No, not at all. Like maryrose stated, "I pray for Pope Francis every day..." I believed what triggered my response was the "Eclipse of the Faith" pictorial image. To focus our grievances on the Holy Father, on the image of one man, can imply that a new Pope will resolve most of the Church's headaches. Far from it. Pray and influence what we can: the hurting, lost individuals whom we encounter daily. The Lord Jesus is our solution; we are His foot soldiers: shine the light of the Gospel in our daily sphere of influence. This is what matters! 2Corinthians 1: 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 6 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort. O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee!
Pope Francis plans to send delegations to Kyiv and Moscow to end the war May 18, 2023 | 19:02 Pope Francis hopes to send personal delegations to the presidents of Ukraine and Russia to mediate a ceasefire, a Catholic website has claimed. The website Il Sismografo, which specializes in Vatican news and is generally considered authoritative, writes that this is the “mission” the pontiff spoke enigmatically about on his return from Hungary last month. According to this source, on the basis of Francis’ plan, Cardinal Matteo Chupi from Bologna will go to Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Archbishop Claudio Guzerotti, the head of the Vatican’s Eastern Churches department, will go to Moscow to meet with the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. The two presidents have already agreed to meet with the Pope’s envoys, Il Simografo wrote, without citing a source or giving further details. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni declined to comment on the report, as quoted by a reporter in recent statements by the Vatican’s “foreign minister”, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who has said that “now is the time to take the initiative to build a just peace in Ukraine.” Chupi and Guggerotti were not available for comment. A diplomatic source said there was nothing “specific” yet. In 2003, Pope John Paul II took a similar action, sending representatives to Washington and Baghdad in a failed attempt to avert a war in Iraq. Zelensky met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday, but in his remarks immediately afterwards he downplayed the possibility of the Pope’s mediation. “With all due respect to His Holiness, we do not need mediators, we need a just peace (…) Putin only kills. We don’t need mediation with him,” said on Italian television. On his return from Hungary on April 30, the Pope made an enigmatic statement about the Vatican’s involvement in ending the war. “There is a mission underway but it is not yet public. When that happens, I will reveal it,” he told reporters. Both Kyiv and Moscow said they knew nothing about the issue. Tags: Orthodoxy https://orthodoxtimes.com/pope-francis-plans-to-send-delegations-to-kyiv-and-moscow-to-end-the-war/
Update: Pope Francis has asked Cardinal Matteo Zuppi to conduct Ukraine peace mission Gerard O’ConnellMay 20, 2023 Pope Francis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stand in front of a work of art the president gave to the pope after their meeting at the Vatican May 13, 2023. Titled "Loss 2022-58," it commemorates the 243 children who died during the first 58 days of the war, said an accompanying explanation. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Pope Francis’ peace mission, which he first announced on April 30, appears to be underway. This was confirmed by the Vatican on May 20 when it announced that Pope Francis has entrusted Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, archbishop of Bologna and president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, with “the task of conducting a mission, in accord with the Secretariat of State, that may contribute to reducing the tensions in the conflict in Ukraine, in the hope, never dismissed by the Holy Father, that this could open to paths of peace.” It said, “The time of the mission, and its modalities, are currently under study.” The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, broke the news in a statement sent to the Vatican accredited media on Saturday evening. The statement came as the G7 meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, attended by Presidents Biden and leaders from France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Italy, and Canada and the European Union, renewed their support for Ukraine. President Zelensky was present for the last part of the meeting, after arrived from a meeting of Arab League. Pope Francis’ first announced the peace mission on April 30 on the return flight from Budapest. On May 18, an Italian website, Il Sismografo, reported that the pope was sending two personal envoys to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and to President Vladimir Putin of Russia “to discuss and reach a truce” to the war that was then on its 449th day. It identified the envoys as Cardinal Matteo Zuppi and the Italian Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the dicastery for Oriental churches. On the afternoon of May 19, however, Archbishop Gugerotti issued a statement denying that he had been entrusted with a peace mission as reported in the media. Cardinal Zuppi, for his part, kept silent and Vatican sources (who asked not to be