Why? Jesus said that no one knows the day or hour, not even the Son; only the Father. So why would the pope be given inside information?
Why? I don't know why. I don't think that he would be the first to know but that he would get trickle down information as soon as it became available, before the rest of us.
I don't think that the pope knows the day or the hour, I just think that he has a better handle on what's going to happen than we do. There was a video or an article that quoted Malachi Martin, something that a previous pope had said.
The OP mentioned an asteroid on a certain date, I don't think that's the one. But I think that the Holy See knows something Biblical is going to come from space and that when it hits it will put the Vatican back into a place of prominence like that which they once enjoyed.
I do not believe that the event they're watching for is Wormwood like this article says.
By Greg Szymanski, JD
April 23, 2010
The University of Arizona, together with the Vatican and Jesuit Order, announced today it named its newest high-powered telescopic instrument Lucifer.
There has been a great deal of speculation, among Vatican critics, why in the first place the Jesuit Order was allowed to build a huge stellar observatory on Mt. Graham in Arizona on holy Indian ground in cooperation with the state-run University of Arizona.
With the naming of Lucifer, critics claim the Vatican has showed its true colors, using God and Jesus as shills for their true master Lucifer.
According to an article in Popular Science by Rebecca Boyle the new instrument with an evil-sounding name is helping scientists see how stars are born.
The article went to explain the name Lucifer stands for (deep breath) Large Binocular Telescope Near-infrared Utility with Camera and Integral Field Unit for Extragalactic Research.
And yes, according to Popular Science, its named for the Devil, whose name itself means morning star.
However, according to a spokesman for the University of Arizona,it wasnt meant to evoke any connotations of evil.
Lucifer has three interchangeable cameras for imaging and spectroscopy in different resolutions. It has a large field of view and high-res capabilities, which allow a wide range of observations.
Critics are now shaking their heads even more, wondering why the Vatican would have its own stellar observatory and why they would have the audacity to name a new telescope after the Devil himself.
According to Mitch Battros some people believe it is for the purpose to monitor a warning presented in the Bible.
Could it be it is named Wormwood coming from the New Testament book of Revelation, saying:
And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. (Revelation 8:10, 11 King James Bible).
Battros added this reference to the end times as well as Mayan prophecy:
Is it possible the Vatican has the same information as the Mayans? Both speak of an event coming from the center of our galaxy Milky Way. Both indicate a powerful celestial event. But the most important question of all is when.
I do not believe any scientist or focused individual can argue that all of space science and cosmology appears to have a certain urgency for discovery. From galactic charged particles to new found asteroids, there is a sense of lets find it as soon as we can.
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