The Pope suddenly resigns!

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i read somewhere that while he was in university, one of the jobs he had to pay tuition was to work as a bouncer at a night club
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Why would I care that the Vatican doesn't recognize Israel as a state is a better question. Claudette Habesch, the Caritas general-secretary in Jerusalem, a Vatican NGO that works in social activities, just released an interview to Zenit news agency, in which he “christianized” the Palestinian Intifada. Israelis and Palestinians: Win Together or Lose Together | ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome

It is his story but not for the bulk of Palestinians.. they are mostly Muslims with extreme factions in their midst. As Claudette Habessch says "We pray for Jerusalem to witness a true miracle - from a City of Hope to become a City of Peace." Caritas Jerusalem supports Palestinian bid to join UN on Independent Catholic News

You have to understand the double speak language used here... "City of Peace" is Vatican talk for Vatican controlled... As long as Israel exists... the Vatican's claim to being the "new" Israel is a hard sell. Everything they claim from the keys to the kingdom, the representative of Christ, the god on earth authority, etc all hinges on Jerusalem which they have been trying to gain since their Crusade efforts of yesteryears.

no City of Peace is not code for Vatican controlled Jerusalem

and I do not want to debate in your subforum, but the existence of the modern nation-state of Israel does not make it a "hard sell" to claim that the Catholic Church is the New Israel, or rather the continuation of the Biblical Israel.
Israel being the People of God
a secular nation-state that is less then 100 years old does not really hurt the claims of the Catholic Church
King Herod was the secular King at that time, but Jesus was the true King
it is only a hard sell if people are looking at this with worldly eyes
 
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no City of Peace is not code for Vatican controlled Jerusalem

and I do not want to debate in your subforum, but the existence of the modern nation-state of Israel does not make it a "hard sell" to claim that the Catholic Church is the New Israel, or rather the continuation of the Biblical Israel.
Israel being the People of God
a secular nation-state that is less then 100 years old does not really hurt the claims of the Catholic Church
King Herod was the secular King at that time, but Jesus was the true King
it is only a hard sell if people are looking at this with worldly eyes
Thank you for stating your position... :wave:
 
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close the door on yer way out ...the empty echo is annoying

If you are responding to the poster just before you, she can close the door or leave it open - her house, she belongs here. If you're responding to the poster she was replying to, he's probably long gone, just a drive-by shooter, not to worry over.
 
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If you are responding to the poster just before you, she can close the door or leave it open - her house, she belongs here. If you're responding to the poster she was replying to, he's probably long gone, just a drive-by shooter, not to worry over.

allow me to clarify .. it wasn't at visionary lol -- i would never !
 
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