Saturday, September 26, 2015

THE AFTER SHOCKS IN CHILE ARE GETTING FURTHER APART NOW-GETTING BACK TO NORMAL.

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.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

OTHER STORIES
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/the-quakes-are-not-so-frequent-and-not.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/see-how-chile-is-still-shakin-and-quakin.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/chile-rebuilding-after-quakes.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/chile-is-still-quaking-after-big-83-and.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/at-least-11-dead-now-in-chile-double.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/it-looks-like-my-hunch-was-correct.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/a-double-eclipse-occurred-for-first.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/king-felipe-6th-of-spain-at-white-house.html

EARTHQUAKES

ISAIAH 42:15
15  I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

MATTHEW 24:7-8
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

UPDATE-SEPTEMBER 26, 2015-12:00AM

UPDATE-SEPTEMBER 27, 2015-02:00PM

1 Day, Magnitude 2.5+ Worldwide
78 earthquakes - DownloadUpdated: 2015-09-27 17:48:18 UTCShowing event times using UTC78 earthquakes in map area

    2.8 123km WSW of Larsen Bay, Alaska 2015-09-27 14:46:54 UTC 68.6 km
    4.7 130km N of Bereeda, Somalia 2015-09-27 14:46:22 UTC 10.0 km
    2.8 16km S of Honoka'a, Hawaii 2015-09-27 14:44:13 UTC 36.0 km
    4.5 140km W of Ovalle, Chile 2015-09-27 14:32:56 UTC 13.4 km
    4.1 3km NW of Roshtqal'a, Tajikistan 2015-09-27 14:31:27 UTC 141.2 km
    2.7 8km NE of Helena, Oklahoma 2015-09-27 14:27:08 UTC 9.3 km
    3.4 62km SSW of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2015-09-27 14:15:45 UTC 109.2 km
    3.8 28km NNW of Noatak, Alaska 2015-09-27 13:45:25 UTC 14.5 km
    2.9 18km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma 2015-09-27 13:42:47 UTC 5.0 km
    3.0 73km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015-09-27 13:34:31 UTC 23.0 km
    2.9 12km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico 2015-09-27 10:59:57 UTC 14.0 km
    4.7 South of the Fiji Islands 2015-09-27 10:21:55 UTC 432.0 km
    2.9 12km ENE of Fernley, Nevada 2015-09-27 10:10:02 UTC 17.0 km
    4.7 28km WSW of Ovalle, Chile 2015-09-27 08:28:36 UTC 34.9 km
    3.3 41km N of Loiza, Puerto Rico 2015-09-27 08:02:44 UTC 15.0 km
    4.6 215km S of Kalapagenep, Indonesia 2015-09-27 07:04:58 UTC 21.1 km
    3.2 140km NNW of Chirikof Island, Alaska 2015-09-27 06:16:45 UTC 94.7 km
    4.7 62km W of Ovalle, Chile 2015-09-27 05:48:00 UTC 19.7 km
    3.6 33km ENE of Miches, Dominican Republic 2015-09-27 05:35:16 UTC 97.0 km
    2.6 36km S of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2015-09-27 05:20:08 UTC 115.7 km
    3.4 28km NE of Anchor Point, Alaska 2015-09-27 04:53:23 UTC 78.8 km
    2.7 13km SE of Esperanza, Puerto Rico 2015-09-27 04:49:22 UTC 13.0 km
    2.9 11km SSW of Kachina Village, Arizona 2015-09-27 04:23:44 UTC 5.0 km
    3.0 83km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015-09-27 04:13:41 UTC 70.0 km
    2.7 95km WSW of Healy, Alaska 2015-09-27 03:58:37 UTC 15.4 km
    2.8 31km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma 2015-09-27 03:46:18 UTC 5.0 km
    3.0 14km ENE of Stamford, New York 2015-09-27 03:16:23 UTC 13.8 km
    5.6 192km WNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia 2015-09-27 02:56:13 UTC 109.8 km
    4.7 62km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2015-09-27 02:44:01 UTC 15.1 km
    2.5 8km W of Cobb, California 2015-09-27 02:13:00 UTC 0.0 km
    3.0 97km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015-09-27 00:55:59 UTC 19.0 km
    3.6 88km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015-09-27 00:40:35 UTC 44.0 km
    3.3 78km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015-09-27 00:17:37 UTC 62.0 km
    2.9 71km ENE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015-09-26 23:44:11 UTC 62.0 km
    3.0 88km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015-09-26 23:42:01 UTC 48.0 km
    3.3 41km SSE of Grand Canyon Village, Arizona 2015-09-26 23:14:06 UTC 5.0 km
    2.7 52km NE of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 2015-09-26 22:55:29 UTC 25.0 km
    4.5 221km WNW of Farallon de Pajaros, Mariana Islands 2015-09-26 22:42:20 UTC 307.6 km
    5.1 Pacific-Antarctic Ridge 2015-09-26 21:40:35 UTC 10.0 km
    3.9 72km NW of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-26 21:18:04 UTC 29.1 km
    4.1 33km SW of Ovalle, Chile 2015-09-26 20:52:33 UTC 41.1 km

    2.8 71km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2015-09-26 20:23:52 UTC 7.5 km
    3.1 71km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2015-09-26 19:27:40 UTC 8.5 km
    3.3 71km ESE of Lakeview, Oregon 2015-09-26 19:08:29 UTC 9.0 km
    4.1 76km W of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-26 18:49:54 UTC 30.6 km
    3.2 71km N of Culebra, Puerto Rico 2015-09-26 18:48:59 UTC 12.0 km
    5.3 191km ESE of Kimbe, Papua New Guinea 2015-09-26 18:17:29 UTC 38.6 km
    4.0 86km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile 2015-09-26 18:07:37 UTC 15.4 km
    3.2 51km S of Redoubt Volcano, Alaska 2015-09-26 17:56:21 UTC 104.7 km
    3.7 28km NW of Noatak, Alaska 2015-09-26 17:27:02 UTC 9.9 km
    3.9 28km NW of Noatak, Alaska 2015-09-26 17:27:04 UTC 17.0 km
    5.2 115km SSW of Palimbang, Philippines 2015-09-26 17:23:26 UTC 520.0 km
    2.5 23km ENE of Cantwell, Alaska 2015-09-26 16:22:46 UTC 175.6 km
    4.6 7km NNW of Puerto Madero, Mexico 2015-09-26 16:13:26 UTC 87.1 km
    3.4 147km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-26 14:58:20 UTC 25.0 km
    4.7 73km WSW of Amahusu, Indonesia 2015-09-26 14:28:49 UTC 225.9 km
    5.0 61km W of Havelu, Tonga 2015-09-26 14:24:19 UTC 149.2 km
    3.0 62km NNE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-26 14:14:36 UTC 30.0 km
    4.9 130km NE of San Jose del Cabo, Mexico 2015-09-26 13:47:51 UTC 10.0 km
    2.9 72km WSW of Ferndale, California 2015-09-26 12:19:59 UTC 5.0 km
    4.6 Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia 2015-09-26 11:31:43 UTC 172.3 km
    3.4 64km NE of Road Town, British Virgin Islands 2015-09-26 10:07:46 UTC 37.0 km
    5.0 27km SW of Shizunai, Japan 2015-09-26 09:49:47 UTC 83.2 km
    4.6 38km NW of Illapel, Chile 2015-09-26 09:37:53 UTC 44.2 km
    4.6 204km NE of Ndoi Island, Fiji 2015-09-26 09:09:06 UTC 564.0 km
    5.0 Chagos Archipelago region 2015-09-26 08:28:12 UTC 10.0 km
    4.5 80km W of Ovalle, Chile 2015-09-26 07:55:32 UTC 18.6 km
    4.5 65km NNE of Tambo, Peru 2015-09-26 07:01:04 UTC 60.8 km
    4.7 147km ENE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal 2015-09-26 06:15:05 UTC 10.0 km
    4.7 90km NE of Nanortalik, Greenland 2015-09-26 04:51:57 UTC 7.0 km
    5.4 126km ENE of Tadine, New Caledonia 2015-09-26 03:20:51 UTC 36.4 km
    5.1 45km WSW of Ovalle, Chile 2015-09-26 03:03:20 UTC 35.0 km
    6.2 30km SW of Ovalle, Chile 2015-09-26 02:51:18 UTC 38.1 km
    2.9 87km N of Larsen Bay, Alaska 2015-09-26 02:15:01 UTC 13.9 km
    2.5 40km NW of Valdez, Alaska 2015-09-26 00:10:25 UTC 12.5 km
    4.7 72km NNE of Anatahan, Northern Mariana Islands 2015-09-26 00:01:40 UTC 27.6 km
    4.7 109km NE of Kurumkan, Russia 2015-09-25 23:24:13 UTC 10.0 km
    5.1 73km NNE of Anatahan, Northern Mariana Islands 2015-09-25 22:58:41 UTC 27.6 km
    3.0 1km WSW of Fairview, Oklahoma 2015-09-25 22:30:31 UTC 5.0 km

DAY 8 OF THE POPES TRIP-3RD DAY IN NEW YORK IN AMERICA- POPES 1ST DAY IN PHILADELPHIA-MASS AT BASILICA OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL.

