PROPHETIC STATEMENTS: Will a Future Pope Be Forced to Flee Rome?

I can never trust our Muslim brethren who are living in Europe and the Americas while their leading preachers or imam (speaking in Arabic which most of us do not understand) during their Friday prayers announce publicly their intention to conquer Europe and Rome. 

If that would happen (God forbids), will Protestant churches, or the anti-Catholic sects and culs such as the Iglesia Ni Cristo® of Felix Manalo protect Rome and defend the Vatican and the Pope? Then we will know the Judases and the traitors! -CD2000

The current arc of history seems to be drawing us back into a very dark past—a time when Islam ruled half the civilized world and threatened the rest of it.

By William Kilpatrick from The Catholic World Report

A demonstrator holds up a sign reading "I'm Muslim don't panic" during a protest against Islamophobia in front of the Brussels' Justice Palace in Belgium Oct. 26, 2014. (CNS photo/Francois Lenoir, Reuters)

Where will the Pope live when Rome falls to Islam?

It’s not an idle question. For one thing, there is historical precedent. Popes have been forced from Rome in the past. For another thing, numerous Islamic authorities have explicitly targeted Rome for conquest.

Rome may be the Eternal City, but it has seen rough times. In 846, for instance, Pope Leo IV had to briefly flee Rome when it was attacked by an Arab fleet. The following year, he ordered the construction of a great wall around the Vatican to protect it from marauding Muslims. Even as recently as the 1940s, Rome was occupied by a foreign army. Although the Nazis left the pope alone, there is no guarantee that that situation would have continued had the Germans been able to keep the Allied forces at bay.

If Rome ever falls to Islam, the pope—whoever he may be at that time—may choose to remain in Rome and suffer the almost certain martyrdom that would follow. That is up to him and the Holy Spirit. However, in light of the escalating Islamization of Europe, it would seem prudent for Vatican officials to draw up some contingency plans. If the pope chooses exile, it would probably have to be in North or South American since it’s unlikely there will be any safe havens in Europe. In fact, Italy is currently a safer place than many other European nations. Although many Muslim immigrants pass through Italy, it is not their first choice of residence. Other European countries offer much more generous welfare incentives than does Italy. Countries such as England, Belgium, France, Sweden, and Germany are likely to fall first.

By “fall,” I don’t mean that these countries will fall to Muslim armies. That probably won’t be necessary. What we will see—what we are already witnessing—is a slow, steady process of submission. Well, slow and steady up to a point—and then, a rapid acceleration.

Some places in Europe seem already to be in the rapid acceleration phase. Birmingham, England now has more Muslim than Christian children. “That means,” as Mark Steyn observes, “that absent any countervailing dynamic, its future is Muslim.” What will that future look like? Steyn comments:

If you’re a Muslim girl, the authorities will systematically turn a blind eye to forced marriages and honor violence and, if you’re a lower-class infidel girl, to “grooming.” If you’re boorish enough to draw attention to such unpleasantness, you’ll be committing a hate crime…

It’s not necessary to consult a crystal ball to see the future of Birmingham (England’s second largest city). The forced marriages of Muslim girls and the grooming of lower-class girls is already a reality in England. And so is the blind eye response. Most Americans don’t know about it, but it was recently revealed that over a sixteen-year period, 1400 girls in the city of Rotherham had been groomed, gang-raped, and traded by Muslim gangs—and all with the full knowledge of police, city officials, and child protection agencies. No one in authority did anything about it because no one wanted to be charged with “committing a hate crime” by singling out Muslims.

ROME will be fought! Islam cannot take it away from Christians! Long LIVE ROME! Long LIVE the POPE!

If Muslims would attack the Vatican and the Pope, will the Iglesia Ni Cristo® and other anti-Catholic Protestants will they side with the Catholic Church and Protect the Vatican and the Pope?

Vatican responds to Islamic State threat

IrishTimes - The Vatican has played down renewed reports of a death threat against Pope Francis by Islamic State (IS) militants.

On the eve of the pope’s one-day trip to Albania next Sunday, the Iraqi ambassador to the Holy See, Habeeb Al Sadr, on Saturday told the online version of Rome daily Il Messaggero: “Our intelligence and our analysts suggest this [attack on the pope] could happen.

“We all know how these terrorists think. Their targets are known. I would not rule out them managing to attack him (Pope Francis) . . . I have warned senior people in the Holy See and they know the dangers represented by these terrorist groups.

“After all, the Vatican supports the Iraqi state in its efforts to stop IS.”

