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Pope Francis Demands ‘Total Obedience’ In Scathing Letter To ‘Renegade’ Nigerian Catholic Priests
Pope Francis has issued an ultimatum to the priests of the Diocese of Ahiara, giving them 30 days to write a letter promising absolute obedience to him.
In what is perhaps the most strongly worded address of the Francis pontificate, the Pope blasted a group of Nigerian priests who have rejected the papal appointment of their bishop to the diocese of Ahiara, comparing them to the “murderous tenants” spoken of by Jesus in the gospel.
“And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.” Matthew 23:9 (KJV)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Pope Francis has amazingly written in a single letter everything you need to know about the Vatican and the Roman Catholic system. Some Catholic priests in Nigeria have decided to start thinking for themselves, and this ‘traitorous act’ was greeted with swift denunciation from the unholy, childless “father”, Pope Francis. In this letter he 1). demands total obedience of the priests to himself, 2). demands they worship the “holy mother”, and 3). tells them to write a letter to beg his forgiveness or “suffer the consequences”. Think I’m kidding? Click here to read the full letter on the official Vatican website.
The Pope goes on to describe the priests’ offense against the Church as a “mortal sin,” demanding that each one write a personal letter of apology manifesting “total obedience to the Pope.”
This act of rebellion goes beyond “tribalism,” Francis said, and is rather “an attempted taking of the vineyard of the Lord.”
The Ahiara diocese has been embroiled in controversy ever since 2012, when Pope Benedict XVI appointed Peter Okpaleke as its bishop, an appointment that was reportedly opposed by “lay people and priests of the diocese.”
Members of the local church have demanded a bishop from the Mbaise region, like their former bishop, the late Victor Adibe Chikwe, who came from Mbaise and was accepted as a “son of the soil.”
In 2013, Pope Francis appointed Cardinal John Onaiyekan as apostolic administrator of the diocese but no resolution to the crisis has been found.
Now, Pope Francis has issued an ultimatum to the priests of the Diocese of Ahiara, giving them 30 days to write a letter promising absolute obedience to him along with the acceptance of their appointed bishop. Priests who do not write a personal letter imploring the Pope’s forgiveness will be suspended from the priesthood.
On Wednesday, Pope Francis received a delegation from the Diocese of Ahiara, which included the Archbishop of Abuja and the apostolic administrator of Ahiara, Cardinal John O. Onaiyekan, along with a number of other Nigerian prelates and diocesan staff.
In the text of his address, released on Saturday by the Vatican, Pope Francis says that the behavior of the Ahiara clergy reminds him of “the parable of the murderous tenants, of which the Gospel speaks, that want to grasp the inheritance.”
I think that, in this case, we are not dealing with tribalism, but with an attempted taking of the vineyard of the Lord. The Church is a mother and whoever offends her commits a mortal sin, it’s very serious. However, I decided not to suppress the Diocese. Instead, I wish to give some indications that are to be communicated to all: first of all it must be said that the Pope is deeply saddened. Therefore, I ask that every priest or ecclesiastic incardinated in the Diocese of Ahiara, whether he resides there or works elsewhere, even abroad, write a letter addressed to me in which he asks for forgiveness; all must write individually and personally. We all must share this common sorrow. In the letter
1. one must clearly manifest total obedience to the Pope, and
2. whoever writes must be willing to accept the Bishop whom the Pope sends and has appointed.
3. The letter must be sent within 30 days, from today to July 9th, 2017. Whoever does not do this will be ipso factosuspended a divinis and will lose his current office.
This seems very hard, but why must the Pope do this? Because the people of God are scandalized. Jesus reminds us that whoever causes scandal must suffer the consequences. source
“Whoever was opposed to Bishop Okpaleke taking possession of the Diocese wants to destroy the Church,” Francis said. “This is forbidden; perhaps he does not realize it, but the Church is suffering as well as the People of God within her. The Pope cannot be indifferent.”
In his speech, the Pope praised the “holy patience” demonstrated by the bishop during these four years. He also states that he had considered “suppressing the Diocese,” but then thought that “the Church is a mother and cannot abandon her many children.”
Francis also suggests that the priests of the diocese “are being manipulated even from abroad and from outside the Diocese.”
