500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines, Celebrated at the Vatican with Pope Francis and Cardinal Tagle

Christmas Urbi et Orbi Blessings from Vatican City

SAINT TERESA OF KOKLATA, NOW WORTHY OF OUR DEVOTION AMONG THE SAINTS IN HEAVEN!

George Clooney and Richard Gere honoured by Pope for contribution to Vatican education project

Source: Catholic Herald
by Associated Press
posted Monday, 30 May 2016

Pope Francis meets George Clooney and his wife Amal at the Vatican meeting (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool photo via AP)

During the event, Pope Francis said he has never considered following Benedict XVI into retirement

Pope Francis awarded medals to George Clooney, Salma Hayek and Richard Gere in recognition of their contributions to a Vatican education project.

The Hollywood stars were in Rome on Sunday at an event for the Scholas Occurentes (Schools Meet) global educational initiative that Pope Francis launched.

Scholas Occurentes works in 82 countries with 400,000 schools and other education institutions, aiming to bring together children from different cultures and religions.

Clooney, Hayek and Gere agreed to be ambassadors for one of the foundation’s arts projects.

The meeting in the Vatican Synod Hall involved testimonials, music, videos and a question and answer session.

In response to a question from a young person, Pope Francis said he has never considered following Benedict XVI into retirement.

“I never thought of quitting being pope, or of leaving because of the many responsibilities,” the Pope said.

Francis has previously said he envisioned a short papacy before going on “to the Father’s house,” but he has never specifically ruled out following in the Pope Emeritus’s footsteps. Benedict XVI retired in 2013, the first pope to step down in 600 years.

During Sunday’s meeting Pope Francis received the gift of an olive tree and autographed surfboards.

The meeting marks the launch of the a website that will allow members of the public to put questions to Pope Francis.

ROME REPORTS: A look inside the Vatican's Diplomatic Power

Source:  Rome Reports

From U.S president Barack Obama to Queen Elizabeth...From controversial leaders to Hollywood stars. Pope Francis has met them all. The Vatican may be the smallest country in the world, but it has real diplomatic influence.

NIGEL BAKER

UK Ambassador to the Holy See

"Possibly the world’s most extensive network today, functioning on all sorts of levels from the political to the religious to the NGO, to the street, to the media.”

Nigel Baker is the UK's ambassador before the Holy See. He says a lot more than just religion is addressed. There's also immigration, war, nuclear disarmament and inter-religious dialogue.

NIGEL BAKER

UK Ambassador to the Holy See

"These are top of the agenda issues and the Holy See not only has something to say, but it’s having influence on the debate.”

With more than 170 countries accredited before the Holy See, it has an extensive international network, other nations want to tap into. It's not just the small diplomatic team in the Vatican, but the Universal Church it has access to.

NIGEL BAKER

UK Ambassador to the Holy See

"We don’t have at the moment an embassy in Damascus. But, we may be able to talk to Syrians, Syrian Christians or Syrian refugee workers who are working closely inside Syria and have information on what’s happening.”

Since being elected, Pope Francis has been top news. Getting an audience with the Pope is a way to deal with concrete issues, but there's also a popularity element, world leaders may not always admit to.

NIGEL BAKER

UK Ambassador to the Holy See

"Even world leaders I think can be susceptible to a little bit of the star dust and see whether that may rub off on them and I think it’s difficult to find a world leader that has the star dust that Pope Francis has.”

So it's not just countries with a majority of Catholics that expect to have diplomatic ties with the Holy See. Even more, it's about being connected to an international network that has real influence out on the ground.

EASTER MASS AT THE VATICAN! HAPPY EASTER!

EASTER VIGIL AT THE VATICAN

CHRISM MASS AT THE VATICAN

PALM SUNDAY (A Day of Obligation for Catholics)

Palm Sunday is the final Sunday of Lent, the beginning of Holy Week, and commemorates the triumphant arrival of Christ in Jerusalem, days before he was crucified.

Palm Sunday is known as such because the faithful will often receive palm fronds which they use to participate in the reenactment of Christ's arrival in Jerusalem. In the Gospels, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding a young donkey, and to the lavish praise of the townspeople who threw clothes, or possibly palms or small branches, in front of him as a sign of homage. This was a customary practice for people of great respect.

Palm branches are widely recognized symbol of peace and victory, hence their preferred use on Palm Sunday.