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.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

KING FELIPE 6TH OF SPAIN NEWS
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/king-felipe-6th-of-spain-at-white-house.html 
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY A DOUBLE SOLAR ECLIPSE ON ROSH HASHANA
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/a-double-eclipse-occurred-for-first.html 
DOUBLE JUDGEMENTS HITS CHILE WITH 7.0 AND 8.3 QUAKES-QUICKLY
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/the-after-shocks-in-chile-are-getting.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/the-quakes-are-not-so-frequent-and-not.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/see-how-chile-is-still-shakin-and-quakin.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/chile-rebuilding-after-quakes.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/chile-is-still-quaking-after-big-83-and.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/at-least-11-dead-now-in-chile-double.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/it-looks-like-my-hunch-was-correct.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/a-double-eclipse-occurred-for-first.html  
THE POPES CUBA-AMERICAN TRIP AND OTHER VATICAN STORIES
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/special-breaking-news-day-7-highlights.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/day-7-of-popes-trip-2nd-day-in-new-york.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/day-6-of-popes-trip-3rd-day-in.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/day-5-of-popes-trip-2nd-day-in.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/day-4-of-pope-ends-cuba-trip-and-lands.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/day-3-of-pope-at-cuba-last-day-in-cuba.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/day-2-of-pope-at-cuba-then-americamass.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/the-pope-comes-to-cuba-today-for-few.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/king-felipe-6th-of-spain-at-white-house.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2015/09/the-us-and-its-immigration-mess-pope.html 


A FALSE PROPHET COMES FROM THE VATICAN ALSO AT THIS TIME.

ISAIAH 23:15-17
15  And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
16  Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
17  And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.(COULD THIS BE 70 YEARS AFTER ISRAEL BECAME A NATION IN 1948)(IF SO THIS SATANIC ONE WORLD WHORE CHURCH WILL MINGLE TOGETHER BY 2018)(AND NOW ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY AND ALL RELIGIONS ARE MINGLING AS ONE PEACE-LOVE-JOY-GET ALONG RELIGION LEAD BY THE VATICAN RIGHT NOW 4 YEARS FROM THE 70 YEAR TIME WHEN ISRAEL BECAME A NATION).AND IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM.

REVELATION 13:11-18
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 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,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

REVELATION 17:1-18
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.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
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)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,(1-ASSYRIA,2-EGYPT,3-BABYLON,4-MEDO-PERSIA,5-GREECE) and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS AND JESUS DAY-6-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(7TH-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE OR THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY AND THE SHORT SPACE IS-THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL HAVE WORLD CONTROL FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT WILL HAVE ITS MIGHTY WORLD POWER FOR THE FULL 7 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE WORLD DICTATOR WILL BE THE BEAST FROM THE EU.AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE THE WHORE THAT RIDES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO POWER.AND THE 2 EUROPEAN UNION POWER FREAKS WILL CONTROL AND DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH INTO THEIR DESTRUCTION.IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.YOU WILL BE DECIEVED BY THESE TWO.THE WORLD POLITICIAN-THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR.AND THE FALSE PROPHET THAT DEFECTS CHRISTIANITY-THE FALSE VATICAN POPE.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
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.

VATICAN RELATED TWITTERS
https://twitter.com/FatherRosica
https://twitter.com/pontifex
https://twitter.com/hashtag/PapaEnCuba?src=hash
https://twitter.com/officialvatican
https://twitter.com/VaticanInsider?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

CATHOLIC NEWS PAPERS
http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/ 
http://www.catholicnews.com/index.cfm 
RADIO VATICAN
http://en.radiovaticana.va/ 

THE POPE LIVE IN CUBA - AMERICA SEPT 19-28,15 -EWTN TV
http://www.ewtn.com/multimedia/live_player.asp
THE VATICAN ENGLISH VIDEOS
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7E-LYc1wivk33iyt5bR5zQ
 

UPDATE-SEPTEMBER 26, 2015-11:00AM-DAY 8 POPES TRIP

22-27 September-Francis' apostolic visit to the US-(TODAY SEPT 22,15 TILL 28TH)
(WASHINGTON-NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA)
19-22 September-Pope Francis' apostolic visit to Cuba (DONE)


THE POPES ACTIVITY TODAY
Saturday, Sept. 26 - New York/Philadelphia-8:40 a.m. - Departure from New York.
9:30 a.m. - Arrival in Philadelphia.
10:30 a.m. - Mass at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.
4:45 p.m. - Visit to Independence National Historical Park. The pope meets with the Hispanic community and other immigrant families.
7:30 p.m. - Visit to families event. The pope stops at the Festival of Families on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, part of the World Meeting of Families.

POPES VISIT AND SPEECH AT THE USELESS UNITED NATIONS-SEPT 25,15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRxFzoC0aeQ
POPES PARTICIPATES IN INTERRELIGIOUS FAITH SERVICE-NY-SEPT 25,15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWQWtAN4pDA
POPE MEETS WITH NY IMMIGRANTS-SEPT 25,15
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_B3CJ7dHc4
POPES MASS AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-SEPT 25,15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9fJ5toGSVg
Pope Francis speaks at Ground Zero 9/11 Memorial - AFPPOPE FRANCIS SPEAKS AT GROUND ZERO INTERRELIGOUS MEETING SEPT 25,15-AFP

Pope Francis’ address at Ground Zero Memorial in New York-25/09/2015 18:30-vatican radio

(Vatican Radio)  In an address to an Interreligious Meeting at the Ground Zero Memorial in New York, Pope Francis said on Friday (24th September) “we can and must build unity on the basis of our diversity of languages, cultures and religions.” Speaking at the site of the September 11th terrorist attacks, he told those present that “together, we are called to say “no” to every attempt to impose uniformity and “yes” to a diversity accepted and reconciled.” The Pope described Ground Zero as a place where "we shed tears" and mourn those who were the victims of a “mindset that knows only violence, hatred and revenge.”Please find below an English translation of the Pope’s address at the Interreligious Meeting held at the Ground Zero Memorial in New York:--Dear Friends, I feel many different emotions standing here at Ground Zero, where thousands of lives were taken in a senseless act of destruction.  Here grief is palpable.  The water we see flowing towards that empty pit reminds us of all those lives which fell prey to those who think that destruction, tearing down, is the only way to settle conflicts.  It is the silent cry of those who were victims of a mindset which knows only violence, hatred and revenge.  A mindset which can only cause pain, suffering, destruction and tears. The flowing water is also a symbol of our tears.  Tears at so much devastation and ruin, past and present.  This is a place where we shed tears, we weep out of a sense of helplessness in the face of injustice, murder, and the failure to settle conflicts through dialogue.  Here we mourn the wrongful and senseless loss of innocent lives because of the inability to find solutions which respect the common good.  This flowing water reminds us of yesterday’s tears, but also of all the tears still being shed today.  A few moments ago I met some of the families of the fallen first responders.  Meeting them made me see once again how acts of destruction are never impersonal, abstract or merely material.  They always have a face, a concrete story, names.  In those family members, we see the face of pain, a pain which still touches us and cries out to heaven. At the same time, those family members showed me the other face of this attack, the other face of their grief: the power of love and remembrance.  A remembrance that does not leave us empty and withdrawn.  The name of so many loved ones are written around the towers’ footprints.  We can see them, we can touch them, and we can never forget them. Here, amid pain and grief, we also have a palpable sense of the heroic goodness which people are capable of, those hidden reserves of strength from which we can draw.  In the depths of pain and suffering, you also witnessed the heights of generosity and service.  Hands reached out, lives were given.  In a metropolis which might seem impersonal, faceless, lonely, you demonstrated the powerful solidarity born of mutual support, love and self-sacrifice.  No one thought about race, nationality, neighborhoods, religion or politics.  It was all about solidarity, meeting immediate needs, brotherhood.  It was about being brothers and sisters.  New York City firemen walked into the crumbling towers, with no concern for their own wellbeing.  Many succumbed; their sacrifice enabled great numbers to be saved. This place of death became a place of life too, a place of saved lives, a hymn to the triumph of life over the prophets of destruction and death, to goodness over evil, to reconciliation and unity over hatred and division. It is a source of great hope that in this place of sorrow and remembrance I can join with leaders representing the many religious traditions which enrich the life of this great city.  I trust that our presence together will be a powerful sign of our shared desire to be a force for reconciliation, peace and justice in this community and throughout the world.  For all our differences and disagreements, we can live in a world of peace.  In opposing every attempt to create a rigid uniformity, we can and must build unity on the basis of our diversity of languages, cultures and religions, and lift our voices against everything which would stand in the way of such unity.  Together we are called to say “no” to every attempt to impose uniformity and “yes” to a diversity accepted and reconciled. This can only happen if we uproot from our hearts all feelings of hatred, vengeance and resentment.  We know that that is only possible as a gift from heaven.  Here, in this place of remembrance, I would ask everyone together, each in his or her own way, to spend a moment in silence and prayer.  Let us implore from on high the gift of commitment to the cause of peace.  Peace in our homes, our families, our schools and our communities.  Peace in all those places where war never seems to end.  Peace for those faces which have known nothing but pain.  Peace throughout this world which God has given us as the home of all and a home for all.  Simply PEACE.In this way, the lives of our dear ones will not be lives which will one day be forgotten.  Instead, they will be present whenever we strive to be prophets not of tearing down but of building up, prophets of reconciliation, prophets of peace.

