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The Death of Pope John Paul I: Conspiracy Against Reform
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New Mexican Chapel Dedicated to Exorcisms
Found: Man's 'Missing Link' to the Apes

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 09:49 PM PDT

7.2 EARTHQUAKE ROCKS BAJA; MORE QUAKES IN CALIFORNIA

Last month, I posted the following Oarfish Omen, Extraterrestrial Warning Suggest Calamity For Japan. In the post, I describe a conversation I had with a friend:

"Friday afternoon, I received a telephone call from a friend who had a dire warning. First off, this friend has had repeated alien contact for several years which I have documented. He has proven to me that he is not a charlatan through his verbal accounts and the physical evidence he has presented. The warning was that in the month of April 2010 to expect a sizable earthquake in the Pacific, notably in the area of Japan, as well as a tsunami that will effect the west coast of the United States and/or the Baja Peninsula.

This is not the only time I have heard a similar warning. A few months ago, an 'experiencer', who I had interviewed in 2007, contacted me that she had received a message from 'the guide' (according to her, 'the guide' was present during her abduction) to "take steps and prepare for major disturbances...to heed the 'messenger'." It upset her enough to call me several times and insist that we talk. By the way, this woman is married to a USMC officer and lives on Okinawa."

It's not exactly the same prediction but the month of April isn't over either. Something to think about...again, don't shoot the messenger. Lon

Is the Revelation Coming to Pass?

The Death of Pope John Paul I: Conspiracy Against Reform

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:07 PM PDT

Private property is not, for no one, neither some inalienable right, nor some absolute one. No one has the prerogative to have the exclusive possession of goods beyond his needs, since there are those starving to death. These are severe words. In the light of them, not just financier but everyone, especially us, within the Church should ask to ourselves: "did we fulfil the task that Jesus Christ assigned to us when he said: Love Your Neighbour as Yourself?...Pope John Paul I

He was born Albino Luciani Forno di Canale in Belluno, a province of the Veneto region in northern Italy. He reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and as Sovereign of Vatican City from August 26, 1978 until his death 33 days later. His reign is among the shortest in papal history.

On the evening of September 28, 1978, Pope John Paul I is talking to Cardinal Villot (the then Secretary of Vatican State). There was an angry dispute. The reason is that Pope John Paul I was planning to revolutionize many facets of Vatican, especially Vatican's hierarchy, but he also planned to start investigations on Vatican's involvement in unusual stories of money laundering through its bank, Istituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR), the Vatican's connections with "bad associates" like Mafia, Masonic lodges, etc....and to replace Villot himself with Benelli. Many parties in the Vatican were very concerned about these proposed changes and obviously interested in keeping the then status quo.

The Pope has started reforming customs and habits within the Church:

- refusal to use the majestic plural
- refusal to be crowned during the first official ceremony
- refusal to wear the Papal Tiara
- stated to be "open minded" about contraception for some conditions
- he had reservations towards the Opus Dei

The morning after the aforementioned dispute, at 4:30 am local time, as she has done every day for the past 33 days, sister Vincenza Taffarel carries a coffee to the Pope, leaves it on the desk of the office connecting with the room where John Paul I is asleep. She knocks on the door and says: "good morning Holy Father"

Fifteen minutes later, sister Vincenza comes back, and immediately notices that the coffee is still there: since this is very unusual, she decides to knock repeatedly on the door and finally, after having got no response, she enters the room.

John Paul I is sitting on his bed, leaning on a couple of pillows, his head slightly inclined towards his right. The lamp on the night table is turned on and he's still wearing glasses and holds some papers in his hands. Sister Vincenza takes his pulse and realizes that the Pope is dead.

The first press release states:

This morning, September 29, 1978, around half past five, the Pope's private secretary, having not found, unusually, of the Holy Father in the chapel of his private apartment, has searched his room and found him dead in bed with the light on, as if he was reading. The death was confirmed by Dr. Renato Buzzonetti:
After attesting his death, he stated that the death allegedly occurred about eleven o'clock last night, and argued it was sudden death that might have been caused by acute myocardial infarction.