The use of a donkey instead of a horse is highly symbolic, it represents the humble arrival of someone in peace, as opposed to arriving on a steed in war.

A week later, Christ would rise from the dead on the first Easter.

During Palm Sunday Mass, palms are distributed to parishioners who carry them in a ritual procession into church. The palms are blessed and many people will fashion them into small crosses or other items of personal devotion. These may be returned to the church, or kept for the year.

Because the palms are blessed, they may not be discarded as trash. Instead, they are appropriately gathered at the church and incinerated to create the ashes that will be used in the follow year's Ash Wednesday observance.

The colors of the Mass on Palm Sunday are red and white, symbolizing the redemption in blood that Christ paid for the world.

VATICAN CITY!

JERUSALEM CITY!

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (2014)

CNS: Pope Francis to make debut on Instagram, Vatican official says

“Today I had the honor of meeting Pope Francis. We spoke about the power of images to unite people across different cultures and languages. It was by far one of the most memorable experiences of my life!” -Kevin Systrom, CEO and co-founder of Instagram

By Junno Arocho Esteves
Catholic News Service
Posted on March 16, 2016

Pope Francis meets Kevin Systrom, co-founder and CEO of Instagram, during a private audience at the Vatican Feb. 26. (CNS/L’Osservatore Romano)

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Firming up his presence on social media, Pope Francis will make his debut on the photo-sharing app Instagram, a Vatican official announced.

Msgr. Dario Vigano, prefect of the Secretariat for Communications, said the pope’s new account “Franciscus,” will go online March 19 and offer another side of his pontificate through photos.

During a news conference presenting a new book on the pope, Msgr. Vigano dubbed him “the Apple pope” because “there is very complex system behind a simple interface.”

That simplicity translated well for the pope’s Twitter account, which has well over 25 million followers in nine languages.

Whether at general audiences or during foreign trips, thousands of people try to take a coveted “papal selfie” with the pope. While it is unlikely the pope will pose for his own selfies, the account will offer viewers a glimpse into the pope’s life and messages.

The announcement came just over two weeks after Pope Francis met with Kevin Systrom, CEO and co-founder of Instagram.

“Today I had the honor of meeting Pope Francis,” Systrom wrote to his followers on the photo-sharing app. “We spoke about the power of images to unite people across different cultures and languages. It was by far one of the most memorable experiences of my life!”

TIME: Pope Francis and the New Roman Empire

Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he arrives in Bosnia
and Herzegovina for a Mass in 2015. (Time.com)

[Source: TIME]- From Cuba to climate change, he has revitalized the Vatican’s role in global diplomacy. Now he’s bringing his activist agenda to the U.S.

History sometimes turns on little things– a single bullet, a spy’s blurry photograph–and on Aug. 25, 2014, Cardinal Jaime Ortega y Alamino of Havana arrived at the White House to deliver one such object. Ortega had gone to great lengths to cover his tracks. His name does not appear in official White House visitor logs, and he had even arranged an event at Georgetown University that day to explain his presence in the capital. When he arrived at the West Wing he was quickly shown to a secluded patio outside the Oval Office, where President Barack Obama, White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and two other top aides greeted him.

After dispensing with the formalities, the Cardinal took out a letter from Pope Francis to Obama. Ortega informed the Americans that he had delivered the same message days earlier in person to Cuban President Raúl Castro. And then Ortega began to read the Pope’s words out loud. Francis expressed his support for diplomatic talks the U.S. and Cuba had secretly been pursuing in an effort to end a half-century of hostility. He encouraged the two nations to resolve the issue of prisoners, a key sticking point in negotiations. And he offered the Vatican’s assistance to help the two countries overcome their decades of distrust and confrontation.

Francis’ letter was as simple as that, but it made a difference. Two months later, Obama and Castro took Francis up on his offer, dispatching top officials to the privacy of the Vatican for a five-hour session in which they hammered out the details of an agreement to restore full diplomatic relations. And when Obama and Castro sealed the historic deal by telephone on Dec. 16, 2014, they found common ground expressing their gratitude to the Pope. Most important, the Pope’s letter offered symbolic shelter for both sides as they weighed the political costs of reconciliation. Francis’ popularity as a religious figure in the U.S. gave Obama cover as he cut a deal with godless communists across the Straits of Florida, while the Pope’s credibility as a Latin American shielded Castro as he got in bed with Yankee capitalists. “[The Cubans] were very clear with us that they saw Pope Francis as different from previous Popes,” says Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes, who was present at the meeting with Ortega and the talks in Rome, “because of his stature as the first Pope from Latin America.”