However, papal spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told The Irish Times yesterday that the Holy See was unworried by these reported threats, adding: “There is nothing special, nothing extraordinary in this report, nothing new.

“For that reason,” he said, “we will carry on as per normal, we are not worried”

Three weeks ago, Rome daily Il Tempo, citing unnamed Israeli and Italian secret service sources, claimed that Pope Francis hadbecome a target of the Islamic State, within the context of its war on the west.

That speculation was probably sparked by comments made by the Pope on his flight on the way back from a pastoral visit toSouth Korea last month.

Asked if he “approved” of US bombardment of IS forces in Iraq, he replied: “In cases like this, where there is an unjustaggression, then it is licit to halt the aggressor. But I stress ‘halt’. I don’t say bomb, or make war, but rather stop him.”

Read: Islamic State: Pope is 'being targeted by Isis', Iraqi ambassador to the Holy See warns

How World Political and Religious Leaders Respect the See of Rome and the Pope

Where is the INC (Iglesia ni Cristo), the "true" Church of Christ and its leaders been recognized and respected?

A Sedevacantist Bogus Catholic Saying Pope Benedict is Heretic ^_^

He said:

SAYYOURROSARY has replied to your comment on How to enlist in the Swiss Guard: @catholicdefender2000 Let's see if Catholic defender (yea right !) is willing to debate . I say B16 is a modernist heretic from hell katholick defender 2k says he is "holy man" let's debate I will P.M. directly and you will see . No katholick is willing to debate with a real catholic you would be crushed with truth . Your "Holy Father" was a NAZI Your "Holy father" was convicted of modernism by Pius XII

His YouTube says it all!

Sorry SAYYOURROSARY, you're NOT a CATHOLIC!

31 new Swiss Guards sworn in at the Vatican

The Swiss Guards

In case you really are interested in knowing those guards protecting the Pope. They are the SWISS GUARDS

With historic visit, pope to challenge indifferent, agnostic Brits

Photo Source: thepapalvisit.org.uk

(Source: OSV) -Benedict XVI walks into a swirl of paradoxes and a storm of controversy with historic state visit

Pope Benedict XVI later this month visits Great Britain in a swirl of paradoxes.

Relations with its government are far closer than ever before — he comes at the invitation of the queen for the first-ever state visit by a pope — yet tensions over recent equality laws have put in serious doubt the willingness of the British state to protect the Church’s presence in the public square. The voices of militant Protestantism are largely silent, but protests by radical secularists and gay rights campaigners will be far stronger than during the first and last papal visit in 1982.

State event? Or pastoral?

The state nature of the visit has involved Church-state negotiations of sometimes Byzantine complexity over costs and logistics. Technically, the government meets the expenses of the “state” elements of the visit, while the Church foots the bills of the “pastoral” parts — a prayer vigil in Hyde Park, Mass at Westminster Cathedral and, what is for Catholics the highlight of the visit, the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman at Cofton Park outside Birmingham. Negotiations with the government have been fraught with tortuous discussions over exactly when the visit passes from “state” to “pastoral.” Both sides have struggled to keep down spiralling costs — the Church has raised $9.25 million for its share, but is $6.2 million in the red — at a time when the new administration has introduced painful budget cuts across government.

Nervousness about costs and stringent security and safety rules that did not exist in 1982 have to some extent dampened the enthusiasm of Catholics, who can only attend the large events in Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park, Hyde Park and Cofton Park by applying for the limited tickets allocated to each diocese through their parish.

The British police, for whom the notion of vast, peaceful crowds is largely alien, are demanding that pilgrims arrive on buses where each person can be identified and accounted for. The allocation of tickets has sometimes been out of sync with demand, leaving many Catholics frustrated at being unable to attend, while some dioceses have struggled to meet their quotas. But these problems are being tackled, and the events will no doubt be full: 100,000 are expected at Bellahouston Park, 90,000 in Hyde Park and around 80,000 in Cofton Park for the beatification Mass, while it is impossible to predict the numbers who will flock to Westminster to see the popemobile.

For those familiar with the often bloody history of relations between crown and papacy, Church and state, there will be many powerful, poignant moments. Pope Benedict flies first to Edinburgh to be received by the queen in Scotland.