In the official press release, it had been stated that the body was found by the Pope's private secretary, but actually, he was found by Sister Vincenza. Why the lie? The presence of a woman in the room of the Pope could have been considered somehow improper.

The statement by Renato Buzzonetti: "Death caused likely by acute myocardial infarction" This was accepted by the College of Cardinals. Autopsy? Not needed....the doctor was right. No autopsy has ever been made on the body of Pope John Paul I. Besides, it's likely any 'difficult' autopsy results would be covered up anyway.

What happened to Sister Vincenza? She was shipped off to a convent and she can't speak. The Vatican encouraged her to agree with a Vow of Silence though, she did manage to tell John Paul I biographer, Camillo Bassotto... "I leaned my hand close to his forehead and he was still warm." It's interesting to note that the embalmers, who had arrived at around 10:00 am that morning, stated that "the hypostasis was not complete: we can esteem that the death occurred four-five hours before our arrival"

David Yallop, author of In God's Name, suggests that the possible cause of death could be a type of poison that didn't leave trace evidence of use. Giovanni Gennari, journalist and Theologist, stated that "someone" highly placed in Vatican entrusted him that the Pope had been prescribed a vasodilator drug for high blood pressure and that the Pope 'received' an overdose by mistake. It was later revealed that John Paul I talked to his personal doctor (Antonio Da Ros) by phone that same evening. He didn't mention anything about any problem or distress. The physician assessed the Pope as healthy and feeling fine.

Over the years, the Vatican has hired 'investigators' to research the available evidence of the Pope's death, including John Corwell, who wrote A Thief in the Night. He stated that the Pope was not murdered but died of a pulmonary embolism, possibly brought on by overwork and neglect. For the record, the Vatican never hired a licensed physician to investigate this case. BTW, Corwell was also author of Hitler's Pope, in which he accused Pope Pius XII of assisting in the legitimization of the Nazi regime through the pursuit of a Reichskonkordat in 1933 and of remaining silent during the Holocaust.

So, if Pope John Paul I was murdered, who would be the most likely suspects? The Istituto per le Opere di Religione (IOR) AKA "Banca Vaticana", between the years 1946 and 1971, was a shareholder of Banco Ambrosiano. On 1978, the chief inspector of Bank of Italy, Giulio Padalino, discovered a money laundering operation between the Banco Ambrosiano and several foreign entities. Later, it was be confirmed that Paul Casimir Marcinkus, Archbishop from Illinois, President of IOR, was the behind the illegal activities. Some letters of patronage signed by Marcinkus himself to Roberto Calvi (manager of Banco Ambrosiano) were found, proving that Vatican, directly and indirectly was controlling Manic. S.A. (Luxembourg), Astolfine S.A. (Panama), Nordeurop Establishment (Liechtenstein), U.T.C. United Trading Corporation (Panama), Erin S.A (Panama), Bellatrix S.A (Panama), Belrosa S.A (Panama) and Starfield S.A (Panama).

These enterprises were established to "clean" money coming into Banco Ambrosiano which was later proved and confirmed by an Italian magistrate. The Minister of the Interior, Beniamino Andreatta, decided to close the bank since 2 billion dollars was "missing". Later, Arcibishop Marcinkus was investigated for links to the Mafia, association with the Italian Masonic order, money laundering and the collapse of Banco Ambrosiano.

Arcibishop Marcinkus: The Vatican's Banker

**Marcinkus was the President of the Istituto per le Opere di Religione, also known as the Vatican Bank, from 1971 to 1989. As early as April 24, 1973, Marcinkus was questioned in his Vatican office by federal prosecutor William Aronwald and Bill Lynch, head of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the United States Department of Justice, about his involvement in the delivery of 14.5 million US$ worth of counterfeit bonds to the Vatican in July 1971, part of a total request of 950 million US$ worth stated in a letter on Vatican notepaper.