That difference will be on full display when Francis arrives in Cuba on Sept. 19, ahead of a five-day historic visit to the U.S., and it is key to understanding not just who he is but how he is leading the Vatican on the world stage 30 months into his reign. Francis, 78, rose to prominence as a church leader in the unruly world of Latin American politics of the 1960s and 1970s, and his life and outlook are the products of the developing world. He has never been to the U.S., and his only papal trip to a developed Western country so far was a four-hour stopover in France, the shortest ever by a Pope. Instead he has focused on his spiritual base, traveling almost exclusively to so-called Global South nations, including Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Bolivia and Brazil.

That perspective has infused Vatican diplomacy under Francis with the same paradoxical mix of humility and influence that have defined his papacy so far. Nearly a year after Ortega’s visit, Francis shrugged off his role in the U.S.-Cuba rapprochement, even as he credited divine inspiration for his own part in the talks’ successful outcome. “What could I do with these two who have been going on like this for more than 50 years?” he asked reporters on a return flight from Paraguay to Rome in July. “Then the Lord made me think of a Cardinal, and he went there and talked,” Francis said. “We did hardly anything, only small things.”

But Francis’ small things are proving to be a big deal for the rest of the world. Coaxing U.S.-Cuban reconciliation is just the start: the Pope is making the Holy See a player in the most pressing global issues in a way unseen since the early days of Pope John Paul II. From the outset of his papacy he has drawn attention to the Mediterranean migrant crisis, and in early September he called on Catholic dioceses, including parishes in the Vatican, to house refugee families. Francis routinely speaks out about the persecution of Christians in Syria and Iraq as he pushes for action to end the wars there. He praised the controversial nuclear deal between Iran, the U.S. and five other world powers. His 180-page encyclical on the environment has been called “radical” by one prominent environmentalist and has helped make Francis a perceived front runner for the Nobel Peace Prize. And the State Department has asked the Vatican for help on relocating prisoners from the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, so that it can be closed, a top Obama priority, senior Administration officials tell TIME. Secretary of State John Kerry “early on saw Francis as a potentially activist foreign policy Pope,” says one senior State official.

National Anthem of the Vatican City State "O Roma Felix Nobilis"

O Felix Roma!

O Felix Roma Nobilis!

O Felix Roma, Roma Felix, Roma Nobilis!

Sedes es Petri!

Qui Christi Vicem Gerit!

Sedes es Petri!

Qui Apostolus est Pacis!

Pontifex, Tecum Erimus Omnes Nos

Pontifex, es Magister Qui Tuos Confirmas Fratres!

Pontifex, Tecum Erimus Omnes Nos

Pontifex, es Magister Qui Tuos Confirmas Fratres!

Pontifex, Fundamentum Ac Robur Nostrum

Hominumque Piscator, Pastor es Gregis, Ligans Terram et Coelum

Petre, tu es Christi es Vicarius Super Terram

Rupes Inter Fluctus tu es Pharus ac Veritas

Tu Christi es Charitas, Tu es Unitatis Custos

Promptus Libertatis Defensor In Te Auctoritas 

Petre, tu es Christi es Vicarius Super Terram

Rupes Inter Fluctus, Tu es Pharus ac Veritas 

Tu Christi es Charitas, Tu es Unitatis Custos

Promptus Libertatis Defensor In te Auctoritas

O Roma Nobilis!

O Roma Felix Nobilis!

Anong ginawa ni Eraño Manalo sa St. Peter's Square?

Hindi maipagkakaila ng pamunuan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo® na maging ang kanilang yumaong Punong Ministro ay NAAKIT sa CENTRAL ng IGLESIA sa VATICAN.  Ano pa't sila'y naggala at NAPAHANGA sa KABANALAN ng lugar kung saan si APOSTOL PEDRO ay IDINAMBANA ng SANTA IGLESIA ni CRISTO!

If Islam conquers Vatican, whom would the Iglesia Ni Cristo® side-- Muslims or Catholics?

Muslim extremists, to the rejoice of Muslim moderates who wanted to dominate within our democratic cities are waging war against the Christian Church which for them is represented by the CHURCH OF ROME, in the VATICAN CITY. [Read the News HERE and the Muslim Terrorist's MANIFESTO]

If such war would occur, whom will the Iglesia Ni Cristo® side for—Muslims or Catholics?

