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Today religions may not be as attractive as they were in the past, because of the Muslims terrorist attacks in the western world, but there are still a lot of believers that follow religions. Look what is happening in Colombia, wherever the pope goes there are big crowds that want to see him, after all he is the leader of the Roman Catholic church, so he makes sure that he meets his followers the best way he can, one of his ways is to greet them from his pope-mobile.
World events, religion,
and the pope
Welcome to our article,
Dear readers, we want to talk about religious events that are happening in the world today, because even if religions are not as important as they used to be, religions are still playing an important role in the world, in fact, there are places that they are as important today as they were in the past.
We have noted
that pope Francis is an interesting pope; this pope is not the usual pope that
says only the mass in St Peter Basilica, and blesses his congregation from the
window in St. Peter Square, saying the usual phrases that they say, when these
events take place, you see this pope is a risk taker, so, he mixes himself with
world leaders and does not spare them much. Because with his way of saying
things, he finds the way how to say things, that other people cannot say,
because they can sound offensive.
So, this pope
has got his own ways how to do things, we know that religions have always had
this power, because the people believe in God and religions, and religions have
been set up in a way that it is always possible to explain the situation in a
different way, since they can always say that whatever happens it is God’s
will, but when it is very bad, it is the devil work. Now this is one way of
seeing religions and how they get around many things. As we know, there are
many religions in the world, because religions are useful to guide and control
people, in fact, people follow religious events and they feel better when they
do that. Anyhow, today we can follow what pope Francis is doing while he is
visiting Colombia.
Some religious events in Colombia.
Saturday, pope
Francis in Colombia spent some of his time consoling the orphans, the poor
people and the sick. He also told priests and ordinary Colombians to be more
open to accept sinners and welcome them in. The pope encouraged a peace process
that is going on over there and other things.
As most times
happens, not everything goes the way we plan it, so, because of heavy rain,
pope Francis had to be driven to Colombia’s second largest city instead of
taking a helicopter, delaying the mass that a million people were going to
attend.
He apologized
for the delay, at the Mass, Francis urged Colombia’s church to relax some of
their rules of their doctrine. He said to be more like Jesus and have an open
mind, not like the Pharisees, he said. Those in the early church who stuck to
the rules became paralyzed.
The pope said
that, attachment to normal religious ways can bring comfort to Catholics, but
the Gospel says also to help other who are not so perfect. So, everyone is
invited to come here to get help, and try to find what they need spiritually.
Next step, he
is going to Cartagena to honor St. Peter Claver, a Jesuit who ministered to
thousands of African slaves.
This is a
strange observation, we think that the pope is protected from God, so, nothing
should happen to him, but it is not so, the pope hurt himself in his
pope-mobile, he is just like anyone of us. Anyhow, after all these happenings,
the pope will fly back to Rome on Sunday night. Well this is a brief account of
what pope Francis did. Now let us look at other world events.
What is happening in the world today?
Now, because these articles are being written to talk about religious issues, and think how religious people think. So, when we look at what is happening in the world today, we wonder if it is the will of God? Or, are they happening for other reasons?
Anyhow, today
what is worrying the world most, is this North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un that
is making these atomic bombs, and tries to threaten America and the world with
them, he must be crazy, because he will not survive if a real war breaks out,
but even this is not the main problem that the world has today.
In fact, the main
problem that we have today, are the natural disasters that are occurring, these
hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean and America that are devastating everything in
their path. First Hurricane, Harvey and then Hurricane Irma; some people think
that they happen because of the global warming, other people don’t believe
that, in fact, some even think that it is God’s will. Now, I don’t think that
it is God’s will. But if there is a God that has the power over these events,
then we should be praying this God to help us, in the hope that he listens to
our prayers, and moderate this violent weather behavior. Perhaps this is my
wishful thinking, but anyhow, it has come to my mind.
There a couple
of other things that I want to mention here, one of them is about the weather
again; you see, while I was writing this article, I heard news from Italy that
seven people are drowned, from a violent storm in the city of Livorno, the
storm was so severe that houses were flooded and some people have died. Here
again, one can ask oneself if this is God’s will, because humanity try to kill
each other, some even kill in God’s name, God is fed-up and wants to show these
people that if he wants people killed, he doesn’t need their help. Okay this
last bit has come to my mind, because of the 9-11 terrorist attack that killed
so many people in New York, and of course what has followed since then, since
these terrorists continue to kill, with no remorse of the life they destroy.
There must be
something wrong in the mind of these people, or something wrong in the doctrine
they are following. May God let these people see that peaceful coexistence is
what the world needs most?
This is the reason why we are writing these articles. In our articles we aim to tell the people, that a way must be found, how the world can believe in a single God that links all religions together. We believe that if we describe that God is life and gives life to every living thing, this could be the way to link everything together, because a single religion can be made. May God help us to find our way. We will continue to talk about religions next time in, Religious Life Beliefs.
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May God bless
us all.
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