VATICAN-ALIEN (UFO) LANDING-WORLD GOVERNMENT

KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.

ANGELO SCOLA-LEADING CONTENDER
http://video.theloop.ca/watch/angelo-scola/2216223344001?sort=date&page=1#.UTyiFjcwneE

I LOVE WHAT SOLANGE LEFEBVRE OF MONTREAL SAYS.THE NEXT POPE NEEDS TO BE.

1-A SPIRITUAL LEADER-FAITH AND SPIRITUALITY
2-A MEDIA PERSON-RESPECTFUL OF ALL RELIGIONS (ISLAM)
3-A GOVERNMENT LEADER-A DIPLOMAT

SOLANGE SAYS THEIR MIGHT BE 2 MAIN PEOPLE AT THE VATICAN THIS TIME.THE POPE WILL BE THE MAIN CHURCH LEADER.AND THE 2ND MAIN LEADER AT THE VATICAN WILL BE THE SECRETARY.SOLANGE IS SAYING THESE 2 WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER IN EVANGILIZATION AND GOVERNENCE AND RELATIONS WITH OTHER RELIGIONS AND DIALOGUE WITH THEM (ISLAM)
http://video.theloop.ca/watch/the-church-after-the-pope/2193623317001#.UTyjLzcwneF

SOLANGE IS A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT.BUT I LIKE WHAT SHE SAYS THE NEXT POPE MUST BE LIKE.

Solange Lefebvre - (LEFTWINGER)

Professor
Holder of the Chair in Religion, Culture and Society
Email: solange.lefebvre @ umontreal.ca

Areas of Expertise

Disciplines: Religious Studies, Theology and practice social anthropology.

Themes: religion, culture and society, religion in the public sphere, religion and political reports generations, youth and transmission, spirituality, theology and religious studies, secularism and secularization.

Top contenders to be the next pope

By The Associated Press | Associated Press – 2 hrs 28 mins ago MAR 10,13

     

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinals from around the world gather this week in a conclave to elect a new pope following the stunning resignation of Benedict XVI. In the secretive world of the Vatican, there is no way to know who is in the running, and history has yielded plenty of surprises. Yet several names have come up repeatedly as strong contenders. Here is a look at who they are:

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CARDINAL ANGELO SCOLA: Scola is seen as Italy's best chance at reclaiming the papacy, following back-to-back pontiffs from outside the country that had a lock on the job for centuries. He's also one of the top names among all of the papal contenders. Scola, 71, has commanded both the pulpits of Milan's Duomo as archbishop and Venice's St. Mark's Cathedral as patriarch, two extremely prestigious church positions that together gave the world five popes during the 20th century. Scola was widely viewed as a papal contender when Benedict was elected eight years ago. His promotion to Milan, Italy's largest and most influential diocese, has been seen as a tipping point in making him one of the leading papal candidates. He is known as a doctrinal conservative who is also at ease quoting Jack Kerouac and Cormac McCarthy.
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CARDINAL ODILO SCHERER: Scherer is known for prolific tweeting, appearances on Brazil's most popular late-night talk show and squeezing into the subway for morning commutes. Brazil's best hope to supply the next pontiff is increasingly being touted as one of the top overall contenders. At the relatively young age of 63, he enthusiastically embraces all new methods for reaching believers, while staying true to a conservative line of Roman Catholic doctrine and hardline positions on social issues such as rejection of same-sex marriage. Scherer joined Twitter in 2011 and in his second tweet said: "If Jesus preached the gospel today, he would also use print media, radio, TV, the Internet and Twitter. Give Him a chance!" Scherer became the Sao Paulo archbishop in 2007 and was named a cardinal later the same year.

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CARDINAL MARC OUELLET: Canada's Ouellet once said that being pope "would be a nightmare." He would know, having enjoyed the confidence of two popes as a top-ranked Vatican insider. His high-profile position as head of the Vatican's office for bishops, his conservative leanings, his years in Latin America and his work in Rome as president of a key commission for Latin America all make him a favorite to become the first pontiff from the Americas. But the qualities that make the 68-year-old popular in Latin America — home to the world's biggest Catholic population — and among the cardinals who elect the pope have contributed to his poor image in his native Quebec, where ironically he was perceived during his tenure as archbishop as an outsider parachuted in from Rome to reorder his liberal province along conservative lines.

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CARDINAL PETER ERDO: Erdo is the son of a deeply religious couple who defied communist repression in Hungary to practice their faith. And if elected pope, the 60-year-old would be the second pontiff to come from eastern Europe — following in the footsteps of the late John Paul II, a Pole who left a great legacy helping to topple communism. A cardinal since 2003, Erdo is an expert on canon law and distinguished university theologian who has also striven to forge close ties to the parish faithful. He is increasingly seen as a compromise candidate if cardinals are unable to rally around some of the more high-profile figures like Scola or Scherer.
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CARDINAL GIANFRANCO RAVASI: Ravasi, the Vatican's culture minister, is an erudite scholar with a modern touch — just the combination some faithful see as ideal for reviving a church beset by scandal and a shrinking flock. The 70-year-old is also one of the favorites among Catholics who long to see a return to the tradition of Italian popes. The polyglot biblical scholar peppers speeches with references ranging from Aristotle to late British diva Amy Winehouse. Ravasi's foreign language prowess is reminiscent of that of the late globetrotting John Paul II: He tweets in English, chats in Italian and has impressed his audiences by switching to Hebrew and Arabic in some of his speeches.
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CARDINAL PETER TURKSON: Often cast as the social conscience of the church, Ghana's Turkson is viewed by many as the top African contender for pope. The 64-year-old head of the Vatican's peace and justice office was widely credited with helping to avert violence following contested Ghanaian elections. He has aggressively fought African poverty, while disappointing many by hewing to the church's conservative line on condom use amid Africa's AIDS epidemic. Turkson's reputation as a man of peace took a hit recently when he showed a virulently anti-Islamic video, a move now seen as hurting his papal prospects. Observers say those prospects sank further when he broke a taboo against public jockeying for the papacy — saying the day after Benedict's resignation announcement that he's up for the job "if it's the will of God."
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CARDINAL TIMOTHY DOLAN: Dolan, the 63-year-old archbishop of New York, is an upbeat, affable defender of Catholic orthodoxy, and a well-known religious figure in the United States. He holds a job Pope John Paul II once called "archbishop of the capital of the world." His colleagues broke with protocol in 2010 and made him president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, instead of elevating the sitting vice president as expected. And during the 2012 presidential election, Republicans and Democrats competed over which national political convention the cardinal would bless. He did both. But scholars question whether his charisma and experience are enough for a real shot at succeeding Benedict.
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CARDINAL JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO: Bergoglio, 76, has spent nearly his entire career at home in Argentina, overseeing churches and shoe-leather priests. The archbishop of Buenos Aires reportedly got the second-most votes after Joseph Ratzinger in the 2005 papal election, and he has long specialized in the kind of pastoral work that some say is an essential skill for the next pope. In a lifetime of teaching and leading priests in Latin America, which has the largest share of the world's Catholics, Bergoglio has shown a keen political sensibility as well as the kind of self-effacing humility that fellow cardinals value highly. Bergoglio is known for modernizing an Argentine church that had been among the most conservative in Latin America.

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CARDINAL LEONARDO SANDRI: Leonardo Sandri, 69, is a Vatican insider who has run the day-to-day operations of the global church's vast bureaucracy and roamed the world as a papal diplomat. He left his native Argentina for Rome at 27 and never returned to live in his homeland. Initially trained as a canon lawyer, he reached the No. 3 spot in the church's hierarchy under Pope John Paul II, the zenith of a long career in the Vatican's diplomatic service ranging from Africa to Mexico to Washington. As substitute secretary of state for seven years, he essentially served as the pope's chief of staff. The jovial diplomat has been knighted in a dozen countries, and the church he is attached to as cardinal is Rome's exquisite, baroque San Carlo ai Catinari.
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CARDINAL LUIS ANTONIO TAGLE: Asia's most prominent Roman Catholic leader knows how to reach the masses: He sings on stage, preaches on TV, brings churchgoers to laughter and tears with his homilies. And he's on Facebook. But the 55-year-old Filipino's best response against the tide of secularism, clergy sex abuse scandals and rival-faith competition could be his reputation for humility. His compassion for the poor and unassuming ways have impressed followers in his homeland, Asia's largest Catholic nation, and church leaders in the Vatican. Tagle's chances are considered remote, as many believe that Latin America or Africa — with their faster-growing Catholic flocks — would be more logical choices if the papal electors look beyond Europe.
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CARDINAL CHRISTOPH SCHOENBORN: Schoenborn is a soft-spoken conservative who is ready to listen to those espousing reform. That profile could appeal to fellow cardinals looking to elect a pontiff with the widest-possible appeal to the world's 1 billion Catholics. His Austrian nationality may be his biggest disadvantage: Electors may be reluctant to choose another German speaker as a successor to Benedict. A man of low tolerance for the child abuse scandals roiling the church, Schoenborn, 68, himself was elevated to the upper echelons of the Catholic hierarchy after his predecessor resigned 18 years ago over accusations that he was a pedophile.

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CARDINAL MALCOLM RANJITH: Benedict XVI picked the Sri Lankan Ranjith to return from Colombo to the Vatican to oversee the church's liturgy and rites in one of his first appointments as pope. The choice of Ranjith in 2005 rewarded a strong voice of tradition — so rigid that some critics regard it even as backward-looking. Ranjith in 2010 was named Sri Lanka's second cardinal in history. There are many strikes against a Ranjith candidacy — Sri Lanka, for example, has just 1.3 million Catholics, less than half the population of Rome. But the rising influence of the developing world, along with the 65-year-old's strong conservative credentials, helps keep his name in the mix of papal contenders.

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CARDINAL ANDRES RODRIGUEZ MARADIAGA: To many, Maradiaga embodies the activist wing of the Roman Catholic Church as an outspoken campaigner of human rights, a watchdog on climate change and advocate of international debt relief for poor nations. Others, however, see the 70-year-old Honduran as a reactionary in the other direction: Described as sympathetic to a coup in his homeland and stirring accusations of anti-Semitism for remarks that some believe suggested Jewish interests encouraged extra media attention on church sex abuse scandals. Maradiaga, the archbishop of Tegucigalpa, is among a handful of Latin American prelates considered to have a credible shot at the papacy.
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CARDINAL ANGELO BAGNASCO: The archbishop of Genoa, Bagnasco also is head of the powerful Italian bishops' conference. Both roles give him outsized influence in the conclave, where Italians represent the biggest national bloc, and could nudge ahead his papal chances if the conclave looks to return the papacy to Italian hands. At 70 years old, Bagnasco is seen as in the right age bracket for papal consideration. But his lack of international experience and exposure could be a major liability.
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CARDINAL SEAN PATRICK O'MALLEY: As archbishop of Boston, O'Malley has faced the fallout from the church's abuse scandals for nearly a decade. The fact he is mentioned at all as a potential papal candidate is testament to his efforts to bring together an archdiocese at the forefront of the abuse disclosures. Like other American cardinals, the papal prospects for the 68-year-old O'Malley suffer because of the accepted belief that many papal electors oppose the risk of having U.S. global policies spill over, even indirectly, onto the Vatican's image. O'Malley is among the most Internet-savvy members of the conclave.

