Diplomatic imunnity given to the pope

So? He's the head of state of Vatican City, a sovereign state.

 

What is the documentation or source for this? And why would he need diplomatic immunity anyway? Is he planning to come to the US to do something questionable? I don't understand.

 

Perhaps this is what the OP is referring to:

Vatican's U.N. mission granted U.S. diplomatic immunity

WASHINGTON (CNS) – In an executive order March 7 President George W. Bush granted diplomatic immunity and privileges to the members of the Holy See's Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations.

- www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=23338

 

For what??

 

Those mushrooms you got hold of must not have been the right kind! :laugh: That's quite a little conspiracy you have goin' on in your head. And what does any of that have to do with the topic?

 

BTID, I am not ridiculing you, at least that is not my intent, so my apologies if that is how it came across. The mushroom comment was in jest, hence the laughing smiley.

That said, you have really bought into somebody's oddball geopolitical views, with all due respect. And the RCC is not from Babylon. That is historical fact regardless of what anti Catholic author says so. I don't buy into the RCC, but misrepresentation is not right.

I also disagree with having diplomatic relations with the Vatican, as it is truly, just the RCC. But if we do, their representatives should have immunity just like every other nation's emissaries. Which has absolutly nothing to do with some nutty conspiracy theories.

 

Indeed I have studied it. FYI, I minored in History during my undergrad studies, as well as concentration on church history.

 

BTID, Hislop has been totally discredited, and is not used by serious biblical scholars and apologists today. I have actually glanced through it before, although I don't find it worthy of actual study.

Evangelist Ralph Woodrow actually had a book out called "Babylon Mystery Religion", which I have read, influenced by Hislop's ideas. He has since withdrawn it after learning more, for reasons he gives here:

http://www.ralphwoodrow.org/books/pages/babylon-mystery.html

I suggest you give it a look. Hislop is not a reliable source.

 

I do not know exactly what will be the outcome and the effect of the immunity, but guess it will make the more diplomatic influence of Vatican toward United Nations be easier and more available.

It is interesting that Vatican has been quite successful in the realm of the diplomacy since it has achieved the sovereignty from Italy in 1929, then they made the Concordat with the Nazis government in 1933
http://www.nobeliefs.com/nazis.htm

right after they made the same with Mussolini in 1929 ( http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/wound.htm)

Then for a long time, US didn't have the relationship with Vatican until 1984, though there were unofficial exchange of the correspondences between them.
Then Vatican exstablished the relationship with Israel finally in 1994.

Vatican works very much for the diplomacy in this era.

What I heard is that Vatican did a lot behind the Oslo Agreement in around 2002, which includes the handover of Temple Mount in Jerusalem to Vatican from PLO in exchange for the Stateship of PLO as Vatican can work out thru EU member countries which are dominated by Catholics.
Jerusalem will be a kind of International City. In that case the Vatican head quarter may be relocated to Jerusalem and the Pope will stand on the Temple Mount as Jesus prophesied and Paul did in 2 Thess 2: 4-

In the meantime, Vatican will work closely with UN member countries and US.
People do not realize or feel what is going on, but the Satan works much more dilligently than the born again believers.

In the past, the ancestors of Baptists declared this:
1689 London Baptist Confession

ch 26 article 4
._____ The Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the church, in whom, by the appointment of the Father, all power for the calling, institution, order or government of the church, is invested in a supreme and sovereign manner; neither can the Pope of Rome in any sense be head thereof, but is that antichrist, that man of sin, and son of perdition, that exalteth himself in the church against Christ, and all that is called God; whom the Lord shall destroy with the brightness of his coming

Wycliffe, Dante, JOhn Wesley, Spurgeon, Luther and many more believers, declared the Pope is the Anti Christ.

Then what is he doing now?

 

The Pope is approaching the core part in a great scale of diplomacy.

The core part is the Great Tribulation and RCC is gearing up for the final stage.

Sadly, many believers even including most of my church people are very much idle, saying that we will be raptured and say " Bi Bi" to the Tribulation caused by Roman Catholic. Almost nobody is warning against it, almost nobody is preparing for it.

All the religion will be united against the only True Religion, which is the True Christianity.

RCC, Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Church of England, Lutheran, Episcopal, Presbyterian are already in the discussion for the Union, and many of them participate in Ecumenical movement which is operated by RCC behind though RCC do not participate there.

Then RCC works with Islam thru Fatima and thru Dome of Rock(Temple Mount), and exchange congratualtions with Buddhists in Japan and in Korea as they are common in Idolatry.

Only the Fundamental Protestant Believers like Baptists and Brethren are the hard headed problem. However, even among the Baptists, there will be so many Apostates.

EVeryday, the power of RCC and Vatican is strengthened again and again, and they are very much diligent.

Sadly, the true Believers are like cows heading toward the slaughter house without knowing where they are going to.

However, we know that the True Believers will eventually win over the Beast as our Great General will win the victory. He has won the great battle at Calvary when He cried " It is Finished"
The Death Penalty was sentenced to Satan there, only the execution is remaining, and we know the result already.

In the meantime, the true believers will be awake and follow the Lord, the Lamb of God.