ISIS Declares War On The Vatican, And Says, “Muslims will be at war with the Roman Christians”.

Will the IGLESIA NI CRISTO® of FELIX Y. MANALO and other anti-Catholics come for the defense of the CHURCH IN ROME against Muslims? -CD2000

URGENT: ISIS threatens to invade Rome and fly its flag over the Vatican (IraqiNews.com)

By Theodore Shoebat

ISIS has now declared war on the Vatican in their manifesto, which contains numerous details on their plans to invade Rome. In their manifesto they quote one of ISIS’ spokesman Shaykh Abū Muhammad al-’Adnānī ash-Shāmī as saying:

O soldiers of the Islam- ic State, be ready for the final campaign of the crusaders. Yes, by Allah’s will, it will be the final one. Thereafter, we will raid them by Allah’s per- mission and they will not raid us… And so we promise you (crusaders) by Allah’s permission that this campaign will be your final campaign. It will be broken and defeated, just as all your previous campaigns were broken and defeated, except that this time we will raid you thereafter, and you will never raid us. We will conquer your Rome, break your crosses, and enslave your women, by the permission of Allah, the Exalted. This is His prom- ise to us; He is glorified and He does not fail in His promise. If we do not reach that time, then our children and grandchildren will reach it, and they will sell your sons as slaves at the slave market

Moreover, ISIS makes it clear that Rome is their main target, stating that their jihad will not end until Rome is fully taken, and thus making Rome their top priority:

Finally, do not forget that Allah is with the Mus- lims and will never abandon them to His ene- mies. And the Islamic State will remain until its banner flies over Rome.

They go on to quote al-Qaeda agent Abū Hamzah al-Muhājir, when he spoke of a future Islamic conquest of Rome:

…by Allah, we will not rest from our jihād until we are under the olive trees of Rome, after we destroy the filthy house called the White House

Notice how he says the conquest of Rome will happen after they conquer the White House, and notice how he says that they will not rest until they conquer Rome. Again, this places Rome as the major priority of the Muslim expansion. They continue on to say that Rome does not just signify the Vatican or the Italian city, but the Christians of Europe in general, and that after the Muslims defeat them, then they will take the city of Rome:

the Muslims will be at war with the Roman Christians. Rome in the Arabic tongue of the Prophet (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) refers to the Christians of Europe and their colonies in Shām prior to the conquering of Shām at the hands of the Sahābah. There will be a pause in this war due to a truce or treaty. … Then the Romans will commit treachery by raising the cross and killing a Muslim. This will lead to the continuation of the war between the Muslims and the Romans. They will demand access to those who enslaved some of them or the former captives themselves who accept- ed Islam so as to fight them. This enslavement will have taken place either before the signing of the truce or after the treachery, and Allah knows best. These events all lead up to the final, greatest, and bloodiest battle – al-Malhamah al- Kubrā – between the Muslims and the Romans prior to the appearance of the Dajjāl and the descent of al-Masīh. This battle ends the era of the Roman Christians, as the Muslims will then advance upon Constantinople and thereafter Rome, to conquer the two cities and raise the flag of the Khilāfah over them.

The Holy League, a confederacy of Catholic nations (that consisted mainly of Spain and Italy) that formed in the late 16th century to fight the Ottoman Turks, will rise again. This is not just some utopian dream, but an event foretold by God; for in the Book of Daniel it says,

For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. (Daniel 11:30)

Chittim consists of Cyprus, Greece, and Italy. The New King James renders it as “ships from Cyprus”, while the Douay-Rheims presents the passage as, “And the galleys and the Romans shall come upon him”. The Greeks, Cypriots, and Italians will be appointed by God to fight the Muslim armies of the Antichrist. The Greeks and the Cypriots are Eastern Orthodox, while the Italians are Roman Catholics.

The holy centurion, Cornelius, was amongst the first warriors to join the fold of Christianity, and he was “of that which is called the Italian band” (Acts 10:1). And the Italians of today, the inheritors of that mighty Cornelius, will be amongst the forces who will fight the Antichrist.

The Catholic world will therefore join forces with the Eastern Orthodox world, and together they will combat and crush the empire of the revived Ottomans and their Islamic confederacy. It will be a holy war; the Cross will be our banner; our souls will be armed with the Sword of the Spirit, and the hilt of the sword will be gripped in the thrall of mighty Christendom! The Holy League will rise again, and the New Crusade will end with the sword stained by pagan blood!