Pope Francis addressing the United Nations - AFP
 Pope Francis addressing the United Nations - AFP -SEPT 25,15

Read: The Full Transcript of Pope Francis' Speech at the United Nations General Assembly-By Polly Mosendz 9/25/15 at 10:09 AM-NEWSWEEK

Pope Francis addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Friday morning, the first time a pope has opened such an event. The pope's lengthy speech covered reform, human rights, missions of peace and equity. Here's everything Pope Francis had to say, as prepared for delivery:--Mr President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for your kind words. Once again, following a tradition by which I feel honored, the Secretary General of the United Nations has invited the Pope to address this distinguished assembly of nations. In my own name, and that of the entire Catholic community, I wish to express to you, Mr Ban Ki-moon, my heartfelt gratitude. I greet the Heads of State and Heads of Government present, as well as the ambassadors, diplomats and political and technical officials accompanying them, the personnel of the United Nations engaged in this 70th Session of the General Assembly, the personnel of the various programs and agencies of the United Nations family, and all those who, in one way or another, take part in this meeting. Through you, I also greet the citizens of all the nations represented in this hall. I thank you, each and all, for your efforts in the service of mankind. This is the fifth time that a Pope has visited the United Nations. I follow in the footsteps of my predecessors Paul VI, in1965, John Paul II, in 1979 and 1995, and my most recent predecessor, now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, in 2008. All of them expressed their great esteem for the Organization, which they considered the appropriate juridical and political response to this present moment of history, marked by our technical ability to overcome distances and frontiers and, apparently, to overcome all natural limits to the exercise of power. An essential response, inasmuch as technological power, in the hands of nationalistic or falsely universalist ideologies, is capable of perpetrating tremendous atrocities. I can only reiterate the appreciation expressed by my predecessors, in reaffirming the importance which the Catholic Church attaches to this Institution and the hope which she places in its activities. The United Nations is presently celebrating its seventieth anniversary. The history of this organized community of states is one of important common achievements over a period of unusually fast-paced changes. Without claiming to be exhaustive, we can mention the codification and development of international law, the establishment of international norms regarding human rights, advances in humanitarian law, the resolution of numerous conflicts, operations of peace-keeping and reconciliation, and any number of other accomplishments in every area of international activity and endeavour. All these achievements are lights which help to dispel the darkness of the disorder caused by unrestrained ambitions and collective forms of selfishness. Certainly, many grave problems remain to be resolved, yet it is clear that, without all those interventions on the international level, mankind would not have been able to survive the unchecked use of its own possibilities. Every one of these political, juridical and technical advances is a path towards attaining the ideal of human fraternity and a means for its greater realization. For this reason I pay homage to all those men and women whose loyalty and self-sacrifice have benefitted humanity as a whole in these past seventy years. In particular, I would recall today those who gave their lives for peace and reconciliation among peoples, from Dag Hammarskjöld to the many United Nations officials at every level who have been killed in the course of humanitarian missions, and missions of peace and reconciliation. Beyond these achievements, the experience of the past seventy years has made it clear that reform and adaptation to the times is always necessary in the pursuit of the ultimate goal of granting all countries, without exception, a share in, and a genuine and equitable influence on, decision-making processes. The need for greater equity is especially true in the case of those bodies with effective executive capability, such as the Security Council, the Financial Agencies and the groups or mechanisms specifically created to deal with economic crises. This will help limit every kind of abuse or usury, especially where developing countries are concerned. The International Financial Agencies are should care for the sustainable development of countries and should ensure that they are not subjected to oppressive lending systems which, far from promoting progress, subject people to mechanisms which generate greater poverty, exclusion and dependence. The work of the United Nations, according to the principles set forth in the Preamble and the first Articles of its founding Charter, can be seen as the development and promotion of the rule of law, based on the realization that justice is an essential condition for achieving the ideal of universal fraternity. In this context, it is helpful to recall that the limitation of power is an idea implicit in the concept of law itself. To give to each his own, to cite the classic definition of justice, means that no human individual or group can consider itself absolute, permitted to bypass the dignity and the rights of other individuals or their social groupings. The effective distribution of power (political, economic, defense-related, technological, etc.) among a plurality of subjects, and the creation of a juridical system for regulating claims and interests, are one concrete way of limiting power. Yet today’s world presents us with many false rights and – at the same time – broad sectors which are vulnerable, victims of power badly exercised: for example, the natural environment and the vast ranks of the excluded. These sectors are closely interconnected and made increasingly fragile by dominant political and economic relationships. That is why their rights must be forcefully affirmed, by working to protect the environment and by putting an end to exclusion. First, it must be stated that a true “right of the environment” does exist, for two reasons. First, because we human beings are part of the environment. We live in communion with it, since the environment itself entails ethical limits which human activity must acknowledge and respect. Man, for all his remarkable gifts, which “are signs of a uniqueness which transcends the spheres of physics and biology” (Laudato Si’, 81), is at the same time a part of these spheres. He possesses a body shaped by physical, chemical and biological elements, and can only survive and develop if the ecological environment is favourable. Any harm done to the environment, therefore, is harm done to humanity. Second, because every creature, particularly a living creature, has an intrinsic value, in its existence, its life, its beauty and its interdependence with other creatures. We Christians, together with the other monotheistic religions, believe that the universe is the fruit of a loving decision by the Creator, who permits man respectfully to use creation for the good of his fellow men and for the glory of the Creator; he is not authorized to abuse it, much less to destroy it. In all religions, the environment is a fundamental good (cf. ibid.).The misuse and destruction of the environment are also accompanied by a relentless process of exclusion. In effect, a selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the exclusion of the weak and disadvantaged, either because they are differently abled (handicapped), or because they lack adequate information and technical expertise, or are incapable of decisive political action. Economic and social exclusion is a complete denial of human fraternity and a grave offense against human rights and the environment. The poorest are those who suffer most from such offenses, for three serious reasons: they are cast off by society, forced to live off what is discarded and suffer unjustly from the abuse of the environment. They are part of today’s widespread and quietly growing “culture of waste”. The dramatic reality this whole situation of exclusion and inequality, with its evident effects, has led me, in union with the entire Christian people and many others, to take stock of my grave responsibility in this regard and to speak out, together with all those who are seeking urgently-needed and effective solutions. The adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the World Summit, which opens today, is an important sign of hope. I am similarly confident that the Paris Conference on Climatic Change will secure fundamental and effective agreements.Solemn commitments, however, are not enough, even though they are a necessary step toward solutions. The classic definition of justice which I mentioned earlier contains as one of its essential elements a constant and perpetual will: Iustitia est constans et perpetua voluntas ius sum cuique tribuendi. Our world demands of all government leaders a will which is effective, practical and constant, concrete steps and immediate measures for preserving and improving the natural environment and thus putting an end as quickly as possible to the phenomenon of social and economic exclusion, with its baneful consequences: human trafficking, the marketing of human organs and tissues, the sexual exploitation of boys and girls, slave labour, including prostitution, the drug and weapons trade, terrorism and international organized crime. Such is the magnitude of these situations and their toll in innocent lives, that we must avoid every temptation to fall into a declarationist nominalism which would assuage our consciences. We need to ensure that our institutions are truly effective in the struggle against all these scourges.The number and complexity of the problems require that we possess technical instruments of verification. But this involves two risks. We can rest content with the bureaucratic exercise of drawing up long lists of good proposals – goals, objectives and statistical indicators – or we can think that a single theoretical and aprioristic solution will provide an answer to all the challenges. It must never be forgotten that political and economic activity is only effective when it is understood as a prudential activity, guided by a perennial concept of justice and constantly conscious of the fact that, above and beyond our plans and programmes, we are dealing with real men and women who live, struggle and suffer, and are often forced to live in great poverty, deprived of all rights.To enable these real men and women to escape from extreme poverty, we must allow them to be dignified agents of their own destiny. Integral human development and the full exercise of human dignity cannot be imposed. They must be built up and allowed to unfold for each individual, for every family, in communion with others, and in a right relationship with all those areas in which human social life develops – friends, communities, towns and cities, schools, businesses and unions, provinces, nations, etc. This presupposes and requires the right to education – also for girls (excluded in certain places) – which is ensured first and foremost by respecting and reinforcing the primary right of the family to educate its children, as well as the right of churches and social groups to support and assist families in the education of their children. Education conceived in this way is the basis for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and for reclaiming the environment.At the same time, government leaders must do everything possible to ensure that all can have the minimum spiritual