Wednesday, February 27, 2013

POPE 16TH LAST WORLD PUBLIC MESSAGE

 TODAY MAR 1,2013-I WAS LISTENING TO A SHOW.AND A PHONE CALLER PHONED IN AND SAID.I FORGET WHAT TOWN THIS WAS.BUT THE PERSON ON THE PHONE SAID.HER TAYLOR TOLD HER THAT HE WAS MAKING CLOTHES FOR THE NEXT POPE.AND THEIR ARE 3 POSSSIBLE CONTENDERS.HE TOLD HER THE 3 POSSIBLE POPES ARE FROM EUROPE.HE NEVER GAVE HER NAMES.BUT THIS BY THE BIBLE IS RIGHT ON.AS THE NEXT POPE MUST BE FROM ROME AND I BELIEVE A MUSLIM SYMPOTHIZER.SINCE BEHEADING WILL BE COMMON AT THE VATICAN IN THE FUTURE.AND SCOLA IS A SYMPOTHIZER.AND BERTONE IS EUROPEAN-BOTH FROM ITALY.AND THE 3RD EUROPEAN,WHO KNOWS.BUT MY 2 I PREDICTED TO BE THE NEXT POPE HERE ARE EUROPEAN AND ONE FOR SURE IS A ISLAM SYMPOTHISER. SO I KNOW MY HUNCH ABOUT THE NEXT POPE IS RIGHT ON BY THE BIBLE AND BY THIS TAYLOR THAT SAYS THE 3 MAIN CONTENDERS ARE EUROPEANS.WE WILL SEE IN A WEEK OR SO.
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AT 11AM EST-5PM VATICAN TIME FEB 28,2013-POPE BENEDICT CAME OUT OF THE VATICAN AND VATICAN BISHOPS AND CARDINALS KISSED THE POPES RING AS A RESPECT TO THE POPES HARD WORK AND REMEMBERENCE OF HIS REIGN.THE POPE THEN LEFT THE VATICAN BY CAR WITH HIS STATE FLAGS ON IT FOR A BRIEF 5 MINUTE RIDE TO THE HELICOPTER PAD.AT 11:09AM-5:09PM VATICAN TIME THE POPE BOARDED THE HELICOPTER ON HIS WAY TO THE PAPAL RETREAT SOUTH OF ROME.THE HELICOPTER RIDE FOR THE 24KM RIDE TO THE RETREAT WAS ABOUT 15 MINUTES.THE POPE LANDED AT 11:25AM EST AT THE RETREAT.THE BELLS RANG TO SAY THE POPE HAS ARRIVED AT THE RETREAT.NO CITIZENS GREETED THE POPE AT THE RETREAT.AGAIN CARDINALS AND BISHOPS KISSED THE POPES RING IN RESPECT TO HIS REIGN AS POPE.AT 11:29AM THE POPE ENTERED HIS VEHICLE FROM THE HELICOPTER PAD AND WAS ON HIS WAY TO HIS NEW HOME AT THE RETREAT.THE 7 HILLS OF ROME ARE SO BEAUTIFUL AS WE SEEN THE POPES JOURNEY TO HIS NEW HOUSE.THE BEAUTIFUL TREES ALL PRUNED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROADS THE POPE DROVE ON HIS WAY TO HIS CASTA CON DOLFO HIS NEW HOME RETREAT.AT 11:33AM THE POPE ARRIVED AT HIS NEW HOME AND HE WENT INTO THE BUILDING WERE HE WILL BE LIVING.GOD BLESS YOU POPE BENEDICT 16TH.THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE AT THE VATICAN WATCHING THE POPES JOURNEY ON A LARGE SCREEN.AT 11:39AM EST-5:39PM VATICAN TIME THE POPE MADE A BRIEF SPEECH TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE IN A SQUARE WERE HE LIVES.HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE CHEERING HIM ON FOR HIS LAST BLESSING REMARKS. THE REMARKS LASTED FOR 3 MINUTES TILL 11:42AN-5:42PM VATICAN TIME.AND THEN FROM 11:43AM-5:43PM VATICAN TIME TILL 7:45PM VATICAN TIME-1:45PM EST TIME THE POPE WILL REST AND HAVE A MEAL.WE LOVE YOU POPE BENEDICT 16TH-JOSEPH RATZINGER.PEACE TO YOU AND PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM.

THE POPE WILL
NOT HAVE TO RETURN TO THE VATICAN AT 2PM EST-8PM VATICAN TIME FOR THE OFFICIAL RESIGNATION AND DESTRUCTION OF HIS RING SAYING THAT THE POPES REIGN HAS OFFICIALLY ENDED.THE OFFICIAL POPE GUARDS WILL LEAVE THE VATICAN.THE CARDINALS TITLES WILL BE FOLDED UNTIL THE NEW POPE IS ELECTED.AND POPE BENEDICT 16TH WILL BE FREE TO RESUME NORMAL PERSON ACTIVITIES.A RELEIF TO THE POPE AS HE WANTED TO RESIGN A LONG TIME AGO ALREADY.GOD BLESS YOU POPE JOSEPH RATZINGER THE 16TH.MAY YOU HAVE PEACE AND LOVE IN OUR GOD AND SAVIOR KING JESUS THE GOD OF ISRAEL AND THE WHOLE WORLD.THANKS POPE RATZINGER FOR STANDING UP FOR JESUS AND NOT LETTING THE VATICAN BE POLUTED BY THE LUKEWARM WORLD WHO HATES CHRISTIANITY JESUS AND ISRAEL.

THE OFFICIAL POPE 16TH LAST DAY HAPPENINGS.

LAST DAY HAPPENINGS AT THE VATICAN-POPES LIFE BEFORE RETIREMENT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55ixAZy6bl0&list=UUxshhzR907v2w6DjICyAgLQ&index=2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_pIgRQxis8&list=UUxshhzR907v2w6DjICyAgLQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cZnCG762Z4&list=UUxshhzR907v2w6DjICyAgLQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgqVGMESO-U&list=UUxshhzR907v2w6DjICyAgLQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqjt5ZMRjgc&list=UUxshhzR907v2w6DjICyAgLQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0JXW1VhhOw&list=UUxshhzR907v2w6DjICyAgLQ 
 
REVELATION 17:4-6,9
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)

The Cardinals are Bishops, they wear the color crimson (scarlet) red to represent the blood of the martyrs who died for Christ. They are also referred as the Princes of Blood.The Bishops wear the color purple to symbolize royalty, because of their position within the Church. They also wear the color black to symbolize poverty.


BISHOP SHEEN (CATHOLIC PREIST)-THE FALSE POPE WILL HAVE A RELIGION WITHOUT A CROSS,A RELIGION WITHOUT A WORLD TO COME,A RELIGION TO DESTROY RELIGIONS.THERE WILL BE A COUNTERFEIT CHURCH.CHRISTS CHURCH WILL BE ONE,AND THE FALSE POPE WILL CREATE THE OTHER.THE FALSE CHURCH WILL BE WORLDLY,ECUMENICAL AND GLOBAL.IT WILL BE A LOOSE FEDERATION OF CHURCHES.(WORLD COUNCIL OF LUKEWARM CHURCHES) AND RELIGIONS (ISLAM AND THE NEW AGE MOVEMENTS INCLUDED) FORMING SOME TYPE OF GLOBAL ASSOCIATION,A WORLD PARLIAMONT OF CHURCHES.IT WILL BE EMPTIED OF ALL DIVINE CONTENT (NO JESUS IN THIS PRETEND RELIGION) AND WILL BE THE MYSTICAL BODY OF THE ANTICHRIST OR WORLD DICTATOR OR SUBSTITUTE FOR CHRIST (AS WELL AS THE FALSE VATICAN POPE)(AS THESE TWO WILL BE HAND IN GLOVE IN PARTNERSHIP DURING THE 7 YEAR DECEPTION TRIBULATION PERIOD OF DEATH DESTRUCTION AND THE WORST DECEPTION IN HISTORY).

