Pope beatifies fraud/swindler known as Mother Teresa

[Cardillac]

Hi all,

the following is just one of several MSM sources:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/04/watch-live-mother-teresa-canonised-by-pope-francis/

just because someone recieves a Nobel Prize doesn't mean they deserved it-

I felt compelled to post this and my viewpoint because I actually knew someone who worked for Mother Teresa- I'm not making this up; Mother Teresa was a fraud-

in the early '80's while I was working in Bremen, Germany the girlfriend of one of my co-workers (I still remember her name: Renate Lüdemann) was a pediatrician who used to dedicate her own humanitarian vacation time/times flying at her own expense to some 3rd world country (usually in Africa) just to work for free to help-

she told me (also others) that it was always her dream to work for this "wonder women" MT (according to MSM) in Calcutta so at some point in the late 70's she made the necessary arrangements, flew there only to get the disappointment of her life; MT was nothing more than a self-serving, media-horny b***ch on wheels who never lifted a finger and did no work whatsoever!!!- Renate said "never again"- Renate also said MT's jockying herself for the Media actually hampered the work-

MT was good at ordering people around Gestapo-style and treated everyone like scum but at the end of the day when credit was due to those who did the work MT took credit for everything (like in MSM) and acknowledged no-one who had actually done the work;

one always complained about the appaling hygenic conditions in her hospital because there wasn't enough money- read on-

MT was often photographed with Haitian dictator 'Baby Doc' Duvalier in Haiti (she didn't work there- just flew there several times); why would a so-called 'woman of God' want to be associated with a practicing tyrant?-

the Haitian National Bank is a major money-laundering bank-

according to earler reports on vatileaks.com (strangely no longer available- or not) most of the donations going to MT's org. was flowing into her own privat accounts as well as a few others supporting her org.)-

according to earlier reports she was also protecting a catholic priest accused of mis-using under-aged boys (gosh!)-

the only reason I felt compelled to start a thread on this subject was because I personally knew someone who worked with this MSM media-fraud;

be well all-

Larry

[Cidersomerset]

MT was good at ordering people around Gestapo-style

She sounds like one of the nuns that came to our primary school St Josephs
in the 1960's , and after the mind set of some in the RC church , it would
not surprise me.

Report to highlight cruelty in Irish Magdalene Laundries

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[Althena]

"just because someone recieves a Nobel Prize doesn't mean they deserved it"-


Yup, kind of like Obummer. Go figure.

[giovonni]

And she struggled and suffered with what most go through in their daily live ...
In others words she was human.

Mother Teresa's Loss of Faith (http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2007/08/mother-teresas-loss-of-faith/)

The Church has always been known to exploit this type after death.

[Satori]

Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, so-called, often means they did not deserve it. Witness of late, Barry Sotero aka Barrack Hussien Obama. Such awards are another beauty contest for the elite and further examples of their ritualistic mindset.

[Cidersomerset]

I felt compelled to post this and my viewpoint because I actually knew someone
who worked for Mother Teresa- I'm not making this up; Mother Teresa was a fraud-

She may of had a point Larry.......There are quite a few vids about her.

Others will have other opinions.....


Christopher Hitchens - Mother Teresa Was A Fraud

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Uploaded on 13 Nov 2010
Mother Teresa. AKA the angel of death. (RIP Mr. Hitchens)


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Well this vid on the same link does not show Bill Donohue is a reliable source....


Bill Donohue: Child Molesting Priests Weren't Pedophiles

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Published on 1 Feb 2013

This is old but a recent article titled Catholic League's Bill Donohue: 'Being gay'
actually 'a bonus for humans' reminded me of it.

Bill Donohue: It's not a pedophilia. Most of the victims were post pubescent.

Bill Donohue: You've got to get your facts straight. I'm sorry. If I'm the only one
that's going to deal with facts tonight so be it. The vast majority of the victims are
post pubescent. That's not pedophilia buddy. That's homosexuality.

Does it f*cking matter? Ok, let's say he is technically correct as pedophilia is
specifically defined as the sexual attraction to pre-pubescent children. But this
defender of crooks just want to write them off as homosexuals and not child
molesters and he just thinks that keeping gays out of the church will prevent child
molestations.

Just sick beyond comprehension!

Catholic League's Bill Donohue: 'Being gay' actually 'a bonus for humans'
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/01...

Pope Criminalizes Leaks of Child Prostitution and Sexual Misconduct At Vatican
http://intellihub.com/2013/09/13/pope...

[Cardillac]

@all

what I forgot to add in my orginal posting: if you wear ecclesiastical garb you can get with anything and no-one will ask you any questions-

Larry

[giovonni]

@all

what I forgot to add in my orginal posting: if you wear ecclesiastical garb you can get with anything and no-one will ask you any questions-

Larry

However, it would be truly unfair to lump all that have worn habits (despite their faith) in this category ...
I have known a few (very holy individuals) who've fought in wars as well served the poor in this life.

[Cardillac]

@goivanni

Mother Teresa was a con-artist- period- if she lost her "faith in God" chances are her bank accounts were actually being audited (complete speculation on my part) and she ended up being poor in Calcutta (where she reportedly died)- it never ceases to amaze me how many people lose their faith in God once they are no longer solvent-

Larry

[giovonni]

@goivanni

Mother Teresa was a con-artist- period- if she lost her "faith in God" chances are her bank accounts were actually being audited (complete speculation on my part) and she ended up being poor in Calcutta (where she reportedly died)- it never ceases to amaze me how many people lose their faith in God once they are no longer solvent-

Larry

I 'll leave that one to ya ...

@Larry
Stay Well ... :)

[Cidersomerset]

As Giovonni points out the vast majority see the church as
a vocational calling and society and values change over time....

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Still..........I hope they do not make a habit of it....( sorry )..LOL

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Caution ! do not watch if your sycophantic tolerance is low.....

Canonisation of Mother Teresa in Vatican City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RighzMfaZqA

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Mother Teresa declared saint by Pope Francis at Vatican
4 September 2016

read more...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37269512



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I wonder when it will be Saint Jimmy's turn ?

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I have got to get off this U Tube link...LOL

Heavenly songs from classical music's unlikely rock stars

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Nuns Having Fun...

