Sunday, April 27, 2014

SAINTHOOD OF THE 2 POPE SUN APR 27,14 3:30AM EST-HISTORY IN THE MAKING

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.

FALSE POPE FROM THE VATICAN

REVELATION 13:11-13
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he (FALSE RELIGIOUS LEADER) exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,

REVELATION 17:1-5,9,15-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN-CATHOLICS ALL AROUND THE WORLD OVER 1 BILLION)
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

THE FUTURE EU WORLD DICTATOR

2 THESSALONIANS 2:3-4
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed,(EU WORLD DICTATOR )the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

REVELATION 17:12-13
12 And the ten horns (NATIONS) which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.(SOCIALISM)
13 These have one mind,(SOCIALISM) and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.

REVELATION 6:1-2
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse:(PEACE) and he that sat on him had a bow;(EU DICTATOR) and a crown was given unto him:(PRESIDENT OF THE EU) and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.(MILITARY GENIUS)

2 THESSALONIANS 2:9-12
9 Even him,(EU WORLD DICTATOR) whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,(THE FALSE RESURRECTION BY THE WORLD DICTATOR) that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

REVELATION 13:1-10
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.(THE EU AND ITS DICTATOR IS GODLESS)
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.(DICTATOR COMES FROM NEW AGE OR OCCULT)
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death;(MURDERERD) and his deadly wound was healed:(COMES BACK TO LIFE) and all the world wondered after the beast.(THE WORLD THINKS ITS GOD IN THE FLESH, MESSIAH TO ISRAEL)
4 And they worshipped the dragon (SATAN) which gave power unto the beast:(JEWISH EU DICTATOR) and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?(FALSE RESURRECTION,SATAN BRINGS HIM TO LIFE)
5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.(GIVEN WORLD CONTROL FOR 3 1/2YRS)
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,(HES A GOD HATER) to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.(HES A LIBERAL OR DEMOCRAT,WILL PUT ANYTHING ABOUT GOD DOWN)
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints,(BEHEAD THEM) and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.(WORLD DOMINATION)
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.(WORLD DICTATOR)
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.(SAVED CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DIE FOR THEIR FAITH AT THIS TIME,NOW WE ARE SAVED BY GRACE BUT DURING THE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH, PEOPLE WILL BE PUT TO DEATH (BEHEADINGS) FOR THEIR BELIEF IN GOD (JESUS) OR THE BIBLE.

REVELATION 13:16-18
16 And he(THE FALSE POPE WHO DEFECTED FROM THE CHRISTIAN FAITH) causeth all,(IN THE WORLD ) both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(MICROCHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,(MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the name of the beast,(WORLD DICTATORS NAME INGRAVED ON YOUR SKIN OR TATTOOED ON YOU OR IN THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT) or the number of his name.(THE NUMBERS OF HIS NAME INGRAVED IN THE MICROCHIP IMLPLANT)-(ALL THESE WILL TELL THE WORLD DICTATOR THAT YOUR WITH HIM AND AGAINST KING JESUS-GOD)
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast:(WORLD LEADER) for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM (6006006)OR(60020202006)(SOME KIND OF NUMBER IMPLANTED IN THE MICROCHIP THAT TELLS THE WORLD DICTATOR AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER THAT YOU GIVE YOUR TOTAL ALLIGIENCE TO HIM AND NOT JESUS)(ITS AN ETERNAL DECISION YOU MAKE)(YOU CHOOSE YOUR OWN DESTINY)(YOU TAKE THE DICTATORS NAME OR NUMBER UNDER YOUR SKIN,YOUR DOOMED TO THE LAKE OF FIRE AND TORMENTS FOREVER, NEVER ENDING MEANT ONLY FOR SATAN AND HIS ANGELS,NOT HUMAN BEINGS).OR YOU REFUSE THE MICROCHIP IMPLANT AND GO ON THE SIDE OF KING JESUS AND RULE FOREVER WITH HIM ON EARTH.YOU CHOOSE,ITS YOUR DECISION.