The New Crusade will be one based on Christianity, its foundation will be Orthodox theology; it will unsheathe the sword of truth and the eternal blade of the Spirit, and through Christ the warriors will sternly charge and conquer their enemies.

How much do you know about the Catholic Church?

Iglesia Ni Cristo® of Manalo, what have you contribution for the entire Christian Church? You only created confusion, lies, deceit and hate to the Catholic Church which you admitted as the true Church of Christ!-CD2000

 

How much do you know about the Catholic Church? Here are 10 fun facts you might not know. See how many you know and post your result in the comments! (Source: Catholic Hausa Choir forum)

Photo Source: ICM Creative Communication

1. Vatican City has the highest crime rate in the world! With a population around 500 people and a little over one crime per day, the Vatican crime rate is above 100 percent, per capita. Although the fact is shocking it should be remembered that the Vatican is about one square mile in size, and has nearly 20 million visitors annually. Most of the crimes are pickpockets, purse snatching and other petty offenses done by outsiders.

2. The ONLY Christian church in existence for the first 1,000 years of Christian history was the Roman Catholic Church. All other Christian churches which exist today can trace their linage back to the Roman Catholic Church. Most non-Catholic churches which exist today are less than a century or two old by comparison.

3. The Catholic Church consists of more than just the Roman Catholic Church. There are 22 Eastern Rites that are in full communion with Rome and although they go by different names, they are every bit as much a part of the Catholic Church.

4. Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press, was Catholic and the first book ever printed was the Catholic Bible.

5. The Catholic Church is entirely responsible for the composition of the Bible, which books are included, as well as the breakup of the chapters and verses. Protestants have removed some books of the Bible because some of the verses were inconsistent with their theology. Martin Luther was a prime offender in this regard, removing Tobit, Judith, 1 and 2 Maccabees, Wisdom, Sirach and Baruch. He also made an effort to remove James and Revelations, but this was rejected by his followers and those two books were kept. Catholics are often accused of "adding" the books, but despite this common belief, it is false. Older, pre-Protestant, Catholic translations of the Bible include them.

6. How many saints are recognized by the Catholic Church? There does not seem to be an official number, but it exceeds 10,000. Of course, any person who enters heaven is a saint, by definition, so it is certain the number of actual saints in existence is much greater than the number recognized by the Church.

7. Any Catholic may perform an emergency baptism, such as if a person is in grave danger of death. In such a case, the validity of the baptism only depends upon the wishes of the person being baptized, that they desire the baptism. There are specific guidelines for such practices that Catholics should follow. Anyone wishing to be prepared for such a case should refer to the catechism for a deeper understanding of this allowance. Generally, such practices ought to be left to trained clergy.

8. About 15 percent of all hospitals in the United States are Catholic hospitals. In some parts of the world, the Catholic Church provides the only healthcare, education and social services available to people.

9. The Catholic Church spends more money than Apple brings in. Expenditures by the Catholic Church, largely on charity, exceeded $170 billion in 2012, according to The Economist magazine. In that same year, Apple took in $157 billion in revenue..

10. The Pope is protected by the Swiss Papal Guard. Wearing uniforms designed by Michelangelo and commonly armed with halberds, they are capable of using heavier weapons if needed. Each member is Catholic, male, and Swiss, and must complete military training in Switzerland. They must demonstrate good conduct and be at least five-foot-eight in height. Those who are chosen are granted a private audience with the pope along with their families. In extreme circumstances, they are expected to guard the Holy Father with their lives. The Swiss Papal Guard is the oldest active military unit in continual existence since 1506.

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?

Local ng Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) sa Roma, BINABATI nga ba ng lahat ng mga iglesia ni Cristo?

Ayon sa PAG-AANGKIN ng mga tagapagtanggol ng Iglesia Ni Cristo® (INC ni Manalo), ang pangalan daw ng kanilang samahan ay mababasa sa sulat ni Apostol Pabol sa mga taga-ROMA 16:16 PATUNAY na sila raw ang TOTOO.  Samantalang ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA APOSTOLIKA ROMANA (IKAR daw) ay WALA, PATUNAY na PEKE raw tayo.

"Mangagbatian kayo ng banal na halik. Binabati kayo ng lahat ng mga iglesia ni Cristo." -Roma 16:16

Pero hindi naman ito ang SINASANG-AYUNAN ng kanilang OPISYAL na MAGASING PASUGO!