Cardinals pray before conclave to choose new pope

By Philip Pullella | Reuters – 1 hr 16 mins ago MAR 10,2013

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Roman Catholic Cardinals prayed on Sunday for spiritual guidance ahead of a closed door conclave to choose a new pope to lead the Church at one of the most difficult periods in its history.Cardinals will hold a last pre-conclave meeting on Monday to fine-tune a job description for the man they think would be best-suited to lead a Church hit by sexual abuse scandals around the world as well as allegations of corruption in the Vatican itself.The 115 cardinals who will then take part in the election from Tuesday took a day of rest from pre-conclave meetings to celebrate Masses in Rome, either in the quiet of private chapels or in the grandeur of Rome's great cathedrals and basilicas."The conclave is just around the corner. Let us pray that the Holy Spirit gives the Church a man who can lead her in the footsteps of the great pontiffs of the past 150 years," said Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan, at his Mass in Rome.Scola, 71, is considered the leading Italian candidate to succeed Pope Benedict, who cast the 1.2. billion-member Church into uncertainty last month when he became the first pontiff in six centuries to abdicate instead of ruling for life."We need to make the right decision," Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer of Sao Paulo, 63, who is considered Latin America's leading candidate, said at his public Mass in a small, Baroque church packed with well-wishers and reporters.Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley asked God to "enlighten the Church" so the cardinals would choose a pope to confirm everyone in the faith.Other cardinals such as Manila's Luis Antonio Tagle, who is considered a long-shot because of his relatively young age, 55, kept a lower profile, mostly staying inside the walls of seminaries or other religious institutions.At the Vatican, St Peter's Square was eerily quiet without a pope for the second consecutive Sunday. The windows of the papal apartments overlooking the square remained closed.Benedict, who is now "Pope Emeritus" and has no residual authority over the Church, is at the papal summer retreat south of Rome while his permanent residence in a Vatican convent is being prepared."This is a time of overall crisis but also a time of crisis in faith," Italian bishop Rino Fisichella told Italy's Tgcom24 television, adding that he hoped a new pope would appear from the window next Sunday.
NON-EUROPEAN POPE?
The 115 cardinal electors under the age of 80 will enter the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday afternoon and hold one vote that evening. They will vote up to four times day thereafter until one of their number receives a two-thirds majority, or 77 votes.If a pope is not elected in two or three days it means that cardinals are probably severely divided and might have to turn to a dark horse candidate to find consensus.No conclave has lasted than more than five days in the past century. Pope Benedict was elected within barely 24 hours in 2005 after just four rounds of voting.But this time, no clear favorites have emerged to take the helm of the troubled Church."Prior to the last conclave, everyone recognized Ratzinger was the frontrunner on the day the conclave began. The same was true for Paul VI (in 1963) and Pius XII (in 1939)," said Father Tom Reese, Jesuit historian and author of "Inside the Vatican".Apart from Italy's Scola and Brazil's Scherer, others who have been mentioned the most are Canada's Marc Ouellet. U.S. cardinals such as O'Malley or Timothy Dolan of New York have also been cited as potential candidates.With the vast majority of Catholics now living outside Europe, there is growing pressure for a pontiff from another part of the world.Many observers believe a Latin American, Asian or African pope could bring attention to the poverty of the southern hemisphere in the same way the Polish-born John Paul put a spotlight on the East-West divide after he was elected in 1978.The Sistine Chapel has been readied to receive the sequestered cardinals, who will use stoves to tell the outside world whether or not they have chosen a new leader - black smoke signifying no decision and white smoke announcing a new pontiff.One stove, made of cast iron and used in every conclave since 1939, will be used to burn ballots. The second stove is an electronic one which will use electronically ignited flares to send out either white or black smoke.Workmen have built rows of tables where the cardinals will sit facing each under the gaze of Jesus in Michelangelo's massive Last Judgment panel on the wall behind the altar.(Additional reporting by Crispian Balmer, Tom Heneghan, Anna Valderama, Elly Biles and Naomi O'Leary; Editing by Alison Williams)

03/ 9/2013 VATICAN INSIDER

Lombardi: “A overwhelming majority immediately voted the date of the Conclave”

the Sistine Chapel

The “fumata” could be expected around 12:00pm or around 7:00pm. Monday the last General Congregation will be held

ALESSANDRO SPECIALE rome
It is not true that the College of Cardinals is split in half: in fact, according to the Vatican spokesman father Federico Lombardi, yesterday the Cardinals voted with a very large majority ("approximately ten to one") to open the Conclave that will elect the successor of Pope Benedict XVI next Tuesday.During his usual briefing at the Vatican, the Vatican spokesman joked with reporters: "I'm sorry that we are approaching the end of this period of daily meetings", and he immediately refuted the rumours of divisions and fractures among the Cardinals who will enter the Conclave next week.Lombardi explained that during yesterday afternoon's General Congregation (the eighth since the beginning of the sede vacante), the Dean of the Sacred College Cardinal Angelo Sodano immediately began the process of voting on the Conclave's beginning date. And already at the first vote there was an overwhelming majority in favour of Tuesday the 12th, stressed the spokesman.The Director of the Vatican Press Office also gave some information on the calendar of events for the upcoming days: it all starts in the afternoon of March 11th with the oath of the auxiliary staff of the Conclave in the Pauline Chapel; then on March 12th the Cardinals will move to Domus Sanctae Marthae before the mass "Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice " at 10 AM in St. Peter's basilica. Then, in the afternoon, there will be the entrance of the electors in the Sistine Chapel for the opening rites: the sermon by the Augustinian Maltese Cardinal Prosper Grech and the "extra omnes". Finally, with the consent of the Cardinal-electors, the first vote.During the days of the Conclave, the production of smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, installed today, is forecasted at about 7 PM and at about 12noon.  But, if the election happens after the first of the two votes that take place each morning and afternoon, then the white smoke could be seen mid-morning (10:30-11:00 AM) or mid-afternoon (05:30-06:00 PM).The Commission that must seal the entrances to the Conclave was established today and is composed of the Camerlengo, Cardinal Bertone, the Substitute of the Secretariat of State, Mgr. Becciu, and by members of the Swiss Guard and the Gendarmerie.After the successful election and the announcement of the name from the Loggia, father Lombardi assumes that there will be at least a 40 minutes wait or more. There are in fact two important rites to accomplish: the acceptance by the elected, and the Declaration of obedience and loyalty by the Cardinals. Smoke and bells will announce the new Pope before the greeting from the Basilica's central Loggia. Meanwhile, yesterday afternoon, this morning and next Monday during the last General Congregation, the Cardinals' speeches will continue. Before the entrance into the Sistine Chapel, there will have been a total of about 150 of them, said Lombardi, who, for the first time, explicitly said that among the topics on the table was "the work of the Curia and its improvement".And with the Conclave approaching, the destruction of the seals and of the Papal ring took place. In total, Lombardi explained, five objects were ‘biffati’ (scratched out) with a cross-shaped marking: the "Pope's Fisherman's ring", its reproduction to stamp documents, two stamps of different dimension, and the master lead seal of the pontificate that is used for papal bulls. The new "Fisherman's ring" will be the like the one that was destroyed but, of course, it will have the inscription of the new pontiff's name.Finally, the Vatican spokesman spoke in defence of Cardinal Giuseppe Calcagno, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See: he, recalled Lombardi, was proclaimed innocent both by the Church and by ordinary justice.

MATTHEW 24:4-5,11,24-25
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many (MILLIONS) shall come in my name,(JESUS-I AM) saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.(MILLIONS)(THIS IS DEFINATELY THE NEW AGE MOVEMENT)
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.(CALIFORNIA THE NEW AGE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD-SO NO WONDER SAN FRANSICO IS THE SODOMITE RAINBOW GROUPERS CAPITAL OF THE EARTH ALSO).

1 TIMOTHY 4:1-2
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits,(NEW AGE MOVEMENT) and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;(NEW AGERS BELIEVE SATANS LIES OF NO SIN,POSSITIVE THINKING,PEACE,LOVE,JOY,UTOPIA)

MARK 13:22-23
22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

2 TIMOTHY 3:13
13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

03/ 9/2013 VATICAN INSIDER

"The Vatican must change"

"The Vatican must change"

Reforms and relations with bishops, the issues of the Congregations

andrea tornielli vatican city
Collegiality and the reform of the Curia. It had never happened before that so many Cardinals were asking for a change of direction in the management of the Vatican curial "machine"

 and were taking on the issue of the organization of dicasteries, their coordination, and their connection with the Episcopal Conferences. This means that the new Pope, whoever he may be, will hardly be able to ignore these signals, which are a consequence of the not-so-positive recent experiences in relations between Rome and the episcopacies. 

The discussion about this has been frank but brotherly. In recent days, several important cardinals have tackled the issue without beating around the bush by asking about the Vatileaks dossier and talking about the need for a change of course in the management of the Curia and of the Secretariat of State. Responses to first request were not exhaustive, because Pope Benedict ruled that the "Relatio" prepared by Cardinals Herranz, Tomko and De Giorgi will be delivered to his successor.But the three investigators have provided some information to Cardinals looking to shed light on the issue during face-to-face talks.  With regards to the Curia, both before and after the presentation of some proposals by Cardinal Coccopalmerio, other Cardinals said they believe that there could be no futher delays to the reform that Benedict XVI said (as an aside during the Ash Wednesday ceremony) he regretted he had failed to implement.Voices in favour of a different management of the Curia and of some reforms came from the German Walter Kasper, from the Austrian Christoph Schönborn, from the Hungarian Peter Erdö, from the Peruvian Jean Luis Cipriani Thorne, from the French André Vingt-Trois, the Spanish Antonio María Rouco Varela, the Indian Ivan Dias, and the Slovenian Franc Rodé. The need for a change of pace, for greater collegiality, for a Pope who is less isolated and less shielded by the Secretariat of State are elements which will carry some weight during the conclave.

