Saturday, July 06, 2013

ARGENTINE JEWISH GROUP WANTS POPE TO GET PEACE PRIZE

07/ 6/2013 VATICAN INSIDER

Argentinean Jewish group proposes pope Francis for Nobel Peace prize

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The Pope with his friends
The Pope with his friends

Pope Francis met relatives of the worst anti-Jewish attack in Argentina’s history, and supported their efforts to discover the truth and obtain justice. They are nominating him for the Nobel Prize for Peace, for the work he did

Gerard O'Connell Rome


Relatives and friends of victims of the worst attack on Jews since World War II, which took place in Buenos Aires in 1994, are nominating Pope Francis for the Nobel Prize for Peace.The group announced this after a 90-minute private audience with him in the Vatican on July 5, during which he expressed support for their effort to find out the truth about the attack that happened nineteen years ago, and obtain justice.The attack took place on the morning of July 18, 1994. A car bomb destroyed the AMIA, (Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina), a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires, leaving 85 dead and 300 wounded.  It was the deadliest terrorist attack ever in Argentina's history and came just two years after the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy there. An official Argentinean government report in 2006 identified Iranian and Hezbollah figures as responsible for the attack but to-date no one has been brought to justice.“Count on me”, the Pope told them during the meeting. He encouraged them to continue their efforts because “this is the only way” and “it is necessary to arrive at the real truth as quickly as possible, which will take us to justice”. “only in that way can you have the peace you seek”. It is “only in this way that you can have the peace you seek”, he told them.“Sadly it is money not man that is in the image and likeness of God (today)”, the Pope said.  “The rise and fall of the stock-markets in New York, Tokyo or London make more news that the deaths by violence or hunger that are happening in the world”, he added.At the time of the bombing, Bergoglio was an auxiliary bishop in Buenos Aires, but he was the first public figure to sign a petition condemning the attack and calling for justice.  Leaders of Argentina’s 250,000 Jews - most of them live in Buenos Aires, consider him a friend and are grateful for his solidarity then and his ongoing support. Jewish community leaders around the world noted that his words and actions "showed solidarity with the Jewish community" in the aftermath of that deadly attack.On the afternoon of July 5, family members and friends of the victims of the AMIA attack visited Pope Francis in Santa Marta, the Vatican guesthouse which he has made his residence.  The group included Sergio Burstein– who thanked the Pope for ‘universalizing their quest for justice’. Other members of the group including three mothers who lost their sons - Rosa Barreiro , Olga Degtiar, Graciela Linial de Furman, and Daniel Komarovsky,  They were accompanied by their human rights and international lawyers,  Alicia Oliveira – a close friend of the Pope, and Eduardo Valdes.Rosa Barreiro, whose 5-year old son Sebastian was the youngest victim in the attack, said she was deeply moved by the meeting with Pope Francis. She gave him her child’s apron, the last piece of clothing she had of him.Another mother, Olga Degtiar, who lost her son Christian, told him “I do not want to die without knowing who killed him”, while Graciela Liniado de Furman, who also lost her son Fabian, said the meeting with the Pope was something that gave her the greatest happiness in these past 19 years..During the meeting, Daniel Komarovsky said he believed that the only way to reduce the distances between people is to promote the dialogue between religions, and in this context he proposed Pope Francis as the group’s  candidate for the Nobel Prize for peace because of the work he has done.In a press statement issued after the meeting, the Group said Pope Francis explained that he is not accustomed to receive prizes or other distinctions, but felt he could not oppose the initiative since it came from a group of relatives of victims of the AMIA attack.

 ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST

1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.

ISRAELS TROUBLE

JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.

DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)

07/ 5/2013 VATICAN INSIDER

Francis (with Benedict) dedicates the Vatican to St Michael

The blessing of the statue
The blessing of the statue

The Bishop of Rome – in the presence of his predecessor – unveils a statue of St Michael in the Vatican gardens. And places the Vatican city under the protection of the Archangel St Joseph

Gianni Valente Vatican City


 It was supposed to be just an unveiling of a statue in the Vatican gardens:  the bronze sculpture of the Archangel St Michael, an artistic work by Antonio Lomuscio, situated near the Governors palace.  But with Pope Francesco nothing is ever what it seems, the same ordinary Vatican routine – Santa Marta docet – becomes  distorted and surprises are sprung on a daily basis.The first surprise:  this morning, just before nine o’clock, in front of a small crowd of a few hundred people, , there was someone else taking part in the inaugural event.  Together with the Bishop of Rome there was also his predecessor, Benedict XVI.  Joseph Ratzinger was invited personally by Pope Francesco, and accepted willingly.  The Pope emeritus was greeted warmly by those present – who even applauded him – dispensing smiles to all.  On the same day that the Encyclical written by "quattro mani" Lumen Fidei, is being presented to the world penned by Francesco but with a predominant Ratzinger influence, Pope Bergoglio asked his predecessor to appear at a “run of the mill” public event and so nonchalantly dispersed all the hype about the "two Popes" manifested by hoards of frowning analysts.  If it was not for them, the people  "would not have understood" and "would have been confused."In reality , the people of God seem to understand instantly what is going on in Christ’s Church.  Even in the friendship between Francesco and Benedict the sensus fidei captures a reflection of the light of grace that feeds and keeps the Church alive.  Having Benedict present in the Vatican created no embarrassment for Francesco.  He was happy for Benedict to receive the people as he does not want him to live an isolated life. For Pope Bergoglio, Ratzinger is like the “grandfather” of the Vatican.You just have to listen to the Bishop of Rome’s sermons - with memories of "Abuela Rosa," often cited as the one who taught the little Jorge Mario his first Christian prayers - to work out the full connection between the two. And so the reigning Pope scuppered the ruminations of those who would like eradicate the Pope emeritus, locked away in his golden circle. In the eyes of Bergoglio, the intention expressed by his predecessor to live the last years of his life in silence and prayer, remaining "on St. Peter’s doorstep," ipso facto places Ratzinger at the heart of Church life. For Francesco -  as he said at the Angelus on Sunday - Ratzinger gave "a wonderful example of what it really means to consciously follow the will of Jesus." "The example of our Father - he repeated - is good for us, good for all of us to follow ." This is also why he wanted him close today and why he asked to share this symbolic and eloquent gesture with him.The unveiling of the bronze statue in the Vatican gardens turned into a consecration of the whole Vatican State to St Joseph and St Michael, the patron saints already chosen by the Governor. And so Francesco and Benedict have once again entrusted the capable care of the State to the foster father of Jesus and the Archangel, constantly fighting the devil along the way through poverty and generosity, devotion and opportunism, evangelical enthusiasm and corruption that live beyond the Leonine Walls. Including the skull -duggery of those random trains of thought where resistance and nervousness can grow. These so-called "operations" are formed in the shadows and then brought out by way of "loyal" channels and agents according to the typical cliché of clerical power struggles that have recently plagued the Church: "Complaining and ranting is their forte. They grumble, moan and criticise . They are in a bad mood and, what is worse, they bear grudges "(Charles Peguy).