THIS WILL BE THE GLOBAL RELIGION COMING TOGETHER FAST NOW- I PREDICT AFTER THIS HAPPENING.2 DEAD POPES GETTING SAINT HOOD AND THE 2 CURRENT POPES ALL AT THE SAME PLACE.THIS WILL BE THE DAY IN HISTORY THAT BROUGHT THE ONE WORLD RELIGION TOGETHER-I SAY.AND SKY TV IN EUROPE WILL BE TELEVISING THE WHOLE THING IN 3-D OF ALL THINGS.INTERESTING.YES THIS COULD BE INTERES TIN G.IT MIGHT BE A PREVIEW OF 3-D AND VIRTUAL REALITY HOLLOGRAMING TECHNOLOGY THAT THE FUTURE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR AND THE FALSE POPE WILL USE TO CREAT THE FALSE MIRACLES THAT WILL DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH TO BELIEVE THE LIE THAT THE DICTATOR IS THE MESSIAH.AND THIS TECHNOLOGY COULD BE MADE TO MAKE THE EU DICTATOR LOOK LIKE HE WAS KILLED THEN BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE- A FALSE RESSURECTION. SO THE ISRAEL- GOD HATERS BELIEVE THE LIE THAT HE IS GOD AND THEY WILL ACCEPT THE IMPLANTED MICROCHIP UNDER THEIR SKIN SO THEIR DAMNED FOREVER BY GIVING THEIR FULL ELLEGENCE TO THE DICTATOR AND NOT JESUS.HE WILL BE GIVEN WORLD GOVERNMENT POWER AS A RESULT OF THIS LIE.AND THE DICTATOR AND THE FALSE POPE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER TO DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH INTO BELIEVING THE DICTATOR IS A RESURRECTED JESUS OR GOD.AND THE DICTATOR WILL EVEN BE SITTING IN THE REBUILT 3RD TEMPLE CALLING HIMSELF GOD.SO OVIOUSLY THIS 3-D-VIRTUAL HOLLOGRAM LIES WILL DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH.AND WHO KNOWS MAYBE THE MH370 WAS MADE TO DISAPPEAR THREW 3-D AND VIRTUAL HOLLOGRAMING AS A TEST RUN FOR THE FUTURE FALSE RESURRECTION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION WORLD DICTATOR.I EVEN HAVE ENOUGH GUTS TO SAY THAT I BELIEVE THE FUTURE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR WILL BE AT THIS SAINTING OF THE 2 POPES.AND THIS SAINTHOOD HAS A LOT TO DO WITH MENDING TIES TO THE ISRAELIS AND JEWS.SO THIS HAPPENING FITS RIGHT IN WITH PROPHECY.SINCE I BELIEVE THE EU DICTATOR WILL BE A JEW.AND THERE WILL BE MANY MANY EUROPEAN JEWS AT THIS CEREMONY AS WELL AS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THIS WILL OVIOUSLY GIVE THE POPE THE INFLUENCE TO BE OPENLY INVOLVED IN THE PEACE PROCESS.WHICH HAS TO HAPPEN. SINCE THE EU JEWISH DICTATOR AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER IN WORLD EVENTS AND ESPECIALLY ON THE PEACE PROCESS THAT GUARENTEES ISRAELS SECURITY IN THE 7 YEAR PEACE DEAL WHENEVER IT OCCURS AFTER THE RAPTURE  SOME TIME.I HOPE THEY SAY THE NAME OF THE ITALIAN JEW FROM THE DELIGATION OF 18 JEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE DICTATOR COMES FROM ITALY.BUT HE CAN COME FROM ANY EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRY.I JUST BELIEVE BEING THE VATICAN AND ITALY WOULD HAVE CLOSE TIES FOREVER.IT WOULD JUST MAKE SENSE THE FALSE POPE AND ITALIAN JEWISH DICTATOR WOULD COME FROM THEM CLOSE EUROPEAN UNION TIES.BUT ONLY TIME WILL TELL.ONLY GOD-KING JESUS KNOWS.I JUST TRY TO PUT PROPHECIES LITERALLY TO WORLD EVENTS.SINCE JESUS" LIFE WAS LITERALY FULLFILLED. THATS HOW I TAKE EVERY FUTURE PROPHECY. LITERALLY TO BE FULFILLED.NOT SPIRITUALIZING THEM LIKE A LOT OF PASTOR DO.AND THIS HAPPENING OF THE SAINTHOOD TELLS ME.THIS IS THE TRUE BEGGININGS OF THE ONE WORLD RELIGION.AND FOR POPE FRANCIS TO BE FROM HERE ON IN HEAVILY INVOLVED AND OPENLY IN THE PEACE PROCESS.