Some Cardinals, such as Camillo Ruini and Stanislaw Dzwisz, tried to draw an identikit of the future Pope, while others, such as Angelo Scola, spoke more generally about the nature of the Church or spoke, as Angelo Bagnasco did, on the theme of truth.Yesterday, during the eighth congregation, the Cardinals also tackled many topics: interreligious dialogue and in particular the dialogue with islam, a theme that was handled on Monday, for example, by an African cardinal who spoke about it in realistic terms, far from idyllic and "sentimental" views.There has been debate about the challenges of bioethics, which have become a full-fledged "social" challenge, as Benedict XVI wrote in the Encyclical "Caritas in veritate". Once again there was talk about evangelization, and about the "joyous announcement of God's love and mercy", and about a church that is close to where people live: a theme addressed yesterday morning by the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe also spoke about evengelization.For the celebration of the 8th March, the Cardinals also addressed the issue of the role of women in the Church: a topic about which the Italo-Argentine Cardinal Leonardo Sandri had released a few statements. And yesterday there was also talk about the importance of the laity in the new evangelization, a topic touched on in particular by the Portuguese Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins. Other recurring themes were that of Justice and of the fight against poverty, and of a greater presence of the Holy See in the international arena.The "work site" of the new evangelization, left open by Benedict XVI, remains fundamental. Therefore, to use the words of the historian Alberto Melloni, there is no need for a "sheriff" Pope nor a "manager" Pope. Instead, there is the need for a shepherd Pope who can show the smiling and merciful face of God to contemporary women and men. And who, through appropriate collaborators, can also renew the face of the Roman Curia to ensure more collegiality.After almost a week of meetings, the proposals on the table are getting clearer and the nominations are consolidated. But, at the moment, several Cardinals still have the impression of facing a not-so-simple conclave. Thus, the repetition of the "miracle" of the election of a new Pope in only 24 hours appears difficult. 

03/ 9/2013 VATICAN INSIDER

A black Wojtyla, the Sistine Chapel outsider

Peter Turkson

Africa presents four credible names as ideal candidates to the papacy

giacomo galeazzi vatican city
The Ghanaian Turkson, the Guinean Sarah, the South African Napier, and the Congolese Monsengwo Pasinya. The African continent presents four credible names. However, in the conclave, Africa can count more on the quality of "papabili" candidates than on the quantity of voters (just 11 compared to 60 from Europe and 33 from the Americas). "Sarah's profile is one that is ideal for the Papacy: it combines pastoral experience at home and internationally in the Curia", says Father Bernardo Cervellera, Director of AsiaNews, the agency of the Pontifical Institute for foreign missions. Sarah has been Bishop in Africa, prisoner of war and now is head of the dicastery at the Vatican. He took the place of Etchegeray as "the man of the impossible papal missions" in the diplomatic and humanitarian fields from Lebanon to Southeast Asia. He is also held in high esteem by Obama and has chances as an "outsider".
In short, a "black Wojtyla" who is able to unite foreigners, the Curia and the White House just as the spiritual father of Solidarnosc did in 1978. Two years ago, at the Rimini Meeting, he won everybody over with his communicative ability and charisma. Certain sectors of the ecclesiastical hierarchy have reservations about the "young" Church of the dark continent; it is feared that the Cardinals may be surrounded by ethnic clans and unclear situations.Joseph Ratzinger didn't think so when, as Cardinal in 2004, he told a German tv: "We are ready for a black Pope". And during his travels, he defined Africa as the "spiritual lung of the world". In short: a viable hypothesis. Moreover, the election of a black Pope wouldn't be a unique event (at least according to tradition). In fact, Gelasius I, Pope from 492 to 496, was a "romanus natus" (roman citizen).
But, according to the Liber Pontificalis, he was "natione afer" (African by birth). And for this reason, he is referred to as a native of Africa, specifically of Cabilià (Algeria). His skin was as dark as coal. Now, history can repeat itself.  African Americans are also cheering for a non-European, but not for Dolan O'Malley. In the Bronx, a group of Catholics of Ghanaian origin prays that their compatriot Turkson will emerge from the conclave.  "It would be very significant", said Ursulu Essifie of the Church of St. Margaret Mary in Mont Hope, a parish that was visited by the Cardinal in 2005: "He is someone who knows how to bring people together".The numbers, explains sociologist Massimo Introvigne (OSCE representative against the discrimination of Christians) "are in favour" of the black Pope because "if the Church grows, it is due especially to Africa where Christians have surpassed Muslims". A "caput nigrum" for the Church.
The prophecy of the Popes by Malachy lists 112 short phrases in Latin that purport to describe all the Popes from Pope Celestine II (elected in 1143) to a Pope yet to come, described in the prophecy as "Peter the Roman", whose pontificate will end with the destruction of Rome and the last judgment.According to the list, the last Pope should arrive after the one called "de gloria olivae", a Pontiff who, following the chronology, should be Benedict XVI. But a lost prophecy says that between Benedict XVI and the last Pope there should be another one, a "caput nigrum", a dark-skinned Pope. Turkson himself said at the Synod for Africa: "There is no reason why the Church cannot one day have a Pope of color, after all, we already have other notable cases (Kofi Annan, Barack Obama) and when a priest is ordained, the package includes his willingness in the future to be Bishop and perhaps Pope."The white smoke leaves room for every possibility, even for an unexpected name (like that of a Pope of color). Back in 1978, nobody had predicted Wojtyla's arrival from Eastern Europe. Now the surprise could come from the South of the world. 

ISAIAH 14:12-14
12  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14  I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)

REVELATION 12:5-9
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail (SATANS)drew the third part of the stars of heaven,(1/3RD OF ANGELS FELL WITH SATAN AT THE FALL WHO ARE DEMONIC FALLIN ANGELS-DEMONS) and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman (ISRAEL) which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.(SATANS LAST HOLOCAUST TO TRY TO DESTROY ISRAEL FOREVER)
5 And she brought forth a man child,(MARY DID-JESUS WHO IS(JEWISH) who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the woman (MARY WHOS JEWISH REPRESENTING ISRAEL)fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.(3 1/2 YRS)
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

JUDE 10-13 (HERES FALSE PASTORS)
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

MATTHEW 10:32-33
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me(JESUS) before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me (JESUS)(AND MY WORD THE BIBLE) before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

NOW WHY WOULD I POSSIBLY PUT THE USELESS UNITED NATIONS STORY ABOUT ALIENS WITH THE NEXT POPE.WELL TOM HORN BELIEVES THE VATICAN WILL-LIKE THE UNITED NATIONS HAVE AN ALIEN DEPARTMENT INCLUDED IN IT UNDER THIS LAST POPE.HORN EVEN SAYS THAT IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE IN ALIENS UNDER THIS VATICAN CATHOLIC DECREE YOU WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS A HERETIC AND A FALSE CATHOLIC. HORN SAYS THEN THE WORLD GOVERNMENT PEOPLE WILL DO A FALSE FLAG ALIEN LANDING TO BRING ABOUT WORLD GOVERNMENT.SO THE WHOLE WORLD WILL COME TOGETHER AS ONE DUE TO THE ALIEN UFO LANDING.

UN 'to appoint space ambassador to greet alien visitors'

A space ambassador could be appointed by the United Nations to act as the first point of contact for aliens trying to communicate with Earth.

By Heidi Blake 11:30AM BST 26 Sep 2010

Mazlan Othman, a Malaysian astrophysicist, is set to be tasked with co-ordinating humanity’s response if and when extraterrestrials make contact.Aliens who landed on earth and asked: “Take me to your leader” would be directed to Mrs Othman.She will set out the details of her proposed new role at a Royal Society conference in Buckinghamshire next week.The 58-year-old is expected to tell delegates that the proposal has been prompted by the recent discovery of hundreds of planets orbiting other stars, which is thought to make the discovery of extraterrestrial life more probable than ever before.Mrs Othman is currently head of the UN’s little known Office for Outer Space Affairs (Unoosa).In a recent talk to fellow scientists, she said: “The continued search for extraterrestrial communication, by several entities, sustains the hope that some day human kind will received signals from extraterrestrials.“When we do, we should have in place a coordinated response that takes into account all the sensitivities related to the subject. The UN is a ready-made mechanism for such coordination.”Professor Richard Crowther, an expert in space law at the UK space agency who leads delegations to the UN, said: “Othman is absolutely the nearest thing we have to a ‘take me to your leader’ person”.The plan to make Unoosa the co-ordinating body for dealing with alien encounters will be debated by UN scientific advisory committees and should eventually reach the body’s general assembly.Opinion is divided about how future extraterrestrial visitors should be greeted. Under the Outer Space Treaty on 1967, which Unoosa oversees, UN members agreed to protect Earth against contamination by alien species by “sterilising” them.Mrs Othman is understood to support a more tolerant approach.

But Professor Stephen Hawking has warned that alien interlopers should be treated with caution.He said: “I imagine they might exist in massive ships, having used up all the resources from their home planet. The outcome for us would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8025832/UN-to-appoint-space-ambassador-to-greet-alien-visitors.html

http://www.educatinghumanity.com/2011/04/vatican-on-ufo-disclosure-alien-contact.html

The Vatican and United Nations ready for contact?

By Herbert Deary - 2 years 5 months ago

The Vatican and United Nations ready for contact?

By Herbert Deary - 2 years 5 months ago  2011

Lets see??? Where do I begin???

  Seems to be a ton of new activity in high places in the regards to alien life and human contact with these beings from beyond our world.Lets first look at the United Nations new appointed position to the "United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs" and the naming of Mazlan Othman to be Alien – UFO ambassador in case contact is made.

Photo Credit To:http://unoosa.org/

This United Nations office is responsible for promoting international cooperation in peaceful uses of outer space. UNOOSA is also going to be responsible for the implementation of the Secretary-General's responsibilities under all international space laws. It also will be responsible for the United Nations Registry of Objects sent into Space as well.