and material means needed to live in dignity and to create and support a family, which is the primary cell of any social development. In practical terms, this absolute minimum has three names: lodging, labour, and land; and one spiritual name: spiritual freedom, which includes religious freedom, the right to education and other civil rights.For all this, the simplest and best measure and indicator of the implementation of the new Agenda for development will be effective, practical and immediate access, on the part of all, to essential material and spiritual goods: housing, dignified and properly remunerated employment, adequate food and drinking water; religious freedom and, more generally, spiritual freedom and education. These pillars of integral human development have a common foundation, which is the right to life and, more generally, what we could call the right to existence of human nature itself.The ecological crisis, and the large-scale destruction of biodiversity, can threaten the very existence of the human species. The baneful consequences of an irresponsible mismanagement of the global economy, guided only by ambition for wealth and power, must serve as a summons to a forthright reflection on man: “man is not only a freedom which he creates for himself. Man does not create himself. He is spirit and will, but also nature” (BENEDICT XVI, Address to the Bundestag, 22 September 2011, cited in Laudato Si’, 6). Creation is compromised “where we ourselves have the final word… The misuse of creation begins when we no longer recognize any instance above ourselves, when we see nothing else but ourselves” (ID. Address to the Clergy of the Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone, 6 August 2008, cited ibid.). Consequently, the defence of the environment and the fight against exclusion demand that we recognize a moral law written into human nature itself, one which includes the natural difference between man and woman (cf. Laudato Si’, 155), and absolute respect for life in all its stages and dimensions (cf. ibid., 123, 136).Without the recognition of certain incontestable natural ethical limits and without the immediate implementation of those pillars of integral human development, the ideal of “saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war” (Charter of the United Nations, Preamble), and “promoting social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom” (ibid.), risks becoming an unattainable illusion, or, even worse, idle chatter which serves as a cover for all kinds of abuse and corruption, or for carrying out an ideological colonization by the imposition of anomalous models and lifestyles which are alien to people’s identity and, in the end, irresponsible.War is the negation of all rights and a dramatic assault on the environment. If we want true integral human development for all, we must work tirelessly to avoid war between nations and between peoples.To this end, there is a need to ensure the uncontested rule of law and tireless recourse to negotiation, mediation and arbitration, as proposed by the Charter of the United Nations, which constitutes truly a fundamental juridical norm. The experience of these seventy years since the founding of the United Nations in general, and in particular the experience of these first fifteen years of the third millennium, reveal both the effectiveness of the full application of international norms and the ineffectiveness of their lack of enforcement. When the Charter of the United Nations is respected and applied with transparency and sincerity, and without ulterior motives, as an obligatory reference point of justice and not as a means of masking spurious intentions, peaceful results will be obtained. When, on the other hand, the norm is considered simply as an instrument to be used whenever it proves favourable, and to be avoided when it is not, a true Pandora’s box is opened, releasing uncontrollable forces which gravely harm defenseless populations, the cultural milieu and even the biological environment.The Preamble and the first Article of the Charter of the United Nations set forth the foundations of the international juridical framework: peace, the pacific solution of disputes and the development of friendly relations between the nations. Strongly opposed to such statements, and in practice denying them, is the constant tendency to the proliferation of arms, especially weapons of mass distraction, such as nuclear weapons. An ethics and a law based on the threat of mutual destruction – and possibly the destruction of all mankind – are self-contradictory and an affront to the entire framework of the United Nations, which would end up as “nations united by fear and distrust”. There is urgent need to work for a world free of nuclear weapons, in full application of the non-proliferation Treaty, in letter and spirit, with the goal of a complete prohibition of these weapons.The recent agreement reached on the nuclear question in a sensitive region of Asia and the Middle East is proof of the potential of political good will and of law, exercised with sincerity, patience and constancy. I express my hope that this agreement will be lasting and efficacious, and bring forth the desired fruits with the cooperation of all the parties involved.In this sense, hard evidence is not lacking of the negative effects of military and political interventions which are not coordinated between members of the international community. For this reason, while regretting to have to do so, I must renew my repeated appeals regarding to the painful situation of the entire Middle East, North Africa and other African countries, where Christians, together with other cultural or ethnic groups, and even members of the majority religion who have no desire to be caught up in hatred and folly, have been forced to witness the destruction of their places of worship, their cultural and religious heritage, their houses and property, and have faced the alternative either of fleeing or of paying for their adhesion to good and to peace by their own lives, or by enslavement.These realities should serve as a grave summons to an examination of conscience on the part of those charged with the conduct of international affairs. Not only in cases of religious or cultural persecution, but in every situation of conflict, as in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Libya, South Sudan and the Great Lakes region, real human beings take precedence over partisan interests, however legitimate the latter may be. In wars and conflicts there are individual persons, our brothers and sisters, men and women, young and old, boys and girls who weep, suffer and die. Human beings who are easily discarded when our only response is to draw up lists of problems, strategies and disagreements.As I wrote in my letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 9 August 2014, “the most basic understanding of human dignity compels the international community, particularly through the norms and mechanisms of international law, to do all that it can to stop and to prevent further systematic violence against ethnic and religious minorities” and to protect innocent peoples.Along the same lines I would mention another kind of conflict which is not always so open, yet is silently killing millions of people. Another kind of war experienced by many of our societies as a result of the narcotics trade. A war which is taken for granted and poorly fought. Drug trafficking is by its very nature accompanied by trafficking in persons, money laundering, the arms trade, child exploitation and other forms of corruption. A corruption which has penetrated to different levels of social, political, military, artistic and religious life, and, in many cases, has given rise to a parallel structure which threatens the credibility of our institutions. I began this speech recalling the visits of my predecessors. I would hope that my words will be taken above all as a continuation of the final words of the address of Pope Paul VI; although spoken almost exactly fifty years ago, they remain ever timely. “The hour has come when a pause, a moment of recollection, reflection, even of prayer, is absolutely needed so that we may think back over our common origin, our history, our common destiny. The appeal to the moral conscience of man has never been as necessary as it is today… For the danger comes neither from progress nor from science; if these are used well, they can help to solve a great number of the serious problems besetting mankind (Address to the United Nations Organization, 4 October 1965). Among other things, human genius, well applied, will surely help to meet the grave challenges of ecological deterioration and of exclusion. As Paul VI said: “The real danger comes from man, who has at his disposal ever more powerful instruments that are as well fitted to bring about ruin as they are to achieve lofty conquests” (ibid.).The common home of all men and women must continue to rise on the foundations of a right understanding of universal fraternity and respect for the sacredness of every human life, of every man and every woman, the poor, the elderly, children, the infirm, the unborn, the unemployed, the abandoned, those considered disposable because they are only considered as part of a statistic. This common home of all men and women must also be built on the understanding of a certain sacredness of created nature.Such understanding and respect call for a higher degree of wisdom, one which accepts transcendence, rejects the creation of an all-powerful élite, and recognizes that the full meaning of individual and collective life is found in selfless service to others and in the sage and respectful use of creation for the common good. To repeat the words of Paul VI, “the edifice of modern civilization has to be built on spiritual principles, for they are the only ones capable not only of supporting it, but of shedding light on it” (ibid.).El Gaucho Martín Fierro, a classic of literature in my native land, says: “Brothers should stand by each other, because this is the first law; keep a true bond between you always, at every time – because if you fight among yourselves, you’ll be devoured by those outside”.The contemporary world, so apparently connected, is experiencing a growing and steady social fragmentation, which places at risk “the foundations of social life” and consequently leads to “battles over conflicting interests” (Laudato Si’, 229).The present time invites us to give priority to actions which generate new processes in society, so as to bear fruit in significant and positive historical events (cf. Evangelii Gaudium, 223). We cannot permit ourselves to postpone “certain agendas” for the future. The future demands of us critical and global decisions in the face of world-wide conflicts which increase the number of the excluded and those in need.The praiseworthy international juridical framework of the United Nations Organization and of all its activities, like any other human endeavour, can be improved, yet it remains necessary; at the same time it can be the pledge of a secure and happy future for future generations. And so it will, if the representatives of the States can set aside partisan and ideological interests, and sincerely strive to serve the common good. I pray to Almighty God that this will be the case, and I assure you of my support and my prayers, and the support and prayers of all the faithful of the Catholic Church, that this Institution, all its member States, and each of its officials, will always render an effective service to mankind, a service respectful of diversity and capable of bringing out, for sake of the common good, the best in each people and in every individual.Upon all of you, and the peoples you represent, I invoke the blessing of the Most High, and all peace and prosperity. Thank you.