His name and the official letter had arisen during the investigation of an international gang which included Vincent Rizzo, who eventually served twelve years in prison. Marcinkus "said he considered the charges against him serious but not based enough on fact that he would violate the Vatican Bank's confidentiality to defend himself. Back in the United States it was agreed on the highest levels that the case against Marcinkus could not be pursued any further."

In July 1982, Marcinkus was implicated in financial scandals being reported on the front pages of newspapers and magazines throughout Europe, particularly the collapse of the Banco Ambrosiano, in which Propaganda Due (aka "P2"), a masonic lodge, was involved (Marcinkus had been a director of Ambrosiano Overseas, based in Nassau, Bahamas, and had been involved with Ambrosiano's chairman, financier Roberto Calvi, for a number of years). He was also involved with Michele Sindona, who had links with the Mafia.

In 1984, Marcinkus was named as a possible accomplice in the murder of Pope John Paul I by investigative journalist David Yallop in his book In God's Name. Yallop made allegations regarding a number of suspects associated with Marcinkus' business dealings, claiming involvement of members of the Mafia on behalf of the Vatican Bank, further stating that Marcinkus might face criminal exposure, should he be removed from his position at the bank.

Upon the election of Pope John Paul II, Marcinkus was promoted within the Vatican bank and remained in office for several years before the scandal widened, after the body of Calvi, whose Banco Ambrosiano had dealt with Marcinkus, was found hanging under London's Blackfriars Bridge in June 1982. The death of Calvi was seen by some as symbolic, since Propaganda Due referred to themselves as the "Black Friars." Adding to the troubles, journalist Mino Pecorelli, who had been investigating Marcinkus, the Vatican Bank and ties to organized crime, was found dead in 1979. Marcinkus, however, escaped indictment.

He stepped aside as head of the Vatican Bank soon after, with a board of laymen assuming control of the bank. The Vatican eventually paid £145 million in a settlement with creditors, with Marcinkus observing in 1986 that: "You can't run the Church on Hail Marys." **en.wikipedia.org/wiki.

There have been other suspects mentioned over the years but all had some association with those groups involved in the Vatican Bank scandals.

All in all, IMO, the death of John Paul I was a result of him pushing at tradition, then tradition pushing back much harder. Old ties are hard to break and scandal in the Roman Catholic Church will continue, as evident today. The Vatican is a huge conglomerate with so many confederates on it's side. Because of that caveat, it's nearly impossible for the truth to be disclosed....let alone, for the truth to be acknowledged.

Sources:
www.vatican.va
en.wikipedia.org
www.abovetopsecret.com
www.tldm.org
www.dreamscape.com
insidecatholic.com
'In God's Name' by David Yallop - www.yallop.com
'Murder in the Vatican: The Revolutionary Life of John Paul and The CIA, Opus Dei and the 1978 Murders' by George Gregoire

The Death of Pope John Paul I: Conspiracy Against Reform

Video: UFO Captured Near Eyjafjoll Volcano, Iceland - 4/2/2010

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 03:33 PM PDT

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Statement with video - April 2, 2010: Hello, I heard about UFOs being seen on the Iceland Volcano cam, so I thought I would take a look. I got my cam ready and started watching at around 9.45pm when this UFO object came in to view. Regards.

NOTE; A UFO is one again captured on video near an active volcano, this time in the area of Eyjafjoll Volcano in southern Iceland. I had heard of one previous sighting at this location that closely resembles the disc-like craft seen in the video. As you know, volcano eruptions seem to attract UFO phenomena as evident in previous posts UFO / OVNI Sightings - Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico / Turrialba Volcano, Costa Rica and a pre-eruption sighting at Video Capture: Triangle Shaped UFO Before Aquila Earthquake - Italy...Lon
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Video: UFO Captured Near Eyjafjoll Volcano, Iceland - 4/2/2010

New Mexican Chapel Dedicated to Exorcisms

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 02:28 PM PDT

rnl - There is hope for the possessed in Mexico. Soriano, a town in the state of Querétaro, just north of Mexico City, now houses the very first chapel dedicated to exorcisms. The chapel may, however, also be a symbol of the growing competition the Catholic Church in Mexico faces.