Mazlan Othman

Photo Credit To: http://www.iisd.ca/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5hbwNj6MeQ&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MYCfq4uA7k&feature=player_embedded 

Mazlan Othman is a Malaysian astrophysicist that will be the official "Greeter" to any contacted species from space. Some people would argue that this type of appointment should be the responsibility of a high ranking official such as a president of some other world leader, but this is a unanimous decision on the part of the united nations for this job to be carried out by Othman. She does have a background in science and other space related credentials like overseeing the Malaysian national space program, and she saw over the training and flight of Malaysia’s first astronaut. Mazlan Othmans job as within UNOOSA includes possible issues that may involve space technology, and the preparedness and protocols if an asteroid or comet was on a direct collision course with Earth. One U.N. peer out of the UK, a Professor Richard Crowther, said
“Ms. Othman is absolutely the nearest thing we have to a ‘take me to your leader’ person”.Next I think I will touch on the Vatican and some of the things coming out of it.This story is even strange for me to read. It seems the Vatican's astronomer says he'd love to 'baptize an alien'. Yes... You read that correctly. He wants to baptize an alien if we make contact. Dr Consolmagno, is the curator of the little known Pope's meteorite collection, and he is a trained astronomer as well as a planetary scientist at none other than the Vatican's own private observatory.http://sify.com/news/vatican-s-astronomer-says-he-d-love-to-baptise-an-alien-news-international-kjsm4fbddfa.html

Dr Guy Consolmagno, 57 who was speaking publicly at a British Science Festival in Birmingham, also mentioned to the festivals attendants that intelligent aliens may be living among the heavens and most likely are to have souls. This is a profound statement for a Vatican official to make openly on any measure of importance in the disclosure movement. The implications of such a public verbal opening up and change in the Catholic doctrines and views on the alien contact or existence issue is mind boggling to say the least. Not to mention wanting to baptize them.The idea of the existence of ET or life beyond our own world is not a new one for the Vatican, but the idea that they want to bring the them into the fold because they may have souls is definitely a landmark idea from the Vatican.

Dr Guy Consolmagno

Brother Guy Consolmagno serves as curator of the Vatican meteorite collection in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.

Photo Credit To: http://www.utdallas.edu

There are also some other tid bits that have come to the surface as of late, such as the Churchill documents that state they covered up the entire UFO issue in his day, to recent stories of the compromising of nuclear missile sites by visiting UFO craft.

http://filestore.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pdfs/defe-24-2013-1.pdf
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS166901+15-Sep-2010+PRN20100915

Those two revelations are also just as important as the Vatican and UN stories, but I feel that the fact that these are two of the mighty pillars in our worlds eye view of things that they stand apart from many other stories that also carry a very heavy weight with them. These are not just a persons account of hearsay or some documents that may or may not be able to be verified 100% as authentic. These are from the horses mouth. If the United Nations and the Vatican are in a major change of direction and policies towards first contact then I personally have to stand up and take notice in a way that I and others have been waiting for over a very long time. This could be the signals we have been waiting for from the powers that be. Could open contact and or full disclosure be around the corner for mankind? Well??? It is starting to look like the idea of such things is looking more plausible with these new developments from the two groups.So what is next? That is the question now. We will have to sit back and see how this plays out. It seems that the Vatican and the UN are rallying into position and be prepared for contact and the possible meeting of a new race with humans. Lets look at it realistically, world wide organizations like these two would not hang themselves out there for ridicule unless they have something up their proverbial sleeves and are very sure that the move will be met with results to justify such a controversial policy change of direction. In closing I just want to say I really hope that the signs and signals that these two heavy weights are sending turn out to be the real deal, and we finally make contact in a full and open view for all to see.Herb Deary

3 DAYS TILL CARDINALS VOTE FOR LAST POPE

KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.

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

REVELATION 13:11-12
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).

REVELATION 17:1-5,9,15-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:(VATICAN)
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 (FALSE CHURCH) sit upon a scarlet (RED) coloured beast,(THE FALSE CHURCH RIDES WORLD GOVERNMENT TO WORLD POWER)  full of names of blasphemy,(GOD HATING) having seven heads (ROME) and ten horns.(WORLD GOVERNMENT)
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet (RED) colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)

What is the name of the 7 mountains the Vatican is built on?

The seven hills are:

• Aventine Hill (Aventinus)
• Caelian Hill (Caelius)
• Capitoline Hill (Capitolinus)
• Esquiline Hill (Esquilinus)
• Palatine Hill (Palatinus)
• Quirinal Hill (Quirinalis)
• Viminal Hill (Viminalis)

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 (WORLD GOVERNMENT) 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.(BOMBS OR NUKES)
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 1.2 BILLION CATHOLICS)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/stock-results-feb-112013.html (ALL POPE NEWS)
COMPLETE LIST OF CARDINALS TO VOTE FOR NEXT POPE
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/vatican-news-with-3-days-left-in-reign.html

THE NEXT POPE OR THE ONE THATS VOTED IN AFTER MAR 12,13 SHOULD BE THE FINAL POPE IN HISTORY.AND THE FALSE PROPHET OR POPE WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE ANTICHRIST OR WORLD POLITICIAN FROM THE WORLD GOVERNMENT.THESE TWO WILL BE SATANICALLY POSSESSED AND DO EVERYTHING TO ELIMINATE JESUS FROM THE MOUTH OF EVERYONE ON EARTH.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIt9P7xMIGU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QUt41iJEII
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR2qlEMjdgI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5GNUxV_iQE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Asj-kF2LBKw

YOU CAN LISTEN HOW THESE 2 LEADERS (POLITICAL) ROMAN WORLD DICTATOR AND ROMAN FALSE PROPHET (RELIGIOUS) LEADERS WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER TO DECIEVE THE WORLD INTO WORSHIPPING A MAN AS GOD AND NOT JESUS (THE ONLY HUMAN MAN AND ALL GOD MAN)(JESUS IS GOD).

REVELATION CHAPTER 13 AUDIO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j-upjVWtDM
REVELATION CHAPTER 17 AUDIO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_x3JA0dxm8

Chimney raised on Sistine Chapel as conclave nears

By Crispian Balmer | Reuters – 1 hr 48 mins ago MAR 9,13

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  View PhotoReuters/Reuters - Members of the fire and rescue service set a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican March 9, 2013. REUTERS/Max Rossi

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Vatican workers hoisted a chimney onto the roof of the Sistine Chapel on Saturday in readiness for the conclave of Roman Catholic cardinals that will elect a successor to Pope Benedict.The conclave begins on Tuesday, with the sequestered cardinals using the chimney to tell the outside world whether or not they have chosen a new leader - black smoke signifying no decision and white smoke announcing a new pontiff.The rust-colored pipe was attached above the terracotta tiles of the roof of the frescoed chapel clearly visible from the nearby St. Peter's Square, where traditionally thousands of believers gather to see how the secret balloting is progressing.Although no clear favorites have emerged to take the helm of the troubled 1.2-billion-member Church, the conclave is expected to be wrapped up within just a few days.No conclave has lasted than more than five days in the past century, with many finishing within two or three days. Pope Benedict was elected within barely 24 hours in 2005 after just four rounds of voting.Benedict triggered the election last month with his shock decision to abdicate because of his increasingly frail health - the first pontiff to step down in six centuries.He leaves his successor a sea of troubles - including seemingly never-ending sex abuse scandals, rivalry and strife inside the Vatican bureaucracy, a shortage of priests and a rise of secularism in its European strongholds.Inside the chapel, workmen were carrying out the final preparations to make the room, one of the most famous in the world, ready for the conclave.Two stoves were installed and attached to a single flue leading up to the roof. One, made of cast iron and used in every conclave since 1939, will be used to burn ballots.The second stove is an electronic one with a key, a red start button and seven tiny temperature indicator lights. Flares will be electronically ignited inside it to send out either white or black smoke.Workmen on Saturday were also putting the finishing touches to specially built rows of tables where the cardinals will sit facing each under the gaze of Jesus in Michelangelo's massive Last Judgment panel on the wall behind the altar.
POSSIBLE PONTIFFS
Nearly 150 red-hatted cardinals held a sixth day of preliminary meetings, known as "general congregations", on Saturday to discuss the many challenges besieging their Church and to sketch the ideal profile of the next pope.Some 115 of their number - all those aged under 80 - will enter the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to start the formal voting process. One ballot will be held on the first day, with four votes a day thereafter until one of their number receives a two-thirds majority, or 77 votes.The names of several possible front runners have been mentioned by church officials ever since Benedict's resignation.Amongst the most mentioned are Italy's Angelo Scola, Brazil's Odilo Pedro Scherer and Canada's Marc Ouellet. U.S. cardinals such as Timothy Dolan or Sean O'Malley have also been cited as "papabile".With the vast majority of Catholics now living outside Europe, there is growing pressure for a pontiff from another part of the world.Many Vatican observers believe a Latin American, Asian or African pope could bring attention to the poverty of the southern hemisphere in the same way the Polish-born John Paul put a spotlight on the East-West divide.
"I think it is important to have someone who comes from a place where the Church is dynamic and lively," South Africa Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier told La Stampa newspaper in an interview published on Saturday.
"I believe the choice of candidates will be much longer than it was in 2005," added Napier, who has himself been tipped in some quarters as a possible pontiff.(Additional reporting by Philip Pullella; Editing by Alison Williams)

LIKE I BELIEVE BY THE BIBLE.THE VATICAN HAS TO BE INFILTRATED BY ISLAM OR THE FINAL POPE WILL BE A MUSLIM SUCKUP LIKE OBAMA AND LET CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM BECOME BEDFELLOWS.AND ISLAM WILL THEN CONTROL THE VATICAN.AS THE BIBLE SAYS BEHEADINGS WILL BECOME COMMON DURING THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AS THE FALSE PROPHET (POPE) AND THE WORLD DICTATIOR WILL BE WORKING HAND IN HAND AS THE HEADS OF THE WORLD GOVERNMENT.

The Papal throne to shift from Rome to Jerusalem

What dose Islam and the Papal religion have in common? More than you probably are aware of.

The present Pope sits in the Papal throne in Rome.

They both see the Holy Land as occupied by Zionists. Non of them have Jerusalem as the present center of their religion. And they both need to shift their throne of authority to Jerusalem to overcome the Jews.
Islam lack a throne. Muslims basically bows down to worship in front of an empty throne. The Pope has a throne. And the Catholics visiting the Vatican either bow down to kiss the ring of the Fisherman, or fall down on their face and worship him.

Ayathollah Khomeini bows down and worship the empty throne in Mecca

Islam has no central leader who can reunite them. Since that Pope already has accepted that Islam is a part of God`s plan to save mankind, Islam will be able to accept the Pope, as the Prince of Peace. Shiite and Sunni Muslims will for the first time stand united and gathered in front of the new universal Papal throne in the Dome of The Rock in Jerusalem.
But the Papal throne must face southwards inside the Dome of the Rock. Towards Mecca. Otherwise, the Muslims will not bow down towards the throne.

What is the Papal throne?

Papal priests worshiping the Pontiff in the Papal throne in Rome

The Papal throne is nothing new to the Roman Church. It was last seen in 1978 with Papa Luciani. Now it back again used by the present Pontiff. Pope John Paul opted not to use a throne and so it sat in storage and then in the Lateran Palace museum until last December of 2006 when it was brought back into papal use. In the Catholic religion the Pope is infallible when he sits on his Papal throne or chair in questions about moral and true understanding of the scripture.