09/23/2015-vatican insider-“We’re with the Pope on poverty, climate and immigration”-Kerry, 71, has been US Secretary of State since 2013-Interview with the US Secretary of State, John Kerry: “We want to destroy ISIS. Russia cannot continue to support Assad”-Paolo Mastrolilli

in Washington-The United States and the Holy See have been working together with success on several issues of common interest, from Cuba to the Middle East. Why is the visit by Pope Francis important, do you see now the possibility to lift the embargo against Cuba, and what are the next peace initiatives the United States and the Holy See could work on together in the future?"I am deeply pleased by the overlap of U.S. foreign policy priorities on many issues and the good work of the Holy See."I am grateful for His Holiness’ role in our renewed ties with Cuba.  He was instrumental in encouraging talks that led to the U.S.-Cuba rapprochement, and we will continue to seek his support as we proceed with our bilateral relationship."We will continue to cooperate with the Holy See to address this and future refugee crises, the instability prompted by climate change, and areas such as interreligious dialogue, spurring development, promoting human rights, and preventing trafficking in persons."In the Mediterranean Sea there is a migration crisis going on, you just spoke about it in Congress. Do you think Europe and the United States should do more to accept refugees? "We greatly regret the tragic loss of life in the Mediterranean.  The practice by smugglers and traffickers of packing vulnerable people onto dangerous boats is deplorable."This is an area of ongoing cooperation and dialogue between the United States, the Holy See, and others in the region.  Migration and immigration lie at the heart of our shared priorities of human rights and collective well-being of the world’s most vulnerable and marginalized populations."The migration crisis in Europe is going to require cooperation with all the countries of European along with the rest of the international community in order to ensure that people are safe; that they are treated with shared humanity; and that we ultimately have to deal with the source of the problem, which is the ongoing crisis in Syria."We understand the huge challenges that European states are facing and welcome continuing efforts to seek a comprehensive, coordinated response.  Any approach to the crisis should focus on saving and protecting lives, ensuring the human rights of all migrants and refugees are respected, and promoting orderly and humane migration policies."The United States has provided over $4.1 billion in humanitarian assistance since the start of the Syrian crisis – more than any other single donor – to help address dire humanitarian conditions faced by 7.6 million displaced people inside Syria and over 4 million Syrian refugees in the region, particularly in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt."We have also set up a working group to coordinate the State Department’s responses to the European migration and refugee crisis, and to make sure we are prepared for any future similar crises in other parts of the world."By increasing support to humanitarian assistance and protection efforts in Syria and neighboring countries, fewer refugees will decide to move on and they will be able to return home more easily when the conflict ends."The United States has decided to increase significantly the number of Syrian refugees the United States will accept next year.  We expect to admit at least 10,000 Syrian refugees next year."Admitting more Syrian refugees to the United States is only part of the solution, but I believe this policy decision is consistent with our moral responsibility to do more."Many refugees are coming from Syria. Can the current strategy of air strikes and training the opposition achieve the goals of defeating ISIS, and giving Syria a better government, without risking a military confrontation with Russia that is sending military help to Asad? "The war in Syria is a security and humanitarian crisis."We work closely with Coalition of over 60 partners to achieve our common objectives of degrading and ultimately defeating ISIL and ending the underlying conflict through a political transition in Syria away from President Assad."The brutality of the Assad regime – which Russia supports – has fed the growth of extremism. This is contrary to Russia's own stated goal for more international action against ISIL."I expressed to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov U.S. concerns about Russian military support for the Assad regime.  These actions could further escalate the conflict, lead to greater loss of innocent life, increase refugee flows, and risk confrontation with the counter-ISIL Coalition operating in Syria."But it is also important that we talk to the Russians to try to avoid misunderstandings and deconflict the actions of our forces."Poverty and economic inequality are an increasing problem worldwide. How can the United States and the Holy See work together to "put the economy at the service of peoples," as Pope Francis said recently? "Many around the world are inspired by His Holiness’ focus on helping the marginalized and disadvantaged.  The United States and the Holy See share the conviction that all people have equal dignity and worth, and that we must strive to help each person reach his or her full potential in life."As a part of President Obama’s Policy Directive on Global Development, we are developing new and strengthening existing diverse partnerships – including among religiously-affiliated organizations and institutions -- and thinking innovatively about how to address common interest in achieving inclusive economic growth and address common challenges such as threats to global security, prosperity, and environmental sustainability."We are encouraged by the successes seen under the Millennium Development Goals, including a dramatic drop in the share of the world’s people living in extreme poverty."We are equally encouraged by the successful conclusion of negotiations on an ambitious, inclusive Post-2015 Development Agenda, which marks a pivotal moment of international consensus on a common vision of a better world that provides opportunities for the most vulnerable and puts our planet on a sustainable path."In the coming week, we look forward to participating in the United Nations Summit for the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda and setting the course for sustained development progress for people around the globe for decades to come."The Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ of the Holy Father addresses the care of our common home. The United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Paris at the end of the year, however French President Hollandewarned that the talks could fail, especially if the issue of financing for emerging nations is not resolved. What is still missing in order to achieve a global agreement on climate change in Paris? "Reaching an ambitious, durable agreement at the UN climate conference in Paris would be a historic step forward in the fight against climate change.  A fair agreement – one that that applies to all countries, focuses both on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building resilience, includes strong accountability measures, and ensures ongoing financial and technical assistance to those in need – is within our reach.  And concluding such an agreement would send a clear and necessary signal to markets and civil society that the nations of the world are tackling climate change and that there is no going back."The global community needs to seize this opportunity.  We have the chance to truly embark on a path toward a low-carbon, sustainable, global economy – and if we miss that chance, the consequences will extend to every nation on Earth."The good news is we know what a final agreement will need to look like.  To start, it will need to reduce emissions as effectively as possible.  The first step is for countries to come forward with strong, timely national targets.  And the agreement will also need to include solid accountability measures so everyone can see how countries are doing in implementing their targets." Additionally, we need to elevate the importance of adaptation. Countries need to do sound adaptation planning and to implement those plans in order to build resilience to the impacts of climate change.Moreover, the agreement needs to be fair to all and relevant to a dynamic and evolving world."Lastly, the outcome needs to ensure strong, ongoing financial assistance, especially aimed at supporting the adaptation efforts of the most vulnerable, like small islands and African states, building on the robust measures taken in recent years."Obviously, no one thinks achieving an agreement in Paris will be easy, but if we are smart – and if each of our nations is committed to not justrepeating our respective positions, but to actually finding common ground and to respecting the concerns and imperatives of others – I have no doubt that we can get there." 

Friday, September 25, 2015

DOW WAS DOWN 79 POINTS YESTERDAY.3 DAY DOWN.