THE MYSTICAL BODY ON EARTH TODAY WILL HAVE ITS JUDAS ISCARIOT.AND HE WILL BE THE FALSE POPE.SATAN WILL RECRUIT HIM FROM AMOUNG OUR CARDINALS (BISHOPS.)(CATHOLIC CARDINALS TO BE MADE THE POPE)(ONE BECOMES THE FALSE POPE PETER THE ROMAN WHICH SHOULD BE THE NEXT POPE FOLLOWING BENEDICT 16TH WHO IS CURRENTLY THE VATICAN POPE.)
 


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I PREDICT UNDER THE NEXT POPE.MUSLIMS WILL BE ACCEPTED AS BED FELLOWS WITH CHRISTIANITY.HOMOSEXUALITY ,ABORTION AND SUCH ISSUES WILL BE WATERED DOWN TO FIT THE WORLDS VIEWS.AND ANYBODY WHO COMES AGAINST THESE LUKEWARM GODLESS VIEWS WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS HATERS,BIGGOTS,RACIST AND WILL BE BLACKLISTED AS FALSE BY THESE FALSE LUKEWARM LEADERS.WE ARE IN FOR ONE WATERING DOWN OF GODS WORDS I PREDICT.WHICH WILL DRIVE THE TRUE CHRISTIANS FROM THIS FALSE LUKEWARM SYSTEM.AND THE PERSECUSSION WILL BE AGAINST THE TRUE CHRISTIANS BIGTIME.
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/stock-results-feb-112013.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/roman-dictator-jewish-false-prophet.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/that-meteorite-hit-was-nothing-wait.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/pope-has-11-days-yet-in-power.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/pope-may-change-conclave-rules.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/vatican-news-with-6-days-from-popes.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/pope-16th-last-sunday-blessing.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/vatican-news-with-3-days-left-in-reign.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/2-days-till-pope-resigns-what-will.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/the-cardinal-pre-conclave-begins-guess.html

http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/pope-ratzingers-last-message-to-world.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/03/official-timeline-of-last-day-of-pope.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/03/the-face-of-jesus-on-shroud.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/03/homosexual-filth-real-reason-pope.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/03/the-ideastalks-begin-to-reform-vatican.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/03/the-negotiations-on-pope-talks-begin.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/03/usa-cardinals-were-not-ready-to-start.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/03/lomardi-to-usa-cardinals-keep-media-out.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/03/world-government-of-cardinals-ready-to.html 

THE ITALIANS ARE BETTING ON SCOLA TO BE NEXT POPE.MY 1ST CHOICE TO BE NEXT POPE ALSO.

JOSEPH RATZINGERS FIRST WEEK AS POPE BENEDICT 16TH AND OTHER VIDEOS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tPvM1K2e2A&list=UUxshhzR907v2w6DjICyAgLQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCUvSmvndNs&list=UUxshhzR907v2w6DjICyAgLQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwRr6N2qAqQ&list=UUxshhzR907v2w6DjICyAgLQ&index=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Tork1c-moXc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lx_wwx1A9vc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vTQMqIgmTYI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=n8CNCum6-Cs
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iEz_zXMWqLQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0NnzHxwvXw&list=UUxshhzR907v2w6DjICyAgLQ&index=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orH5pYcwl74&list=UUxshhzR907v2w6DjICyAgLQ 
http://www.youtube.com/user/romereports?feature=watch 
02/27/2013 VATICAN INSIDER

Benedict XVI: “I do not abandon the cross”

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Benedict XVI's last General Audience
Benedict XVI's last General Audience

Benedict XVI’s last General Audience. The reasons for the Pope’s resignation and faith in the Catholic Church

Alessandro Speciale vatican city “I do not abandon the cross”: In his last public appearance as Pope at today’s General Audience, in a St. Peter’s Square full to the brim with cardinals and simple faithful, Pope Benedict XVI made one last attempt to explain the innermost reasons for his unprecedented resignation. Addressing his 150,000-strong audience, the Pope said he was aware of the “gravity” and “novelty” of his decision but that he had taken this step “with a deep peace of mind” and “great trust” in the Church.This is the first time Benedict XVI spoke so extensively about the reasons that led him to become the first Pope to resign in 600 years. His catechesis was an indirect response to the doubts expressed by many within the Church in recent weeks.Twice the Pope cast his audience’s mind back to the day of his election – 19 April 2005 – reiterating that the commitment he took on that day was “forever”. “He who assumes the Petrine ministry no longer has any privacy. He belongs always and totally to everyone, to the whole Church. His life is, so to speak, totally deprived of the private sphere,” what with all the “pastoral visits”, “public encounters”, “Audiences” and “travelling” he must undertake.Ratzinger explained to Catholics from al lover the world that his resignation in no way means “he is abandon[ing]  the cross, but remain in a new way near to the Crucified Lord.” Although Benedict XVI will no longer be governing the Church, “in the service of prayer I remain, so to speak, within St. Peter’s bounds,” he said. This message sheds more light on the reason for his decision to adopt the title “Emeritus Pope” when he resigns and to continue to dress in the papal colour white. He announced this decision yesterday.His decision to resign was an easy one, the Pope admitted, but “loving the Church also means having the courage to make difficult, trying choices, having ever before oneself the good of the Church and not one’s own. “

Benedict XVI also looked back at his eight years as Pope, a time which has seen “moments joy and light, but also difficult moments.” Ratzinger evoked the image of the Church as St. Peter’s boat, one he had already used to condemn the failings of the Church ahead of the Conclave which elected him Pope. “The Lord has given us many days of sunshine and gentle breeze days in which the catch has been abundant; [then] there have been times when the seas were rough and the wind against us and the Lord seemed to sleep,” Benedict XVI said. In response to the numerous conspiracy theories and behind-the-scenes events of recent weeks, the Pope said “I have not ever felt myself alone in bearing either the joys or the weight of the Petrine ministry.”But even now that he is faced with so many personal and collective difficulties, the Pope wished to place an emphasis on faith in his last public speech: “Today my heart is filled with gratitude to God, for never did He leave me or the Church without His consolation, His light, His love.” “I see the Church is alive,” the Pope added in an off-the-cuff comment at the beginning of his speech, as he looked across St. Peter’s Square at the thousands of people who had broken into applause. Finally, Benedict XVI expressed his gratitude to all: firstly to the cardinals, starting with the Secretary of State, Tarcisio Bertone who “has stood faithfully by his side throughout [his] papacy,” the various members of the Church, accredited diplomats and all those who work in the communications sector as he recognised that relations with the media have not always been easy during his pontificate.