 (CNN) -- It was an election night like none other, in every sense of the phrase. In addition to the obvious -- the selection of the nation's first black president -- Tuesday night's coverage on CNN showcased groundbreaking technology.CNN's Jessica Yellin appears live as a hologram before anchor Wolf Blitzer Tuesday night in New York."I want you to watch what we're about to do," CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer told viewers early in the evening's coverage, "because you've never seen anything like this on television."And he was right. Cue CNN political correspondent Jessica Yellin."Hi Wolf!" said Yellin, waving to Blitzer as she stood a few feet in front of him in the network's New York City studios. Or at least, that's the way it appeared at first glance.In reality, Yellin -- a correspondent who had been covering Sen. Barack Obama's campaign -- was at the now president-elect's mega-rally along the lakefront in Chicago, Illinois, more than 700 miles away from CNN's Election Center in New York.It looked like a scene straight out of "Star Wars." Here was Yellin, partially translucent with a glowing blue haze around her, appearing to materialize in thin air. She even referenced the classic movie on her own, saying, "It's like I follow in the tradition of Princess Leia. It's something else."
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/11/06/hologram.yellin/

I THINK THIS IS WERE IT WILL BE BROADCAST ON AT 3:30AM TODAY
http://www.sky.com/tv/channel/sky3d

Sky 3D-The Canonisation Ceremony 3D-Next on: Sky 3D Sun 27 Apr, 3:30am EST
Record-Witness History In The Making


The canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II is to be broadcast live on Sky 3D on Sunday April 27th, starting at 8.30am. It will also be shown live on Sky Arts 2.With an estimated half a million people to attend, the broadcast will provide audiences with an unprecedented and exclusive perspective of Pope Francis and of St. Peter's Square, using 13 state-of-the-art 3D cameras. The ceremony, which will also be beamed into cinemas across Europe, will be broadcast in full, without ad breaks for the duration. Sophie Turner Laing, MD, Content at Sky, comments: "At Sky, we believe in bringing our customers groundbreaking TV that they are passionate about. We can think of no better fit than this momentous occasion, in what we are sure will be a stunning combination of time honoured tradition and cutting edge technology. We are truly delighted to partner with Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland to bring this global exclusive to people across Europe in 3D."In addition to cinemas, a special screening will be held at Sotto il Monte, the village in the province of Bergamo which was the birthplace of Angelo Roncalli, the future Pope John XXIII: in a space granted by the municipality. Sky - in collaboration with Sony and the town council itself - will provide live 3D coverage, which is expected to be attended by over a thousand people from the village and the surrounding towns.Coverage on Sky will commence from 8.30am and will be hosted by Sky News presenters Colin Brazier and Alastair Bruce, who will provide analyses and explanation on proceedings. Live coverage will come from the Braccio di Carlo Magno, an exclusive terrace in St. Peter's Square, in presence of Italian and international guests. The Mass is due to start at 9am, and will be presided over by Pope Francis: the Pope will make his entrance and celebrate a special Mass where he will proclaim his two predecessors, Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II "saints".