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[Cardillac]

@cidersomerset

am not sure if all caught the difference between "let us pray" and "let us prey" :-))

well, yes, it's all semantics, isn't it? :-)

Larry :-)

[Kryztian]

Yes, St. Teresa of Calcutta (as she will now be referred to) was a tough bristly woman. She conformed to an austere, strict lifestyles all her life, and when she founded her order, The Missionaries of Charity, that's what she demanded of her novices, just as every other founder of a missionary order did, and that's what any novice expects when they join an order, or they can ask to leave (or just go out the door). As for some of the charges you laid out that make her a "fraud" -

- as for being a media whore, I must have missed that episode of her on "Dancing with the Starts". Despite her name recognition, she rarely appeared on television. She wasn't completely anonymous, and had to spend time in public begging for money, but well over 99% of her time was spent in Kolkotta and in her other missions, not behind a camera or on a podium.

- as for being photographed with Baby Doc Duvalier, yes, she had missions in Haiti, he was Catholic and had money and power, so you go to those people and you need to work with these people if your are running a charity. She didn't shy away from slums nor did she sly away from being around the devil if that's what you needed to get the job done, as if she had time to be politically savy and know which politicians were more evil than others and even knew who he was.

- I haven't heard the stories about her funneling money from the charity which you claim comes from vatileaks.com. I would be happy to take a look at them, along with the pictures of her relaxing in her vacation home in the south of France, having cocktails with her buff pool boy.

- As far as "giving credit to the other nuns", you obviously do not understand charity workers and missionaries If these people did want recognition, it was only from God, and not from other humans. There is a Mission from her order in my town (here in New Jersey, USA, and yes, there is a type of poverty here) that focuses most of it's efforts on educating and raising children who's parents (usually just one, though) do not have time, energy, money or resources, into parenting them. And the fact that the founder of their order is so famous and now a canonized saint, has brought them a tremendous amount of recognition. And frankly, they are uncomfortable with it. They would rather just do their work quietly and anonymously.

I know a lot of people who are hospice volunteers who spend time with the dying, keeping them company, listening to their stories and trying to give them "faith", that is, to keep them from spending their last days and hours here on earth in despair. It is one thing to do that, as they do, in a modern setting where there is money to give them near perfect hygiene and pain killers and address their medical problems. It is another, to take on the over whelming task of helping hundreds at a time with few resources and almost no budget. You can't provide them medical care (although the were able to get some of them into charity hospitals and other places of care), but you can put a roof over their head, give them food and warmth, and just be there with them. This may not be the best care by Western standards, but it was way better than dying in a dark alley or trash heap, alone, as they might have otherwise.

I know many "caring" people who will not enter a modern nursing home because of the pain and suffering that goes on there, thus denying the people who are inside the most healing and comforting that might need, the company and friendship of another person. Yet, Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity, not only entered the slums, they spent their entire lives there, living in the same buildings that also housed people who were dying, and whom they didn't have the money to give much medical care for, but they heard there screams in the middle of the night and left the comfort of their bed to be with them in their agony.

If you find Mother Teresa so reprehensible, why not try giving of your self in a similar way and see how well you do?

[Cardillac]

@Kryztian

"Yes, St. Teresa of Calcutta (as she will now be referred to) was a tough bristly woman"- she had to be in order to command the others to do the work for her; please re-read my posting as to how she treated others who were working for free to do her work and were treated without respect-

"As far as "giving credit to the other nuns", you obviously do not understand charity workers"- I never stated that; Renate Lüdemann was not a nun- neither were most of the other people working for MT according to Lüdemann's reports-

"I know a lot of people who are hospice volunteers who spend time with the dying, keeping them company"- I also- well, not MANY but some- and God bless them for it!-

of course there are many charity workers everywhere who are working selflessly to help others but MT was not-

"If you find Mother Teresa so reprehensible, why not try giving of your self in a similar way and see how well you do?"- well, Kryztian, set a good example and start with yourself; then let me know when you do, how you fare and then I'll follow-

it's sort of like people who scream from the rooftops "there are too many people on this planet!"- well, if so they need to kill themselves first in order to set a good example-

be well-

with respect-

Larry

[greybeard]

I cant help but think that it seems, at least to me, to be politically correct to knock all things Catholic and any religion for that matter.

I have no opinion on Mother Teresa, Saint or Sinner---------how would I know?

Chris

[Shannon]

I am Saint Theresa of Avalon and i don't know much about nuthin. ;)

[greybeard]

I am Saint Theresa of Avalon and i don't know much about nuthin. ;)

Smoking is bad for you, so they say-- who is they?
I wouldn't make a habit of it.
Nun today --dont know about tomorrow.
I stopped again--lol

Must be the mood Im in---it will pass.

Love Chris

[Kryztian]

@ Cardillac / Larry

I have to say I do feel a little sorry for your friend. The Missionaries of Charity had no budget for award dinners or even certificates of thanks, and was probably not terribly generous with hugs of gratitude and words of thanks. Of course, the nuns already knew that the only person needed to recognize your good works was God, but your Renata didn't come from that background.

As far as Mother Teresa "not doing any of the work", she did plenty of back breaking work and unsanitary conditions in her early days, but when your organization grows to thousands of nuns over the globe, then it is no longer your job to do the laundry or take out the trash because you are busy administering the entire operation.

As far as helping people myself, Yes, I have been a hospice volunteer in both a nursing home and a home for HIV/Aids, officially giving Reiki, but mostly just listening to people's stories. Most of us have done this type of work have grown to admire people like St. Teresa and her missionaries for going into situation and conditions where we probably wouldn't venture. And not just this particular Catholic order, but many others, religious and not, who do this type of self-less work. They mostly do this without need for recognition and concern for recognition, although many of them might be alarmed, for your sake, that you have a need to condemn this type of work.

[RunningDeer]

I am Saint Theresa of Avalon and i don't know much about nuthin. ;)


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I was programed, I mean brainwashed, I..I..mean taught by the Sisters of Mercy. They kind of looked like these gals, only rather than a gun their weapon of choice was a ruler and an effective guilt stare.


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[greybeard]

Paula no doubt there were many such as you describe---they were brainwashed, conditioned too.
However any organization, being in duality must have the opposites---Churches, healing profession --you name it will have ---the good and truly evil.
No doubt many can testify that they benefited greatly from the support given by their religion and many will say otherwise from personal experience--like your self.