POPE BENEDICT XVI’s LAST GENERAL AUDIENCE - 27/02/2
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Venerable Brothers in the Episcopate and in the Priesthood.Distinguished Authorities!Dear brothers and sisters!
Thank you for coming in such large numbers to the last General Audience of my pontificate.Like the Apostle Paul in the biblical text that we have heard, I feel in my heart the paramount duty to thank God, who guides the Church and makes her grow: who sows His Word and thus nourishes the faith in His people. At this moment my spirit reaches out to embrace the whole Church throughout the world, and I thank God for the “news”that in these years of Petrine ministry I have been able to receive regarding the faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and the charity that circulates in the body of the Church – charity that makes the Church to live in love – and of the hope that opens for us the way towards the fullness of life, and directs u
s towards the heavenly homeland.I feel I [ought to] carry everyone in prayer, in a present that is God’s, where I recall every meeting, every voyage, every pastoral visit. I gather everyone and every thing in prayerful recollection, in order to entrust them to the Lord: in order that we might have full knowledge of His will, with every wisdom and spiritual understanding, and in order that we might comport ourselves in a manner that is worthy of Him, of His, bearing fruit in every good work (c
f. Col 1:9-10).At this time, I have within myself a great trust [in God], because I know – all of us know – that the Gospel’s word of truth is the strength of the Church: it is her life. The Gospel purifies and renews: it bears fruit wherever the community of believers hears and welcomes the grace of God in truth and lives in charity. This is my faith, this
is my joy.When, almost eight years ago, on April 19th, [2005], I agreed to take on the Petrine ministry, I held steadfast in thiscertainty, which has always accompanied me. In that moment, as I have already stated several times, the words that
resounded in my heart were: “Lord, what do you ask of me? It a great weight that You place on my shoulders, but, if You ask me, at your word I will throw out the nets,sure that you will guide me” – and the Lord really has guided me.He has been close to me: daily could I feel His presence. [These years] have been a stretch of the Church’s pilgrim way,which has seen moments joy and light, but also difficult moments. I have felt like St. Peter with the Apostles in the boat on the Sea of Galilee: the Lord has given us many days of sunshine and gentle breeze, days in which the catch has been abundant; [then] there have been times when the seas were rough and the wind against us, as in the whole history of the Church it has ever been - and the Lord seemed to sleep. Nevertheless, I always knew that the Lord is in the barque, that the barque of the Church is not mine, not ours, but His - and He shall not let her sink. It is He, who steers her: to besure, he does so also through men of His choosing,for He desired that it be so. This was and is a certainty that nothing can tarnish. It is for this reason, that today my heart is filled with gratitude to God, for never did He leave me or the Church without His consolation, His light, His love
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We are in the Year of Faith, which I desired in order to strengthen our own faith in God in a context that seems to push faith more and more toward the margins of life. I would like to invite everyone to renew firm trust in the Lord. I would like that we all, entrust ourselves as children to the arms of God, and rest assured that those arms support us and us to walk every day, even in times of struggle. I would like everyone to feel loved by the God who gave His Son for us and showed us His boundless love. I want everyone to feel the joy of being Christian. In a beautiful prayer to be recited daily in the morning says, “I adore you, my God, I love you with all my heart. I thank You for having created me, for having made me a Christian.” Yes, we are happy for the gift of faith: it is the most precious good, that no one can take from us! Let us thank God for this every day, with prayer and with a coherent Christian life. God loves us, but He also expects that we love Him!
At this time, however, it is not only God, whom I desire to thank. A Pope is not alone in guiding St.Peter’s barque,even if it is his first responsibility – and I have not ever felt myself alone in bearing either the joys or the weight of the Petrine ministry. The Lord has placed next to me many people, who, with generosity and love for God and the Church,have helped me and been close to me. First of all you, dear Brother Cardinals: your wisdom, your counsels, your friendship, were all precious to me. My collaborators, starting with my Secretary of State, who accompanied me faithfully over the years, the Secretariat of State and the whole Roman Curia, as well as all those who, in various areas,give their service to the Holy See: the many faces which never emerge, but remain in the background, in silence, in their daily commitment, with a spirit of faith and humility. They have been for me a sure and reliable support. A special thought [goes] to the Church of Rome, my diocese! I can not forget the Brothers in the Episcopate and in the Priesthood, the consecrated persons and the entire People of God: in pastoral visits, in public encounters, at Audiences,in traveling, I have always received great care and
deep affection; I also loved each and every one, without exception,with that pastoral charity which is the heart of every shepherd, especially the Bishop of Rome, the Successor of the Apostle Peter. Every day I carried each of you in m
y prayers, with the father's heart.I wish my greetings and my thanks to reach everyone: the heart of a Pope expands to [embrace] the whole world. I would like to express my gratitude to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See, which makes present the great family of nations. Here I also think of all those who work for good communication, whom I thank for their important service.At this point I would like to offer heartfelt thanks to all the many people throughout the whole world, who, in recent weeks have sent me moving tokens of concern, friendship and prayer. Yes, the Pope is never alone: now I experience this [truth] again in a way so great as to touch my very heart. The Pope belongs to everyone, and so m
any people feel very close to him. It’s true that I receive letters from the world's greatest figures - from the Heads
of  State, religious leaders, representatives of the world of culture and so on. I also receive many letters from ordinary
people who write to me simply from their heart and let me feel their affection, which is born of our being together in Chr
ist Jesus, in the Church. These people do not write me as one might write, for example, to a prince or a great figure on
e does not know.They write as brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, with the sense of very affectionate family tie
s. Here, one can touch what the Church is – not an organization, not an association for religious or humanitarian purpo
ses, but a living body, a community of brothers and sisters in the Body of Jesus Christ, who unites us all. To experienc
e the Church in this way and almost be able to touch with one’s hands the power of His truth and His love, is a source
of joy, in a time in which many speak of its decline.In recent months, I felt that my strength had decreased, and I asked God with insistence in prayer to enlighten me with His light to make me take the right decision – not for my sake, but for the good of the Church. I have taken this step in full awareness of its severity and also its novelty, but with a deep peace of mind. Loving the Church also means having the courage to make difficult, trying choices, having ever before oneself the good of the Church and not one’s own.Here allow me to return once again to April 19, 2005. The gravity of the decision was precisely in the fact that from that moment on I was committed always and forever by the Lord. Always – he, who assumes the Petrine ministry no longer has any privacy. He belongs always and totally to everyone, to the whole Church. His life is, so to speak, totally deprived of the private sphere. I have felt, and I feel even in this very moment, that one receives one’s life precisely when he offers it as a gift. I said before that many people who love the Lord also love the Successor of Saint Peter and are fond of him, that the Pope has truly brothers and sisters, sons and daughters all over the world,and that he feels safe in the embrace of their communion, because he no longer belongs to himself, but he belongs to all and all are truly his own.The “always” is also a “forever” - there is no returning to private life. My decision to forgo the exercise of active ministry, does not revoke this. I do not return to private life, to a life of travel, meetings, receptions, conferences and soon. I do not abandon the cross, but remain in a new way near to the Crucified Lord. I no longer wield
the power of the office for the government of the Church, but in the service of prayer I remain, so to speak, within St
. Peter’s bounds. St.Benedict, whose name I bear as Pope, shall be a great example in this for me. He showed us the way to
a life which,active or passive, belongs wholly to the work of God.I thank each and every one of you for the respect and understanding with which you have welcomed this important decision. I continue to accompany the Church on her
way through prayer and reflection, with the dedication to the Lord and to His Bride, which I have hitherto tried to li
ve daily and that I would live forever. I ask you to remember me before God, and above all to pray for the Cardinals, who a
re called to so important a task, and for the new Successor of Peter,that the Lord might accompany him with the light an
d the power of His Spirit.Let us invoke the maternal intercession of Mary, Mother of God and of the Church, that she might accompany each of us and the whole ecclesial community: to her we entrust ourselves, with deep trust.Dear friends! God guides His Church, maintains her always, and especially in difficult times. Let us never lose this vision of faith, which is the only true vision of the way of the Church and the world. In our heart, in the heart of each of you, let there be always the joyous certainty that the Lord is near, that He does not abandon us, that He is near to us and that He surrounds us with His love. Thank you.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

