{"id":6481,"date":"2019-03-01T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T10:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=6481"},"modified":"2023-11-12T10:40:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T15:40:40","slug":"pope-francis-signs-historic-covenant-with-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=6481","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis Signs Historic Covenant With Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 3 of 9 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?series=one-world-religion\" class=\"series-63\" title=\"One World Religion\">One World Religion<\/a><\/div><div style=\"width: 549px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/christiannews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Bergoglio-Signing-compressed.jpg\" width=\"539\" height=\"322\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pope Francis and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2019\/02\/pope-francis-betrays-christians-embraces-radical-sheikh-ahmed-el-tayeb-who-calls-for-killing-converts\/\">Dr Ahmed Al Tayeb<\/a>, <strong>Grand Imam<\/strong> of Al Azhar (highest seat of learning in Sunni Islam), signing a historic &#8216;Fraternity&#8217; agreement in Abu Dhabi<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis signed a &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/pope\/news\/2019-02\/pope-francis-uae-press-inflight-press-conference.html\">Peace<\/a> document&#8217;, were the word \u201cGod\u201d is used simultaneously to identify Allah and the God of Christianity, but makes no reference any time to Jesus Christ (the <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">only<\/span> <span style=\"color: #800000;\">way<\/span><\/strong> to the Father, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=john%2014%3A6&amp;version=NKJV;MEV;AKJV;RVR1960\">John 14:6<\/a>) or the Bible. This is not surprising since for him the meaning of being a Christian isn&#8217;t to belong to Christ, but to belong to the &#8216;Mother Church&#8217;, that is the Catholic Church:\u00a0 &#8220;<em><span class=\"text\">Believing&#8221; is an ecclesial act. The Church&#8217;s faith precedes, engenders, supports and nourishes our faith. The Church is the mother of all believers. &#8220;<strong>No one can have God as Father who does not have the Church as Mother<\/strong><\/span><\/em>&#8221; Catechism of the Catholic Church\u00a0 #181. That&#8217;s his gospel, to call people to Catholicism or Mother Church, NOT to Christ. Please also check<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=13&amp;v=v_bvGTc6SM8\"> video,<\/a> were he says having a direct, <strong>personal relationship with Jesus<\/strong> is dangerous &amp; harmful!<\/p>\n<p>Recent <strong>news<\/strong> below :<\/p>\n<p><strong>One World Religion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1\/ \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>Feb. 11\/ 2019 &#8211; &#8220;A <strong>historic interfaith covenant<\/strong> was signed in the Middle East on Monday (<strong>Feb.4th<\/strong>), and the mainstream media in the United States has been almost entirely silent about it. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb is considered to be the most important imam in Sunni Islam, and he arrived at the signing ceremony in Abu Dhabi with Pope Francis \u201chand-in-hand in a symbol of<strong> interfaith brotherhood<\/strong>\u201d. But this wasn\u2019t just a ceremony for Catholics and Muslims. According to a <strong>British news<\/strong> source, the signing of this covenant was done \u201cin front of a global audience of <strong>religious leaders from Christianity, Islam, Judaism and other faiths<\/strong>\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>The pope and the grand imam of al-Azhar <span style=\"color: #800000;\">have signed a historic declaration of fraternity<\/span>, calling for peace between nations, religions and races, in front of a global audience of religious leaders from <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Christianity<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/islam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Islam<\/a><\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #000080;\">Judaism<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">other faiths.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/pope-francis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pope Francis<\/a>, the leader of the world\u2019s Catholics, and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the head of Sunni Islam\u2019s most prestigious seat of learning, arrived at the ceremony in Abu Dhabi hand-in-hand in a symbol of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>interfaith brotherhood<\/strong><\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In other words, there was a concerted effort to make sure that all of the religions of the world were represented at this gathering.\u00a0 . . .