I was fortunate I grew up out with any of that.

Love Chris

[Kryztian]

@ Cidersomerset

I have watched Christopher Hitchens and Bill Donohoe before on this subject, although I didn't listen to the above links. They are two of the most arrogant people out there and have absolutely no authority on the subject. If either of them ever entered a Mission like Mother Teresa ran, it would be for a quick photo-op and then quick back to the limo and the hotel for a quick dis-infecting.

CNN seems particularly beholden to Bill Donohoe when it comes to "explaining the Catholic" view. Donohoe is an extremely right-wing arrogant person who always comes off extremely arrogant - most Catholics I know feel repulsed by him.

You might want to research Project Mockingbird and look into the CIA connection of people like Anderson Cooper. The whole concept is to create a dialog that divides people. Donohoe will convince some, that religious people are victims and misunderstood in their charity, while Hitchens that religion isn't really helpful and is in fact quite evil. And they will convince everyone else that they are both arrogant turds hiding behind their arrogant intellectualism or their faux pious religiosity.

[Shannon]

I am Saint Theresa of Avalon and i don't know much about nuthin. ;)

Smoking is bad for you, so they say-- who is they?
I wouldn't make a habit of it.
Nun today --dont know about tomorrow.
I stopped again--lol

Must be the mood Im in---it will pass.

Love Chris

Oh hells bells..... I'll just have to switch to chewin' tabacy ;)

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[Shannon]

I am Saint Theresa of Avalon and i don't know much about nuthin. ;)


http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/General/smoke_zpsjz90wamr.JPG

I was programed, I mean brainwashed, I..I..mean taught by the Sisters of Mercy. They kind of looked like these gals, only rather than a gun their weapon of choice was a ruler and an effective guilt stare.


http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/General/guns_zpsdrfrwufc.JPG


http://i67.tinypic.com/2wlznyx.jpg

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[greybeard]

I am Saint Theresa of Avalon and i don't know much about nuthin. ;)

Smoking is bad for you, so they say-- who is they?
I wouldn't make a habit of it.
Nun today --dont know about tomorrow.
I stopped again--lol

Must be the mood Im in---it will pass.

Love Chris

Oh hells bells..... I'll just have to switch to chewin' tabacy ;)

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Well thats made in Scotland --Nun nicer--look no further.
Bells is a whiskey manufacturer--the Gaelic expression for whiskey is "The water of life"

Sorry to be so off topic--not taking away from the underlying seriousness of the thread.

Love Chris

[amor]

I agree with those above who defend MT. Can you imagine being yourself as poor as those near death on a Calcutta sidewalk who have absolutely nothing, in pain, unable to move, leaving this world in filth, who then are given a shelter on a cot, water to drink, food to eat and whatever is available to provide comfort for their passing. I can think of nothing greater in the eyes of that poor person. MT would take donations from the very devil himself in order to be able to provide that slimmest comfort to the needy and keep her shelters going. If you want to slay someone, how about the rich governing India, etc.

[greybeard]

I agree with those above who defend MT. Can you imagine being yourself as poor as those near death on a Calcutta sidewalk who have absolutely nothing, in pain, unable to move, leaving this world in filth, who then are given a shelter on a cot, water to drink, food to eat and whatever is available to provide comfort for their passing. I can think of nothing greater in the eyes of that poor person. MT would take donations from the very devil himself in order to be able to provide that slimmest comfort to the needy and keep her shelters going. If you want to slay someone, how about the rich governing India, etc.

When asked how she could do what she did, Mother Teresa said "I see Christ in each one"

Its easy to criticize but in reality, if you have not spent time in the situation, as described by amor, how can you possibly judge--the rights and wrongs of it.

Second hand information can be a form of brainwashing and is invariably divisive--them and us.
Believe the best of Mother Teresa, believe the worst, either way you might have it right--or does the truth lie in the middle?

Chris

[Cidersomerset]

I have watched Christopher Hitchens and Bill Donohoe before on this subject

I agree Donohue has odd views on underage sex claiming post puberty 12 / 13
year olds is not peodophelia and until 2013 he would of been right under Vatican
law and some other countries. But most would disagree with his views I would of
thought. Hitchin's was a atheist and had his views on religion and was referencing
M T's book. I was more surprised the volume of vids on the u'tube link. The
Catholic church is a huge organisation and there is good and bad within. But that is
not a defence for the amount of abuse from members of all religious groups in the
name of religious control whether sanctioned or by rogue elements within. The same
goes for non religious groups and governments.M T may well have done good work
as well as fighting her own demons within ,which she may of controlled better. The
far bigger criminals in this is the Indian government for allowing such poverty to
thrive and continue.

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You might want to research Project Mockingbird and look into the CIA
connection of people like Anderson Cooper

I'm aware of Anderson Coopers links and there are spies/agents in all mainstream
media and probably the larger alternate outlets , certainly the BBC has and are
probably still doing it , which explains how Jimmy Saville got away with it , as
procurement of underage children , blackmail are all part of the dark side of
government/control it seems and the church and other establishment groups in the
US ,UK and probably around the world are connected at certain levels.

Revealed: how the BBC used MI5 to vet thousands of staff
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1522875/Revealed-how-the-BBC-used-MI5-to-vet-thousands-of-staff.html

They are Hillaries personal news service

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I was trying to keep my responses semi light , but it is getting darker.....

[RunningDeer]

Paula no doubt there were many such as you describe---they were brainwashed, conditioned too.
However any organization, being in duality must have the opposites---Churches, healing profession --you name it will have ---the good and truly evil.
No doubt many can testify that they benefited greatly from the support given by their religion and many will say otherwise from personal experience--like your self.

I was fortunate I grew up out with any of that.

Love Chris

Hi Chris, I went a little long. Feel free to send me the bill for the therapy session. http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Recovered/im-ok_zpsfmqbteib.GIF

The reality is I liked the sisters I had. Some students boarded at the academy and went home on the weekends if they weren’t from another country. I always felt bad for one five year old with leg braces crying while the sister helped her off the public bus every Monday. Friday afternoons, she be all smiles ready to go home.

