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The Mother Of All
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While
visiting According to an article posted from a Lisbon, Portugal newspaper a major ecumenical move is being promoted by the Vatican that could lead to the uniting all the world's religions. This article has caused me to wonder: Should the “Mother of all Churches” be renamed the “Mother of All Religions”? The
article was titled Delegates
attending the
While
the article was posted from a Portuguese
News source I
decided to investigate further. Another
source verified that the event actually
happened between October 10 and 12, 2003 at
the Fatima Shrine. I also searched a number
of sources to find out more about Cardinal
José de Cruz Policarpo. He, along with 36
others, was officially appointed to the
position of Cardinal by Pope John Paul II, The
Shrine’s rector of over forty years,
Monsignor Luciano Guerra spoke to the
Congress. Addressing Hindu, Muslim, Jewish,
Orthodox, Buddhist and African Pagan
representatives he said: The
future of Other
religious leaders commented as well. From
their statements it was apparent that the
Fatima Shrine may soon become a pilgrimage
center for all of the world’s religions.
For example, Hindu representative Anshok
Ansraj described “how already in the Monsignor
Guerra also made it clear that he believed
the very name of “ Monsignor
Guerra pointed out that the very fact that Other
Catholic speakers who participated in the
conference were equally as vocal in their
opinion that the Fatima Shrine would become
a significant location and an ecumenical
catalyst for all religions to unite. For
example, the Jesuit theologian Father
Jacques Dupuis predicted: “The religion of
the future will be a general converging of
religions in a universal Christ that will
satisfy all.” [6] Passionately
encouraging all leaders who were in
attendance to become part of a world wide
religion centered on the name of Christ,
Father Dupuis continued: The
other religious traditions in the world are
part of God's plan for humanity and the Holy
Spirit is operating and present in Buddhist,
Hindu and other sacred writings of Christian
and non-Christian faiths as well. The
universality of God's kingdom permits this,
and this is nothing more than a diversified
form of sharing in the same mystery of
salvation. In the end it is hoped that the
Christian will become a better Christian and
each Hindu a better Hindu. [7] Like all
conferences, the “Future of God”
conference ended with resolutions to be
carried forward. The An
official statement put out by the Congress
called for a non-proselytizing approach by
all religions. "No one religion can
irradiate another," it said "or
strengthen itself by downplaying others and
an open dialogue is the way to building
bridges and tearing down walls of centuries
of hate. What is needed is that each
religion be true to its faith integrally and
treat each religion on the same footing of
equality with no inferior or superiority
complexes." It emphasized that the
secret to peace amongst all religions is
admitting that contradictions exist between
creeds but to concentrate on what unites
them as opposed to what separates them. [8] So, what is
happening to the Catholic Church? The Fatima
Shrine is one of Pope John Paul’s favorite
places. He has traveled to this site on
numerous occasions. In fact on If the Pope
is not in agreement with the Fatima Shrine
becoming a focal point to unite the world
religiously under the banner of “Mary”
and in the name of Christ, now would be a
good time for him to let the world know the
Congress held at Somehow, I
have a strong suspicion that the statements
made at the Fatima Interfaith Congress are
prophetic in nature, and will never be
retracted by the Pope or any other One
final question: Will the statements made at
the “Future of God” Congress held in If current
events such as we have been describing are
shocking to you, get ready there will be a
lot more ahead. Jesus said that “many”
would be deceived by “many”.[9]
Wake up. Don’t be a part of that group.
Roger Oakland
Understand The
Times
[4] Ibid. [5] Ibid. [6] Ibid. [7] Ibid. [8] Ibid. |
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