<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, the<strong> document also boldly declares that \u201c<\/strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">the diversity of religions<\/span><strong>\u201d<\/strong> that we see in the world was \u201c<strong>willed by God<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<em>Freedom is a right of every person: each individual enjoys the freedom of belief, thought, expression and action. The pluralism and <strong>the diversity of religions<\/strong>, color, sex, race and language<strong> are willed by God in His wisdom<\/strong>, through which He created human beings. This divine wisdom is the source from which the right to freedom of belief and the freedom to be different derives. Therefore, the fact that people are forced to adhere to a certain religion or culture must be rejected, as too the imposition of a cultural way of life that others do not accept&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In essence, <span style=\"color: #800000;\">this is saying that it is the will of God that there are hundreds of different religions in the world and that they are all acceptable in His sight<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>We know that the elite want a one-world religion, but to see the most important clerics from both Catholicism and Islam make such a dramatic public push for it is absolutely stunning.<\/p>\n<p>You can find the full text of the covenant that they signed on the official Vatican website. I have also reproduced the entire document below. . &#8221;\u00a0 Please see more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technocracy.news\/one-world-religion-pope-francis-signs-historic-covenant-with-islam\/\">Technocracy News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2\/ \u00a0<\/strong> During the press conference on the return flight from the United Arab Emirates, <strong>Pope Francis<\/strong> says the <strong>historic Document on Human Fraternity was born \u201c<em>in the spirit of Vatican II<\/em><\/strong>\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/pope\/news\/2019-02\/pope-francis-uae-press-inflight-press-conference.html\">Vatican News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3\/<\/strong> \u00a0 &#8220;Just days after the pope signed <a title=\"the most important interfaith document in history\" href=\"http:\/\/themostimportantnews.com\/archives\/the-pope-and-islams-most-important-imam-just-signed-a-covenant-that-pushes-us-much-closer-to-a-one-world-religion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the most important interfaith document in history<\/a>, he had the opportunity to address global political leaders by video at the <span style=\"color: #800000;\">World Government Summit <\/span>in Dubai. During his remarks he once again stressed the need for <span style=\"color: #800000;\">global unity<\/span><strong>, and he encouraged those attending to embrace &#8220;<span style=\"color: #800000;\">sustainable development<\/span><\/strong>&#8220;, but he also stressed that sustainable development will never succeed without &#8220;solidarity&#8221;. \u00a0 \u00a0 . . .<\/p>\n<p>The phrase &#8220;sustainable development&#8221; has become a shorthand way of referring to the <strong>U.N.&#8217;s Sustainable Development<\/strong> Goals. It is a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220218141314\/https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/sustainable-development-goals\/\"><strong>17-point plan<\/strong><\/a>, and if you read the entire thing, you quickly realize that it encompasses just about every realm of human activity that you can possibly imagine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It is not just a plan to fight climate change<\/strong>. It is actually a comprehensive blueprint for <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>global governance<\/strong><\/span>, and it envisions a much larger role for global institutions such as the U.N. in the years ahead.<\/p>\n<p>But in the context of speaking about &#8220;sustainable development,&#8221; the pope once again used the term <strong>&#8220;solidarity.&#8221;<\/strong> This is a word that he has been using a lot lately, and when he uses it, he is referring to the need for <strong>global unity<\/strong>. More specifically, he almost always uses this buzzword when speaking of the need for<strong> global religious unity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last Monday, the pope and the highest imam in Sunni Islam<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> signed a covenant<\/span> which boldly <strong>declares that Christians and Muslims worship the same God,<\/strong> and that it is God&#8217;s will that all of the various major religions in the world co-exist peacefully.&#8221;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/themostimportantnews.com\/archives\/the-pope-encourages-those-attending-the-world-government-summit-to-enthusiastically-embrace-sustainable-development\">The Most Important News.