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Pope John XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli): the "Good Pope", was born in Sotto il Monte (BG) on November 25, 1881. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 3, 2000. In his beatification homily, Pope John XXIII described him as "the Pope who impressed the world with his natural friendliness, from which the remarkable goodness of his soul radiated." In less than five years of his pontificate, "Pope John" had won everyone's heart, thanks to the simplicity of his actions and his words.

John Paul II (Karol Jozef Wojtyla):, was beatified little more than six years after his death. Pope Benedict XVI set the date of his liturgical memorial on October 22. In his homily during the beatification ceremony, Ratzinger said that from the very day of his death "we perceived the fragrance of his sanctity, and in any number of ways God's People showed their veneration for him. For this reason, with all due respect for the Church's canonical norms, I wanted his cause of beatification to move forward with reasonable haste. And now the longed-for day has come; it came quickly because this is what was pleasing to the Lord: John Paul II is beatified!"

04/26/2014 - the vatican insider-A Jewish delegation to honor two new papal Saints-Rabbi Abraham Skorka-A group of 18 delegates from the U.S., Israel, Argentina, Poland and Italy will be present on Sunday-Lisa Palmieri-Billig

What is the significance to the Jewish People and to Israel of the canonization by the Catholic Church of John XXIII and John Paul II? Why have representative Jewish leaders from different parts of the world felt impelled, as Jews, to participate personally at a Christian religious ceremony in St. Peter’s Square? A group of 18 delegates from the U.S., Israel, Argentina, Poland and Italy will be present on Sunday. They have come, simply to honor the memory of these two Popes who played fundamental roles in transforming relations between Catholics and Jews in the past century.Rabbi David Rosen, the International Director for Interreligious Affairs of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and Advisor to Israel’s Chief Rabbinate, explains why it was important for him to travel to Rome from Jerusalem for this event.“Judaism teaches the importance of "hakarat hatov" which means paying recognition to those who have done kindnesses for you. No two Popes did more to transform the teaching of the Catholic Church towards Jews, Judaism and Israel from one of hostility to love and respect. By attending this event, I am paying respects to the memories of the two great heroes of Catholic-Jewish reconciliation.“I am not participating as a Catholic, nor affirming any Catholic doctrine by being present but only showing respect and gratitude to these two men and the new age of Catholic-Jewish relations they led” specifies rabbi Rosen. Although sainthood is not institutionally recognized by Judaism, “it is not exactly true to say ‘Jews do not believe in saints’” says Rosen. “The word ‘’k’doshim’ is actually the name of the Shabbat portion we will read in synagogue and it means ‘saints’ or more precisely ‘holy ones’ and all Jews are commanded to be holy. Certainly we refer to the pious of the past and especially those who were martyred for their commitment to Judaism, as ‘k’doshim’ means saints. However, it is indeed a different concept from the term as used in Christianity.”Abraham Skorka, the Argentinian rabbi who is a personal friend of Francis and who co-authored a book with Jorge Mario Bergoglio entitled “On Heaven and Earth”, when he was still Archbishop of Buenos Aires, points out that the two new saints “both had a special commitment towards the Jewish People. The steps they took during their papacies created a new reality in Jewish-Catholic relations. Their canonization is also a recognition of their deeds, propelled by feelings of love and a desire for justice for all humanity.”Rabbi Skorka agrees that while the theological aspects of their sainthood cannot be shared by Jews, “our presence here is a sign and testimony of our recognition and gratitude for the positive actions of John XXIII and John Paul II for the Jews and for the entire world.”Israel’s Ambassador to the Holy See, Zion Evrony, who will be in St. Peter’s Square Sunday together with his wife Rita, points out that Israel will be represented not only by himself but also by Oded Wiener, the head of the Cabinet of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate.“Both Popes were friends of the Jewish People and paved the way for a new approach and new attitudes of respect of the Catholic Church towards Judaism.” The Ambassador recalls that “during John Paul II’s pontificate, diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Israel were established, and he was also the first Pope to visit the Yad Vashem Memorial to the Shoah in Jerusalem; the first to pray at the Western Wall and the first to pay an official visit to a synagogue.”“John XXIII” continues Ambassador Evrony, “initiated the Second Vatican Council and furthered the writing and the promulgation of ‘Nostra Aetate”, the document on non-Christian relations with a special section on Jews, that overturned the Catholic Church’s former, centuries-old positions of disdain. It definitively delegitimized the absurd accusation of ‘deicide” and exonerated the Jewish People from the collective blame for the death of Jesus.”At the origins of the transformation in Catholic-Jewish relations wrought by these two new Catholic Papal saints to which the Jewish delegation will be paying homage, we should recall the fateful meeting in 1960 between Jules Isaac, a Jewish survivor of the Shoah, and John XXIII. During this brief private encounter, Isaac presented Pope Roncalli with documentation on the Christian roots of anti-Semitism based on his research and entitled “the teaching of contempt”This memorandum, together with John XXIII’s own personal experiences as Apostolic Nuncio in Turkey during the war when he intervened to save Jewish lives, became a turning-point, the catalyzing force and inspiration for a growing commitment to healing the wounds inflicted by Christian churches on the Jewish People throughout much of history.The Jewish delegates will be present to give witness that John XXIII and John Paul II were the Popes that played the greatest role in initiating, developing and perpetuating the new friendship and solidarity between Catholics and Jews. In many ways, moreover, the Catholic Church is today regarded by Jews as a prime ally for the survival of Jewish civilization and culture in the diaspora as well as in Israel.Amongst others and in addition to Rabbis Rosen and Skorka, Ambassador Evrony and Oded Wiener from Israel, the delegation will include the Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich, nine representatives of the Argentinian Jewish community, two Italian rabbinical delegates and an American rabbi representing all branches of U.S. Judaism..