How will the Papal throne be moved from Rome to Jerusalem?
What do you think the Vatican and Islam are talking about when they met for interfaith dialogue?
They have already agreed on the most important issues:
1. The Holy land is occupied by Zionists and need to be liberated.
2. Both Roman Catholicism and Islam is included in Gods plan of saving mankind, since both represent the children of God of Abraham.
3. All religions expresses some truths about God, and needs to be included to make an fulfilled picture of the creator.
4. Jesus is the son of Mary.
5. World peace will first flow out from Jerusalem when the three present main religions are able to live in peace, and come together as one voice and offer God interfaith prayers.
http://ivarfjeld.com/2009/07/21/the-papal-throne-to-shift-from-rome-to-jerusalem/

Cardinals set Tuesday as start date for conclave

By NICOLE WINFIELD | Associated Press – MAR 9,13

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The preliminaries over, Catholic cardinals are ready to get down to the real business of choosing a pope. And even without a front-runner, there are indications they will go into the conclave Tuesday with a good idea of their top picks.Then it will be just a matter of agreeing on one man to lead the church and tackle its many problems.The conclave date was set Friday during a vote by the College of Cardinals, who have been meeting all week to discuss the church's problems and priorities, and the qualities the successor to Pope Benedict XVI must possess.That said, there doesn't appear to be a front-runner, and the past week of deliberations has exposed sharp divisions among cardinals about some of the pressing problems facing the church, including governance within the Holy See itself.The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the pre-conclave meetings had given the cardinals a chance to discuss the "profile, characteristics, qualities and talents" a future pope must have.Those closed-door deliberations, he said, provided an opportunity for discussion and information-gathering so the cardinals could go into the conclave ready to cast their ballots. "The preparation is absolutely fundamental," Lombardi said.Cardinal Sean O'Malley, archbishop of Boston, agreed, noting that without this week's meetings the conclave "could drag on.""The preference is to have enough discussions previous so that when people go to the conclave, they already have a particular idea of who they're going to vote for," he told reporters at a briefing earlier this week.Then it's a matter of consensus-building in order to reach the two-thirds majority needed to elect a pope — a process that for the past century has taken no more than a few days.Benedict himself was elected on the fourth round of voting in 2005, a day after the conclave began — one of the fastest papal elections in recent times. His predecessor, John Paul II, was chosen following eight ballots over three days in 1978.

In the past 100 years, no conclave has lasted longer than five days.On Tuesday, the conclave will begin with a morning Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, followed by a procession into the Sistine Chapel and the first round of secret balloting in the afternoon.If black smoke is sent snaking out of the chapel chimney to indicate there is no victor, the cardinals will retire for the day. They return Wednesday for two rounds of balloting in the morning and two rounds in the afternoon, a process repeated each day, with occasional breaks for reflection, until a pope emerges.U.S. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, considered a papal contender, said in a blog post Friday that this week's preliminary discussions covered preaching and teaching the Catholic faith, tending to Catholic schools and hospitals, protecting families and the unborn, supporting priests "and getting more of them!" "Those are the 'big issues,'" he wrote. "You may find that hard to believe, since the 'word on the street' is that all we talk about is corruption in the Vatican, sexual abuse, money. Do these topics come up? Yes! Do they dominate? No!" The Americans had pressed this week for time to get to the bottom of the dysfunction and corruption in the Holy See's governance that were exposed by the leak of papal documents last year. Vatican-based cardinals had been angling for a speedy end to the discussions, perhaps to limit the amount of dirty laundry being aired.But by Thursday afternoon, Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles tweeted that the discussions were "reaching a conclusion" and that a mood of "excitement" was taking hold.A Tuesday conclave start date could be read as something of a compromise. Monday had been seen as an obvious choice, to ensure a pope would be elected and installed well ahead of the busy Holy Week that precedes Easter, beginning with Palm Sunday on March 24.According to Vatican analysts, the list of papabili, or those considered to have the stuff to be pope, remains relatively unchanged since the 85-year-old Benedict first announced he would resign on Feb. 28, kick-starting the papal transition.But some Italian media have speculated that with governance such a key issue, the cardinals might also be considering an informal pope-Vatican secretary of state "ticket." The secretary of state — who is primarily responsible for running the Holy See — is not an elected position but a papal appointment.Also Friday, the cardinals formally agreed to exempt two of their voting-age colleagues from the conclave: Cardinal Julius Darmaatjadja, the emeritus archbishop of Jakarta, who is ill, and Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien, who resigned last week after admitting to sexual misconduct.That formality brings the number of cardinal electors to 115, two-thirds of whom — or 77 — must vote for the victor. Benedict in 2007 changed the conclave rules to keep the two-thirds requirement; Pope John Paul II had decreed that only a simple majority would be needed following 12 days of inconclusive balloting.By reverting back to a two-thirds vote, Benedict was apparently aiming to ensure a consensus candidate emerges quickly, and to rule out the possibility that cardinals might hold out until the simple majority kicks in to push through their candidate. The decision may prove prescient, given the apparent lack of a front-runner in this conclave.Lombardi said a few items of business remain outstanding, including drawing lots for rooms at the Vatican's Santa Marta hotel, where the cardinals will be sequestered once the conclave begins.On Friday, he showed a video of the room where the new pope will spend his first night as pontiff: It features a bed with a dark wood headboard and a carved image of Christ's face, as well as a sitting area and a study.The pope is expected to stay there for a few weeks until the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace can be renovated. The apartment was sealed Feb. 28, just after Benedict resigned, and cannot be reopened until the new pope formally takes possession.___Follow Nicole Winfield at www.twitter.com/nwinfield

POLITICAL BABYLON NEW YORK CITY/AMERICA OF REV 18

KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.

Monday March 4, 2013 Guest: Jacob Prasch

Topic: What will be the consequences of Barack Obama's trip to Jerusalem to order Israel to withdrawal from West Bank?

http://www.trunews.com/listen_now.htm (AMERICAS DESTRUCTION FOR FORCING ISRAEL)

LONG EXPLANATION OF AMERICAS DESTRUCTION (AMERICA POLITICAL BABYLON OF REVELATION CHAPTER 18)(REVELATION CHAPTER 17 IS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE RELIGIOUS BABYLON THE VATICAN IN ROME)(BOTH TO BE JUDGED AND DESTROYED BY FIRE,NUKES OR BOMBS)

REVELATION 17:1-2,16-18 (RELIGIOUS BABYLON-VATICAN DESTROYED)
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:(VATICAN)
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.(VATICAN IN POLITICS)
16 And the ten horns (OR WORLD GOVERNMENT) which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore,(VATICAN) and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.(NUKEDS OR BOMBS)
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)(ON 7 MOUNTAINS IN ROME)


REV CH 18 POLITICAL BABYLON (NEW YORK CITY AND AMERICAS DESTRUCTION)

JEREMIAH 51:29-32
29  And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon,(AMERICA-NEW YORK) to make the land of Babylon (AMERICA) a desolation without an inhabitant.
30  The mighty men of Babylon (AMERICA) have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
31  One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon (NEW YORK) that his city is taken at one end,
32  And that the passages are stopped,(THE WAR COMPUTERS HACKED OR EMP'D) and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted.(DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO)

ISAIAH 34:10
10  It (AMERICA-POLITICAL BABYLON) shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.

EZEKIEL 39:21
21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I (GOD) have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.(NEW YORK AND AMERICA)

ISAIAH 18:1-2
1 Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
2 That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

JEREMIAH 50:11,37,12
11 Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine (GODS) heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;(BACKSLIDERS)
37 A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people (MIXED ETHNICITIES) that are in the midst of her;(NEW YORK) and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; (NEW YORK STOCK MARKET CRASH) and they shall be robbed.
12 Your mother (ENGLAND) shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed:behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.(NUKE)

JEREMIAH 51:13,7,53
13 O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
7 Babylon (NEW YORK) hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
53 Though Babylon (NEW YORK) should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength,(MILITARY)  yet from me (GOD) shall spoilers come unto her,(ISLAM/RUSSIA) saith the LORD.

REVELATION 18:3,5,7
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
5 For her (NEW YORK-AMERICA) sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her:(NEW YORK) for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.(PROUD)

JEREMIAH 50:3,24
3 For out of the north (RUSSIA) there cometh up a nation against her,(NEW YORK) which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.
24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon,(AMERICA) and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. (RUSSIA A SNEAK ATTACK ON AMERICA)

REVELATION 18:9-11,15-21
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,(NUKE ATTACK)
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon,(NEW YORK) that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her,(STOCK MARKET) shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought.(STOCK MARKET CRASH) And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke (BOMBS) of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! (NEW YORK)
19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, (NEW YORK) wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.(DESTROYED)
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon (NEW YORK CITY) be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH GARY KAH AND ALL THE OTHER PROPHESY EXPERTS THAT BELIEVE THAT NEW YORK CITY AND AMERICA IS POLITICAL BABYLON OF REVELATION CHAPTER 18.

Mystery Babylon By Gary Kah-Prophsey teacher

http://www.garykah.org/GaryKah/Final_Warning!.html

There are a number of reasons for believing that New York – and the superpower it represents – is actually “the great city” referred to as Babylon the Great (Mystery Babylon) in Revelation. However, before continuing, please go to your Bible and read Revelation 17 and 18. This will help you correlate the information in these biblical prophecies with the following insights.

●The city described in these passages represents the greatest economic superpower to have ever existed. New York, the hub for America’s commerce and global trade currently does the highest volume of business of any city in the world. The entire world comes to New York to buy and sell. Businessmen from all nations have become incredibly wealthy through America’s immense purchasing power. If America goes down it would indisputably affect the global economy more than the demise of any other nation and would line up with Revelation 18:6 which states that the merchants of the earth had grown rich from her excessive luxuries; and verse 11 that indicates the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her ruin because she can no longer buy their products. Although another greater economic superpower could possibly still emerge, if this prophecy is to be fulfilled within the near future it has to be referring to New York and the United States. No other power currently fits the description.

●It is also clear from these chapters that the kings (political leaders) of the earth have a special relationship with this great city (17:2 & 18:3); so much so that when they witness her destruction, they weep and mourn over her ruin and are terrified at her torment (18:9-10). Chapter 17, verse 18 reveals that she is “the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.” The kings of the earth regularly convene at the United Nations in New York City to make decisions affecting the entire globe. For the time being, the UN is the seat of power for world government; it is attempting to enforce its rule over the seven continents.