ISRAEL-ARAB PEACE IS ACHIEVABLE-JPOST

  JERUSALEM DIVIDED


ZECHARIAH 12:1-5 King James Bible
1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.
2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
3 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.
4 In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness.
5 And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God.

JOEL 3:2 (WW3 OCCURS WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED)
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people (ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(JERUSALEM)(WW3 STARTS BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED AND ISRAELIS UPROOTED FROM THEIR GOD GIVIN LAND BRINGS 3 DEAD BILLION IN WW3)

PSALS 137:5-6
5  If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6  If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)

ZECHARIAH 14:1-4 King James Bible
1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.


OBAMAS LOGO OF THEIR SO CALLED ALLIANCE WITH ISRAEL
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The Obama visit logo (photo courtesy of the GPO) 

Encountering Peace: Israeli-Palestinian peace is achievable

02/20/2013 22:49

This agreement is possible. The concessions within are not losses but gains and both sides will be able to stand tall and declare peace and victory.

US President Obama with Prime Minister Netanyahu and PA President Abbas, September 1, 2010.
US President Obama with Prime Minister Netanyahu and PA President Abbas, September 1, 2010. Photo: REUTERS/Jason Reed
Many of those who claim that a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty putting an end to the conflict is not possible are the very people who do not want it to happen. This includes those who say it’s too late, there are too many Israelis living beyond the green line, or too many new settlement houses have been built, and those who say there is no Palestinian partner.

Until now there has been no partner for peace because the negotiations, even after 20 years of negotiating have not yet produced an agreement that is acceptable to both parties and ends the claims on all of the eight core issues of the conflict. But agreement is conceivable and after each side makes the concessions which must be made they will be able to stand up proudly before their people and declare “we got the best agreement possible and it is a victory for us!” Here it is in short: 1. Palestinian statehood – this is already a fait accompli, clearly in the interests of both sides – the territorial expression of our national identity sealed by agreement, recognized by the international community, accepted by the United Nations and fulfilling the principle laid down in UN Resolution 181 from November 29, 1947 – the formal birth certificate of the two states – the establishment of two states – one Jewish and one Arab on the land known as Palestine/Israel.

2. The delineation of borders between the two states – not based on the map of 1947 but on the armistice agreement of 1949, the border line between the two states will divide the land with Palestine on 22 percent and Israel on 78%. The line will allow Israel to annex about 4% of the West Bank enabling about 80% of the Israeli citizens in settlement blocs to remain where there are.

Palestinians will get in exchange equal territory from inside of Israel proper. They will be able to use those areas as development zones and as compensation for land taken by Israeli settlements.

3. Jerusalem – Israel will have full sovereignty over all of the parts of Jerusalem where Israelis live. Jewish Jerusalem will be united and recognized by the whole world as Israel’s capital. Palestine will have full sovereignty over all of the parts of Jerusalem where Palestinians live. Palestinian Jerusalem will be united and recognized by the whole word as Palestine’s capital.
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2011/03/life.html (WHAT HAPPENS WHEN JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED)
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2005/11/questions-ww3-whats-coming.html

Jerusalem will be like Siamese twins – connected at the most sensitive points and therefore will remain an open city with free movement throughout.

Both parts of Jerusalem will share many aspects of infrastructure and most importantly, both sides will be responsible to work together to provide real security throughout the city. The Old City and holy places will either work on the same demographic principles or will be managed by agreement by others on behalf of both peoples. The Temple Mount/Haram al Sharif compound will see the transformation of current realities into agreements with the Muslim authorities in control on top of the Mount over the mosques there and Jewish authorities in control of the Western Wall.

This arrangement can hold at least until the Messiah comes, who can make changes then if the reality allows for it. Hundreds of millions of Muslim pilgrims will be allowed to come to complete their Haj pilgrimage which brings them to Mecca and Medina and concludes in Al-Quds, Jerusalem.

4. Refugees – All Palestinians, always, wherever they are will be able to become citizens of their independent sovereign state.

Lands added to Palestine within the territorial swaps can be used for resettlement purposes enabling Palestine to say that there is a partial return to lands from before 1948.

Israel, Palestine and the international community all have an interest to give refugees a new beginning and therefore an international donor effort will be made with generous Israeli participation that will grant all refugees in need a chance for decent modern housing, education and work. New cities like Modi’in can be constructed in the West Bank. Palestinians with land deeds and businesses that were lost will be able to apply for compensation for their losses to an international commission and Israel will also generously participate in this fund.

An agreed-to symbolic number of Palestinians will be able to apply for return to Israel proper (somewhere around 50,000 people) noting that they will be then living in the State of Israel, under Israeli laws and sovereignty. Israel can call this a humanitarian gesture of family reunification and Palestine can call it the implementation of the right of return. Palestinian refugees will also have the possibility to apply for citizenship in other countries that may offer such a possibility always holding onto to the option of becoming a citizen of Palestine also and holding dual citizenship.

5. The physical crossing between West Bank and Gaza – a stretch of about 40 kilometers going through the sovereign State of Israel. The best option, I believe, is the rail link offering services to carry passengers, cars and cargo with one stop in Gaza and one in the West Bank. Other possibilities include a bridge, road, tunnel, sunken road or combinations of the above. I propose beginning to build it now, as soon as possible from the West Bank towards Gaza and ending one kilometer short of Gaza. Gaza will be part of the full agreement, but it will only be implemented when the regime in Gaza agrees to all of the terms of the agreement.

6. Economic relations – I believe the best option for Palestine will be an improved customs union which ends all of the leakages in the Paris protocol and enables Palestine to collect their own customs because their state will have clear and defined borders.

If they would like a different trade regime they should be able to propose whatever they want because the economic consequences for Israel are inconsequential.

Israel should do everything possible to allow for a prosperous Palestine.

7. Water – with double the amount of water available today because of desalination and reuse of waste water there is no real water conflict any more. Palestine will have to have an equitable share of all of the water available in the territory between the Jordan and the Sea and water has a wonderful characteristic enabling this – it moves. The two states will probably arrive at a reallocation agreement, but I would propose, in the interest of real peace, a joint management model which states that all of the water is a shared resource, not only the water underneath the West Bank. Gaza will need a desalination plant of its own and should already be working on that today.