Not much happens in Soriano, a pleasant little town located in the hills of the country's colonial centre. The town does not attract outsiders or tourists. But to Catholic Mexicans Soriano is an important religious centre. The village houses the Basilica de Nuestra Señora los Dolores, a cathedral dedicated to a manifestation of the Virgin Mary famed for performing miraculous healings and even bringing people back from the dead.

Exorcism
Since the construction of the Santuario de los Benditos Almas del Santo Purgatorio (Sanctuary of the Blessed Souls of Holy Purgatory) last February, the basilica houses a brand-new chapel dedicated to exorcisms. It is the first of its kind in the world's second largest Catholic country (90 percent of the population is Catholic).

Exorcism is a very common phenomenon in Mexico. On any given day, between five to ten exorcisms are performed in the country. Many dioceses have several priests that have been authorised by their bishop to perform the ritual. The Diocese of Querétaro employs as many as six.

Last resort
Father Juan Marcos is one of the priests in Soriano. As we wander through the silent halls of the basilica he explains why the chapel was built. "The purpose of the space is to purify souls that are in purgatory." As he opens the door to the chapel, the smell of fresh paint is still pungent. The space is richly decorated with biblical paintings on the wall and a small altar in the back.

"There are many different kinds of demonic manifestations," Father Juan Marcos explains. "A person may be suddenly repelled by images of Jesus, a church or a cross. He or she may show destructive behaviour, suddenly speak in a foreign or even dead language like Hebrew. And sometimes the sound of the voice changes."

However, exorcism is not the first course of action to take, the priest assures. "It is never performed without a doctor agreeing that there is no medical solution to the problem."

Exhausting rituals
When the priests have established that a person is possessed, the ritual of exorcism may begin. An authorised exorcist first needs to establish who the demon possessing the victim is. "There are many different demons, and we need to identify them by calling its name and comparing it with the Holy Scripture." A series of prayers follow, exhausting the possessed person.

In the final session, through joint prayer during a mass, the exorcist orders the demon to leave the possessed body in the name of Christ. Father Juan Marcos: "When the demon leaves the body, the victim is usually tired and hungry and doesn't remember a thing." Images of an exorcism are usually not a pleasant sight. The possessed person is screaming, struggling, cursing and has to be held down by force. An exorcist therefore never acts alone and needs to be assisted by other priests, not unlike the in the famous film The Exorcist.

Holy Death
But why are there so many exorcisms in Mexico? Father Juan Marcos gives two explanations: "When the Spanish came to evangelise Mexico over 400 years ago, the original inhabitants had their own beliefs and their own gods. Some indigenous peoples still invoke their old gods, which causes possessions." His second explanation, however, seems more likely. He blames the growing veneration in Mexico of the so called Santa Muerte, or Holy Death, as an important cause of demonic possessions. "The Holy Death is a demon, a satanic being, and many young Mexicans invoke her."

The Santa Muerte is promoted by the rival Apostolic Traditional Church as a manifestation of a biblical angel. In recent years her popularity has grown immensely, with over ten million Mexicans currently worshiping her image. The Catholic Church condemns the adoration as a 'satanic cult', but has been unable stop its expansion. It is but one of many threats to the traditional hold Roman Catholicism has on Mexico's religious masses.

Battle between religions
The development puts the construction of this new chapel into perspective. There might be more to it than just a sanctuary for the possessed: it may be a symbol of the intensifying battle between religions over the Mexican soul.

New Mexican Chapel Dedicated to Exorcisms

Found: Man's 'Missing Link' to the Apes

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:32 PM PDT

telegraph - The new species of hominid, the evolutionary branch of primates that includes humans, is to be revealed when the two-million-year-old skeleton of a child is unveiled this week.

Scientists believe the almost-complete fossilised skeleton belonged to a previously-unknown type of early human ancestor that may have been a intermediate stage as ape-men evolved into the first species of advanced humans, Homo habilis.