●Chapter 18, verse 7 describes this great city and earthly power as being extremely rich and guilty of indulging herself in luxury and self-praise. She is boastful and proud and sees herself as the queen of the world. The fact is the United States regularly boasts that she is the world’s only remaining superpower. Our politicians are quick to call America the greatest nation on earth, possessing the strongest military and the most powerful economy on the planet. While God has ordained our nation to exist and expects us to appreciate its freedoms and privileges, have we ever stopped to think how He must view our constant boasting? God has historically opposed the proud. We, as a nation, have sadly lost the concept of humility before God and man.

●One of the things I discovered while doing research for my book in the 1980s was that our national symbol, the Statue of Liberty, represents the ancient Babylonian goddess of love and fertility named Ishtar. Ishtar is known as the Mother of Harlots because prostitution was first introduced as a religious practice through her temple worship. The goddess Ishtar was worshipped under the name Astarte by the Phoenicians, Canaanites, Aramaeans, South Arabs, and the Egyptians to whom she was also known as Isis. Some Old Testament stories call her Ashtoreth – King Solomon built an altar in her honor which was later destroyed by King Josiah. The Greeks referred to Ishtar as Aphrodite and the Romans knew her as Venus. She was also known in Latin as Libertas from which we derive “liberty.” *

The statue, which is therefore really an idol, was given to America’s Freemasons as a gift from the Freemasons of France – a little known fact of history. Freemasons, by their own admission, trace their origins through the ancient mystery religions to Babylon where organized occult religion began. The Bible frequently refers to mighty empires using symbols. The superpower referred to in Revelation 17 and 18 is symbolically described, among other things, as a woman with some type of Babylonian connection. I believe the Statue of Liberty, as our national symbol, embodies this description.

*(Libertas was referred to by Cicero, the famous Roman historian and senator, as the Mother of Harlots. The concept of “liberty” in ancient times was associated with personal and sexual freedom and with temple prostitution. Addressing this subject, historian Richard A. Coombes writes:

Harlots had been deemed to be social outcasts so she was also referred to as the Mother of Exiles. This was later equated with the idea of immigration. Naturally then Ishtar (a.k.a. – Libertas) was known as the Mother of Harlots, the Mother of Exiles and the Mother of Immigrants throughout not only Babylon and Babylonia but also later Assyria, Egypt, Greece and Rome.

Other interesting facts: According to Coombes, “Ishtar in the most ancient of times was also referred to by the Sumerian dialect as Inanna or Ninanna, meaning the Queen of Heaven or Lady of Heaven.” The same title was given to Isis of Egypt and later to Mother Mary of Roman Catholicism. On a different but related note, some modern-day historians believe the Statue of Liberty was actually erected in honor of Semiramis, a legendary Babylonian queen known for her beauty and sexual excesses who gained goddess-like status during the 9th century B.C.  Coombes, however, vigorously refutes this claim in his extensive writings on the subject. In either case, the statue’s roots are indelibly linked to ancient Babylon.)1

●In the book of Daniel, chapters 7, 8, and 11:2-4, God provides a history of the world’s empires as they relate to Babylon. The Medes and Persians, as well as the Greeks and Romans, would all take their turns conquering Babylon. I believe the apostle John, when penning the book of Revelation, picked up where the prophet Daniel left off – describing the geographical superpower that would conquer and be in control of Babylon (Iraq and vicinity) in the end times, identifying her as “Mystery: Babylon the Great.” This, I believe, is a reference to the United States – birthed by the European countries that were a remnant of the Roman Empire to become the world’s dominant military, political, economic, and cultural force of these last days. (By the way, the ancient empires mentioned in the Bible as having conquered Babylon all had something in common: They were eventually destroyed or conquered by other powers.)

The “mystery” implies that there would be some kind of unique relationship between this end- times superpower and Babylon. The fact that America’s national symbol is Babylonian and was erected by a group (Freemasonry) with Babylonian origins which has risen to become the single most powerful influence in our nation’s politics – when coupled with the fact that the United States has in recent years had a strong military presence and been the dominant occupying power in Iraq and much of the Middle East – makes a valid case for America being Mystery Babylon.

There are other factors to consider as well. The speed of America’s moral decline is unprecedented in history. Those of us who grew up in the 50s and 60s find it difficult to believe we are living in the same country. America was once a choice vessel in God’s hands with more than half of the world’s Christian missionaries going out from the United States. We were a predominantly Christian nation.

Today we live in a post-Christian, interfaith era where the politically-correct norm embraces all religions as pathways to God. We have polluted and prostituted ourselves with other religions and gods.

On the positive side, our country still shows compassion and is quick to come to the aid of the downtrodden, especially in response to natural disasters. There is also still a significant remnant of devoted Christians in our land, whose acts of kindness and obedience are a constant testimony for Christ among unbelievers. Perhaps God has patiently protected America and been merciful to her for these reasons. Yet, at the same time, America has increasingly become a stronghold of greed, corruption and sexual depravity. No one can deny that our culture has become openly and vividly sex-crazed – promoting every sort of pornographic and immoral indulgence imaginable and spreading it to the rest of the world through our motion pictures and the Internet. Is it too brazen to say that the world has committed adultery with the United States?

We haven’t yet considered the fact that over 60 million American babies have been slaughtered in their mothers’ wombs, while the lives of certain unborn animal species are protected under our laws. And what about our nation’s on-going betrayal of Israel, intensifying under the current Obama Administration?

These are just a few of my reasons for believing that America is Mystery Babylon and will be severely judged by God. It is almost unthinkable that the world’s most influential superpower would not be mentioned somewhere in the Bible’s end-times prophecies. I believe America has been in Scripture all along; we simply haven’t wanted to accept the fact that these passages are referring to our beloved country!

Interestingly, during the last ten years or so, as I have stayed in the homes of other researchers and students of the Word while traveling and speaking, I have noticed a dramatic increase in the number of those believing America to be Mystery Babylon. I estimate this figure now to be between 60 and 70 percent of those in our circles who have shared their views with me. Some of these Christians have asked me what I think about Mystery Babylon. When I cautiously share my belief they typically respond with a sigh of relief that they are not alone in arriving at the same conclusion.

The only prophecy describing America in Revelation 17 and 18 that possibly has not yet been fully realized is the one concerning the woman being “drunk with the blood of the saints” (Rev. 17:6 & 18:24). But given today’s growing anti-Christian climate, it is not too difficult to imagine how one day soon this prophecy could be fulfilled. Christians (and Jews) are increasingly becoming targets for persecution. One can see the handwriting on the wall.

America is prophetically significant for still another reason. Like ancient Babylon (which took the Jews captive from the Promised Land), it has become the center for the world’s Jewish population. Approximately one out of every three Jews in the world currently live here – over 6 million in all. More Jews live in New York than in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem combined. Strangely, the United States is the only country with a large Jewish population that has not yet witnessed a major outflux of Jews making Aliyah to Israel. I believe that a great number of these Jews will soon return to Israel in a historic mass exodus, made under difficult circumstances.

It is worth noting that although still relatively small, the number of Jews leaving the United States has increased over the last few years and the momentum is building. Last year, for the first time, more Jews left the US to live in Israel than who left Israel to come to the United States. This is a prophetic sign of the times. More than 50 passages of Scripture foretell the return of God’s covenant people to their homeland in the last days– from all the earth (that includes America).

When and How

When discussing this subject with other Christians I am often asked when I think these prophecies will be fulfilled and what scenario might lead to their fulfillment. I wish I could answer these questions; but only God knows the timing of these prophecies. While extreme natural disasters and “earth-shaking” events will continue to occur in the days ahead as warnings to draw our nation back to God, Revelation 17:16 indicates that the final destruction of Mystery Babylon will come by fire and will not be the result of a natural disaster; and verse 10 of chapter 18 states that this great city’s doom will take place in one hour. This information eliminates many possibilities while offering some clues.

As I have sought to understand how so much devastation could happen so quickly through fire, the following scenario has come to mind:

A strong minority of citizens – weary over government manipulation of our crumbling economy, and having grown tired of the government’s ever-increasing usurpation of our constitutional freedoms through its expansion of power and taxes – may rise up and take to the streets. The growing Tea Party movement could be the beginning of what might eventually lead to an all-out protest/rebellion. (Pressure created by the socialistic Occupy movement – along with economic upheaval, acts of terror, and mounting racial tensions – could all be used by globalists to fan the flames of unrest, ultimately leading to conflict.) If major unrest and turbulence occur I believe the Federal Government, through its Department of Homeland Security and related agencies, would see this as their opportunity to crack down on America’s freedom-loving people, which would include a significant number of Bible-believing Christians and conservative Jews. At this point, our nation would be in the midst of its worst internal crisis since the Civil War. The persecution of Jews and Christians would be severe.

If ever our foreign enemies (Russian, Islamic, and other) were to move against the United States, this time of civil unrest and vulnerability would be their perfect opportunity. The final straw for Russia and radical Islam came when American troops went into Iraq and Afghanistan; they have sought to bring the US down ever since. Along with concern over potential Islamic acts of terror, some in our military are disturbed by the fact that Russian submarines have been regularly spotted along our coasts during the last few years. Are they staking out positions for a possible future attack?

Russia resents America’s status as the world’s only superpower. It has long wanted to be the world’s dominant force; but the United States has stood in the way. If the US could be eliminated as a superpower, Russia, in its thinking, would inevitably become Europe’s dominant military force and, as such, would be in the driver’s seat of a world government centered in Europe and the Middle East. It is no coincidence that Europe’s top globalists and many Islamic despots of terror also happen to be devoted Marxists with ties to Russia.

“Illuminists” (secret society globalists with occult loyalties) have used the United States as an effective vehicle for building their new world order – for developing technological infrastructure such as communication satellites and the Internet, promoting a syncretic global culture, and funding the UN and its various one-world agendas. But once all the pieces have been put in place, if the US itself does not come into their global system peacefully, to them it will be expendable. America, although helpful to their goals on the one hand, has been a thorn in their side on the other. They hate the US for numerous reasons, including the fact that many of its independent-minded citizens have stubbornly resisted globalization and socialism in favor of national sovereignty and free enterprise. Barack Obama and his administration represent what may be their final attempt to bring our country into their new order – by force if necessary.

I envision a time when Russia and its allies – possibly augmented by embedded terror cells – launch a nuclear attack, striking a number of our coastal cities including New York. These population centers would be devastated by fire in one hour, in fulfillment of Scripture. Regardless of how this predicted destruction comes about, Scripture makes clear that although the woman is destroyed by the Beast and his allies (Rev. 17:16), this act comes as a judgment from God (Rev. 17:17; 18:5, 8, 20; and 19:2). Chapter 18, verse 8 declares, “Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”

Russian submarines like this one move freely up and down our coasts.