Pasugo April 1966, p. 6

"...The Catholic Church which from the beginning was the Church of Christ (“Ang Iglesia Katolika na sa pasimula ay siyang Iglesia ni Cristo.")."

Pasugo July August 1988 pp. 6.

“Even secular history shows a direct time link between the Catholic Church and the Apostles, leading to the conclusion that the true Church of Christ [Iglesia ni Cristo] is the Catholic Church.”

Kung sa KATUNOG lang ang batayan, tama nga namang may mga katagang "iglesia ni Cristo" ngunit plain and simple hindi ito ang "Iglesia Ni Cristo" na tatag ni Felix Manalo noong 1914.

Ang nakasulat sa Biblia ay "mga iglesia ni Cristo" at HINDI "Iglesia Ni Cristo" (INC)!

Ngunit, for the sake of argument ika nga, ipagpalagay na lamang natin na sila (ang Iglesia Ni Cristo®) ang tinutukoy sa Roma 16:16.

Kailan ba kasi nagkaroo ng lokal ang Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC ni Manalo) sa Roma?

Sabi ng kanilang website, nagkaroon lamang daw ng Local ang INC ni Manalo sa Roma around 22 years ago (1992 A.D.)

At kailan ba naisulat ni Apostol San Pablo ang kanyang SULAT SA MGA TAGA-ROMA kung saan binanggit niya ang mga katagang "mga iglesia ni Cristo"?

Ayon sa mga Bible Scholars (sa ngayon walang Ministro ng INC ni Manalo ang naturingang Bible Scholar) ang Sulat ni Apostol San Pablo sa mga Kristiano sa Roma naisulat sa pagitan ng 56-57 A.D. at marahil ay ipinadala ito sa Roma noong si San Pablo ay nasa Corinto sa pagitan ng taong 57-58 A.D-- mahigit 1,957 years ago (as of 2014 AD).

Lalong lumalakas ang pruweba na ang tinutukoy ni Apostol Pablo na IGLESIA sa Roma 16:16 ay ang IGLESIA KATOLIKA at hindi ang Iglesia Ni Cristo® (INC ni Manalo).

Kaya may IGLESIA NI CRISTO na pala mula pa noong 57 A.D. At ito ay sa ROMA (modern day ITALY).

At heto pa ang pambungad ni Apostol Pablo sa mga taga-ROMA (1:8)

"First of all, I give thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because YOUR FAITH IS SPOKEN OF ALL OVER THE WORLD."

Kitam! Ang PANANAMPALATAYA raw ng mga KRISTIANO sa ROMA ay BANTOG sa BUONG MUNDO!

Sa KATUNAYAN, hanggang ngayon ang PANANAMPALATAYANG KATOLIKO pa rin ang PINAKA-BANTOG na pananampalataya sa BUONG MUNDO! At sa kasalukuyan, ang BILANG ng mga KATOLIKO sa buong mundo ay umaabot na sa 1.2 billion, 1/6 ng buong populasyon-- ibig sabihin sa bawat anim na katao, isa doon ay Katoliko!

Kaya pala sinabi ni Apostol San Pablo sa mga taga-ROMA na ang "LAHAT" daw ng mga iglesia ni Cristo ay 'BUMABATI SA INYO (Roma)".

Heto ang patunay mula sa WIKIPEDIA.

Pansinin ang mga bansang kulay Luntian (Green), ito ang mga bansang MAY PAGBATI sa Iglesia sa Roma.

Ang kulay Abo (Gray) naman ay HINDI BUMABATI at KUMIKILALA sa Iglesia sa Roma. Ito ang mga bansang China (komunista), Myanmar (komunista), Macau (parte ng China), North Korea (Komunista), Afghanistan (Muslim), Saudi Arabia (Muslim), Oman (Muslim), Somalia (Muslim), Mauritania kasama ang Sahara Desert (mga Islamic Republic).

 Lumalabas na sa IGLESIA KATOLIKA pala ang NAKATUPAD sa mga nakasulat sa ROMA 16:16 at hindi ang Iglesia Ni Cristo® (INC) na noon lamang sumulpot sa Pilipinas noong 1914 sa pamamagitan ng pekeng sugo na si Felix Manalo.

[Basahin ang Alin nga ba ang Iglesiang BINABATI ng LAHAT ng mga iglesia ni Cristo?]