‘Healing of memories’Queen and pope will sit to talk in Holyroodhouse, her official Edinburgh residence, and the home of Mary, the Catholic Queen of Scots, before her execution in 1587 by the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I. On Sept. 17, the pope will address 1,000 parliamentarians and civic leaders in Parliament’s Westminster Hall, where Catholic martyr saints Thomas More and Edmund Campion were tried and sentenced to death. That evening, he will pray with the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, in the queen’s church, Westminster Abbey, before the tomb of the 11th-century king St. Edward the Confessor, revered by both Catholics and Anglicans. Such moments will provide, say the visit’s Catholic organizers optimistically, an opportunity for the “healing of memories.”

For the pope, they offer a platform for recalling Britain to its “authentic” liberal heritage, one founded on pluralism and openness to God — a Christian humanism, inclusive of the marginalized and the poor, in contrast to the chilly materialist emptiness of secular beliefs.

Even if most British people have never heard of him, the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890) will provide a focal point for both Anglicans and Catholics. Newman’s life, marked by an astonishing courage to follow the truth where it led him, and described in classics of Christian literature, offers Pope Benedict a magnificent opportunity to pay homage to an authentic conscience in contrast with the subjectivist, individualist notions that underpin relativism. What Pope Benedict says in praise of Newman — one of the great English intellects of the 19th century — will need to be carefully chosen; centuries of Anglican suspicion of Roman triumphalism are not so easily erased.

Attention-grabbers

A campaign against the state visit has been mounted by a loose coalition of humanists, secularists, atheists and gay rights activists under the banner of a “Protest the Pope” campaign.

There will be placards and attention-grabbing attempts by its leader, the human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who once released helium-filled condoms in Westminster Cathedral, to draw attention to what he portrays as the Church’s scandalously illiberal views on homosexuality and women. There will be no shortage of documentaries and films on sex abuse and celibacy timed for the eve of the visit.

But the Church, too, has been preparing. Catholic Voices, a team of 20 articulate young Catholics, have been receiving media-skills training and briefing on “hot-button issues” over the past six months, and are being heavily booked by broadcasters. [Full disclosure: I am one of the coordinators.]

But the pope will find the Church in reasonable health: Catholics, boosted by large-scale immigration, now number close to 6 million, around 10 percent of the population, considerably up from the 4.2 million reported in the census of 2001. And, after a long period of falling numbers, priestly vocations are rising again, with 150 men currently in seminaries and 40 more to join them in October. Clerical sex abuse stories have largely died down following draconian and effective guidelines introduced in 2001.

In terms of its contribution to British society — 2,300 schools, a large network of charities and aid agencies — the Church is one of the major actors in civil society. Pope Benedict will be inviting the agnostic or indifferent majority of British society to focus on that contribution, to reconsider the gift of faith that lies behind it, and to see the connection between that faith and what makes Britain great.

Austen Ivereigh writes from England.

THE KEY EVENTS (sidebar)

Sept. 16: State welcome and audience with Queen Elizabeth II in Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland. Open-air Mass in Glasgow.

Sept. 17: Visit to the archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, at Lambeth Palace; address to MPs and civil society leaders in Parliament; ecumenical vespers at Westminster Abbey.

Sept. 18: Meetings with the prime minister, deputy prime minister and leader of the opposition; Mass at Westminster Cathedral; visit to a residence for the elderly in south London; prayer vigil in Hyde Park, London.

Sept. 19: Mass for the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman at Cofton Park, outside Birmingham; meeting with the bishops of Scotland and of England and Wales; departs for Rome.

Visit The Papal UK Visit for update

Why 'Murder in the Vatican' Book should be read with Caution

A book by Lucien Gregoire entitled 'Murder in the Vatican' postulates that the Servant of God, Pope John Paul I died a violent death, and not through "heart attack" as the official pronouncement of the Vatican State.

Here's a sound reason why we need to read the book withs extreme CAUTION!, written by one of the few "Experts" on the subject "Pope/Papacy" -- Anura Guruge.

'Murder in the Vatican' Book
By: Anura Guruge

About ten days ago I received an e-mail from a relatively ‘involved’ follower of this blog informing me that he was reading the subject book, by Lucien Gregoire, and how that book had convinced him as to how far the Church will go to get rid of ‘undesirables’ — even if they were pope. I was appalled.

He wanted to know whether I was familiar with the book. Alas, I am. I read it, with much anticipation, in 2008. I was appalled. In reality very few books appall me and I, as an ever struggling writer, try to understand the challenges the author must have confronted.

What REALLY bugged me about this ‘book’ were the flagrant, factual errors.

To err is human. I make errors. I readily acknowledge them and repeatedly point out that fallibility has been my faithful handmaiden throughout my life. I did NOT know that there had been a religious order called the ‘Humiliati.’ So I screwed up when I said that only one religious order had been suppressed by a pope. [I have since fixed that.] I make lots typos. I type 1880 for 1800 and 1963 for 963. Most of my readers forgive me for these errors. Some even empathize.