04/26/2014 - THE VATICAN INSIDER-Benedict XVI will concelebrate Sunday’s double canonization with Francis-Francis and Benedict at the last Consistory-He will not be up on the altar but with the cardinals and bishops to the left hand of the Sanctuary. Floribeth Mora Diaz, the woman who was miraculously healed thanks to the intercession of John Paul II will be carrying Wojtyla’s relics and some grandchildren from Roncalli’s family will carry his-iacopo scaramuzzi

vatican city-The Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be concelebrating John XXIII and John Paul II’s canonization mass alongside Francis in St. Peter’s Square tomorrow. But he will not be at the altar. The news was officially announced by the Vatican spokesman, Fr. Federico Lombardi, during his daily news briefing.“ The Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has accepted the invitation and communicated to Pope Francis that he will attend the Mass of Canonization of John Paul II and John XXIII. The Pope Emeritus will concelebrate. This does not mean that he will be at the Altar; It is likely Cardinals Sodano and Re, Cardinal Dziwisz, Cardinal Vallini and the Bishop of Bergamo will be at the alter. The Pope Emeritus, however, will be together with the Cardinals and Bishops on the left side of the Sanctuary and we will all be glad to have him there.”John XXIII’s relic will be carried by four grandchildren from the Roncalli family, the mayor of Sotto il Monte - Roncalli’s hometown – and the director of the John XXIII foundation. John Paul II’s relic will be carried by Fliberth Mora Diaz, the Costa Rican woman whose miraculous and inexplicable healing made Wojtyla’s canonization possible. She will be accompanied by her family. Marie Simone Pierre - the nun whose miraculous healing led to John Paul II’s beatification – will read out an intention in French during the Prayer of the Faithful. Straight after the mass, the tombs of the two Popes will be open for veneration in the Vatican Basilica, until 10 pm.