The nuns’ teaching style didn’t match my learning style(s). Memorization, ugh! Full-on class drone rote method. It all sounded like the morning prayers we recited with the faceless nun over the intercom. Prayers that made no sense to me.

And there was the dreaded Friday spelling bees. Half the class on one side and the other half on the other. When you misspelled, you sat down. I learned to go to the end of the line-up…I..I mean line…that way there’d be others down before me. Strange how fingers crossed and prayers never helped me get an easy word to spell.

Spelling practice was hands on, tactile experience. But the distraction of those two centimeter squared, cardboard letters that were dumped all over my desk in a confusing pile of upside down and side ways squiggles, that I tried to tidy up, always meant I ran out of time. Not to mention when the nun came by to help someone, her swishy veil created a breeze and a new distraction…those ABC’s ’n’ LMNOP’s tumbled to the floor.

The most embarrassing thing in 1st grade was the three reading groups. The Eagles, the Condors, and the robins. I was a damn robin. I must’ve been dumb. That’s what I surmised and based on my cloth cover reader vs the hard cover editions that the Eagles and the Condors used, I was smart enough to know that much.

Fortunately, we moved to the country and went to public school. It was a breezy time because they were learning things I had already learned. So, I was a robin no more. More likely, I finally understood the gig. Puke back the information and prayed there wasn’t memorization.

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Paula ♡

[RunningDeer]

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Funny, funny!....... Still smiling. http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/smilies/belly-laugh.gif

[Cardillac]

@ Kryztian

" that you have a need to condemn this type of work"

for God's sake, Kryztian, when did I ever throw cold water over charity work in general??!!!- NEVER!

where are you coming from?- why do you continue to misquote me?- please re-read my last posting to you-

start with this: ""I know a lot of people who are hospice volunteers who spend time with the dying, keeping them company"- I also- well, not MANY but some- and God bless them for it!-

of course there are many charity workers everywhere who are working selflessly to help others"

I'm absolutely flabbergasted- I don't know what to say anymore-

Larry

[guayabal]

If we enter to judge if this person is "saint" or isn't by trying to justify/refute the labeling ("saint") then we are jumping in the same pile of filth where the catholic church likes to submerge. The catholic church is far from having the right to do such degradation or elevation of us who haven't been declared "saints" or anyone declared in such idiotic manner.

[Kryztian]

@ Kryztian

" that you have a need to condemn this type of work"

for God's sake, Kryztian, when did I ever throw cold water over charity work in general??!!!- NEVER!

where are you coming from?- why do you continue to misquote me?

I never said your were condemning charity work in general. But clearly, you did call Mother Teresa a fraud and a swindler, and thereby are implicating most of her Missionaries that follow her in these crimes too. The only evidence you cited are of documents on vatileaks that don't exist any more, if they ever did, and the fact that your doctor friend didn't get the recognition and consideration she deserved from an organization that was too focused elsewhere on caring for the those of the world's poorest people who were also refugees, mentally ill, sick children, dying of AIDS or leprosy.

Before you create another post here on Avalon, you may want to think through what you are writing, because some of us will hold you to common standards of reason, logic, evidence, and fairness. We do tend to question people and hold them accountable for what they say.

[Ewan]

I'm always thankful for any discussion that allows the wisest of sayings to rise to the forefront of my mind.

Judge not, lest you yourself be judged.

I always thought she was a selfless person till somebody, (a very intelligent and thoughtful person), told me she wasn't. It came as a shock at the time but at the end of the day, one way or the other, I have no idea.

[greybeard]

Dear Cardillac
Though you have had some criticism for your initial post I think the subject was well worth bringing up, so thanks for starting the thread.

Best wishes
Chris

[Baby Steps]

I heard a story third hand from some nurses who travelled to Calcutta to work at mother Teresa's hospital. They were expecting to find a place of healing. It turned out that the centre was more about palliative care for the old,sick, and dying. They would routinely see dying people being encouraged to kiss the cross. These people would be told that if they accepted Jesus, they would be forgiven and leave the wheel of karma. This was missionary work for the dying. It gave me a very creepy feeling when I heard it and I think I know why now. If you die with this expectation of being met by Jesus and taken to heaven you are open to entrapment, and the memory wipe etc as detailed by simon parkes and others.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?77414-Karma-nonsense-vs-a-reptilian-cast-system-in-India&p=906014&viewfull=1#post906014

[greybeard]

I heard a story third hand from some nurses who travelled to Calcutta to work at mother Teresa's hospital. They were expecting to find a place of healing. It turned out that the centre was more about palliative care for the old,sick, and dying. They would routinely see dying people being encouraged to kiss the cross. These people would be told that if they accepted Jesus, they would be forgiven and leave the wheel of karma. This was missionary work for the dying. It gave me a very creepy feeling when I heard it and I think I know why now. If you die with this expectation of being met by Jesus and taken to heaven you are open to entrapment, and the memory wipe etc as detailed by simon parkes and others.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?77414-Karma-nonsense-vs-a-reptilian-cast-system-in-India&p=906014&viewfull=1#post906014

Dont think the Catholic Church would endorse the concept of reincarnation.
As for Simon Parks views on consciousness etc They are far removed from the teachings of enlightened mystics, thats firsthand experience, Simon is quoting this and that--he is not enlightened.--Believe what you want.
Chris

[Shannon]

I heard a story third hand from some nurses who travelled to Calcutta to work at mother Teresa's hospital. They were expecting to find a place of healing. It turned out that the centre was more about palliative care for the old,sick, and dying. They would routinely see dying people being encouraged to kiss the cross. These people would be told that if they accepted Jesus, they would be forgiven and leave the wheel of karma. This was missionary work for the dying. It gave me a very creepy feeling when I heard it and I think I know why now. If you die with this expectation of being met by Jesus and taken to heaven you are open to entrapment, and the memory wipe etc as detailed by simon parkes and others.

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?77414-Karma-nonsense-vs-a-reptilian-cast-system-in-India&p=906014&viewfull=1#post906014

Simon has no idea what happens after death.

[Baby Steps]

No-wish I had not included the last reference to entrapment!

More interested in why they would wish to convert people on their death beds...
Sorry...

[RunningDeer]

No-wish I had not included the last reference to entrapment!