From these passages it is evident that God will restrain the Beast who hates the woman until the woman’s sin has reached its full measure, at which time God will lift His hand of protection, allowing the Beast to succeed.

God is very patient, but He is also righteous and holy. As with the Israelites of old, He warns a people repeatedly, giving them time to repent of their sins; but if they persist in ignoring His merciful pleas, judgment eventually comes. When it does, it is usually swift and at a time when it is not expected.

Whether the passages in Revelation denote the complete destruction of an entire nation, symbolically represented by its most powerful city, or if they are speaking of a judgment limited to one city or a group of cities, is not specifically known. My personal opinion is that God will bring His judgment against the worst offenders – those cities that were most responsible for leading the people into sin. This was the case with Sodom and Gomorrah. He did not judge the entire region, only those cities of the plain that were responsible. Even in this instance, He left a place of refuge – the small town of Zoar – for Lot and his family (Genesis 19).

Regardless of what areas are eventually brought to ruin, one thing is certain: Since this coming destruction is the result of God’s judgment, only those places that God allows to be targeted will be hit. I hope, and want to believe, this means that major parts of our country will be spared. But, even if this were to be the case, there would still be many unknowns. Such as, what would become of those areas that are not destroyed?

Clearly, life in this country would be drastically different after such an act of judgment. Would the remaining parts of the United States eventually be brought under the authority of the Beast and his foreign troops on our soil; or would God in His mercy allow these areas to be places of refuge during the reign of the Beast – until Jesus Christ returns? Only the Lord knows the complete answer to these questions.

Doing God’s Will

The Lord is slow to anger and abounds in love. He has spared wicked cities in the past, when they have repented of their sins. Nineveh is a prime example. Even though Nineveh was comprised largely of a foreign people (non-Israelites) God cared enough about its inhabitants to send His prophet Jonah to warn them of coming judgment and destruction.

The Ninevites responded by declaring a fast. According to Scripture, all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth – a symbol of humility and repentance. The king and his nobles led the way. They issued a decree calling on everyone to urgently pray to God and to give up their evil ways and violence, hoping that “God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish” (Jonah 3:9). When God saw their humility and how they turned from their evil ways, He responded with compassion and spared the city.

I believe God would do the same for New York and all of America. He is not quick to bring judgment. He only does so after repeated violations and refusals to repent. He would much rather be compassionate and spare our nation. However, for this to happen there must be an immediate national repentance – from our top leaders down to the most common person. We must take the Lord seriously if we want to be spared!

This brings up the next important question: How do we respond if there is no national repentance? I am aware of a sizeable number of Christians who are in the process of relocating their families – and in some cases their ministries – to New Zealand. Others have mentioned Costa Rica, Chile, or various island nations as possible places of refuge. These believers see the persecution of Christians and Jews followed by America’s destruction as being imminent; they take God’s warning in Revelation 18:4 literally. In this passage God declares, Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.

Other end-time passages telling God’s people to get out of “the Daughter of Babylon” may be found in Isaiah, Jeremiah and Zechariah. God warns his people (Christians) to flee in Jeremiah 50:8 & 16; 51:6, 9, 45 & 50. On two occasions, He specifically warns Jewish residents of the Daughter of Babylon to flee (Zechariah 2:7 and Isaiah 48:20).

Christians I know who are leaving America have taken into account that the global system of government described in Revelation 13 and 14 will eventually also encompass the nations they are fleeing to. However, they believe they will have more time to function freely as Christians if they are living outside of the United States. They feel they are being obedient to God by leaving.

Others are choosing to stay for now, believing this to be God’s will for their lives. Some individuals we know are involved in preparing places of refuge throughout the US, convinced that God has called them to do so.

We are also blessed to have friends whom God has placed in key positions in our government, military and financial structure. He still has a few “Daniels” in high places. They are doing what they can to make a difference for God where they are.

It is important that we are obedient to whatever God calls us to do. If He leads us to move out of the city we are in, we should do so. If He impresses us to stay where we are for the time being, we should stay. If He prompts us to move completely out of the country, then we should be willing to go. This is a time for serious prayer and diligently seeking God’s will for our lives. Be sensitive to His leading.

I am personally grieved by the state of affairs in our nation. As one who has had a deep love for America from an early age, it has been difficult for me to accept the fact that everything is about to change. My parents came to the United States from Europe – my father from Croatia where he and his family fled from both the Nazis and Communists, and my mother from Germany where she grew up under Hitler’s regime. They both knew hard times. They came to America believing they would indefinitely enjoy her great freedoms. Born in this country, I was raised to cherish our freedoms and to be loyal to our nation’s ideals.

For the past 25 years I, along with others, have sounded the alarm, hoping that people would wake-up, take a stand, and embrace Jesus Christ as the only hope for our nation. Some have, but most have not – bringing us to our present-day reality.

Our family faces the same day-to-day challenges as any other American family. My wife and I have four children. Two of them are still living at home and are preparing for college. In addition, I am responsible for my aging parents who have physical issues. We are in the same boat as many of you. But, no matter how difficult the times, we must remain obedient and faithful to the Lord who will guide our steps and give us the strength to persevere.

We ask the Lord for discernment every day and trust that He will lead us according to his will. If He directs us to leave our city or country, with his help and by his grace we will do what is right.

What God Wants Most

It is important that we deal with this sobering subject in a way that might lead to godly changes in our lives and nation. Perhaps, if the people of America genuinely repent and turn to God, He will yet be merciful and, as with Nineveh, spare our nation and delay its judgment. We must recognize that all of our best efforts to defend our freedoms will fail if they are not accompanied by repentance and submission to God. Taking a stand for our Constitution, regardless of how noble an undertaking, will by itself not earn us favor with the Lord; nor will taking a stand on moral issues, or fighting corruption in politics – even though these are legitimate causes. So, what does the Lord most want and expect from us?

● God wants us to take Him at his word, by believing that we can be saved only through the shed blood of his Son, Jesus Christ. Acts 4:12 tells us there is no other name by which we can be saved. Salvation – a secure eternity with God – is available through no one else. The belief in, or politically-correct acceptance of, any other “gods” and religions must be completely abandoned. We must place our faith and trust in Jesus alone.

● God wants us to love Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength (Luke 10:27). He desires for us to walk in close fellowship with Him and delight in his presence. We are to seek Him for discernment and guidance while worshipping Him for his goodness, mercy and love. We should look to the Lord to faithfully supply all our needs while continually thanking Him for his provision. We must never forget that everything good in our lives comes from Him, including the freedoms we’ve enjoyed and have so often taken for granted. Most importantly, He has forgiven our sins and given us eternal life. He is truly an awesome God!

Loving the Lord also means that we must avoid making other people more important than Him. We live in a society that is quick to idolize individuals. But God declares, “I will not give My glory to another” (Isaiah 48:11).

In the same way, when praise is directed our way, we must deflect it toward God, making sure He receives the glory for what He accomplishes through us. Paul and Barnabas were excellent examples of living out this act of worship (Acts 14:8-18). Our number one goal in life, like theirs, should be to bring glory to God.

● God wants us to surrender all sin and pursue a holy life to demonstrate our love for Him. Jesus said, “Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him” (John 14:21). In order to please God and enjoy his favor we must live a life of ongoing obedience and repentance. This means beginning each day by renewing our commitment to Christ and turning our back on sin. He longs for us to be overcomers by consistently obeying Him and saying no to the forbidden things of this world.

In short, the Lord wants us to live our lives as an offering to Him. This is how we worship Him and bring Him the glory He deserves. If we truly pursue the Lord, making Him number one in our lives, we will experience his peace, joy, and presence as we look forward to his return. No matter how difficult times become between now and then, we will be able to stand firm and be overcomers through Him (I John 4:4; 5:4, John 14:26-27 & Matthew 28:20b).

God loves mankind – his greatest creation. His perfect will is for all to be saved and none to be lost (John 3:15-18; 5:24). However, He makes clear that only those who have accepted (believed in) his Son, Jesus Christ, will be spared from the punishment of hell and will spend eternity with Him (Matthew 10:28 & II Peter 2:4-10). If you have never accepted Jesus as your Savior, I urge you to do so now. Pray the following words in faith and mean them with all of your heart:

“Lord Jesus, I am a sinner and I need you. I believe that you are the perfect Son of God and died on the cross to pay the penalty for my sins. I receive you now as my Savior. With your help, I repent of my sinful ways. Thank you for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life.Amen.”

Now that you’ve accepted Jesus as your personal Savior, ask Him to guide you through His Word (the Bible) and give you the desire and strength to truly love and obey Him. With Jesus at the helm, your life and eternity are secure in his care. No situation or power of the enemy will be able to separate you from the love of Christ!

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?... No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” ― Romans 8:35, 37-39

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” ― Hebrews 12:1-2 ■

Sources:

1 Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language, Second College Edition, Definitions for “Ishtar” and “Semiramis,” Cleveland & New York, 1974, pgs. 747 & 1295.

The World Book Encyclopedia, Volume 1, “Astarte,” Chicago, IL, 1969 edition, p.782.

R. A. Coombes, “The Idols of America: The Statue of Liberty and Statue of Freedom,” Alpha Omega Report, 2005. Mr. Coombes can be reached through his website at www.aoreport.com.

WORLD GOVERNMENT OF CARDINALS READY TO ELECT NEXT POPE

KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.

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

REVELATION 13:11-12
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).

REVELATION 17:1-5,9,15-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:(VATICAN)
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 (FALSE CHURCH) sit upon a scarlet (RED) coloured beast,(THE FALSE CHURCH RIDES WORLD GOVERNMENT TO WORLD POWER)  full of names of blasphemy,(GOD HATING) having seven heads (ROME) and ten horns.(WORLD GOVERNMENT)
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet (RED) colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN-CATHOLICS ALL AROUND THE WORLD OVER 1 BILLION)
16 And the ten horns (WORLD GOVERNMENT) 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.(BOMBS OR NUKES)
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 1.2 BILLION CATHOLICS)

THE WORLD GOVERNMENT OF CARDINALS

WITH THE 115 RELIGIOUS WORLD GOVERNMENT OF CARDINALS READY TO SET THE CONCLAVE DATE AT 1PM EST-7PM VATICAN TIME TODAY.WE WILL SOON SEE WHAT CARDINAL COMES VICTORIOUS AS LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND WORLD LEADER POPE OF THE 1.2 BILLION CATHOLICS AROUND THE WORLD.