But, the factual errors in this ‘book’ have a very distinct ‘flavor.’ Many do NOT come across as oversights. It just seems impossible to get something that WRONG.

Cardinal electors do NOT call out the name of the person that they voted for!

The ballots in a conclave are NOT counted in a private room!

Popes do not have to be elected by an unanimous vote!

To justify the factual errors in this book, I listed a few, with much reservations, in my ‘errors in books about popes‘ section. I just feel that this book is not worthy of being on that page! Yes, the other books have errors too, some more than others, but all of them are serious, credible books. This book does not meet MY credibility criteria. I cannot take this book seriously.

Yes, very early on I cottoned onto the ‘not so hidden’ auxiliary agenda of the author. I won’t comment on that.

I am also refraining from commenting, too much, on the subjective commentary in this ‘book’ since that is open to debate. I just want to point out the factual errors and just use that as my basis for treating this ‘book’ with disdain. Some of his comments bother me. Some of what he has to say about Good Pope John XXIII (#262), in my opinion, are highly contentious.

On page 126 he says that John Paul I’s father was ‘Givovanni Paulo’ [John Paul] — hence another rationale for his double-barreled name, the first in papal history. That is father was ‘Givovanni,’ is a given. I can’t find any references to it having been ‘Givovanni Paulo.’ It may have. It just seems strange that the pope didn’t mention that — particularly given that John XXIII made a point of stressing that ‘John’ also happened to be the name of his beloved father. John Paul I knew that, and like most, must have been touched. Then, not to mention it, if it was indeed the case, seems very incongruous. And that is my point.

As far as I recall, this book was inconclusive and very garbled as to what really happened to poor John Paul I. Given the factual errors, I would have had difficulty accepting any conclusions with convictions. That is the problem with credibility. Once you have blown your credibility, you have lost everything.

I have read quite a few books related to John Paul I, including: ‘In God’s name,‘ ‘The making of the 1978 popes,‘ ‘Pontiff,‘ ‘Vatican,‘ and ‘A thief in the night.‘ The last of these also disappointing, given that it proved to be frustratingly flaccid when it came to its ‘up in the air’ conclusions. But, I didn’t encounter any major factual errors that made to recoil — as was the case with the Lucien ‘book.’

I personally think the pope did have a heart attack. But, I could be wrong.

The bottom line here, please treat the subject ‘book’ with CAUTION. Take care to separate the facts from the fiction.

Itinerary Published for Benedict XVI's U.K. Trip

VATICAN CITY (Zenit.org through CatholicOnline) - Benedict XVI's upcoming visit to the United Kingdom will include a visit with the queen, a meeting with other religious leaders, and a beatification ceremony.

Today the Vatican publicized the itinerary for the Pope's Sept. 16-19 apostolic journey.

He will leave Rome at 8:10 a.m. and arrive at the international airport of Edinburgh, Scotland, at 10:30.

Shortly after, the Pontiff will attend a welcoming ceremony at the Royal Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, where he will make a courtesy visit to Queen Elizabeth II.

At 11:40, the Holy Father will address the authorities in the park of the palace, after which he will depart for lunch in the archbishop's residence in that same city.

That evening, Benedict XVI will celebrate an open air Mass at 5:15 p.m. in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, Scotland. After the Mass, he will depart by plane from Glasgow to London.

Sept. 17

The next day, Sept. 17, the Pope will say a private Mass at the apostolic nunciature in Wimbledon.

At 10:00 a.m. he will give an address to leaders from the world of Catholic education at an event in the sports field of St. Mary's University College in Twickenham.

After this, the Pontiff will meet with leaders of other religions in the Waldegrave Drawing Room of that same college.

He will pay a special courtesy visit to the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, in Lambeth Palace. The Holy Father will give an address in the presence of the other Anglican bishops as well as the Catholic prelates of England and Wales.

At 5:10 p.m., Benedict XVI is scheduled to go to Westminster Hall to address representatives of the civil society, as part of his State visit. He will meet with civil leaders from the worlds of academics, culture and business, with the diplomatic corps, and with other religious leaders.

The Pope will conclude that day by participating in an ecumenical celebration in Westminster Abbey along with the archbishop of Canterbury and other Christian leaders.

Sept. 18

On Saturday, Sept. 18, the Pontiff will begin his itinerary with a meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron and other government leaders in the archbishop's palace.

