‘North Korea’s Kim Jong-un invites Pope Francis to Pyongyang’

Kim Jong-un and Pope Francis

Pope Francis has apparently been invited to visit North Korea:

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un invites Pope Francis to Pyongyang

10 October 2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited Pope Francis to visit the country, South Korea’s presidential office has announced.

The invitation to visit Pyongyang will be delivered by South Korean president Moon Jae-in who will be in the Vatican next week as part of a trip to Europe.

No pope has ever visited North Korea, though the late Pope John Paul II was once invited.

North Korea and the Vatican have no formal diplomatic relations.

“During the meeting with Pope Francis, [Mr Moon] will relay the message from chairman Kim Jong-un that he would ardently welcome the Pope if he visits [the North Korean capital] Pyongyang,” Mr Moon’s spokesman, Kim Eui-kyeom, told reporters.

The invitation is the latest reconciliatory gesture from North Korea. http://www.businessghana.com/site/news/Politics/174024/North-Korea

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has invited Pope Francis to meet in Pyongyang, a South Korean spokesman said Tuesday.

Pope Francis is already set to meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in Oct. 18 for an audience at the Vatican Apostolic Palace, where Moon will personally deliver the invitation from Kim Jong Un.

President Moon, a Catholic, will also participate in a Mass for peace on the Korean Peninsula in St. Peter’s Basilica Oct. 17 celebrated by Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

During the most recent summit between Korean leaders in September, Kim told Moon that he would “greatly welcome” the Pope to Pyongyang, according to South Korea’s presidential office.

South Korean bishops have been leading Catholics in prayer for the reconciliation and unity of the divided Korean Peninsula for decades.

“Since 1965, the Korean Catholic Church has been praying for the true peace of the two Koreas and the reconciliation of the nation,” Archbishop Kim Hee-Jung of Gwangju wrote in April, following the first meeting between the Korean leaders and the chairman of the Korean bishops’ conference in April.

“Through these prayers, something miraculous is happening in this land by the help of God, for whom nothing will be impossible,” Archbishop Kim continued.

“Until the day when complete peace is established on the Korean Peninsula and divided peoples are united, the Catholic Church of Korea will accompany the journey for reconciliation of the people in unity.” 01/09/18 http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/kim-jong-un-invites-pope-francis-to-meet-in-pyongyang

This is not a surprise. Notice something I posted here four years ago:

Pope Francis is interested in Korea, China, and all of Asia. Because of prophecies in the Book of Revelation, I have long suspected that the time for some reconciliations between North and South Korea would take place. Perhaps Pope Francis, despite North Korea’s actions, will be a factor. (Thiel B. Pope Francis in South Korea after sending a message to China. COGwriter, August 14, 2014)

Pope Francis has made a variety of interfaith and socialist statements, so Kim Jong-un likely feels he has nothing to lose, and a possible partial ally to gain, by inviting Pope Francis.

The fact that this has happened right after the Vatican agreed to sign a compromise deal with China regarding the appointment of Catholic bishops (see Vatican announces deal with China on bishop appointments) suggests that perhaps Kim Jong-un feels he can also negotiate something with the Vatican that would not have otherwise seemed possible.

Pope Francis has expressed interest in North Korea before:

August 17, 2014

Pope Francis has urged bishops from around Asia to listen to people of different cultures but still remain true to their own Catholic identity.

In a meeting with 60 bishops Sunday at South Korea’s Haemi Martyrdom Holy Ground in North Chungcheong Province, Francis urged countries like China and North Korea to foster a proper dialogue with the Vatican. http://www.voanews.com/content/pope-beatifies-korean-martyrs/2415493.html

Hence a visit to North Korea would seem to be part of his agenda.

Which agenda?

The agenda to create strong cooperation and bonds between peoples around the world, so that all will be part of a one-world endorsed religion with the top leader in Rome.

China itself has writings that indicate that it will follow a Western faith for a time. The following come from the Tang Dynasty (June 18, 618 – June 4, 907) that seems to support the concept of pan-Asian religious cooperation (although it only mentions three nations) after someone (who is apparently not really trustworthy) rises up in the West:

Beautiful people come from the West. Korea, China and Japan are gradually at peace (Pui-Hua R. Ancient Chinese Prophecies Till the End of the World. AuthorHouse, Bloomington (IN), 2008, p. 85).

All negative forces are subservient…China now has a saint. Even if he is not that great a hero (ibid, p. 89).

The beautiful people may be the Beast and his false prophet which apparently will impress peoples in places including Asia. The “saint,” who is not that great, will likely be “the false prophet,” the final Antichrist (see also Some Doctrines of Antichrist). I believe that Vatican efforts, combined with ancient Chinese writings and modern politics, along with signs and lying wonders (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, will be factors in getting the Asians and others to cooperate, for a time, with the rising Beast power.

Catholic prophecies tell of a time many will come into their final faith:

Bl. Anna-Maria Taigi (19th century). Whole nations will come back to the Church and the face of the earth will be renewed. (Dupont, p.45)

The Bible reveals that after signs and lying wonders (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12), the bulk of the world will worship one in Europe (Revelation 13:1-4,8)–one that will promote a compromised version of a faith that will initially call itself Catholic.

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