“The Church is a mother and whoever offends her commits a mortal sin, it’s very serious,” Francis said, before laying out his ultimatum to the priests.
Every priest or ecclesiastic of the Diocese of Ahiara, Francis said, must “write a letter addressed to me in which he asks for forgiveness; all must write individually and personally. We all must share this common sorrow.”
In the letter, he continued, the priests “must clearly manifest total obedience to the Pope,” and “must be willing to accept the Bishop whom the Pope sends and has appointed.”
“The letter must be sent within 30 days, from today to July 9th, 2017. Whoever does not do this will be ipso facto suspended a divinis and will lose his current office,” Francis said.
“This seems very hard, but why must the Pope do this?” he continued. “Because the people of God are scandalized. Jesus reminds us that whoever causes scandal must suffer the consequences.” source
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Praise The Lord! Fresh Water Is Finally Reached At Glory Fellowship Orphanage In Kenya As Workers Break Through Solid Bedrock At 60 Feet Down
The Ground Gave Way And The Water Came: Glory Fellowship Orphanage In Kenya Reaches Fresh Water At 60 Feet As Operation Africa! Celebrates A Major Ministry Breakthrough
Praise the Lord—what an incredible answer to prayer! At sixty feet down, the drill finally broke through and water came rising out of the ground at the Glory Fellowship Orphanage. After sicknesses, contaminated water, emergency medicine, the new storage tank, and weeks of fundraising and labor, this photograph captures the moment everything changed. They were not merely digging a hole, they were digging toward life, health, stability, and a better future for those precious children God has opened the door for us to minister to.
“When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.” Isaiah 41:17 (KJB)
This is what the people of God can accomplish when compassion becomes action. A burden was shared, believers responded, workers showed up, the earth was opened, and God is blessing our efforts with water by allowing us to reach the water table! Long after the fundraising appeal is forgotten, that well will continue speaking with every bucket drawn, every meal prepared, every child washed, and every thirsty person refreshed will testify that Christians thousands of miles away cared enough to help.
Operation Africa! struck water today, and to God be all the glory!
OPERATION AFRICA! UPDATE: The workers drilling the well at the Glory Fellowship Orphanage in Kisii, Kenya, hit water for the first time today. Now the filtration system will be installed, and the well connected to the 10,000 liter water tank we installed last week. To everyone… pic.twitter.com/MQUhD1rjSs
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THE PROPHECY NEWS PODCAST: President Trump Threatens Airstrikes On Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain Nuclear Facilities As Tehran Says They’ll Hit Israel
Trump Says America Will Strike Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain “Very Heavily” As Tehran Warns The Attack Could Ignite A Wider War And Put Israel Directly In The Crosshairs
President Trump once assured the world that Iran’s nuclear program had been “obliterated.” Now the target list has grown to include Pickaxe Mountain, an underground fortress near Natanz that may contain thousands of centrifuges transferred there after the 2025 strikes. Trump says America will hit it “pretty soon” and “very heavily.” That is not the language of a president preparing to conclude a war; it is the language of a president preparing to open its next, and potentially most dangerous chapter. 3 US servicemen died in Iran missile fire just last weekend, bringing the total to 17 dead that the Department of War will admit to. This thing is not ending, it’s ramping up.
“And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.” Zechariah 12:3 (KJB)
On this episode of the Prophecy News Podcast, Pickaxe Mountain is reportedly buried even deeper than Fordow, beneath hundreds of feet of rock. America may be capable of sealing its entrances, destroying its ventilation and cutting its power, but completely eliminating whatever lies inside could require repeated bombardment or operations far beyond a single airstrike. Once again, Washington risks making a dramatic military declaration before knowing whether its weapons can accomplish the promised result. This could become another “mission accomplished” moment followed by the discovery that Iran’s nuclear machinery survived underground. A strike upon Pickaxe Mountain could therefore produce Iranian missiles over Tel Aviv, Israeli aircraft returning to Iranian airspace and American forces being pulled still deeper into an expanding regional war. That is the trap now forming. If Trump does not strike after repeatedly promising that he will, Iran will present it as American weakness. If he does strike, Tehran will be under enormous pressure to retaliate dramatically. Every American attack produces another Iranian response, and every Iranian response becomes the justification for an even larger American attack. Pickaxe Mountain is therefore more than another target on a military map—it may be the doorway through which Trump’s unfinished war becomes an uncontrollable confrontation involving Iran, Israel, the Gulf states and the United States. The Middle East is changing by the minute, and today we bring you the latest updates on World War Trump.