IPAGPALAGAY NATIN

Narito ang mga kuhang-larawan ng INC Local ng Roma (mula sa Facebook), kung saan makikita niyo na ang kanilang local sa Roma ay puro mga OFW (Overseas Filipino Workers)!

Ipaglagay natin na sila (Iglesia Ni Cristo Lokal ng Roma) ang tinutukoy sa Roma 16:16.  BINABATI ba ng lahat ng mga Iglesia Ni Cristo ang  local na INC sa Roma?

At kung "the true Church of Christ is back in the region" [Iglesia Ni  Cristo Today] eh bakit hanggang ngayon eh Pilipinas pa rin ang kanilang Central? Akala ko ba  eh LOKAL lamang ang ITINATAG ni Felix Manalo sa Pilipinas? Eh bakit wala sa Roma o Jerusalem ang kanilang Central?

Konting pagbubulay-bulay lamang mga kababayan ko. Gamitin ang sentido-kumon upang makawala kayo sa kapahamakan ng impierno.

ANG MANLILINLANG AT ANTI-CRISTO NA SI FELIX MANALO

Si Felix Manalo ay nangangaral na si Cristo ay TAO LAMANG at hindi siya kailanman naging DIOS.  Ang kanyang mga aral ay SALUNGAT sa Biblia.  Ayon sa 2 John 1:7, ang mga taong DI TANGGAP ang (DIOS) NA NAGKATAWANG TAO ay mga MANLILINLANG at ANTI-CRISTO.  Ito ang PAGLILINAW ng BIBLIA tungkol kay FELIX MANALO at ng mga ARAL ng Iglesia Ni Cristo® -1914

Narito ang ilan sa mga Bible Versions na mahilig nilang gamitin:

New International Version

I say this because many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.

New Living Translation

I say this because many deceivers have gone out into the world. They deny that Jesus Christ came in a real body. Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist.

English Standard Version

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

New American Standard Bible

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

King James Bible

For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Many deceivers have gone out into the world; they do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

International Standard Version

For many deceivers have gone out into the world. They refuse to acknowledge Jesus the Messiah as having become human. Any such person is a deceiver and an antichrist.

New American Bible

Many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh; such is the deceitful one and the antichrist.

The Jerusalem Bible

Many false teachers have appeared in the world, who will not acknowledge that Jesus Christ has come in human flesh; here is the deceiver you were warned against, here is Antichrist.

Douay-Rheims Bible

For many seducers are gone out into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh: this is a seducer and an antichrist.

Kaming mga kaanib ng TUNAY na IGLESIA ni CRISTO ay nagbibigay sa inyo ng babala na kailangan niyo nang lisanin ang INC ni Manalo sapagkat ito't ikapapahamak ng inyong mga kaluluwa! At hindi kami magsasawang sabihan at paalalahanan kayong lisanin na ang pekeng kulto ni Manalo alang-alang sa inyong kaligtasan.

Pagpalain nawa kayo ng Dios sa inyong paglalakbay pabalik sa tunay na Iglesia-- ang Iglesia Katolika!

"WE HOPE TO CONQUER THE VATICAN" - Muslim Scholar

Muslims want to DOMINATE the World. Let's pray Lord protect your Church. Protect your people!

Photo Source: Magdi Alam

Rome will be conquered next, says leader of 'Islamic State'

Telegraph.co.uk - Muslims have been called to flock to the 'Islamic State' to gather for a battle against non-believers throughout the world

Isis demands all Muslims pledge obedience to its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, left

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed leader of the 'Islamic State' stretching across Iraq and Syria, has vowed to lead the conquest of Rome as he called on Muslims to immigrate to his new land to fight under its banner around the globe.

Baghdadi, who holds a PhD in Islamic studies, said Muslims were being targetted and killed from China to Indonesia. Speaking as the first Caliph, or commander of the Islamic faithful since the dissolution of the Ottoman empire, he called on Muslims to rally to his pan-Islamic state.



"Those who can immigrate to the Islamic State should immigrate, as immigration to the house of Islam is a duty," he said in an audio recording released on a website used by the group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham.

"Rush O Muslims to your state. It is your state. Syria is not for Syrians and Iraq is not for Iraqis. The land is for the Muslims, all Muslims.

"This is my advice to you. If you hold to it you will conquer Rome and own the world, if Allah wills."