8. Security arrangements – without security there is no agreement on any of the above. Security arrangements need to provide real security for both peoples. Primary security responsibility is in the hands of each side within its own territory. Security cooperation between the two must be robust. A multi-national force (similar to Sinai) led by the US or by NATO with Israeli and Palestinian participation will hold longterm responsibilities along the Jordan. International monitors will be on the ground to ensure full compliance of security arrangements.

More – there will be a Jewish minority in Palestine. The rights of the Jews in Palestine will be linked to the rights of the Arabs citizens of Israel. The borders between the two states should be as open as possible. Cooperation between the two states should be the goal of both sides in every field possible.

An agreement is meant to enable a new relationship taking both sides beyond conflict toward truly peaceful relations.

Our physical space is so small; we are both required to cooperate on all aspects concerning the environment and on many other issues that are cross-boundary concerns.

The agreement must build bridges of cooperation and not walls of separation.

Implementation of the agreement will be incremental, over time based on performance and upholding obligations within the agreements. A third party monitor/judge (likely the US) will be necessary for this purpose.

This agreement is possible. The concessions within are not losses but gains and both sides will be able to stand tall and declare peace and victory.

Gershon Baskin is the co-chairman of IPCRI, the Israel Palestine Center for Research and Information, a columnist for The Jerusalem Post and the initiator and negotiator of the secret back channel for the release of Gilad Schalit.
LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).

THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS

Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

ISAIAH 33:8
8  The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

DANIEL 8:23-25
23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king (EU DICTATOR) of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences,(FROM THE OCCULT) shall stand up.
24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power:(SATANS POWER) and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.
25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes;(JESUS) but he shall be broken without hand.

DANIEL 11:36-40
36 And the king shall do according to his will;(EU PRESIDENT) and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers,(THIS EU DICTATOR IS A EUROPEAN JEW) nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:(HES A MILITARY GINIUS) and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds (CONTROL HEZBOLLAH,AL-QUAIDA MURDERERS ETC) with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many,(HIS ARMY LEADERS) and shall divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south(EGYPT) push at him:(EU DICTATOR PROTECTING ISRAELS SECURITY) and the king of the north(RUSSIA) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

ISAIAH 26:21
21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.(WW3,1/2 earths population die).

ISAIAH 13:6-13 KJV
6 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:(FROM FRIGHT)
8 And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
9 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10 For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
11 And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
12 I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir.
13 Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

ISAIAH 24:17-23 KJV
17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. 

Thursday, February 21, 2013

KERRY TO SKIP ISRAEL ON HULEHUPE TRIP

Kerry Will Bypass Israel in Trip Middle East, Europe

February 20, 2013 1:11 am 

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Secretary of State John Kerry.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will bypass Israel on his first official trip to the Middle East, U.S. officials said Tuesday as they announced a jam-packed itinerary through nine nations, including several in Europe.
Kerry’s maiden voyage begins Sunday. He will visit close U.S. allies and partners in Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar.Kerry’s trip will focus on the conflicts in Mali, Syria and Afghanistan, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.Nuland said the U.S. was waiting for Israeli political parties to form a new government after the recent Knesset election.
“The Israelis are still working on their coalition,” she told reporters, adding that Kerry won’t travel to Israel or the Palestinian territories until next month—when he will accompany President Barack Obama to the region.

DO THESE SICK IN THE HEAD ARABS REALLY THINK GOD WILL ALLOW MURDERERS TO STEAL THE WAILING WALL FROM ISRAEL.NO.SINCE GOD IS JUST LAUGHING FROM HIS THRONE IN HEAVEN AT THE VERY THOUGHT THAT ISLAM CAN STEAL THE WAILING WALL.

PALMS 2:1-5
1  Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? (ARAB MURDERERS)
2  The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD,(KING JESUS) and against his anointed, saying,
3  Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
4  He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.(DESTROY THEM)
5  Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.(NUKES,JUDGEMENTS)
6  Yet have I set my king (JESUS) upon my holy hill of Zion.(IN JERUSALEM)

Arab Group: Kotel is a Muslim Site, And Jews Don't Belong There

An Israeli Arab group says, Israel is “defiling the holiness" of the Kotel - as defined by Islam - by conducting Jewish prayers there.
By David Lev First Publish: 2/21/2013, 2:54 PM-Israelnationalnews

crowd at the Kotel
crowd at the Kotel-courtesy Western Wall Heritage Foundation
An Israeli Arab group, “The Al-Aqsa Heritage Institute,” on Thursday issued a statement demanding that Israel halt its plans to bring more Jews to the Kotel (Western Wall) – which, the group claims, is holy not to Jews, but to Muslims.In fact, the group says, Israel is “defiling the holiness of the site” by conducting Jewish prayers there.In Jewish tradition, the Kotel is the outer retaining wall of the Holy Temple, which stood on the Temple Mount, approximately at the same location as the Al-Aqsa Mosque. When the Holy Temple was destroyed nearly 2,000 years ago, Jews were prohibited from worshipping on the Mount, first by the Romans and then by the Muslims, and proscribed from doing so by Jewish law – and adopted the Kotel as a place of prayer, as it was the closest place to the Holy Temple as the could get.In Islamic legend, however, the Kotel is a Muslim site – famous as the wall that Muhammad used to tie up his donkey when he ascended to heaven on his “night journey” from the Temple Mount. The “Buraq Wall,” as Islamist groups call the Kotel, is a part of the Temple Mount, and thus has the same status for Muslims as the Al-Aqsa Mosque, or the other holy places in the area.In a statement this week, the group said that “the Buraq Wall, west of the Al Aqsa Mosque, is one of the main objectives of the Israeli occupation. As a result, more than 10 million Israelis and tourists violated the holiness of the site during 2012, this according to the occupying police force. The occupiers are proud of this large number, and say in fact that they want to double the number of visitors within a few years,” the statement said.“Such plans endanger Al-Aqsa by making it a target for direct Israeli occupation,” the statement said. “The Al-Buraq Wall along with the entire area around Al-Aqsa, including the Mugrabi neighborhood (the term used by the group for the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem), destroyed in 1967, is holy Muslim land, and an inseparable part of the Al-Aqsa property,” the statement added.

Syria Claims It Shot Down Israeli Drone

Syria claims in unconfirmed report that its forces downed an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near the border with Lebanon.
By Chana Ya'ar First Publish: 2/21/2013, 12:48 PM-Israelnationalnews

Israeli drone
Israeli drone-Flash 90
Syria claims its forces have downed an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near the border with Lebanon.
A report broadcast Wednesday on Syria's state-run Mayadeen TV claimed government forces shot down the drone over the village of Deir al Ashayer, about 15 miles west of Damascus and not far from where an alleged Israeli  strike on a chemical weapons processing plant took place last month.A separate report published by the Damas Post quoted local witnesses who said they saw a surface-to-air missile fired from Syria hit the drone, and burning wreckage falling from the sky over the eastern Lebanese village of Yanta.
The event was not reported in the Syrian state-run SANA news agency, and there was no comment by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's office.On Wednesday there were numerous reports in Lebanese media about Israeli warplanes conducting “mock raids” over southern Lebanon, and multiple reconnaissance flights over towns and villages around the country.Earlier this week, Israeli submarines were reported by Lebanese media to be cruising off the coast of Lebanon between Sidon and Nakura. French tracking installations had allegedly informed the United Nations the subs were detected.
A week ago, four Israeli warplanes were spotted flying in Lebanese air space on what appeared to be intelligence-gathering missions. Two of the planes appeared above Kafrkila village, and then circled over various regions before leaving several hours later from above Rmeish village. Two others began at the same starting point but circled a different route before leaving some time later from over Aima Sha'ab village.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

POPE MAY CHANGE CONCLAVE RULES BEFORE LEAVING

KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.