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The Radical Left Turns On The Democratic Party As The Democratic Socialists Of America Make Their Authoritarian Power Play For Control Of Base
America At A Political Crossroads As Democratic Socialists Make Their Move And History Warns What Happens When Extremes Turn Fear Into Power
The Democratic Party spent years feeding the radical Left, excusing its rhetoric, empowering its activists and pretending that socialism was merely a more compassionate form of liberalism. Now the movement is growing beyond the party’s control. The Democratic Socialists of America are no longer content to protest from the sidelines; they want candidates, political offices, institutions and eventually the machinery of government itself. The Democratic establishment believed it could use the socialists for votes, but the socialists appear determined to use the Democratic Party as their vehicle to power.
“Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” Proverbs 14:34 (KJB)
That places America at a dangerous political crossroads. Germany faced its own version of this crisis during the collapse of the Weimar Republic, when communist revolutionaries and militant nationalists battled for control of a frightened, divided and economically wounded nation. The rise of communism terrified millions of Germans, and Adolf Hitler exploited that fear by presenting the Nazi Party as the only force strong enough to restore order. The radicals on the Left strengthened the radicals on the Right, and the radicals on the Right used the threat from the Left to justify increasingly authoritarian power.
That is the trap now beginning to appear in America. As the revolutionary Left becomes louder, more aggressive and more openly hostile toward capitalism, private property, law enforcement and the constitutional order, millions of Americans will naturally demand someone strong enough to stop it. But desperation can make a nation surrender its liberties to the very leaders who promise to save it. One side declares that the system must be dismantled, while the other insists that extraordinary power is necessary to preserve it. In that atmosphere, constitutional restraints begin to look like weaknesses, political opponents become enemies and authoritarianism is marketed as protection.
The Far Left wing of the Democrat Party is declaring war on any Liberal who will not adopt the Socialist Fascist Communist agenda championed by Zohran Mamdani. The scary part is that the political climate in America currently favors them. Take these people in Nazi uniforms… pic.twitter.com/bKpSF2lXd1
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Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin were not harmless revolutionaries or misunderstood reformers. They were totalitarian, murderous rulers whose governments imprisoned, starved, purged and killed tens of millions of human beings. Any political movement that romanticizes these men, excuses their crimes or borrows their revolutionary language should be treated as a flashing warning sign. But Americans must also understand that fear of communism has historically been used to elevate dictators, militarize politics and silence lawful opposition. The answer to Marxist revolution is not fascist reaction, both roads lead away from liberty.
America is therefore under political siege from more than one direction. The deepest danger is not simply the rise of the DSA or any single faction. It is the collapse of the political center that once recognized opponents as fellow citizens, elections as legitimate and constitutional limits as binding. When both sides become convinced that losing an election means losing the country forever, compromise becomes treason and political violence begins to appear justified. The Democratic Party is alarmed because it is beginning to realize that the DSA does not merely want a seat at the table. It wants to rebuild the table, choose who may sit there and remove those who refuse to submit. Meanwhile, an increasingly angry Right may decide that only concentrated power can defeat the socialist threat. That is how a free people become trapped between revolution and reaction, each side using the other to frighten the public into surrendering more power.
The answer to this problem is not “more Trump” and more “MAGA”, the answer is found in the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Indepence. This is how the “grand experiment” continues, and the ignoring of these things is how it will come to an end.
America does not have to repeat Germany’s descent, but history is sounding the alarm. Our nation must reject socialism, political violence, totalitarian romanticism and authoritarian government—regardless of which party or personality offers them. The real battle is not simply Democrat against Republican or Left against Right. It is constitutional liberty against every movement that believes its cause is so righteous that laws, elections and individual rights may be pushed aside. America is standing at the crossroads, and the road it chooses will determine whether the republic survives. The political siege is real, but the choice is not between communist revolution and authoritarian retaliation. The choice is between preserving constitutional government and allowing fear, rage and ideological extremism to tear it apart.
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