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.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

HOARDING OF GOLD AND SILVER

JAMES 5:1-3
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

REVELATION 18:10,17,19
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.(IN 1 HR THE STOCK MARKETS WORLDWIDE WILL CRASH)
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

EZEKIEL 7:19
19 They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed:(CONFISCATED) their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

LUKE 2:1-3
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2  (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3  And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

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.

REVELATION 6:5-6
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.(A DAYS WAGES FOR A LOAF OF BREAD)

DOCTOR DOCTORIAN FROM ANGEL OF GOD
then the angel said, Financial crisis will come to Asia. I will shake the world.

The Shemitah is coming true.Do people not get it? There is a economic crash every 7 years.
1980: Recession
1987: Stock market crash
1994: Bond market crash
2001: 9/11, dot com, recession
2008: Housing crash
2015: See if something will happen-The central banks will be the death of us. Get ready and embrace yourself for the economic collapse.

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U.S. stocks end week with a whimper, book weekly loss-Published: Sept 25, 2015 4:07 p.m. ET-market watch-By Anora Mahmudova-Reporter

U.S. stocks ended the week with a whimper, turning big opening gains into losses by the end of the session Friday. A sharp selloff in biotech and health-care stocks spread to broader markets. The S&P 500 SPX, -0.05% closed less than a point lower at 1,931.34 and booked a 1.4% weekly loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.70% was able to hold on to a daily gain, buoyed by a 9% jump in Nike Inc. NKE, +8.89% The blue-chip index closed 113.35 points, or 0.7%, higher at 16,314.67 and declined 0.4% over the week. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -1.01% ended the day down 47.98 points, or 1%, at 4,686.50 and posted a 2.9% weekly loss.

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Yellen Says She Still Expects Rate Increase This Year-Christopher Condon Jeanna Smialek-Updated on September 24, 2015 — 6:00 PM EDT-BLOOMBERG

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the U.S. central bank is on track to raise interest rates this year, even as she acknowledged that economic “surprises” could lead them to change that plan.“Most FOMC participants, including myself, currently anticipate that achieving these conditions will likely entail an initial increase in the federal funds rate later this year, followed by a gradual pace of tightening thereafter,” Yellen said during a speech Thursday in Amherst, Massachusetts. “But if the economy surprises us, our judgments about appropriate monetary policy will change.”Yellen, 69, spoke a week after the Federal Open Market Committee left its benchmark federal funds target near zero, saying "recent global economic and financial developments" might damp growth and inflation in the U.S. Concerns over a slowdown in China following a surprise Aug. 11 devaluation of the yuan triggered turmoil in financial markets and raised questions about the outlook for the global economy.While “there wasn’t anything significant enough that changed in one week for her to give us a different take,” said Tom Porcelli, chief U.S. economist at RBC Capital Markets LLC in New York, Yellen “finally acknowledges that she, specifically, does believe that a rate hike is appropriate this year.”Porcelli expects a December increase, but thinks there’s a high hurdle to moving this year.Slower demand from China, where growth is projected to drop below 7 percent this year, has helped push down commodity prices, sapping already low inflation in the U.S. The Fed’s preferred gauge of price pressures rose 0.3 percent in the year through July and has been under its 2 percent target since April 2008.-Fading Headwinds-“We cannot be certain about the pace at which the headwinds still restraining the domestic economy will continue to fade,” Yellen said in her remarks Thursday. “Recent global economic and financial developments highlight the risk that a slowdown in foreign growth might restrain U.S. economic activity somewhat further.”The Fed has been forced to weigh headwinds against signs of continued growth in the domestic economy. U.S. employers have added 1.7 million jobs to payrolls this year, pushing unemployment down to 5.1 percent in August, its lowest in more than seven years.“On balance the economy is no longer far away from full employment,” Yellen said in her speech. “In contrast, inflation has continued to run below the Committee’s objective over the past several years, and over the past 12 months it has been essentially zero.”Yellen highlighted that inflation expectations have remained well-anchored, but said that the central bank shouldn’t take it for granted that they will stay that way. She said she thinks “temporary effects” of falling energy and non-energy import prices are the driver behind the tepid inflation, and expects price pressures to rebound barring further decline in crude oil prices and further appreciation in the dollar.

Caterpillar `Bites the Bullet' as Crude Plunge Erodes Sales-Sonja Elmquist-Updated on September 24, 2015 — 4:38 PM EDT-BLOOMBERG

The last time Caterpillar Inc. cut thousands of jobs, a mining slowdown was to blame. Now the main culprit is oil, as slumping prices batter drillers.On Thursday, the world’s most valuable machinery producer announced a plan to cut as many as 10,000 jobs, or 9 percent of its workforce, through 2018 as the effects of crude’s collapse ripple through the industry. The measures -- including the second reduction in sales guidance in two months -- represent the biggest round of cuts since 2013, when the company reduced its headcount by 13,000 as sales to metal producers declined along with prices.The announcement marks a capitulation to a prolonged downturn in energy markets, the segment that had helped shield Caterpillar’s earnings as mining slumped and construction growth remained tepid, according to Karen Ubelhart, an analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence in New York.“When they finally went negative in energy, they said ‘we have to bite the bullet’,” Ubelhart said in an interview Thursday. “They basically said in the second quarter they don’t have any backlog. There’s no incoming orders in that segment.”The Peoria, Illinois-based company will cut as many as 5,000 workers this year and another 5,000 by 2018. It reduced a 2015 revenue projection by $1 billion and said sales are expected to drop 5 percent next year as 2016 results will decline across the company’s three largest segments led by “the most significant decline in the oil and gas portion of our energy and transportation segment.”In July, Caterpillar also lowered its sales guidance by $1 billion.Shares Slump-Caterpillar fell 6.3 percent to a five-year low of $65.80, the steepest loss in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The stock has lost 28 percent this year, the biggest annual drop since 2008. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index has fallen 18 percent in 2015 while the Dow is down 9.8 percent.The consolidation may affect more than 20 plants, part of a plan that will save about $1.5 billion of operating costs annually and cost about $2 billion pre-tax, it said.Headcount was 111,247 in the second quarter. The elimination of 13,000 jobs in 2013 marked a 5.5 percent reduction at the time, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.‘ Doomsday’ Envelope-“They’ve finally opened up the manila envelope that says ‘doomsday’ on it and they’re executing the plan that they hoped they would never have to execute,” Sameer Rathod, a San Francisco-based analyst at Macquarie, said by telephone. “The fog of war is very thick right now and no one knows what the shape of the downturn looks like or any shape of the recovery.”Caterpillar is reorganizing only four years after making its biggest acquisition ever, spending $7.5 billion on Bucyrus International Inc., to expand into mining equipment, as it faces what it says is the first four-year sales decline in its 90-year history.Since the 2011 deal, a slowdown in China has created a glut of metals and coal, leaving Caterpillar’s mining customers with shut down mines and lots full of idled equipment.Now, tumbling oil and gas prices are leading to a similar retreat by drillers, hitting Caterpillar’s business selling energy producers the engines that run their rigs. The number of active oil and natural-gas rigs around the world has averaged 2,472 through Aug. 31, the lowest since 2009, according to data compiled by Bloomberg from Baker Hughes Inc."We are facing a convergence of challenging marketplace conditions in key regions and industry sectors – namely in mining and energy," Caterpillar Chief Executive Officer Doug Oberhelman said in the statement. “While they are the right businesses to be in for the long term, we have to manage through what can be considerable and sometimes prolonged downturns..

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SPECIAL BREAKING NEWS-DAY 7 HIGHLIGHTS OF POPES SPEECH AT THE USELESS UNITED NATIONS-FRIDAY SEPT 25,2015 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES.

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.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

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UPDATE-SEPTEMBER 25,2015-10:45AM
HERES THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE POPES SPEECH AT THE USELESS UNITED NATIONS- FRI SEPT 25,2015-I WILL PUT THE FULL TEXT OF HIS SPEECH IN TOMORROWS STORY HIGHLIGHTS FROM TODAY.DAY 8 OF THE POPES VISIT TO CUBA-USA.POPES SPEECH ENDED AT 10:45AM-SEPT 25,2015.