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Same month after the Pope&#8217;s visit they announced a multi-faith &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Middle-East\/UAEs-first-official-synagogue-to-open-in-multi-faith-complex-in-2022-602462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abrahamic Family House<\/a>&#8221; complex in Abu Dhabi. Which will feature a synagogue, a mosque and a church of which full construction will be completed in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Abrahamic Family House Animation by Adjaye Associates\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XEYflyNkWbA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Soon Pope Francis will be visiting Morocco (30th &#8211; 31st of March 2019) to <a title=\"\u201cstrengthen ties\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230101070416\/https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/pope-plans-morocco-trip-in-march-to-strengthen-christian-muslim-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cstrengthen ties\u201d<\/a> between <strong>Christianity &amp; Islam<\/strong>. The Vatican prepared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/pope\/news\/2019-01\/pope-francis-morocco-visit-logo-hope-interreligious-dialogue.html?fbclid=IwAR1MJXtGlpceNnkhveoz26E9-wm9_x0hv_3rsdF7nGZC1ITWmp8yGKD5wxk\">logo<\/a> for Pope Francis&#8217; visit with a theme of hope. The logo includes a <strong>red crescent moon<\/strong> (Islam) <strong>&amp; a <a href=\"http:\/\/endtimeshofar.blogspot.com\/2016\/01\/pope-francis-one-world-religion-new.html\">bent<\/a> cross<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But Jesuit Pope Francis must have forgotten <span style=\"color: #800000;\">the Quran says <strong>God has no Son<\/strong><\/span> (Surah 6:101).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter \" src=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/content\/dam\/vaticannews\/multimedia\/2019\/01\/07\/logo%20pope%20morocco-page-001.jpg\/_jcr_content\/renditions\/cq5dam.thumbnail.cropped.750.422.jpeg\" width=\"483\" height=\"272\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sadly Evangelical &#8216;Christian&#8217; leaders continue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zbJkM3IIF1o\">bowing down<\/a> to Rome, and are deceiving many of their followers <strong>calling for unity with Roman Catholicism<\/strong>. As an example we have <strong>Lou Engle (<a href=\"https:\/\/thewordlikefire.wordpress.com\/2018\/12\/05\/introduction-to-the-send-and-to-the-king-of-contemplative-prayer\/\">1<\/a>)<\/strong> kissing the feet of Roman Catholic leader Matteo Calisi in 2016, but there are many <a href=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=97#more-97\">others<\/a> like him. Engle was a senior leader of the International House of Prayer of <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20201026074437\/http:\/\/www.spiritoferror.org\/2016\/06\/nar-leaders-meet-with-the-pope\/6045\">Mike Bickle<\/a>, he&#8217;s widely seen as a\u00a0prophet,\u00a0 a &#8220;general&#8221; in the New Apostolic Reformation-<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200925055006\/http:\/\/www.spiritoferror.org\/category\/modern-apostles-and-prophets\"> NAR<\/a>. (He also is the\u00a0 founder of &#8216;The Call&#8217; &amp;\u00a0 &#8216;The Send&#8217;). Engle invited Roman Catholics to his event &#8220;Azusa Now&#8221; because he wanted to bring <strong>all <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">followers<\/span> of Christ<\/strong> together &#8220;for the purpose of unity, miracles, healing, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the proclamation of the<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong> gospel<\/strong><\/span>.<\/span>&#8221; But which gospel? As a former Roman Catholic, I know that the gospel that Roman Catholicism preaches, <strong>is not the same gospel<\/strong> given to us by the Lord Jesus Christ or His apostles. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=galatians%201&amp;version=AKJV;MEV\">Gal. 1:6-12<\/a>).<span id=\"en-MEV-27286\" class=\"text Acts-10-26\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We agree that prayer meetings for salvation of a lost world are needed, but godly repentance should be the result, not <strong>&#8220;unity&#8221;<\/strong> with those who disregard God&#8217;s Word &amp; worship the Virgin Mary.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 417px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/proxy.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fim.rediff.com%2Fnews%2F2013%2Fjul%2F26pope6.jpg&amp;f=1\" width=\"407\" height=\"313\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20171127150325\/http:\/\/www.catholicherald.co.uk:80\/news\/2013\/07\/24\/wyd-2013-pope-entrusts-youth-to-virgin-mary-at-aparecida-shrine\/\">Pope Francis<\/a> kissing wooden sculpture of Mary &#8216;Our Lady of Aparecida&#8217; in Brazil- 2013. The pope<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> formally entrusted to he<strong>r<\/strong><\/span> the hundreds of thousands of <span style=\"color: #800000;\">young people<\/span> from around the world who were gathering in Rio for World Youth Day.