HERE ARE MY FAVORITES ALL FROM EUROPE.AND THE MAIN ONES FROM ROME/ITALY.
Scola, Angelo. Archbishop of Milan, Italy (2003).
Bertone, S.D.B., Tarcisio. Secretary of State; Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (2003)
Betori, Giuseppe. Archbishop of Florence, Italy (2012).
Bagnasco, Angelo. Archbishop of Genoa, Italy (2007).
Caffarra, Carlo. Archbishop of Bologna, Italy (2006).
Poletto, Severino. Archbishop emeritus of Turin, Italy (2001).
Romeo, Paolo. Archbishop of Palermo, Italy (2010).
Sepe, Crescenzio. Archbishop of Naples, Italy (2001)
Tettamanzi, Dionigi. Archbishop emeritus of Milan, Italy (1998).

Versaldi, Giuseppe. President of the prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (2012).
Tauran, Jean-Louis. President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialog (2003).
Ravasi, Gianfranco. President of the Pontifical Council for Culture and of the Pontifical Commissions for the Patrimony of the Church and of Sacred Archeology (2010).
O'Brien, Edwin Frederick. Pro-grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (2012).

Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M., Carlos. Archbishop emeritus of Sevilla, Spain (2003).
Barbarin, Philippe. Archbishop of Lyon, France (2003).
Brady, Seán Baptist. Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland (2007).
Danneels, Godfried. Archbishop emeritus of Mechelen-Brussels, Belgium (1983).
Dziwisz, Stanisław. Archbishop of Kraków, Poland (2006).
Eijk, Willem Jacobus. Archbishop of Utrecht, Holland (2012).
Erdö, Péter. Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary (2003).
Lajolo, Giovanni. President emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City and president emeritus of the Governatorato of the same state (2007).
Lehmann, Karl. Bishop of Mainz, Germany (2001).
Martínez Sistach Lluís. Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain (2007).
Marx, Reinhard. Archbishop of Münich und Freising, Germany (2010).
Meisner, Joachim. Archbishop of Cologne, Germany (1983).
Nycz, Kazimierz. Archbishop of Warsaw, Poland (2010).
Policarpo, José da Cruz. Patriarch of Lisbon, Portugal (2001).
Ricard, Jean-Pierre. Archbishop of Bordeaux, France (2006).
Rouco Varela, Antonio María. Archbishop of Madrid, Spain (1998).
Schönborn, O.P., Christoph. Archbishop of Vienna, Austria (1998).
Vingt-Trois, André. Archbishop of Paris, France (2007).
Woelki, Ranier Maria. Archbishop of Berlin, Germany (2012).
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03/ 8/2013 VATICAN INSIDER

Conclave is to start on 12 March

The Sistine Chapel

The 115 cardinal electors are reday to elect the new Pope

vatican insider staff rome The College of Cardinals' eighth General Congregation has decided that the Conclave for the election of the new Pope will begin on 12 March 2013. This is according to a communiqué issued by the Holy See Press Office. The Mass "Pro Eligendo Pontefice" will be celebrated in St. Peter's Basilica in the morning andf in the afternoon cardinals will begin the Conclave.

The 115 cardinal electors are ready to vote for the new Pope. The average age of the cardinals is 72, most of them were appointed by Benedict XVI and over half of them are European. There are 28 Italian cardinal electors making them the largest group but all five continents are represented.

- AVERAGE AGE 71-72. There are eight cardinals who have either just turned eighty or will turn eighty this year.
 
- KASPER IS THE OLDEST CARDINAL AND THOTTUNKAL IS THE YOUNGEST. The German Walter Kasper turned 80 on 5 March, before the start of the Conclave but after the start of the sede vacante period. Cardinals are eligible to vote up until the age of 80. Severino Poletto and Juan Sandoval Iniguez turn 80 this March. The youngest cardinal elector is the Indian Baselio Cleemis Thottunkal who turns 54 in June. Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle’s birthday is also in June but he will turn 56. There are three more cardinals under the age of 60: two Germans and one Dutchman.
 
- OVER HALF OF THE CARDINAL ELECTORS ARE EUROPEANS. There are 60 electors representing the Old Continent, followed by Latin America with 19 representatives and North America with 14 (so 33 in total), Africa with 11 and Asia with 10. There is also one Australian, george Pell.

- ITALY HAS THE MOST MEMBERS, FOLLOWED BY THE U.S. Italy is the most represented country in the Conclave, with 28 cardinals. It is followed by the United States, which has 11 cardinal electors and Germany with 6. Spain and Brazil will have five cardinals each representing them in the Sistine Chapel.
 
- 67 OF THE CARDINAL ELECTORS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE POPE EMERITUS. The majority, 58%, were created cardinals by Benedict XVI. The other 48 were created byJohn Paul II. Paul VI created two of the members of the College of Cardinals but they are over 80 years old so cannot vote in the Conclave.

- 19 RELIGIOUS. The Salesian and Franciscan congregations are the ones with the most representatives in the Conclave - 4 cardinals each. Don Bosco’s followers include Tarcisio Bertone, Angelo Amato, Raffaele Farina and the Honduran, Oscar Maradiaga. The Franciscans are: the Brazilian, Claudio Hummes, the Spaniard, Carlos Amigo Vallejo and the South African, Wilfrid Fox Napier; the American Capuchin friar, Sean Patrick O’Malley, also belongs to this group. There are also two Jesuits, two Dominicans and one Redemptorist, one Lazarist, one Sulpician, the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, the Scalabrinians, a Mariamite and a religious from the Schonstatt Fathers.

03/ 8/2013 VATICAN INSIDER

Scola becomes "papabile" again: The Americans are also with him

Cardinal Angelo Scola

Well-liked by Ratzinger, he is seen as an outsider to the Roman Curia. After four days of discussions, the first alliances take shape

ANDREA TORNIELLI vatican city After four days of discussions and six General Congregations, the groups and the strongest "papabili" are emerging more clearly in the meeting room but even more so in the face to face talks taking place away from prying eyes. Among them is the Archbishop of Milan, Angelo Scola, who is coming to the fore. He has been considered one of the possible candidates for the Papal Seat right from the beginning; the votes of several American cardinals and of other European cardinal electors, from Germany to Eastern Europe, as well as those of some Italians, could be cast for him. It is important to remember that thanks to the initiatives of the Oasis Foundation, the Milanese cardinal has interwoven relationships with Eastern Churches as well; for example, with the Lebanese Patriarch Bechara Rai.


Scola was held in particular esteem by Pope Benedict XVI, who transferred him from the Venice to the diocese of Milan. An unprecedented decision considered as a sign by many. And it is no secret that Joseph Ratzinger, endorsing Cardinal Camillo Ruini's suggestion, had also considered him in 2007 for appointment as President of the Italian Episcopal Conference. At that time, it was the newly appointed Secretary of State, Tarcisio Bertone, who objected and the nomination was dropped. Scola is thus perceived as an outsider to the Roman Curia and to the management that has characterized it in recent years. Because of his international renown he could be one of the two strongest candidates from the very first vote in the Conclave that starts next week.The other candidate who, at the moment, is expected to start with a good number of votes is the Brazilian Odilo Pedro Scherer, Archbishop of São Paulo, who has a long curial and Vatican experience and would have the support of some influential Cardinals of the Curia; from the former Prefect of bishops, Giovanni Battista Re, to the Dean Angelo Sodano (who will not enter the Sistine Chapel to vote).We must see how much weight the recent debates, the criticisms over the Curia's management and the desire for renewal will have. And also how many votes will be cast for other candidates such as the Canadian Marc Ouellet, the Hungarian Peter Erdö, the Latin American Bergoglio, Robles Ortega and Rodríguez Maradiaga; and the outsiders Ranijth, Tagle and O'Malley (the latter tied to Scola by mutual esteem).All is possible. But, as early as the second day of the Conclave, the balance could change and, as occurred in the second election of 1978, a surprise could emerge.

03/ 8/2013 VATICAN INSIDER

Lombardi: “Conclave date to be announced at 7 pm”

Federico Lombardi

The Vatican spokesman announced this in his usual morning press conference. The date is expected to be announced at the end of this afternoon’s congregation

vatican insider staff rome “If you are asking me when the Conclave will start, my answer is: at the beginning of next week, on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. I don’t think cardinals will decide to start on Saturday or Sunday,” that is tomorrow. The director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi said this in this morning’s briefing with journalists.
 
Tomorrow morning there will be another round of General Congregations. On Sunday cardinals will hold prayer sessions in their titular churches in Rome.Meanwhile, the College of Cardinals has “accepted” the reasons given by cardinal electors who are going to be absent from the Conclave. Indonesian cardinal Darmaatmadia cannot attend due to illness and Scottish cardinal Keith O’Brien cannot take part for “personal reasons”. “The College has voted and has accepted their reasons of absence.” One of the themes discussed during today’s Congregation (8March) is women’s role in the Church.Over 100 cardinals have spoken in the Congregations. One website is promoting the adoption of cardinals through prayer, with the slogan “adopt a cardinal”. “So far, 220,000 are taking part in this prayer movement” via the website that is assigning cardinals for whom people can pray.

Vatican: conclave likely to start early next week

By NICOLE WINFIELD | Associated Press – 1 hr 12 mins ago MAR 08,13

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  View PhotoAssociated Press/Alessandra Tarantino - German Cardinal Walter Kasper, left, shares a word with Indian Cardinal George Alencherry in St. Peter's Square following a cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Thursday, …more 

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Friday the conclave to elect a new pope will likely start in the first few days of next week, signaling that cardinals are coming to an end of discussions about the state of the church and who best among them might lead it.Cardinals will vote Friday afternoon on the opening date of the conclave, a vote made possible by the arrival Thursday of the last of the 115 cardinal electors, Vietnamese Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh Man.The Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said it was "likely" the cardinals would choose Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday as the start date for the conclave. In the past 100 years, no conclave has lasted longer than five days.That said, there is no front-runner in this election, and the past week of deliberations has exposed sharp divisions among cardinals about some of the pressing problems facing the church, including of governance within the Holy See itself.Early in the week, the Americans had been pressing for more time to get to the bottom of the level of dysfunction and corruption exposed by the leaks of papal documents last year. But by Thursday afternoon, Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles tweeted that the discussions were "reaching a conclusion" and that a mood of "excitement" was taking hold.Vatican-based cardinals had been angling for a speedy end to the discussions, perhaps to limit the amount of dirty laundry being aired.Aside from the conclave start date, Lombardi said a few items of business remain outstanding, including drawing lots for rooms at the Vatican's Santa Marta hotel. On Friday, he showed a video of the room in which the new pope will sleep his first night as pontiff; it features a bed with a heavy, dark wood headboard featuring a carved image of Christ's face.