More interested in why they would wish to convert people on their death beds...
Sorry...
I understood your reference to entrapment as how a person in a weakened state can be manipulated into a contract by the archonic astral realm. In which case, they’d be on the karmic, reincarnation wheel rather than back to Source or wherever their soul elects to go for further experience(s).

How to not get snagged into hellish trickery?

While traveling on one’s elected path, open to an expanded cognition. Live as true self that’s underneath the ego prison.

Clear out the gunk programs from parents, peers, cultures, religions, political ideologies and schools. Nix the illusory beliefs that’ve driven one through life. Question everything. Increase discernment. Expose the ego prison. Alleviate false persona.

Live in accordance to who you are in your core essence.
Live as flawless as humanly possible in each moment.

♡


redundancy and review
http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/Recovered/Calthinkingbubble2_zpsfwnfabgg.GIF

[greybeard]

No-wish I had not included the last reference to entrapment!

More interested in why they would wish to convert people on their death beds...
Sorry...

Im not sure that they want to convert as such. Its possibly they thought that Jesus will save their souls, from going to hell or in between, heaven and hell purgatory.
Enlightenment has nothing do do with any of that---its about finding your True Self as indicated by Paula.

Best wishes
Chris

[Swan]

I volunteered at the home for the dying in Calcutta 1989. Only 3-4 weeks, and all I did was wash the dishes. At the time I was actually quite critical of Mother Teresa. In my youthful self righteousness I thought she should be more vocal about the causes of poverty. But I saw people dying. People who had been picked up from the streets. They were washed, fed. Seen. Did they kiss crucifixes? I don´t know. In the circumstances it wasn´t important. Many of them were in horrendous pain, and nobody had cared. Here someone cared. Could they have cared more? Maybe. But they cared enough.

Mother Teresa answered those who thought that she should be addressing the causes of poverty, that it was´t her job. Her job was to care for those who nobody wanted. I met her once shortly. The only vibes I picked up were of love. I read since that she could be a b****. Good for her, In the job she was doing she would need to be.

[Cidersomerset]

Mother Teresa answered those who thought that she should be addressing the
causes of poverty, that it was´t her job. Her job was to care for those who nobody wanted.
I met her once shortly. The only vibes I picked up were of love. I read since that she could
be a b****. Good for her, In the job she was doing she would need to be.

That's the contradiction I was trying to get over in my post ( badly). Did she have faults ?
It seems so , but she was there. Should she be made a saint ? No , acknowledged ? Yes
and she has been for decades . But that's up to the Vatican gang. If Jesus existed I do
not think he would be impressed by any religion except maybe Buddhists and it is said
he spent time in India ironically.......

Jesus was a Buddhist Monk BBC Documentary full doc for context
interesting covering several theories......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAaW6BYhfNM

End segment ......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCB9tcC9-t8


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I just posted the RT item on the forgotten war thread, but it does remind me
how ridiculous this world is and religions have played a large part...

https://media.giphy.com/media/bTsCDnBvO5yYo/giphy.gif

http://www.wnd.com/files/2016/02/Nuns-with-guns.jpg

Meanwhile in Yemen: All-female brigade of Houthi fighters brandishing
rocket launchers during parade ( propaganda for the cameras )...

ZTCtqOFJGBs

[RunningDeer]

Jesus was a Buddhist Monk BBC Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAaW6BYhfNM


Jesus was a Buddhist Monk BBC Documentary
QAaW6BYhfNM

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Jesus was a Buddhist Monk BBC Documentary

[Cidersomerset]

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Canonising Mother Teresa: The Selling of the Catholic Church
By Dr. Binoy Kampmark

Global Research, September 07, 2016


The question is: was a woman who preached virtue in suffering rather than trying to alleviate it and
took money from dictators really that saintly at all? Douglas Robertson, The Independent, Sep 5, 2016

In looking at the antics surrounding saintliness, George Orwell’s remarks about the important presumption
of sinning is all important. It is axiomatic that all saints be presumed sinners. The greater they are in
achievement, heavy in the miracles department and achievement, the less likely they are to be the purest
of pure.The story of Mother Teresa of Kolkata is a story of how a modern saint is cultivated and made.
The Catholic Church, for all its ceremonial weight and stuffy ritual, has always been, in one sense, modern.
Modern to corporate practice; modern to innovative methods of generating wealth; and novel for creating
cohorts of public relations promoters known as saints.

The latest addition comes in the form of Mother Teresa, who was canonised on September 4. On being beatified,
thereby being given the title of Blessed, the pathway to sainthood was assured. In doing so, the Church succumbed,
according to the late Christopher Hitchens, “to the forces of showbiz, superstition, and populism.”[1]

Ever wishing to give a sense of incorporating even dissenters, the Church went so far as to ask Hitchens to play
Devil’s Advocate. Naturally, the role of advocatus diaboli was itself pure show, necessary procedural pomp for
an assured outcome. The MT train was chuffing inexorably to final canonisation.

The congenial, even admiring throngs of the notable and unknown have added voices over the years to the Mother
Teresa cult. Much of it began with the grovelling tribute of a previously sharp man of letters Malcolm Muggeridge,
who found in the Kolkata figure a creature of unquestioned virtue.

In Something Beautiful for God (1971), Muggers gushingly suggested that, “the wholly dedicated like Mother Teresa
do not have biographies. Biographically speaking, nothing happens to them. To live for, and in, others, as she and
the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity do is to eliminate happenings, which are a factor of the ego and the will.”

While admitting to not being “enamoured with the idea of sainthood,” former volunteer Mari Marcel Thekaekara would
still say that she “took dying people off the Kolkata streets. No one else does that.”[2] True, if only for a grander
purpose in mind, all ego, and all will.

Thekaekara provides some insight, being one of the Catholic children who volunteered at the orphanage Shishu Bhavan.
Mother Theresa the autocrat permanently loomed; respect for elders instilled; religious fervour upheld. Controls were
decreed everywhere, from the frequency of nuns writing home, to the consumption of juice in the stifling heat.

There was anger at her techniques, her Christian apologias about poverty, her infuriating straightjacket tyranny.
For all that, people were still brought “off filthy pavements” and allowed to “die in dignity.”

Hitchens famously thought otherwise. This “lying, thieving Albanian dwarf” wangled her way into the corridors of power,
be they hypocritical evangelicals in the United States or Third World dictators. It did not matter where the money came from.