At 10:00 a.m., the Holy Father will celebrate Mass in the Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, also known as Westminster Cathedral, where he will greet the people of Wales.

Young people will gather in the plaza outside the cathedral to greet Benedict XVI after the Mass.

The Pope will visit St. Peter's residential home for the elderly in the evening to greet those who are unable to travel to see him, and will then participate in a prayer vigil in Hyde Park.

Sept. 19

On Sunday, Sept. 19, the Pontiff will leave Wimbledon by helicopter for Birmingham, where he will arrive at 9:30 a.m.

At 10:00, he will celebrate Mass and the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman in Cofton Park of Rednal in Birmingham. The Holy Father will give the homily and, after Mass, will recite the Angelus with the pilgrims gathered there.

He will make a private visit to the oratory of St. Philip Neri, where he will be the first person to pray at the new shrine for Cardinal Newman, who will at that time be beatified.

Benedict XVI will conclude his visit with a meeting with the bishops of Scotland, England and Wales, and will depart Birmingham by plane for Rome at 6:45 p.m.

The Pope will arrive in Rome at 10:30.

Another Face of Hateful Islam at Pope's UK Visit in September

Just less than two months from now, the Holy Father will be visiting the UK. This trip will be his first Apostolic Visit to the United Kingdom after he was invited by the then Prime Minister Gordon through the approval of the Queen.

As his schedule is drawing nearer, left wing and right wing movements by dissenters are trying their best to be heard. One website has been shutdown but the government (read here)which calls Britons to "disassociate the British government from the Pope's intolerant views ahead of the Papal visit to Britain in September 2010."

Before it was blocked, it gained 12,000 signatories. The newly elected Prime Minister confirmed that the Papal visit is an official State Visit by "invitation of the Queen" herself.

The said Papal Trip will be in September 16-19, 2010.

In his itinerary (see here), the Pope will beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman. The beatification rite will be held at Cofton Park in Birmingham. Another face intolerant and hateful Muslims opposing his visit posted a very threatening article in his website at The Islamic Standard. Do we have to believe that this is a real "STANDARD" (NORM) for all Muslims in the UK? I hope not.

The article says:

"A change of venue gives Birmingham Muslims a chance to tell the Pope just what they think of him after his insults against the Prophet Muhammad (saws) in 2006 in Regensburg when he said…

'Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.'

As well as this chance to challenge these evil words of this evil Pope [emphasis mine], over 80,000 Catholics from all over the UK are also expected to attend the open air ceremony in Cofton Park, Birmingham, after the venue was changed to here from the original plan of doing the pontifs final day at Coventry airport."

Did the Pope really insult their Prophet Muhammad? Was this quotes his own or he quoted someone.

To end this Muslim's misunderstanding of the "Regensburg Lecture" we need to help this Muslim realize that those quotations had been the words of a 14th Century Byzantium Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos who pronounced those words when he had experience violence done by Muslims. Had the violence changed from 14th Century to the 21st Century? I guess this is the reason why the Pope had to address the Muslim world of their love for violence in the name of Islam.

After the speech, series of violence erupted in the Muslim world which only strengthens the truthfulness of this quotation observed since the 14th Century.

Then followed by another round of insult for Catholic veneration of saints:

"We hope Muslims can be there to meet him as well and to also call people away from the shirk of worshipping the dead like the Catholics do [emphasis mine],  calling out to them for help and intercession when Allah says in the Quran,

Nor call on any besides Allah, such can neither profit you, nor hurt you. If you do, then you will surely be one of the zalimun -Quran translation, 10:106

If this is the "standard" view of Muslims about the Pope and about Catholics, can the Pope criticize Muslims of traveling to Meccah just to kiss and venerate a piece of black stone? If he does, I am sure Muslims around the world would definitely stage a violent protest and killings too.

"We at the Islamic Standard hope the Muslims of Birmingham take this duel opportunity to give Da’wah to these 80,000 travelling disbelievers, whilst at the same time telling the Pope in no uncertain terms what Muslims think of his evil slanders against the last Prophet of God and his message."

(Please do not perpetuate your ignorance on the Pope's speech.)

Instead, let's ask the mercy of God for our brothers and sisters in the Islamic faith which we shared with Abraham our common father of the faith a mindset of tolerance that as they are enjoying our democratic tolerance while we are not free build and practice our faith FREELY in Muslim countries.

Let us all join our prayers together and fight in prayer those propagandists and extremists using religion as a ploy. Let's all PROTECT THE POPE!