04/26/2014 -THE VATICAN INSIDER-Irish PM among delegates from over 90 countries at canonization of two Popes-Enda Kenny-Ireland’s Taoiseach, Enda Kenny’s presence at the canonization of John XXIII and John Paul II signals a new, positive chapter in Ireland’s relationship with the Holy See-gerard o'connell

rome-Ireland’s Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Enda Kenny will be among the official delegates from more than 90 countries at the canonization ceremony in St Peter’s Square on Sunday, April 27, when Pope Francis will declare that John XXIII and John Paul II are saints.The Irish leader’s presence at the Vatican for the ceremony presided over by Pope Francis is, of course, first and foremost a mark of tribute to John Paul II who visited the country in 1979, and was given an enthusiastic welcome throughout the emerald isle. But, Kenny’s presence can also be seen as taking on a particular significance for Ireland-Holy See relations.It will be remembered that Kenny, as head of the Irish Government, harshly attacked the Vatican in the Irish parliament (the ‘Dail’), July 2011, charging that it had badly mishandled the sexual abuse of minors by priests in the Irish Republic, that it had given negative instructions to the bishops there, and had not really cooperated with the Government’s investigations into this whole problem, most recently in the diocese of Cloyne.  In November of that same year, the Government took the controversial decision to close Ireland’s Embassy to the Holy See in Rome after 82 years, ‘for economic reasons’ it said. All this marked the lowest point in Irish-Holy See relations since the Irish Republic was established.All that is now history now, however, because on 21 January of this year the Irish Government, in the midst an improved economic situation, decided to re-open its embassy to the Holy See and appoint a resident ambassador once again.   Explaining its decision, which was warmly welcomed by the Holy See, the Department of Foreign Affairs said that the reopening of the embassy “will enable Ireland to engage directly with the leadership of Pope Francis on the issues of poverty eradication, hunger and human rights."Mr. Kenny’s presence at the canonization ceremony can therefore also be seen as a formal gesture of reconciliation, and a clear desire of his Government for constructive, friendly cooperation with the Holy See.The Irish Taoiseach, along with the heads of other delegations, is likely to meet Pope Francis at the end of the ceremony in the Vatican.  It would come as no surprise if he were to take the opportunity then to make known his Government’s willingness to welcome the Argentinean Pope to Ireland, where he is very popular and greatly admired.Apart from the Irish leader, no less than 19 heads of State and 25 heads of Government are among the more than 90 official state delegations at the canonization ceremony that is expected to attract around a million people from all continents.Not surprisingly, the President of Poland, Ewa Kopacz, as well as the President of the Senate, Bodan Borusewicz, and two former Polish Presidents, Lech Walesa and Aleksander Kwasniewski, will be present with hundreds of thousands of Polish citizens for the canonization of the greatest Pole in history, John Paul II.  He was pope for almost 27 years (1978-2005) and is remembered worldwide for having pardoned his would-be assassin, visited 129 countries, spoken to some 25 million young people at 19 World Youth Days, and for being the first Pope to enter a synagogue and a mosque.Several hundred thousand Italians are also expected to attend Sunday’s ceremony, together with the country’s President Giorgio Napolitano, 88, for the canonization of John XXIII.  He was Pope from 1958-63, and is gratefully remembered for having called the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) which transformed the face of the Catholic Church and its relationship with the modern world, for his peace initiative at the time of the Cuban missile crisis, and his famous encyclical – “Peace on Earth”, published shortly before he died in 1963.Among the many state delegations at the canonization ceremony and mass, the British Government’s one will be led by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, while the USA will be represented by John Podesta, an advisor to President Obama.  Zimbabwe’s long-time President Robert Mugabe will also attend the ceremony, as will the Prime Minister of the Ukraine, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who had a private meeting with Pope Francis on the eve of this mega event. Undoubtedly, however, the one who is likely to attract most attention from the 2,000 journalists present will be Benedict XVI, the emeritus Pope, who, together with cardinals and bishops, will concelebrate at the mass led by Pope Francis on this historic “day of the four popes” as it has become known in Rome. 

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