¹full Papal title:
 (a) 1870 - 7 Jun 1929: "Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Province of Rome, Servant of the Servants of God";
 (b) 7 Jun 1929 - 1 Mar 2006: "Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Patriarch of the West, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City, Servant of the Servants of God";
 (c) from 1 Mar 2006: "Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City, Servant of the Servants of God."  
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Catholic.html 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByOBYOmn2Ys 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/stock-results-feb-112013.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/roman-dictator-jewish-false-prophet.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/that-meteorite-hit-was-nothing-wait.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/pope-has-11-days-yet-in-power.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/pope-may-change-conclave-rules.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/vatican-news-with-6-days-from-popes.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/pope-16th-last-sunday-blessing.html 
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/vatican-news-with-3-days-left-in-reign.html
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/2-days-till-pope-resigns-what-will.html  
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/the-cardinal-pre-conclave-begins-guess.html 

On this order and as discussed in an earlier entry, the Catholic seer who in 2002 correctly predicted that the pope succeeding John Paul II would be named Benedict XVI, Ronald L. Conte Jr., believes the next pope will be Cardinal Francis Arinze and that he will take the name Pius XIII. This name (Pius) is associated historically with popes who emphasized authoritative doctrine during their pontificates. Cardinal Arinze fits this description, and Conte interprets this qualification as best fulfilling “Peter the Roman” as a pope who “will reaffirm the authority of the Roman Pontiff over the Church; this authority is based on his place as a Successor of Peter” and “will emphasize the supremacy of the Roman Catholic Faith and the Roman Catholic Church above all other religions and denominations, and its authority over all Christians and all peoples of the world.” To this, Conte adds, “During the reign of Pope Peter the Roman, the great apostasy begins” and this pope will mark “the first part of the tribulation, during our generation.”[i] Conte envisions this apocalypse beginning in 2012 when, as he sees it, Benedict is assassinated and is replaced by Petrus Romanus. This is followed by a series of cascading events resulting in World War III, which is triggered when Iranian-backed terrorists explode a nuclear bomb in New York City. The Great Tribulation begins, and by July 2013, Rome is destroyed when it is struck by a nuclear missile.

BY THE BIBLE-THE VATICAN WILL BE BOMBED OR NUKED AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD.SO YOU WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THE VATICAN WILL BE BOMBED.THE VERY DAY THE 7 YEAR PEACE TREATY IS SIGNED.YOU WILL KNOW EXACTLY 3 1/2 YRS LATER THE VATICAN WILL BE BOMBED OR NUKED.ONCE AGAIN I STRESS,I'M NOT A CATHOLIC BASHER.I'M JUST GOING BY THE BIBLE.

REVELATION 13:11-13
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,


REVELATION 17:1-2,4-6,9,16-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:(VATICAN ON 7 HILLS)
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.(VATICAN IN POLITICS)

4 And the woman (FALSE POPE) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
16 And the ten horns (WORLD GOVERNMENT) which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore,(VATICAN-FALSE CHURCH) and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.(BOMBS OR NUKES)
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.(VATICAN)

Pope may change conclave rules before leaving: Vatican

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict may change Church rules governing the conclave where cardinals from around the world will meet next month to secretly elect his successor, the Vatican said on Wednesday.Benedict was studying the possibility of making changes to two laws established by his predecessor Pope John Paul before he abdicates on February 28, a spokesman said.The changes may affect the timing of the start of the conclave.Spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said Benedict was considering making changes that would "harmonize" two documents approved by his predecessor.One governs the period while the papacy is vacant, known as the "Sede Vacante," and another is more specific about the running of the conclave after it begins.A 1996 apostolic constitution by Pope John Paul, called "Universi Dominici Gregis," stipulates that a conclave must start between 15 and 20 days after the papacy becomes vacant, meaning it cannot begin before March 15 under the current rules.Some cardinals believe a conclave should start sooner in order to reduce the time in which the Roman Catholic Church will be without a leader.
Cardinals around the world have already begun informal consultations by phone and email to construct a profile of the man they think would be best suited to lead the Church in a period of continuing crisis.
Some 117 cardinals under the age of 80 will be eligible to enter the conclave, which is held in the Sistine Chapel.(Reporting By Philip Pullella and Naomi O'Leary)

John Paul II unified all the rules regarding the Sede Vacante and the conclave within the Apostolic Consititution Universi Dominici Gregis. Signed on February 22, 1996, the judicial document will without a doubt help navigate the process developing in the coming weeks.
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_22021996_universi-dominici-gregis_en.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpDmqPJj1Y4
http://papam.wordpress.com/tag/universi-dominici-gregis/

Religion

Sede vacante - The papal transition

Officials in the Vatican are busy preparing the election of a successor after Pope Benedict XVI announced he would resign at the end of the month. The 'sede vacante' period is subject to a strict code of regulations.
Sede vacante is literally the period of the 'empty seat', when the Holy See becomes vacant after the death or resignation of a pope. It is a well-regulated interim period. Following his resignation announcement, Pope Benedict XVI will remain in office for about two more weeks. The German pope is not expected to make any spectacular decisions during that period, said Stephan Haering, a Munich-based expert on canon law, "I do not believe he will appoint more cardinals, but he will observe his regular papal duties," Haering told a Munich church radio station. According to schedule, Pope Benedict is expected to hold public appearances on Ash Wednesday and on February 24.This time, Vatican authorities have more time than they usually do to prepare for the transition period, the secret conclave and the arrival of the presumably 117 cardinals eligible to vote, as well as thousands of reporters. The actual sede vacante period begins when the pope steps down at 8 p.m. on February 28.The Cardinal Camerlengo, currently 78-year-old Tarcisio Bertone, is responsible for managing the property of the Holy See during the interim period between the resignation and the election of a new pope.

Provisions by Code of Canon Law
The papacy is then on hold. It is "an interim order for the span of time between two popes" determined in papal election regulations, Bonn canon lawyer Norbert Lüdecke told DW. Nothing may be changed in the church's overall leadership, he added: not even the smallest change in course, no removals from, or appointments to, office. Papal power is not delegated to the Pontifical College nor to the College of Cardinals, which prepares and conducts the election of a new Pope. "Apart from that task, it can only handle regular or urgent matters that as a rule are not reserved for the Pope," Lüdecke said.According to Catholic canon law, a conclave begins in the Sistine Chapel at the earliest 15, and at the latest, 20 days after the death of a Pope. For hundreds of years – as was the case after the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005 - these two to three weeks have been a period reserved for mourning, farewell and the funeral. Benedict's surprise resignation announcement allows for a completely new and much longer period of speculation and taking stock as well as mental preparation.The Sistine Chapel, presumably the best-known chapel in the Apostolic Palace, is in for several changes before the conclave begins; bustling activity, too, in the rooms and corridors of the guest house that will house the electors. At some point, then, the Cardinals install themselves in the Chapel to elect a successor. Some of them are just shy of 80 - an age that would have barred them from casting their vote in the election.Previous sede vacantes seem to indicate that a decision on who is to become the 266th Pope can be expected about 17 days after the 'empty seat' period began, in this case, on March 17 or 18. The eight papal vacancies the Catholic Church saw in the 20th century lasted an average of 17 days and exactly 17 days before Benedict was elected in 2005.DW.DE
http://www.dw.de/sede-vacante-the-papal-transition/a-16593609