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According with the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC): <strong>The Catholic Church is the ONE true church<\/strong> (CCC 2105), <span style=\"color: #800000;\">The Roman Catholic Church is <strong>necessary for salvation<\/strong><\/span> (CCC 846), Their <strong>Sacraments<\/strong> are <strong>necessary for salvation<\/strong> (CCC 1129), The pope is Infallible (CCC <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180921171852\/http:\/\/www.whateverycatholicshouldknow.com:80\/wecsk\/pope_infallibility.htm\">891<\/a>), T<span class=\"text\">he sacred Magisterium (Pope &amp; bishops in communion with him)<\/span> is the <span style=\"color: #800000;\">only one<\/span> with<strong> authority to interpret Scripture<\/strong> (CCC 100), Their sacred Traditions are equal to Scripture (CCC 82), <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Forgiveness of sins, salvation, is by faith <strong>and works<\/strong><\/span> (CCC 2036,\u00a0 2068, &amp; 2080), The full benefit of Salvation is <strong>only through the Roman Catholic Church<\/strong>: &#8220;<em>For it is <span style=\"color: #800000;\">only<\/span> <strong>through<\/strong> Christ&#8217;s <strong>Catholic Church<\/strong>, which is &#8220;the all-embracing means of salvation,&#8221; that they can benefit fully from the means of salvation<\/em>.&#8221; (Vatican II, Decree on Ecumenism, 3), Grace can be merited (CCC 2010, CCC 2027), The merit of Mary and the Saints can be applied to Catholics and others (1477), Mary was taken up bodily to heaven &amp;\u00a0<span class=\"text\"> exalted by the Lord <strong>as Queen over all things<\/strong> (CCC 966),\u00a0 she delivers souls from death (CCC 966),\u00a0<\/span>Mary brings us the gifts of eternal salvation (CCC 969), <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Mary is Mediatrix<\/span> (CCC <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221225205738\/https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ccc_css\/archive\/catechism\/p123a9p6.htm\">969<\/a>); Prayer to the saints (CCC 2677), The Communion elements are transformed (during mass) into the actual body and blood of Christ &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=3253\"> transubstantiation<\/a> (CCC 1374, CCC 1376), etc, etc. The Catholic Church killed thousands of innocent people for not accepting these unbiblical doctrines! Newer official <a href=\"http:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?p=755#more-755\">documents &amp; decrees<\/a> confirm these believes still exist today, they haven&#8217;t change. For more information about their doctrine please go <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210308010027\/https:\/\/bereanbeacon.org\/are-catholics-christians\/\">here<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evangelicaloutreach.org\/catholic-deception.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We should never forget that <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>biblical <\/strong><strong>love<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;\">speaks truth<\/span><\/span> to those who are in danger of missing heaven. Please pray for the believers &amp; unbelievers, that the Lord will open the eyes of many so they can be able to see &amp; believe His truth, which is found in the Word of God (not men), pray also for all of us to be able to discern &amp; test the spirits to see if they are from God (1 John 4:1).<\/p>\n<p>Brethren we are living in difficult times, times of apostasy (falling away from the true faith) &amp; of rumors of war, please do not cease to <strong>watch &amp; pray! <\/strong>May our precious Lord Jesus Christ bless you &amp; keep you.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More related information:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=16917\">Transubstantiation <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=18077\">Eucharistic Evangelization<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qrr-qECb_NM\">Catholic Sacraments<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U77A0TNwWCs\">Pope Francis Shows His True Colors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">This entry is part 3 of 9 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/?series=one-world-religion\" class=\"series-63\" title=\"One World Religion\">One World Religion<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[22],"series":[63],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6481"}],"version-history":[{"count":86,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12419,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481\/revisions\/12419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6481"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cristolaverdad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fseries&post=6481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}