Order 0

How Pope Francis can become the global voice against President Trump

The movement that propelled Donald Trump into the White House is not isolated to the United States. It is a global phenomenon. All over the West, a populist backlash is brewing against the elites of society. And that backlash all too often takes the shape of authoritarianism and ethnonationalism.

If so much weren’t at stake in this matchup between these two warring factions, I’d be tempted to reprise Henry Kissinger’s infamous phrase about the Iran-Iraq War: “It’s a pity both sides can’t lose.” The global elite has been on an extended vision quest up its own derrière. It has been responsible for countless dramatic failures, and still seems unable to question itself and its own failed paradigms. At the same time, the special mix of fear mongering, incompetence, and corruption that the Trumps and and Nigel Farages and Marine Le Pens of the world promote is just as bad, if not worse. Continue reading →

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Gospel Order 0

Whistle-Blower: ‘Global Warming’ Data Manipulated Before Paris Conference

“A high-level whistleblower at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has revealed that the organization published manipulated data in a major 2015 report on climate change in order to maximize impact on world leaders at the UN climate conference in Paris in 2015. According to a report in The Mail on Sunday, NOAA scientist Dr. John Bates has produced “irrefutable evidence” that the NOAA study denying the “pause” in global warming in the period since 1998 was based on false and misleading data. …Dr. Bates accused the lead author of the paper, Thomas Karl, of “insisting on decisions and scientific choices that maximized warming and minimized documentation.” Bates says that Karl did so “in an effort to discredit the notion of a global warming pause, rushed so that he could time publication to influence national and international deliberations on climate policy.” –Source

Oh perish (or Paris) the thought! How on earth could this ever happen? Just because students of prophecy have been declaring they would do this for well over a century and everyone breathing air on this very same planet also know the planet is in no way, shape or form “warning” as the Popes in Rome keep claiming, it doesn’t mean Christian prophecy is right. Or wait a minute… that’s exactly what it means. Continue reading →

Posted on February 10, 2017February 11, 2017 by Gospel Order 0

This is how Pope Francis keeps his peace amid Vatican ‘corruption’

Vatican City, – In a lengthy, unscripted dialogue with 140 male religious superiors, Pope Francis admitted that there is “corruption” inside the Vatican, but said that despite this, his secret to maintaining peace comes from St. Joseph and a strong prayer life.

He also spoke at length on religious life, offering advice to the superiors on how to deal with different scandals in their communities, and explained why he chose youth and discernment as the topic for the next synod of bishops.

When asked how he keeps peace amid tension and opposition, the Pope jested, saying “I don’t take tranquilizers!” and said he’s learned to take the advice given to him by Italians, to maintain “a healthy couldn’t-care-less attitude.” Continue reading →

Posted on February 9, 2017February 9, 2017 by Gospel Order 0

Pope takes a stand for persecuted Muslim group

Pope Francis appealed Wednesday for the Rohingya, a Muslim minority group forced to flee violence and persecution in Myanmar.

The pope singled out the group during his weekly audience at the Vatican, asking pilgrims to pray with him “for our Rohingya brothers and sisters who are being chased from Myanmar and are fleeing from one place to another because no one wants them.”

“They are good people, they are not Christians, they are peaceful people, they are our brothers and sisters. And for years they have been suffering. They are being tortured and killed, simply because they uphold their Muslim faith,” Francis said as he marked the church’s International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking. Continue reading →

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Gospel Order 0

Great-grandma accidentally prays to Lord of the Rings figurine for years

“A great-grandmother has been accidentally praying to a figure of Elrond, an elf from The Lord of the Rings, after mistaking it for a figurine of Saint Anthony, every day for years. …The captions on the images translate to: ‘My daughter’s great-grandmother prays to this figure of Saint Anthony every day, but looking more closely…’, before the big reveal was made. …The next day we explained again and she understood and we got her a new figure of Saint Anthony.” –Source

Finally, a Roman Catholic admits in writing that they do in fact pray to those statues. But please don’t blame the Catholic people as they were taught since birth to do this by their priests and so they see no wrong in this. That means they will defend this without wisdom regarding the truth you have. And, depending upon the venue by which you choose to warn them, one can expect that whenever real Christians seeking to help the loyal Catholics see they are being taught by their priests and nuns to perform acts of idol worship the more vocal Catholics among them who study and then teach Roman Catholic theology that is wholly outside Bible Scripture will always chime in and do all they can to protect their now proven Pagan creed by lying outright about praying to the statues in the hopes of belittling the truth we hold so as to save themselves from embarrassment. Continue reading →

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Gospel Order 0

Australian Catholic Church Alleges 7% Of Priests Sexually Abused Kids Over Decades

Seven percent of Catholic priests in Australia between 1950 and 2010 allegedly sexually abused children, according to data provided by church authorities in a major investigation.

Australia is the latest country to unearth widespread, decades-long child abuse by Catholic Church authorities.

The findings were released by The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, which launched in 2013 to look at child abuse in places like schools and government organizations.

It started surveying church authorities shortly afterward, in response to the high number of survivors who told the commission they were abused at a Catholic Church institution. Continue reading →

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Gospel Order 0

Pope Francis: ‘Let Us Pray for Babies in Danger of Being Aborted’

“After his weekly Angelus prayer Sunday in Saint Peter’s Square, the pontiff said that he joined the Italian Bishops in “supporting bold educational action in favor of human life. Every life is sacred!” “Let us promote the culture of life in response to the logic of disposability and a declining population,” he said. “Let us join together and pray for babies who are in danger of being aborted, as well as for people who are at the end of life. All life is sacred!” he said. “Let no one be left alone and may love defend the meaning of life.” –Source

Let me ask you this. If Satan himself was to manifest before your eyes or even move about you in a permissive manner in your life, how do you suppose he would go about doing that? He would appear as an angel of light, right? Of course, that’s exactly what Paul stated in 2 Corinthians 11:14 when he said, “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” And so Satan would never come to you in his true form dripping with rotted flesh with millions of flies following after him in the hopes of a quick meal. No, he will come to you as your best friend, a gentle stranger, a so called Christian and as we see here a Pope. Continue reading →