identified) that spoke to America suggested that he may indeed be the one envoy entrusted by the pope with this delicate peace mission. Today the Vatican confirmed that he has been entrusted with the mission. Pope Francis’ peace mission, which he first announced on April 30, now appears to be underway. Tweet this Cardinal Zuppi has had experience in attempts at conflict resolution, mostly in Africa. He played a key role as a member of the Community of Sant’Egidio, in helping broker a peace agreement that ended the 17-year civil war in Mozambique in 1992. News of this initiative came a day after Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, told a gathering of heads of state at the fourth Council of Europe Summit, meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland: “We cannot accept passively that the war of aggression in that tormented country continues.” He added: “This is the time to take action and to establish a definitive and just peace in Ukraine, and in all the other so-called ‘gray’ areas of Europe.” Pope Francis’ peace mission is reminiscent of the one taken by Pope John Paul II in early 2003 when he sent personal envoys to Iraq’s President Saddam Hussein and U.S. President George W. Bush to prevent the war in Iraq. That initiative failed because Mr. Bush had already made up his mind to go to war. Francis’ initiative comes at a time when the war in Ukraine has already caused between 100,000 and 200,000 casualties, both Ukrainian and Russian. Moreover, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, it has forced the displacement or exile of almost a quarter of the 44 million Ukrainians who lived in the country before the Russian invasion. It has also caused widespread destruction in the country and greatly disrupted food and energy supply chains across the world.
His people are bravely fighting and dying and Zelensky doesn't even pay them, or anyone else, the respect of dressing seriously.
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Thank you. The icon of Jesus the Good Shepherd reminds us that if we remain firm in the faith, we need not fear the power of the evil one because, being in the arms of the redeemer, we will not be like lost sheep vulnerable to wolves.
Charlie Johnston’s latest piece may hold some relevance to your good information: Surely Pope Francis knows the prophesy that his trip to Moscow will augur the start of the first dreadful period of Tribulation. The thought occurred to me that the news about Cardinal Zuppi may, at least in part, be a red herring to allay confrontation with the full horror of what approaches. “By Charlie Johnston Credible rumblings suggest that, before the spring is over, the Pope will effectively ban the Tridentine Mass altogether. While Pope Francis has made no secret of his contempt for the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM), that may or may not be true. A classic tactic of battle, either political or actual, is to send signals you are going to mount a particular offensive that you are not, in hopes of throwing your opponents into disarray. Hopefully, they will focus on your red herring rather than discerning your actual plans and preparing for them.” If the media publishes the prophesy of the Pope’s trip to Moscow, focuses on the Tribulation and Warning, and imposes their own agenda of terror and fear for the sake of sales and drama, it could cause global panic. chaos and collapse. Perhaps this distraction of delegation is intended to buy time and allow for better preparation for our souls. All of this is just me thinking out loud. It may be a load of nonsense. Of course the buck must eventually stop with Our Holy Father: it is he who has to make the trip to Moscow and deliver the message. Delegata potestas non potest delegari is a principle in constitutional and administrative lawthat means in Latin that "no delegated powers can be further delegated". Alternatively, it can be stated delegatus non potest delegare ("one to whom power is delegated cannot himself further delegate that power").[1]
Do you think the early announcement of a papal visit to Moscow would anger some Russian Orthodox people? So for now, even if there is a secret operation to make this visit possible, will Cardinal Zuppi's name be highlighted in the news to preserve the Holy Father's image and plans for peace?
Thank you Luan. You may be onto it. I only have my poor thoughts and my even poorer opinion. Thank you for your understanding.
Shakespeare also said “Busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels.” Its the same kind of thing. I’m just showing off now!
My thought is, if Pope Francis knows about the prophecy and doesn't want to fulfil it, Putin himself will have to invite PF to Moscow. PF won't be able to turn down the invitation without causing harm to peace plans. It seems like the most likely scenario to force the fulfillment of the prophecy.
Thank you Purple Flower. I take your point and it is well made but Our Lady said it was going to happen. May I suggest that no other force is necessary.
Pope Francis has just had some kind of premonition or vision of a, 'Terrible Desolation ', that is coming. You can see all about it on utube.
I think Pope Francis said something quite similar a few weeks back. History shows us it is quite normal, indeed expected that Pope's have such experiences and should always be taken seriously.