Conclave brings out cardinals' dirty laundry

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Popular pressure is mounting in the U.S. and Italy to keep California Cardinal Roger Mahony away from the conclave to elect the next pope because of his role shielding sexually abusive priests, a movement targeting one of the most prominent of a handful of compromised cardinals scheduled to vote next month.Amid the outcry, Mahony has made clear he is coming. And a Vatican historian said Wednesday that there is no precedent for a cardinal staying home because of personal scandal.Conclaves always bring out the worst in cardinals' dirty laundry, with past sins and transgressions aired anew in the slow news days preceding the vote. This time is no different — except that the revelations of Mahony's sins are so fresh, and ordinary Catholics seem to want to have a greater say in who is fit to choose their next pope.
This week, the influential Italian Catholic affairs magazine Famiglia Cristiana asked its readers if the Los Angeles-based cardinal Mahony should participate in the conclave given the revelations. "Your opinion: Mahony in the conclave: Yes or No?" reads the online survey of one of Italy's most-read magazines.
That followed a petition by a group in the United States, Catholics United, demanding that Mahony recuse himself from the papal conclave.Mahony, however, has made clear he will vote. "Count-down to the Papal Conclave has begun. Your prayers needed that we elect the best Pope for today and tomorrow's Church," he tweeted earlier this week. He promised daily Twitter updates from the conclave.Last month, a court in Los Angeles ordered the release of thousands of pages of confidential personnel files of more than 120 priests accused of sex abuse. The files show that Mahony and other top archdiocese officials maneuvered behind the scenes to shield accused priests and protect the church from a growing scandal while keeping parishioners in the dark.Mahony was stripped of his duties last month by his successor at the largest Catholic diocese in the United States. But the administrative dressing-down by Archbishop Jose Gomez only affected Mahony's work in the archdiocese, not his role as a cardinal.Historian Ambrogio Piazzoni, the vice prefect of the Vatican library, said there was no precedent for a cardinal staying away from a conclave because of personal scandal, though in the past some have been impeded either by illness or interference by governments.Regardless, he said, any decision to stay away would have to be approved by the full College of Cardinals given that the main duty of a cardinal is to vote in a conclave."The thing that characterizes a cardinal is to be an elector of the pope," he told reporters.___Follow Nicole Winfield at www.twitter.com/nwinfield

Pope considers new conclave rules, date uncertain

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI may enact a new law governing the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope amid continued uncertainty over when the voting can begin.The Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said Wednesday that he didn't know for sure if the new law under consideration would address the timing of the conclave following Benedict's Feb. 28 resignation. He said it would contain some "clarifications" on certain points. But given the crush of interest surrounding the conclave date, it's likely to address the issue.The current law says cardinals should wait 15 days after the papacy becomes vacant before launching a conclave to allow all eligible cardinals to arrive in Rome, making March 15 the presumed start. That delay, however, assumed a papal death and funeral. In this case, the cardinals already know that this pontificate will end Feb. 28 and can get to Rome in plenty of time to take part in the conclave.Some canonists and scholars have said the current rules allow for some wiggle room on the 15-day wait given that most if not all the cardinals will already be in Rome for Benedict's final general audience Feb. 27 and his farewell meeting with cardinals on Feb. 28."The document says that the cardinals present in Rome must wait 15 days for the arrival of the others," noted Ambrogio Piazzoni, the vice prefect of the Vatican library. "That can mean that if the cardinals all arrive before the 15 days there is no need to wait. The phrase 'must wait' doesn't say that you can't start before 15 days."However, leading U.S. canonist Edward Peters, an adviser to the Vatican high court, welcomed word that the pope himself might intervene."Advancing the conclave start-date would make obvious good sense, but actually doing so on anything less than express papal authority raises serious canonical and even ecclesiological problems," he said on his blog.The date of the conclave's start is important because Holy Week begins March 24, with Palm Sunday Mass followed by Easter Sunday on March 31. In order to have a new pope in place in time for the most solemn liturgical period on the church calendar, he would need to be installed by Sunday, March 17, because of the strong tradition to hold installation Mass on a Sunday. Given the tight time-frame, speculation has mounted that some arrangement would be made to start the conclave on March 10 or thereabouts, earlier than a strict reading of the law would allow.___Follow Nicole Winfield at www.twitter.com/nwinfield

MY CHOICES FOR THE NEXT POPE.IF ITS PETER THE ROMAN.MY CHOICES 1 TO 4.BUT THIS GUY COULD SURE QUALIFY FOR THE FALSE POPE.HES FOR HOMOSEXUALITY.HE COULD DIVIDE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH INTO APOSTASY.

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn 

Increasing doubts about his orthodoxy. He recently intervened in his diocese to re-install an openly homosexual man to the parish council, humiliating one of his priests. It has been noticed. And two words: Balloon Mass (see below) Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-man-who-will-be-the-next-pope-2012-4?op=1#ixzz2LTOZNxvq

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Lom28KSlg&feature=player_embedded 

1-Cardinal Angelo Scola
Cardinal Angelo Scola
Image by Italy / Reuters

Country: Italy.
Position: Cardinal-Archbishop of Milan.
Age: 71.
Why He Might Be Elected: Scola's academic background mirrors Pope Benedict's and he has been at the front of the church's Muslim outreach efforts. He established the Oasis Foundation, which brings Muslim and Christian scholars together to promote mutual understanding and brainstorm the future of the Middle East. His extroverted public persona has been compared to that of Pope John Paul II. Also, twice in the last century, archbishops from Milan have been elected pope: Popes Pius XI in 1922 and Paul VI in 1963.
Why He Might Not Be Elected: Scola is rumored to have enemies in the Roman Curia (the governing body of the church) and some church leaders are wary of anointing another academic as pontiff.

2- Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone

Country: Italy.
Position: Cardinal Secretary of State; Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church.
Age: 78.
Why He Might Be Elected: Bertone has been assuming more of the day-to-day responsibilities of the papacy in recent years and he has a reputation as the most powerful (if somewhat ruthless) politician in the Holy See. He is responsible for appointing many of the Italian elector-Cardinals who will name the next pope, and, as Business Insider points out, he "knows where every body is buried."
Why He Might Not Be Elected: The master politician has too many enemies within the church. Bertone was the main target in 2012's "Vatileaks" scandal and many cardinals have openly blamed him for failing to "avert the gaffes that have marred Benedict's papacy." He does not speak English or French and is considered by many to be power-hungry and unqualified for the office he currently holds, let alone the office of the pope.