Experts who have seen the skeleton say it shares characteristics with Homo habilis, whose emergence 2.5 million years ago is seen as a key stage in the evolution of our species.

The new discovery could help to rewrite the history of human evolution by filling in crucial gaps in the scientific knowledge.

Most fossilised hominid remains are little more than scattered fragments of bone, so the discovery of an almost-complete skeleton will allow scientists to answer key questions about what our early ancestors looked like and when they began walking upright on two legs.

Palaeontologists and human evolutionary experts behind the discovery have remained silent about the exact details of what they have uncovered, but the scientific community is already abuzz with anticipation of the announcement of the find when it is made on Thursday.

The skeleton was found by Professor Lee Berger, from the University of the Witwatersrand, while exploring cave systems in the Sterkfontein region of South Africa, near Johannesburg, an area known as "the Cradle of Humanity".

The find is deemed to be so significant that Jacob Zuma, the South African president, has visited the university to view the fossils and a major media campaign with television documentaries is planned.

Professor Phillip Tobias, an eminent human anatomist and anthropologist at the university who was one of three experts to first identify Homo habilis as a new species of human in 1964, described the latest discovery as "wonderful" and "exciting".

Although not directly involved in the excavation and subsequent research on the fossils, he is one of the select few scientists outside the research group who have been able to see the skeletons.

He said: "To find a skeleton as opposed to a couple of teeth or an arm bone is a rarity.

"It is one thing to find a lower jaw with a couple of teeth, but it is another thing to find the jaw joined onto the skull, and those in turn uniting further down with the spinal column, pelvis and the limb bones.

"It is not a single find, but several specimens representing several individuals. The remains now being brought to light by Dr Berger and his team are wonderful."

The new fossil skeleton was found along with a number of other partially-complete fossils, encased within breccia sedimentary rock inside a limestone cave known as Malapa cave.

The protection from the elements provided by the cave is thought to have played a large part in keeping the fossils so well preserved.

The fossil record of early humans is notoriously patchy and scientists now hope that the that the new remains will provide fresh clues about how our species evolved.

Scientists believe that a group of apelike hominids known as Australopithicus, which first emerged in Africa around 3.9 million years ago, gradually evolved into the first Homo species.

Over time the Australopithicus species lost their more apelike features as they started to stand upright and their brain capacity increased.

Around 2.5 million years ago Homo habilis, the first species to be described as distinctly human, began to appear, although only a handful of specimens have ever been found.

It is thought that the new fossil to be unveiled this week will be identified as a new species that fits somewhere between Australopithicus and Homo habilis.

If it is confirmed as a missing link between the two groups, it would be of immense scientific importance, helping to fill in a gap in the evolutionary history of modern man.

Dr Simon Underdown, an expert on human evolution at Oxford Brookes University, said the new find could help scientists gain a better understanding of our evolutionary tree.

He said: "A find like this could really increase our understanding of our early ancestors at a time when they first started to become recognisable as human."

The discovery is the most important find from Sterkfontein since an almost-complete fossil of a 3.3 million year old Australopithecus, nicknamed Little Foot, was found in 1994.

Another major discovery was the well-preserved skull of a 2.15 million year old Australopithecus africanus, nicknamed Mrs Ples, in 1947.

Finding almost complete fossilised skeletons of human ancestors is particularly prized by the scientific community.

The presence of a pelvis and complete limb bones would allow scientists to unravel the posture and method of walking used by the extinct species.

If the specimen also contains hand bones, it could provide clues about the species' dexterity and such evidence will prove crucial in determining when the ability of modern humans to handle stone tools first emerged.

Dr Kevin Kuykendall, a palaeoanthropologist at Sheffield University, said such finds were essential in helping to fill in the gaps in our knowledge about human ancestors.

He said: "The information we have right now is probably only based on a few hundred individuals through out the whole world, but some of these are single isolated teeth.

"If this new specimen is more complete and provides better information, all those models about locomotive behaviour will have a chance to really go under scrutiny and refined."

Found: Man's Missing Link to the Apes

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