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Originally posted by Sinter Klaas
I believe there is said this popes reign will be short. His follow up will be the last pope or black pope.
I did see a picture from this years easter speach.
On the balcony a little bit behind of the pope was a black man not brown or coloured, no his skin was really more black.
No offense but I didn't see him the first time. He just blended in or something.
With Benedict being the second to last, and being 83 in April 2010, he may not have much time left. So we have to wonder if there is anyone out there who may be the possible Peter, the Roman.
Well, in October 2009, Pope Benedict appointed Ghana Cardinal Peter Kwodo Appiah Turkson to the office of the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, as a result of which, he will have to leave Ghana, and go to, where else.........ROME!!!!.
The reason this is exciting, is because he has been getting a lot more exposure lately and is seen as a very possible candidate to, wait for it, possibly **BECOME THE NEXT POPE**
Per this article I read:
An African cardinal has said the election of a black Pope is a good possibility, just as the United Nations has had a black secretary-general and the United States now has a black president.
Responding to a question at a Vatican press conference today about whether the Catholic Church is ready for a black Pope, Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson of Ghana replied: “Why not?” He added the church has historically been “very successful” in electing “everyone” as pontiffs.
The cardinal referred to modern day precedents in high profile international positions, such as Kofi Annan chosen to be secretary-general of the United Nations, and now Barack Obama as president of the United States. “If God would wish to see a black man as a Pope, thanks be to God,” he said. Turkson, who is himself tipped as papabile (a possible candidate for the papacy), stressed that every priest, when ordained, should accept the possibility that he may become a bishop, cardinal, or a pontiff.
African Cardinal: Church Ready for Black Pope
from another article about the cardinal:
Ghana’s first Catholic Cardinal, Peter Appiah Turkson is closer to becoming the first black pope ever of the Catholic Church. Saturday October 24, 2009, Pope Benedict appointed Cardinal Turkson to head the Vatican’s justice and peace office. This position is a high-profile one that cements his reputation as a possible future candidate for the papal office, according to the Associated Press. The justice and peace office is responsible for promoting the church’s social teachings on justice issues, such as war, the death penalty and human rights. Turkson told reporters three weeks ago there was no reason there couldn’t be a black pope, particularly after Barack Obama was elected U.S. president. Turkson’s appointment to his new post was announced at the end of a three-week Vatican meeting on the role of the Catholic Church in Africa, which Turkson had headed.
Ghana's Cardinal Turkson gets closer to becoming first black pope.
Through Tolerance of Sin the Nation of America is Damned-
America tolerates the killing of our unborn children and calls it "freedom of choice"
America tolerates cultivation of humans to harvest stem cells and calls it "research"
America tolerates homosexual perversions and calls it "diversity and alternative lifestyles"
America tolerates paganism and immoral life styles and calls it "multiculturalism"
America tolerates killing of the elderly and the ill among us and calls it "compassion"
America tolerates religious cults that deny God and calls it "denominationalism"
America tolerates pornography and exploitation of women and children and calls it "art"
America tolerates vile and filthy brain washing of our children and calls it "entertainment"
America tolerates God's Holy Name being blasphemed and calls it "freedom of speech"
America tolerates taking of innocent life, and theft of property and calls it our " legal" system
America tolerates everything except God.
Do you think there is no coming wrath on America, a nation of ungodly men?
. ... What Brings About The Judgment of God?
"There is one come out of thee, that imagines evil against the Lord, a wicked counselor" (Nahum 1:11). God must pour out His fury when a nation and its people turn from simply ignoring God to deliberately plotting against Him. This evil one who plots against God - making laws, giving wicked counsel, designed to anger God - is the consensus, the national mind, expressed by its judges, courts, and government. This one who has arisen in our midst is embodied particularly in our Supreme Court, but also in our federal courts, and our judges on every level. These people have become wicked counselors, waging war against God. And they have blood and the souls of innocents on their hands.
Americans who protect abortionists, perverts, and atheistic rights are daring God to react to their rebellion. The evil citizens of America have set their hearts against God and are bringing the anger of God against the entire nation along with their own damnation. The evil people of America do not fear God, do not respect, or honor Him and they shall pay with their very souls.
Those in authority in America have removed God from their midst and now dare to deny public worship of Him and God responds: " For now will I break His yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder" (Nahum 1:13).
Nahum asks, "Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide (endure) in the fierceness of his anger?" (Nahum 1:6).
...
San Francisco earthquakes, California wild fires, Oklahoma bombing, New York twin towers, New Orleans hurricane, plains states wild fires, rivers and dams flooding all across the nation, Carolina tornadoes... what will come next? What national horror will you unexpectedly tune into on CNN that will make you finally see that God is speaking to America, warning America? What will it take for a nation that is so self indulgent, so obsessed with self worship and the worship of man, to be spiritually awakened?
A word to compromising pastors.
What kind of spiritual blindness has fallen on us when we see this judgment all about and still have mammon worshipping preachers crying, "Peace! Prosperity!"
Do you not care that hell is at the door of America and its people? Does it mean nothing to you that you will be held accountable on the day of judgment for every soul that was lost while in your care? Are you a lukewarm minister? Are you more afraid of offending the sensitivities of those God has placed in your care than to save their soul? What shall be the greater offence; that they are required to finally choose whom they serve and obey Him as their sovereign King and Lord... or to face the horrific offence of eternal punishment.
...San Francisco earthquakes, California wild fires, Oklahoma bombing, New York twin towers, New Orleans hurricane, plains states wild fires, rivers and dams flooding all across the nation, Carolina tornadoes... what will come next? What national horror will you unexpectedly tune into on CNN that will make you finally see that God is speaking to America, warning America? What will it take for a nation that is so self indulgent, so obsessed with self worship and the worship of man, to be spiritually awakened?
A word to compromising pastors.
What kind of spiritual blindness has fallen on us when we see this judgment all about and still have mammon worshipping preachers crying, "Peace! Prosperity!"
Do you not care that hell is at the door of America and its people? Does it mean nothing to you that you will be held accountable on the day of judgment for every soul that was lost while in your care? Are you a lukewarm minister? Are you more afraid of offending the sensitivities of those God has placed in your care than to save their soul? What shall be the greater offence; that they are required to finally choose whom they serve and obey Him as their sovereign King and Lord... or to face the horrific offence of eternal punishment.
Through Tolerance of Sin the Nation of America is Damned-
America tolerates the killing of our unborn children and calls it "freedom of choice"
America tolerates cultivation of humans to harvest stem cells and calls it "research"
America tolerates homosexual perversions and calls it "diversity and alternative lifestyles"
America tolerates paganism and immoral life styles and calls it "multiculturalism"
America tolerates killing of the elderly and the ill among us and calls it "compassion"
America tolerates religious cults that deny God and calls it "denominationalism"
America tolerates pornography and exploitation of women and children and calls it "art"
America tolerates vile and filthy brain washing of our children and calls it "entertainment"
America tolerates God's Holy Name being blasphemed and calls it "freedom of speech"
America tolerates taking of innocent life, and theft of property and calls it our " legal" system
America tolerates everything except God.
Do you think there is no coming wrath on America, a nation of ungodly men?