Pope Says "We Are on the Way to Reconciliation and Communion"

Pope Francis told a massive crowd at St. Peter's Square that it is the devil who causes disunity among Christians but that "we are on the way to reconciliation and communion." On October 8, the pope said, "the Church is tempted by the devil who tries to divide it ... [and] she has been marred by serious and painful divisions" ("Pope Francis: The Devil Works to Divide Christians," Breitbart.com, Oct. 8, 2014). He claims that "behind all these divisions there is always pride and selfishness." He called for a "spiritual ecumenism" that ignores doctrinal differences and focuses "not on what divides us, but rather on what unites us." He concluded by saying, "History has separated us, be we are on the way to reconciliation and communion! And this is true!" The pope is right in this matter. The Bible prophesies an end-time, one-world "church," and Rome is doubtless at the heart and soul of it.

(Friday Church News Notes, October 17, 2014, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143)

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