As Douglas Robertson explained in The Independent (Sep 5), Mother Teresa “was a celebrity, with a very well managed brand.”
It was a brand that took the most reactionary views of the Church out of the doctrinaire closet and onto the streets, coupled
with an unmatched capacity for fund raising through the Missionaries of Charity.

She damned contraception as wounding to husband and wife, an act of selfishness that retarded the natural processes of
procreation. Shagging had to lead to having. “This turns to self and so destroys the gift of love in him or her.” She condemned
abortion: “If a mother can kill her own child, then what is left of the West to be destroyed?”

Shaming leaders with sanctimonious authority, she would use poverty as her own whip of justification, her own alibi for existence.
It mattered that people were poor because this provided some sense of grace – and naturally, a vital role for religious instruction.
They were to suffer “like Christ’s passion.” Truly, a sadist in faith’s true employ.

Bone racking, debilitating suffering was solid gold to Mother Teresa, and could only ever be the logical outcome of a faith that insists
on suffering in order to be saved. Naturally, she thrived in an environment where misery and poverty were of such levels, and of
such depth. Jesus was truly overspending his time kissing everybody.

The cult of sainthood; Jesus lending his lips in repeated acts of generosity; the machine of publicity best seen in the cult of saints.
Mother Teresa can now count herself in that company, with her biography well and truly crafted, ego and will acknowledged.

Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar atSelwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University,Melbourne. Email: bkampmark@gmail.com

Notes

[1] http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2003/10/mommie_dearest.html

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/04/mother-teresa-admiration-sainthood-dying-kolkata

The original source of this article is Global Research

Copyright © Dr. Binoy Kampmark, Global Research, 2016


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[EFO]

I am Saint Theresa of Avalon and i don't know much about nuthin. ;)


http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/General/smoke_zpsjz90wamr.JPG

I was programed, I mean brainwashed, I..I..mean taught by the Sisters of Mercy. They kind of looked like these gals, only rather than a gun their weapon of choice was a ruler and an effective guilt stare.


http://avalonlibrary.net/paula/General/guns_zpsdrfrwufc.JPG


http://i67.tinypic.com/2wlznyx.jpg



The other side of the "coin":Orthodox church...

Where money goes
http://bancosul.ro/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Sa-ne-ajute-Dumnezeu.jpg

and with what is left they made
http://bancosul.ro/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/laser-frate.jpg

Kiev,Ukraine
The last words in the video: Spasiba Gospode - Thank you God

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4vOpYGjokk

what you can do with the the Romanian Orthodox church's holly "wand"
http://bancosul.ro/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/display.jpg

As in the East so in the West
http://bancosul.ro/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/holy-water.jpg

[Pam]

"just because someone recieves a Nobel Prize doesn't mean they deserved it"-


Yup, kind of like Obummer. Go figure.



I would go one step further and say anyone who has recently received one is highly suspect.

[Cardillac]

this will be my last posting on this subject-

A: my contact Renate Lüdemann (a true humanitarian!) who worked for Mother Teresa was not a nun and simply stated MT was the opposite of how MSM portrayed her-

B: Renate never stated she saw people "dieing in the streets" (people die in the streets everywhere on the planet including the USA) in India near where she worked otherwise I think she would've stated this- she was a very passionate, caring person and I think if she had witnessed this near MT's hospital she would've stated that- she only stated that MT didn't lift a finger to do any work whatsoever to help her patients-

C: I have never, ever condemmed charity work at a local level but I think we need to be careful about our monetary donations on an international level (start with the corrupt Red Cross among many others)-

D: if you wear ecclesiastical garb you can get away with anything and no-one will ask any questions-

E: Joan of Arc was beatified by the Vatican but according to a Ukrainian historian identified in David McGowan's book "The Politics of Serial Murder" (highly recommended) she was neither a peasant girl nor was she burned at the stake; she was royalty and died at the age of 50- check it out- so much for the honesty and the myth creations of the Vatican- start with cannonizing-

F: the website Vatileaks.org is of course highly controversial but once having earler exposed MT's financial activities why is this info now so difficult to access?- the minute the lid of censorship goes on something someone is trying to hide the truth-

now check out the following:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/canonising-mother-teresa-the-selling-of-the-catholic-church/5544401

I think the article just scratches the surface;

I do not understand for one second why people (including many on this website) flatly refuse to believe we are all being lied to about so many things and that MT could not possibly have been a fraud;

I rest my case and stick to my guns-

please be well all-

with respect to all-

Larry

[EFO]

"We're no angels" (1989) Robert de Niro/Sean Penn
1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiNxK0Xiv2E
2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvMDRj9jFaE
3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w71n9tHYuIw

[john1565]

All these blames on MT have made me surprised! However, one thing you can't deny that when a famous person involved with a work, media and people always talk about him/her, not about the real hero. It is our nature

[Valerie Villars]

John, you're right about being famous. Someone's always got their own perspective. Most people would not stand up well under a microscope. As I said in another thread............

Nobody's a saint. Not even a saint.

[Icare]

So true, Valerie.

And I agree with Cardillac. She was nothing like she presented herself to be.
When I first heard about that it came from my favourite English-speaking poet, Benjamin Zephaniah. I wasn't too happy to hear about it at the time, but he dind't have any reason to lie about her.
Listen to this:

https://youtu.be/rrPjX5_gI1c

And it's true, she got millions of dollars of donations, but she didn't use any of the money to help her patients. She didn't try to save their lives at all, even when she could have.
She didn't even give those in pain painkillers telling them they'd be closer to Jesus when they were in pain.


Then I came across this lecture from the University of Vienna. C. Goldner had an interview scheduled with her and says first he was made to wait for a long time, then when she finally arrived, they went into her office. She sat at her desk with a rosary in one hand and her walking-stick in the other. One of her nurses came in and put a stack of files on her desk and apparently she must have made some mistake, because Mother Teresa hit that nun's leg on her legs with her walking stick, really hard. At that point (after not even 10 minutes into the interview, the interviewer got up and left in disgust).

You can hear that here:

https://youtu.be/SDuqayOx2Nw
from 32:04 - 33:16

just a bit over a minute and it's in German, but you understand that, Cardillac. He also thought MT had a really dark aura.