10:48 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 10:48:31 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-David W. Dunlap-An Enduring Message of Forgiveness-Biblical text from the Gospel of Matthew were found fused to metal in the wreckage at Ground Zero.-“Retaliation.”-“Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.”So many chapters. So many verses. But these were the words — from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, in the Gospel of Matthew — found permanently exposed at Ground Zero after the Sept. 11 attacks. The pages of the Bible in which they were printed had fused to a chunk of steel as the World Trade Center collapsed, to be found only months later.The artifact is to be shown to Pope Francis when he visits the National September 11 Memorial Museum. It was given to the museum by the photographer Joel Meyerowitz, whose book “Aftermath: World Trade Center Archive” is the definitive pictorial chronicle of the months following the attack.A firefighter found the fragment in March 2002, under the Tully Road, a temporary truck route that covered the last remnants of the south tower. He called out to the photographer, who happened to be nearby.“This shredded, burned and rubble-covered Bible came to me from the loving hands of a fireman who knew that I was the record keeper of ground zero,” Mr. Meyerowitz said Thursday in an e-mail from Italy, where he now lives.“My astonishment at seeing the page that the Bible was open to made me realize that the Bible’s message survives throughout time,” he said, “and in every era we interpret its teachings freshly, as the occasion demands.”

Biblical text from the Gospel of Matthew were found fused to metal in the wreckage at Ground Zero.Credit Jin Lee, via National September 11 Memorial Museum.
10:46 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 10:46:48 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-The Future Demands Action Now, Pope Says--We cannot permit ourselves to postpone “certain agendas” for the future. The future demands of us critical and global decisions in the face of worldwide conflicts which increase the number of the excluded and those in need.
Mike Segar/Reuters-
10:43 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 10:43:58 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Pope Cites Argentine Epic Poem in Plea for Unity-El Gaucho Martín Fierro,” a classic of literature in my native land, says: “Brothers should stand by each other, because this is the first law; keep a true bond between you always, at every time – because if you fight among yourselves, you’ll be devoured by those outside.”
10:41 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 10:41:53 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Solutions to Conflicts Must Not Ignore ‘Individual Persons,’ Pope Says-In wars and conflicts there are individual persons, our brothers and sisters, men and women, young and old, boys and girls who weep, suffer and die. Human beings who are easily discarded when our only response is to draw up lists of problems, strategies and disagreements.

-Todd Heisler/The New York Time
10:35 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 10:35:51 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-A Few Miles from Wall Street, Francis Scolds Banks-Somini Sengupta @SominiSengupta-Pope chides financial institutions for "oppressive lending systems." Huge applause.
10:35 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 10:35:34 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Pope: Do Not Be ‘Nations United by Fear and Distrust’-An ethics and a law based on the threat of mutual destruction – and possibly the destruction of all mankind – are self-contradictory and an affront to the entire framework of the United Nations, which would end up as “nations united by fear and distrust”. The pope drew applause for his words on nuclear arms control.

-Todd Heisler/The New York Times
10:31 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 10:31:15 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Pope: Honor ‘Natural Difference Between Man and Woman’-The defense of the environment and the fight against exclusion demand that we recognize a moral law written into human nature itself, one which includes the natural difference between man and woman and absolute respect for life in all its stages and dimensions Pope Francis’s reference to the “natural difference between man and woman” and respect for “life in all its stages” were nods at the church’s opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion.
-In his address to world leaders, Pope Francis called for respect for all life.Credit Justin Lane/European Pressphoto Agency.
10:28 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 10:28:26 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Mankind Must Not Place Itself First, Francis Says-Creation is compromised “where we ourselves have the final word… The misuse of creation begins when we no longer recognize any instance above ourselves, when we see nothing else but ourselves.”
10:22 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 10:22:44 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Pope: Do Not Ignore Those in Poverty, Deprived of Rights-It must never be forgotten that political and economic activity is only effective when it is understood as a prudential activity, guided by a perennial concept of justice and constantly conscious of the fact that, above and beyond our plans and programs, we are dealing with real men and women who live, struggle and suffer, and are often forced to live in great poverty, deprived of all rights.The pope drew applause again when he called for a balance between economic activity and social justice.To enable these real men and women to escape from extreme poverty, we must allow them to be dignified agents of their own destiny.
10:18 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 10:18:33 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Pursuit of Material Prosperity Hurts the Weak, Pope Says-A selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the exclusion of the weak and disadvantaged, either because they are differently abled (handicapped), or because they lack adequate information and technical expertise, or are incapable of decisive political action.

-Todd Heisler/The New York Times.
10:15 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 10:15:40 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Francis: Man is Not Authorized to Abuse Earth, Much Less Destroy It-We Christians, together with the other monotheistic religions, believe that the universe is the fruit of a loving decision by the Creator, who permits man respectfully to use creation for the good of his fellow men and for the glory of the Creator; he is not authorized to abuse it, much less to destroy it.
10:14 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 10:14:04 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Harm to Environment is Harm to Humanity, Pope Says-[Man] possesses a body shaped by physical, chemical and biological elements, and can only survive and develop if the ecological environment is favourable. Any harm done to the environment, therefore, is harm done to humanity.The pope drew applause when he linked harming the environment with harming humanity.
10:12 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 10:12:08 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Francis Invokes a ‘Right of the Environment’-A true “right of the environment” does exist, for two reasons. First, because we human beings are part of the environment. We live in communion with it, since the environment itself entails ethical limits which human activity must acknowledge and respect. Man, for all his remarkable gifts, which “are signs of a uniqueness which transcends the spheres of physics and biology,” is at the same time a part of these spheres.
10:08 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 10:08:42 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Pope Calls for Recognition of the Rights of All--The pope addressed the United Nations General Assembly.To give to each his own, to cite the classic definition of justice, means that no human individual or group can consider itself absolute, permitted to bypass the dignity and the rights of other individuals or their social groupings.

-The pope addressed the United Nations General Assembly.Credit Todd Heisler/The New York Times. 
10:03 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 10:03:55 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Pope Praises United Nations--Many grave problems remain to be resolved, yet it is clear that, without all those interventions on the international level, mankind would not have been able to survive the unchecked use of its own possibilities. Every one of these political, juridical and technical advances is a path towards attaining the ideal of human fraternity and a means for its greater realization.The pope, in the opening of his speech to the United Nation’s General Assembly, praised the United Nations as a check on mankind’s excesses.

