Afrondingswerk is aan die gang vir die Pous se besoek aan Afrika.
Honderde geraamde portrette van pous Franciskus is in Nairobi gereed vir wanneer die geestelike sy verskyning daar maak.
Die pous besoek Kenia, Uganda en die Sentraal Afrikaanse Republiek vanaf 25 tot 30 November.
Kenia gaan tot 10 000 polisiebeamptes ontplooi. Die land verwag skares so groot as een miljoen mense.
Volgens berigte in Le Figaro en ander Franse koerante, het die Franse weermag die Vatikaan afgeraai om te reis, en sê hulle die veiligheid van die Pous kan nie gewaarborg word nie.
‘n Franse amptenaar het gesê die verantwoordelikheid vir die veiligheid “is in die hande van die VN-sending”. Die Franse het tans 900 soldate in die Sentraal-Afrikaanse Republiek, ter ondersteuning van die VN-sending van 11.000 soldate.
Die aanvalle in Parys het kommer oor die veiligheid van die geestelike leier geskep, sê Federico Lombardi, die Vatikaan-woordvoerder, en bygevoeg dat toestande ver van “rustige en vreedsaam” is.
Die Islamitiese staat, wat die skuld dra vir die aanvalle in Parys, het dreigemente gemaak om Rome aan te val, insluitend in ‘n video hierdie week. Sekuriteit in Rome en die Vatikaan is sigbaar strenger in die afgelope dae.
Die twee dekades van konflik in die Sentraal-Afrikaanse Republiek het ‘n godsdienstige dimensie. Oor die afgelope twee jaar het politieke geskille ontaard in grusame sektariese aanvalle tussen Christene en Moslems.
Die VN beskuldig Christene van “etniese suiwering” in die land.
iemand het voorheen vertel,die probleme in Afrika het ontstaan,toe die Europeers na Afrika gekom het en die Bybel hand aan hand met ‘n bord kos begin uitdeel het….
Die Roomse Kerk se sterkste lidmaatbasis was nog altyd die gekleurde volke.Die RKK het ook n groot rol tespeel in die Afrika-bevrydings groepe, kyk maar net na wie die meerderheid swart presidente in afrika van skoolopleiding voorsien het en wie hulle in bewind hou.
Dit moet “Pappa”soos n tuiskoms wees om met Sentraal -Afrika te doen te he aangesien albei die Dagon vismens aanbid -sien net die Pous se mitre.
ISIL sal die pous geen werklike skade aanrig nie want Islaam het reeds die vorige Pous se ring gesoen!
Dit is insiggewend dat die Pous nie die kwynende kerk in SA kom besoek nie.Gee hy miskien kennis van sy misnoe aan die plaaslike Biskop?
Dit lyk of Rome aanklank vind by Obama se idee van “gematigde Moslems”, ‘n verskoning om die Moslempomp na Europa – wat Turkye is – vol aan die gang te hou.
The history of the Byzantine empire is an 1,100-year success story – more than double the length of the Roman empire or the British empire; the longest-running empire in civilized history. And the Byzantine trick had next to nothing to do with sexual continence or heavy military spending. It had everything to do with disbelief in the doctrine of manifest destiny and self-inflated pomp. The 70-year record of the US Government wars which financed and armed the jihadists, and deployed them for regime change from Afghanistan to Bosnia, Kosovo, and Russia, and then to Egypt, Libya, Syria, however is clear as daylight. As each of these wars has been defeated, their mercenary armies, camp followers, and baggage trains have moved on. They are now at the gates of Europe. Yet the supreme commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) mounting the defences of Europe, and the military occupier of Germany, does NOT define the jihadist invasion as war against Europe.
So dan behoort die Amerikaanse belastingbetaler sy verantwoordelikheid vir die gemors te aanvaar en te begin hoes!
I am an Orthodox Christian. Most of the achievements that kept the Orthodox faith so fruitful and intact was the eccumenical councils that the Orthodox Church went through. The first being, the Council of Nicea that occurred in 325 AD which 318 bishops attended. The council put Arius on trial because he questioned the divinity of Christ. He stated that Christ was indeed God but less than God the Father. Pope Athanasius, from Alexandria defended the faith and established the creed still used today. The second council was of Constantinople in the year 381 which 150 attended; concerning “the Holy Spirit was a creation”, stated Macedonius. Once again from the See of Alexandria, Pope Timothy defended the faith establishing that the HOly Spirit is equal in divinity with God the Father and God the Son. The third was the council of Ephesus in the year 431 which 200 bishopd attended. That council concerned the Constantinople bishop claimed that Christ was truly God but became God after the Epiphany. Stating that St.Mary was the Mother of Christ not the Mother of God. In Greek, Mother of God means “Theotokos”. He called her “Christotokos”. Pope Cyril of Alexandria defended the faith and excommunicated Nestorius. In the year 451 came the split of Roman Catholicism and Orthodoxy. The Coptic Church of Alexandria was known for its intellectuality so it usually was the center of the known world. Pope Leo of Rome set up a robbers council against the will of many bishops accusing St. Disocorus of Alexandria of blasphemy. Truly it was a political council because in the letter of Leo, he sent claiming Rome to be in charge. Pope Leo beat our precious Pope and ribbed his beard and plucked his teeth. That is the fruit of the faith. Without out precious fathers that suffered for the sake of preserving the right faith, the Orthodox belief would be extinct. Bending like Rome today, it will not.
As die Pous weet wat ons weet behoort hy baie bang te wees dat hy moontlik in paaiemente huistoe sal gaan.