3- Cardinal Peter Turkson
Cardinal Peter Turkson
Image by Max Rossi / Reuters

Country: Ghana.
Position: President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
Age: 64.
Why He Might Be Elected: Africa is one of the fastest-growing regions in Catholicism. In 2008, Pope Benedict said that the election of a black pontiff would "send a splendid signal to the world" about the universal nature of the Catholic Church. Turkson speaks six languages and is one of the more visible members of the Church, who comes across as both likeable and pragmatic in his public appearances. His extensive pastoral experience in Africa is also a point in his favor.
Why He Might Not Be Elected: Turkson sparked controversy in October 2012 when he screened a YouTube video that made alarmist predictions about the growth of Islam in Europe at an international meeting of bishops. Also, as the National Catholic Reporter points out: "As the head of a pontifical council (which doesn't really wield binding authority over much of anything), Turkson hasn't fully laid to rest questions about his ability to govern."

4- Cardinal Francis Arinze
Cardinal Francis Arinze
Image by AFP / SIA KAMBOU

Country: Nigeria.
Position: Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
Age: 80.
Why He Might Be Elected: Like Turkson, Arinze is a high-profile African cardinal and was on the short list after Pope John Paul II's death.
Why He Might Not Be Elected: At 80, Arinze is too old to vote in the papal election himself and the last non-voting Cardinal to be elected pontiff was Hadrian VI in 1522. It seems unlikely that the conclave would appoint the oldest pope in the history of the church after the health-related resignation of Pope Benedict.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/the-10-men-who-would-be-pope

POPES PEACE DOVE ATTACKED BY SEGULL COULD MEAN TRIBULATION IS NEAR
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2269255/Popes-dove-peace-ends-pieces-Seagull-attacks-bird-seconds-Pontiff-releases-Vatican-balcony.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBsOVCO2rAU
LIGHTENING STRIKES VATICAN TWICE
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/lightning-bolt-hit-vatican-not-1705156

LAND FOR PEACE (THE FUTURE 7 YEARS OF HELL ON EARTH)

JOEL 3:2
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people(ISRAEL) and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.(UPROOTED ISRAELIS AND DIVIDED JERUSALEM)(THIS BRINGS ON WW3 BECAUSE JERUSALEM IS DIVIDED,WARNING TO ARABS-MUSLIMS AND THE WORLD).

THE WEEK OF DANIEL 9:27 WE KNOW ITS 7 YRS

Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

DANIEL 11:21-23
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

ISAIAH 33:8
8  The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

PA Encouraged by Livni’s New Role

PA officials are pleased that MK Tzipi Livni will head negotiations. ‘Her public positions are positive.’
By Maayana Miskin First Publish: 2/20/2013, 9:42 AM-Israelnationalnews

Нетаньяху и Ливни
Нетаньяху и Ливни-Flash90
Palestinian Authority officials have welcomed the news that MK Tzipi Livni, formerly the Foreign Minister, will head Israel-PA negotiations under her party’s coalition deal with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
“Livni’s publicly stated positions are positive,” said Nimer Hammad, a top advisor to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. “She has experience with the demands of the peace process and with the Palestinian side’s view of the solution.”Livni was heavily involved in negotiations with the PA under the administration of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. He and Livni reportedly offered the PA over 90% of land in Judea and Samaria for the creation of a new Arab state, and suggested splitting the city of Jerusalem to give the PA a capital in the eastern part of the city.Both Netanyahu and Livni have been taking heat from Israelis for their coalition agreement. Livni had previously declared that Netanyahu would be a diplomatic disaster for Israel, while Netanyahu said before the elections that Livni failed as a negotiator and should not have a major role in talks with the PA.The two tried to staunch the flow of criticism in their Tuesday night news conference by acknowledging their previous statements. Israel’s current security needs required them to overcome their differences for the common good, they argued.Livni’s former party, Kadima, is expected to join the coalition soon as well. Kadima has just two seats in the current Knesset, down from 28 in the previous Knesset. Party head Shaul Mofaz is rumored to have been offered either the Ministry of Strategic Affairs or the Environmental Protection Ministry.

Progress in Likud-Bayit Yehudi Talks

MK: Netanyahu needs us, even if he doesn't want us.
By Maayana Miskin First Publish: 2/20/2013, 2:58 PM-Israelnationalnews

MK Uri Ariel
MK Uri Ariel-Flash 90
The Bayit Yehudi (Jewish Home) party is moving forward in its coalition talks with Likud Beytenu, MK Uri Ariel said Wednesday, speaking to Arutz Sheva.“There is progress, not in Kfar Maccabia in front of the cameras, but in various discussions with senior members of Likud,” he reported. However, he said, “it is not enough.”Likud’s deal with Tzipi Livni’s Hatnua party “is cause for concern,” he said. The agreement will affect the Jewish Home party, which disagrees with Livni regarding concessions in Judea and Samaria and which Livni has dismissed as dangerously extremist.It is also a blow to Yair Lapid of Yesh Atid, who had hoped to be given the Justice Ministry portfolio that Netanyahu just gave to Livni, he noted.However, Ariel scoffed at media reports, based on “senior Likud sources,” that Bayit Yehudi is “at war” with Likud. “That’s just spin from cowardly senior party members,” he said, adding, “It’s not for nothing that they’re hiding [under anonymity].”Ultimately, he predicted, the Jewish Home party will be in the coalition. “Netanyahu needs us even if he doesn’t want us,” he said.MK Ariel reported that in addition to Bayit Yehudi’s known understandings with Lapid and Yesh Atid, “we are in close contact with the hareidi parties.”The party would have preferred an agreement with the hareidi parties, but was rejected by them, he revealed. “We proposed several times that we establish a joint religious front based on the Sabbath, the Land of Israel, and sharing the burden [of military service],” he said.The hareidi-religious parties are steadfast in their rejection of mandatory military service for youth who wish to study Torah full-time.

IDF Seeks Religious Jewish Female Soldiers

IDF higher-ups discuss ways to boost enlistment among religious Jewish women.
By Maayana Miskin First Publish: 2/20/2013, 3:46 PM-Israelnationalnews

Female soldiers
Female soldiers-Israel news photo: Flash 90
Top IDF officials met this week with representatives from Aluma, an organization that directs Israeli youth to meaningful IDF service. Their goal: to figure out how to boost IDF enlistment among religious Jewish women.Women who live a traditional religious lifestyle are exempt from army service. In total, 40% of Israeli women eligible for IDF service do not serve, and 35% of those get an exemption for religious reasons.
While exemptions from service for men are common primarily in the hareidi-religious community, women from both the hareidi community and the religious-Zionist community often seek exemptions.However, IDF officers noted a recent increase in the number of female recruits who are graduates of the public religious Jewish school system. The increase comes despite the fact that many religious girls’ schools have a policy not to allow recruitment activities on school grounds.Brigadier-General Gadi Agmon of the IDF Manpower division said the army would work to ensure that each religious female recruit would be able to serve without compromising on her values. The IDF is willing to commit to allowing female soldiers to leave their positions without negative repercussions if the position does not allow religious observance, he said.Units that include religious female recruits are subject to visits from superiors, and the recruits have twice-annual meetings with superior officers to ensure any concerns are addressed, Agmon added.Yifat Selah of Aluma has worked on behalf of religious female soldiers for several years. Aluma’s goal is not to encourage 12th grade girls to enlist, she said, but rather to be sure they have all the relevant information.“That said, we are all women who decided to enlist, and we do not conceal our stance,” she added.Selah explained that Aluma works directly with religious soldiers and not with rabbis, but said there are rabbis who support religious female soldiers even if they do not actively encourage female IDF enlistment.