And there's more:

https://youtu.be/2uxtcy4FpN8 The unfortunate truth about Mother Teresa

And this:

https://youtu.be/NJG-lgmPvYA A doccumentary. Not for the faint-hearted.

And I used to admire her. .....

[Flash]

So true, Valerie.

And I agree with Cardillac. She was nothing like she presented herself to be.
When I first heard about that it came from my favourite English-speaking poet, Benjamin Zephaniah. I wasn't too happy to hear about it at the time, but he dind't have any reason to lie about her.
Listen to this:

https://youtu.be/rrPjX5_gI1c

And it's true, she got millions of dollars of donations, but she didn't use any of the money to help her patients. She didn't try to save their lives at all, even when she could have.
She didn't even give those in pain painkillers telling them they'd be closer to Jesus when they were in pain.


Then I came across this lecture from the University of Vienna. C. Goldner had an interview scheduled with her and says first he was made to wait for a long time, then when she finally arrived, they went into her office. She sat at her desk with a rosary in one hand and her walking-stick in the other. One of her nurses came in and put a stack of files on her desk and apparently she must have made some mistake, because Mother Teresa hit that nun's leg on her legs with her walking stick, really hard. At that point (after not even 10 minutes into the interview, the interviewer got up and left in disgust).

You can hear that here:

https://youtu.be/SDuqayOx2Nw
from 32:04 - 33:16

just a bit over a minute and it's in German, but you understand that, Cardillac. He also thought MT had a really dark aura.


And there's more:

https://youtu.be/2uxtcy4FpN8 The unfortunate truth about Mother Teresa

And this:

https://youtu.be/NJG-lgmPvYA A doccumentary. Not for the faint-hearted.

And I used to admire her. .....

from those videos, the thinking and the life of Mother Teresa, plus where the money went (nobody knows, probably the Vatican), we can understand that she was effectively glued to the Catholic church and not to the people, the poor.

If you look at her non verbal language, she is a very tough person. Doesn't look like a loving one.

To me, she is at the bottom row of spiritual evolution - she started to want to be spiritual and helping, but did not understand much. It was blind faith (not intelligent) to the Catholic church, not to the deed of helping.

Anyhow, we will not change much here, not the position of the Church, nor her poor treatment of the poor.

However, I think it is good that her work is questioned, as well as the hyper rich Catholic church.

I have known nuns who were like that, blind stupid faith into the church. And my grand mother too, although my grand mom was a genuine loving and truly helping human being.

In the last video, they mention the Bhopal catastrophe where a chemilcal was released by Union Carbide, killing 2,500 people, for which the families received about nothing.

2,500 people, it is the equivalent to the Twin Towers of New York. But they were workers, so nobody out west extended their hand, nor force industries to stop their killings.

And mother Teresa told people to forgive???? when did the American forgive for the twin towers?

2 weights, 2 measures, the poor, the rich

[Icare]

Can't say I'm surprised about this:


Late Mother Teresa's Order Investigated For Child Trafficking In India

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/17/629681931/late-mother-teresas-order-investigated-for-child-trafficking-in-india?t=1607730256917

India has ordered its state governments to inspect child care facilities run by the Missionaries of Charity — the Roman Catholic order founded by Mother Teresa — after arrests of a nun and a worker accused of baby trafficking.

Earlier this month, Indian authorities shut down a shelter home for pregnant, unmarried women run by the order in Ranchi, a city in the eastern state of Jharkhand, after discovering that four infants had been sold, including a 6-month-old boy who changed hands for 50,000 rupees ($730).

A nun, identified as Sister Koncilia, and a staff member, Anima Indwar, were arrested in connection with trafficking. According to The Times of India, Indwar confessed to selling the children.

At the time of the arrests, a dozen pregnant women were living at the shelter, according to Catholic News Agency.

CNA reports that one couple reportedly paid Indwar 120,000 rupees ($1,760) in exchange for a child, but that she later took the child back without returning the money. The couple then tipped off police, according to CNA.

India's NDTV cites an unnamed police source as saying all four babies were sold within the past year.

The Times reported on Monday that the last of the four, the 6-month-old boy, had been located and recovered. The newspaper said he was bought by a couple living near Ranchi.

"We are getting many leads, but we cannot divulge them as of now," Ranchi Superintendent of Police Anish Gupta was quoted by the Times as saying.

"We are working on verifying them," Gupta said.

In a statement on Monday, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said she had instructed states "to get child care homes run by Missionaries of Charity all over the country inspected immediately."

Gandhi's ministry said that under India's Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, shelters dealing with adoption must register with the Central Adoption Resource Authority. However, it said some 4,000 institutions have yet to comply more than two years after the law went into effect.

Missionaries of Charity discontinued adoptions in India in 2015, saying it disagreed with government rules that made it easier for single, divorced and separated people to adopt children, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corp.

"There was no question of selling any child as the Missionaries of Charity had stopped giving children for adoption three years ago," Samita Kumar, spokeswoman for the order, was quoted as saying by CNA. Kumar explained that even when the order did process adoptions, it never accepted money for them.

Missionaries of Charity was founded in Calcutta, now known as Kolkata, in 1950 by Albanian nun Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, later known as Mother Teresa.

The order she founded expanded internationally and went on to become best known for its care of the sick and dying, particularly with facilities such as the Home for the Dying Destitutes in Kolkata, in eastern India.

She was not without detractors, however, including the late writer Christopher Hitchens, who said Teresa was focused on the need for the sick to suffer like Christ did on the cross, rather than on relieving their pain.

As The Washington Post writes, she was also criticized for her relationship with dubious personalities, such as Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier and disgraced financier Charles Keating.


Even Newsweek covers this report:
https://www.newsweek.com/mother-teresas-charity-being-investigated-child-trafficking-1027780

[onawah]

What in God’s name? Pope Francis plans to ‘fix’ global capitalism – with the help of the Rothschilds, Rockerfellers and Mastercard
by Robert Bridge
11 Dec, 2020 16:46
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/509405-pope-vatican-global-capitalism/

(I could not find a recent thread about the Pope or the Catholic Church, so I am posting this here, but it can certainly be moved if there is a better place for it.)

