OH, WHAT CAN I SAY to anti-Catholic cults out there who hated the entire Catholic Church, the Pope and the Saints. Maybe they are growing mad about this news. Its ministers could be scratching their heads now asking themselves how could this "pagan leader" sitting in Rome have that immense political power in world affairs? As they make their members believe their founders were "God's chosen" messengers, angels and prophets and yet their present Executive Minister and his Ministers' statements cannot even stir 1/10000 of a drop of water.
If it's true that the "favor" of God is upon their founders and their cults / sects (as they love to brag in their TV programs and printed official magazines), how come that this 83 years old man believed to be the "anti-Christ" is 5th Most Powerful Man on this planet, you must sit and think about how could this "God" whom they preached to favor their Sugo and angels could humiliate such a "chosen Last Messenger" and his "re-established" Iglesia ni Cristo (kuno)? How could an "anti-Christ" sits 5th Most Powerful man more than their own "favored" or "chosen messenger" and his grandson heir to the throne?
God gave us common sense. I would suggest anti-Catholics and bigots to have an verdose of it. It will regain your senses to TRUTH!
"Forbes recently named Pope Benedict XVI the fifth-most-powerful person in the world, right between Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel and well ahead of any other religious leaders — Iran's top ayatollah (26th) and the dalai lama (39th). An 83-year-old man, the out-of-touch figurehead of a dying mythological system, is the fifth-most powerful person in the world? How can this be?" lightoftheworldbook.blog
Pope Benedict, the enigma
By Amy Welborn
USAToday
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| Photo by Alessandra Tarantino, AP |
Forbes recently named Pope Benedict XVI the fifth-most-powerful person in the world, right between Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel and well ahead of any other religious leaders — Iran's top ayatollah (26th) and the dalai lama (39th).
An 83-year-old man, the out-of-touch figurehead of a dying mythological system, is the fifth-most powerful person in the world? How can this be?
The Forbes ranking is certainly subjective, but still revealing. The Top Five finish hints at an understanding of the continuing importance of Catholicism on the world stage and even in the U.S., where almost a quarter of the population — around 69 million people — claim a Catholic identity.
Revealing, too, was the explosion of headlines about and analysis of two sentences —about condoms, no less — uttered by this same 83-year-old man. To garner that sort of worldwide attention without even trying? That's power.