Pope Francis Addresses the U.N.: Live Updates-9:52 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 09:52:44 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Benjamin Mueller-Fighting Off Rats to Glimpse the Pope-Two hours before the security gates opened at Central Park, and six hours before the pope was set to arrive, the line at one gate stretched more than two blocks long.Nancy Diaz, 57, of the Bronx, had been waiting outside since the curtains fell on last night’s showing of “Hamilton,” where she works as an usher. She tried to sleep at the entrance to the park on 60th Street, but rats drove her onto a bench in Columbus Circle.“They were brutal,” she said of the band of six rats. “They were jumping, shrieking, making noise.”“But it’s the pope.”--9:51 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 09:51:19 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-David W. Dunlap-Gathering in Stillness at Sept. 11 Memorial--Water. The sound of falling water, a lovely veil to mask the impatient routine of Lower Manhattan, is the loudest noise now at the north pool of the National September 11 Memorial plaza.This is the route Pope Francis will take when he arrives at the World Trade Center with Cardinal Timothy Dolan: along the south side of the north pool, which marks the site of the north tower.About 1,000 people — victims’ family members, survivors, first responders, neighbors — are gathering around the south pool for a glimpse of the pope. A kneeler has been placed at the pool’s edge so that he can offer a silent prayer; a large candle nearby pays homage to Pope Benedict XVI, who lit a candle at bedrock during his 2008 visit.In contrast, the perimeter of the north pool will be kept empty of all but security personnel. It will afford the pontiff an opportunity — if he cares to avail himself — to contemplate the mighty vastness of the void, almost an acre in extent, where thousands of people were working on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.It will give him a chance to listen to the falling water.--9:47 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 09:47:21 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-A Former Mayor Remembers--9:17 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 09:17:12 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Somini Sengupta--Thanking Everyone, Including Maintenance Workers--“Dear friends, good morning,” the pope began in his address to 350 United Stations staff members shortly before 9 a.m.--“Viva Papa,” went up a cheer.The pope called the workers “in many ways the backbone of this organization” and made a joke about “all those who could not be here today,” and with a pause, “because of the lottery.”For 350 spots to see the Pope in the building lobby, 4758 staffers put their names in the hat.True to form, the pope thanked not only field staff and interpreters but also “maintenance and security personnel.” He spoke slowly in English. He asked the non-believers in the audience to “wish me well.” A round of laughter and applause went up.After his remarks, he prayed over a wreath that symbolizes those those who lost their lives in service.--9:08 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 09:08:01 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)--Francis Thanks U.N. Staff for Their Work-The vast majority of the work done here is not of the kind that makes the news. Behind the scenes, your daily efforts make possible many of the diplomatic, cultural, economic and political initiatives of the United Nations, which are so important for meeting the hopes and expectations of the peoples who make up our human family.— Pope Francis addressed the staff at the United Nations Friday morning, before his speech to the General Assembly--8:56 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 08:56:03 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Sandra E. Garcia--After Breakfast, He Blessed Their Rosaries--Inez Hernandez was glowing as she left the pope’s New York City residence on East 72nd Street. Her smile was wide and her eyes were bright.“He blessed us,” said Dr. Hernandez, 54, who runs a medical practice in Washington Heights. She and her husband were among a group of 25 Catholics who had been invited to meet the pope this morning.“We arrived at 6 a.m. and waited for him to have breakfast,” she said. “He is a very humble and simple man, he listened to us, and you can see he is human, he is reachable.“It is a privilege I never expected, to meet him and hold his hand,” she added, her clutching her hands towards her chest.Dr. Hernandez said she had received a message from Pope Francis while she was in Cabarete in the Dominican Republic, asking all Catholics to pray for Syrian migrants.“Even someplace so remote, we received the message,” she said. “I let him know that his message reached us and we prayed.”Dr. Hernandez said she was not allowed to snap a selfie with the pope but was promised that official pictures would be sent to her. Pope Francis then blessed everyone in attendance and their rosaries. Dr. Hernandez pulled them out of a side pocket of her navy blue jacket. In two crystal boxes there sat mauve colored rosary beads. She smiled as she showed them.“He blessed these,” she said.--8:51 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 08:51:10 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-The Pope Is in the Building--8:24 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 08:24:16 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Meanwhile Downtown--8:22 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 08:22:18 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Patrick J. Lyons--Even the Insects Are Praying-A praying mantis rode into New York on a Long Island Rail Road train.--On the 6:45 a.m. Long Island Rail Road express from Port Washington to Penn Station, a conductor collecting tickets called attention to an unusual 3-inch-long stowaway from the insect world.“A praying mantis!” he said.“Of course it would be, with the Pope in town,” a woman sitting nearby chimed in with a smile.--8:12 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 08:12:27 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Laurie Goodstein--Francis to Meet Families and Speak at 9/11 Memorial-The pope will visit the National September 11 Memorial later this morning.One of the most delicate appearances that Pope Francis will make on his trip to the United States is the service with leaders of other religions at the September 11 Memorial, the very site where the towers of the World Trade Center were brought down by extremists who believed they were acting in the name of Islam.So Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York put the planning of that event in the hands of Bishop James Massa, an auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Brooklyn who formerly served as executive director of the secretariat for ecumenical and interreligious dialogue at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.In an interview this week, Bishop Massa said that the sensitive issue is how to give religious leaders of many faiths an opportunity to pray for peace, but “do it in a way that is respectful of individual religious identity.”“There’s really no common prayer that we all agree upon,” said Bishop Massa. “So it’s not praying together, but being in the presence of the other praying. That’s the distinction we make – being in the presence of, with great respect and great appreciation for, the other.”The plan is for the pope to meet the families of 9/11 victims and first responders outside near the Reflection Pool at the memorial, then descend into the museum’s Foundation Hall. There he will be greeted by a dozen representatives of six major world religions — Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism. Very intentionally — some of the leaders are women. Also in the hall will be more than 550 guests from those six faiths and many others, said Bishop Massa.The pope will offer an inclusive prayer, then five of the religious leaders will offer prayers or meditations on the theme of peace, first in their sacred tongues, then in English. After each meditation, he said, a Buddhist bell will be rung.Francis is expected to give a very brief talk, maybe only five to seven minutes, Bishop Massa said. A cantor will sing a piece reminiscent of a Kaddish prayer, a youth chorus will sing, and Cardinal Dolan will invite all the participants to offer one another “a sign of peace” in whatever way they feel comfortable, be it a handshake, a bow or a hug.“It’s the place where a terrible act of violence happened in the name of religion,” said Bishop Massa, “and here is a counter-statement that religions must work together if they’re to build bridges of peace, to enhance human solidarity, to care for our planet earth and do many of the things that are a part of Pope Francis’ agenda. So it’s very fitting that he chose to come to this place.”--8:03 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 08:03:23 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-C. J. Hughes--Clutching a Lucky Ticket-The United Nations General Assembly hall awaited the pope and other leaders Friday morning.-Ida Zenda, 37, who is from Zimbabwe and now living in New York, was one of the lucky ones in her office at UNICEF, which is around the corner from the United Nations. She had scored one of 800 tickets to see Pope Francis through a lottery, she said.She held up the square piece of paper as she waited early Friday morning in a line hundreds of people long to enter the United Nations, where the pope is scheduled to speak around 10:20 a.m.“Visit of His Holiness Pope Francis I,” the ticket said in blocky letters.“He’s the highest religious figure here on earth. It’s the closest you can get to Jesus,” said Ms. Zenda. She had once seen Pope John Paul II through a window at the Vatican. “I’m hoping this is a little closer,” she said.Some national pride was kicking in, too. From her office window, Ms. Zenda could see that the United Nations had hoisted the flag of Vatican City next to the one from Zimbabwe, usually the last in line in the plaza along First Avenue, but not today.--8:02 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 08:02:44 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)- Emma G. Fitzsimmons-Transit Authorities Recommend Subway and Commuter Rail-In case you somehow missed the message from city officials this week: you should use the subway while Pope Francis is in town on Friday.Don’t think about driving in Midtown Manhattan. Some bus routes will likely be diverted near his events. The subway and commuter rail lines are the best options, though trains may be more packed than usual.New York City’s subway, which carries as many as 6 million people some days, will be running as usual and serving all stations, although some stairways and entrances near Central Park and Madison Square Garden might be closed for security or crowd control, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority says.In an effort to minimize the crowds, the authority’s chairman, Thomas F. Prendergast, urged New Yorkers to consider working from home on Friday if they had the option and to use the subway outside of the morning and evening rush hour if possible.“The M.T.A. is prepared for the challenges presented by Pope Francis’ arrival in the city today,” Mr. Prendergast said on Thursday. “Mass transit will be the best way to get around during his visit, and while our customers should expect some crowding and possible delays, we are prepared to get everyone to their destinations safely and efficiently.”New York’s Transportation Command Prepares for the Papal Disruptions--New York’s Transportation Command Prepares for the Papal Disruptions-By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS-The officials at New York’s Joint Traffic Management Center have two messages about Pope Francis’ 36-hour whirlwind visit: Take mass transit, and they’re ready for anything.

7:53 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 07:53:49 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-Andy Newman--Poll Finds Support for Pope Among Non-Catholics, Too-It’s not just Catholics who like Pope Francis.A poll released this morning found that about 60 percent of Protestants and Americans with no religion had a “favorable” or “very favorable” opinion of the pope.The Quinnipiac University Poll also found that 61 percent of Catholics, Protestants and those professing no faith agreed with the pope’s call to do more to address climate change.An earlier New York Times/CBS News poll of Catholics released on Sunday found that 79 percent of Catholics approve of the direction the pope is leading the Catholic church. The Quinnipiac poll found Catholics rating the pope even higher, with 90 percent giving him a “favorable” or “very favorable” review.The Quinnipiac poll surveyed 1,832 adults between Sept. 17-21 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2 percent. Americans of non-Christian faiths were not included in the poll results.--7:45 am ETSep 25, 2015-Fri Sep 25 2015 07:45:16 GMT-0400 (Eastern Standard Time)-What is Pope Francis Doing in New York Today? -Pope Francis begins his first full day in New York Friday.The United Nations General Assembly convenes at 8:30 a.m. The pope is scheduled to address world leaders around 10:20 a.m.Francis leaders a multifaith service at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at ground zero at 11:30 a.m. The pope will arrive in a golf cart and meet with a small group of first responders, survivors and victims’ families on the plaza outside. Then he will go into the museum for a memorial service with representatives of various faith groups.Francis heads to East Harlem at 4 p.m. to visit with third and fourth graders in a classroom at Our Lady Queen of Angels School. He will also meet with immigrants and refugees, including day laborers and unaccompanied minors, in the school gym.At 5 p.m. the pope will be part of a procession through Central Park, along West Drive from 72nd Street to 60th Street. Tens of thousands of tickets will be given out through a lottery. Tickets were given away through a random lottery and are no longer available.Francis celebrates mass at 6 p.m. at Madison Square Garden, where 20,000 people are expected.
 

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