"The Vatican has said it will partner with Fortune 500 companies to address various economic grievances, including inequality and environmental degradation. But is it really incumbent upon the Bishop of Rome to virtue-signal?
Anyone entertaining hopes that planet Earth might escape the insanity of 2020 without any more mind-blowing stories may wish to fasten their seatbelts for a hard landing.

At a time when a global pandemic has swept away millions of jobs, and transformed a handful of global capitalists from ‘merely wealthy’ to fantastically wealthy overnight, Pope Francis has decided to take sides in this epic battle. Any hunches what side that might be? Hint: much like the Vatican, it is immensely wealthy, influential, and acts like a government unto itself.

Yes, you guessed it. Instead of the poor and destitute – you know, ‘the meek who shall inherit the earth' rigmarole – taking their rightful place alongside the Pope to fight against globalization on steroids, the Vatican has announced it will form a “historic partnership” with big business, known as the Council for Inclusive Capitalism. You can’t make this stuff up. And make no mistake: this is no mere talk shop, but rather a vast undertaking that involves“more than $10.5 trillion in assets under management, companies with over $2.1 trillion of market capitalization, and 200 million workers in more than 163 countries.”

Pope pens op-ed on perils of consumerism and ideology. US Left reads, ‘Justice ACB is a bad Catholic & horrible person’Pope pens op-ed on perils of consumerism and ideology. US Left reads, ‘Justice ACB is a bad Catholic & horrible person’
“Capitalism has created enormous global prosperity, but it has also left too many people behind, led to the degradation of our planet, and is not widely trusted in society,” said Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Founder of the Council and Managing Partner of Inclusive Capital Partners. “This council will follow the warning from Pope Francis to listen to ‘the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor’ and answer society’s demands for a more equitable and sustainable model of growth.”

In other words, in an apparent act of divine intervention, the Rothschild family (whose wealth is estimated at $20 billion, although nobody really knows for sure), together with other famous brand names of globalization, such as the Rockefellers and Mastercard, will now take up the standard for the world’s downtrodden. Who will be the first one to hold their breath?

I tried to contain my skepticism, I really did, until I read a bit deeper into this contract between the Catholic Church and corporate power. Any guesses as to who will ensure the corporate chieftains live up to their end of the bargain?

Known as the Guardians for Inclusive Capitalism – I kid you not – these 27 devout and morally outstanding individuals all hail from the golden one percent. Let’s call them the Pope’s 27 billionaire disciples. Really outstanding people, such as President of the Rockefeller Foundation Rajiv Shah, CEO of Mastercard Ajay Banga, and CEO of Salesforce Marc Benioff, will now behave like Good Samaritans, carrying out the will of the Holy See around a ravaged, lockdown-wearied planet. And here is the catch: there is not a single Vatican cardinal or even a deacon on the list of Guardians. So, who will guard over the guardians? Yes, the corporate elite themselves! They must have read Donald Trump’s ‘The Art of the Deal’.

My initial skepticism shot into overdrive when it became clear what acts of charity the council would promote: “The Guardians will hold themselves accountable, committing to a list of intended actions involving environmental, social and governance matters,” Forbes reported. “The Guardians … have said they plan to hire and promote more women, increase diversity hires, commit to clean energy by purchasing 100% renewable electricity, reduce greenhouse gas emissions...” Yada, yada, yada.

Forgive me, Father, but that sounds an awful lot like the controversial progressive platform being touted by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris that has divided the United States down the middle. In other words, this unholy marriage has already alienated at least one half of the US population, who fear a Biden presidency will herald in an age of socialism in America. Meanwhile, it is hardly reassuring that these profit-driven individuals will be allowed to “hold themselves accountable” to take on unspecified “social and governance matters” and “other initiatives,” whatever those happen to be. The reason for suspicion should be obvious. Aside from the absurdity of letting profit-driven corporations play guardian over themselves, we are now living in a time when these out-of-control behemoths are no longer content to just hawk their products to consumers; they have taken a serious stand on cultural and political issues, which many people find unacceptable yet must bear silently with a smile.

Using their profits from consumer spending, corporations such as Coca-Cola can run an extremely controversial Sprite advertisement campaign, for example, that promotes a transgender lifestyle and that will be seen by millions of impressionable children. Or how about Gillette’s massively disappointing (and disliked) commercial that took issue with so-called ‘toxic masculinity.’ Are these the “other initiatives” that corporations will be forcing on an unsuspecting public with the stamp of papal authority? Personally, I’ve never heard Pope Francis speak out against these extremely provocative ideas.

Perhaps even more worrying is that many companies, compelled to prove they are taking a stand on behalf of the latest cause célèbre, have enthusiastically jumped aboard the Black Lives Matter juggernaut, which critics – of which there is no shortage, even among the black American population – say works to the disadvantage of other races, not least white Americans, who have become the bane of Western civilization overnight.

Is this the sort of ‘equality’ big business will be promoting with the quiet blessing of the Vatican? In their woke bid to become more ‘equal and diverse,’ will corporations begin to promote particular groups of people at the expense of others? After all, the Trump administration was just forced to take executive action against ‘critical race theory’ inside the government, while academia is now rampant with lectures teaching the evils of the ignoble white man. Are we on the precipice of a new age of racism in the United States and elsewhere, where the historic tables are turned with the help of corporate America? Although Pope Francis may have the best intentions at heart in promoting this sort of dialogue between the Vatican and the corporate world, unless there is real involvement by the Church to rein in corporate power, it will become a wasted opportunity in very short order.

The Council for Inclusive Capitalism is nothing more and nothing less than a cynical PR stunt for corporate power that allows their controversial initiatives, heavily steeped in the rapacious accumulation of profit, as well as the promotion of dangerous ‘woke’ values, to win the seal of approval from one of the most powerful religious authorities on the planet.

Such a program really amounts to an act of mindless virtue-signaling from the Catholic Church, which has fallen out of favor of late, and a cheap opportunity for the corporate world to conceal its behavior behind the shroud of morality and saintliness. It would have been far more effective and symbolic had Pope Francis committed himself to a contract with the people, with his true followers, in the fight against corporate power. Instead, he made a pact with the devil. "

Robert Bridge is an American writer and journalist. He is the author of 'Midnight in the American Empire,' How Corporations and Their Political Servants are Destroying the American Dream. @Robert_Bridge