Sing4Him
June 23rd, 2008, 10:09 AM
Pope pledges 'special prayer' for Philippine ferry victims
Agence France-Presse
First Posted 21:51:00 06/22/2008
Close this VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI pledged Sunday to say a "special prayer to God" after a typhoon-stricken ferry sank with more than 700 people on board in the Philippines, a mainly Roman Catholic nation.
"It is with deep emotion that I learn this morning of the sinking in the Philippines of a ferry hit by Typhoon Fengshen (Philippine codename: Frank)," the pope said after reciting the Angelus prayer following his Sunday mass at the Vatican.
Expressing "spiritual closeness" with islanders living in the typhoon's path, he said he would be making "a special prayer to God for the victims of a new tragedy at sea, in which it appears many children were involved".
The M/V Princess of the Stars listed and sank in just 15 terrifying minutes Saturday in the typhoon-battered seas of the central Philippines, leaving only four survivors so far.
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20080622-144178/Pope-pledges-special-prayer-for-Philippine-ferry-victims
Sadly these people are dead and are either in heaven with Jesus or Hell, awaiting judgment.
The Pope's prayers can do absolutely NOTHING for the dead.
This is completely unscriptural.
:tsk:tsk:tsk
If he is praying for those who suffered losses, that is completely different.
Agence France-Presse
First Posted 21:51:00 06/22/2008
Close this VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI pledged Sunday to say a "special prayer to God" after a typhoon-stricken ferry sank with more than 700 people on board in the Philippines, a mainly Roman Catholic nation.
"It is with deep emotion that I learn this morning of the sinking in the Philippines of a ferry hit by Typhoon Fengshen (Philippine codename: Frank)," the pope said after reciting the Angelus prayer following his Sunday mass at the Vatican.
Expressing "spiritual closeness" with islanders living in the typhoon's path, he said he would be making "a special prayer to God for the victims of a new tragedy at sea, in which it appears many children were involved".
The M/V Princess of the Stars listed and sank in just 15 terrifying minutes Saturday in the typhoon-battered seas of the central Philippines, leaving only four survivors so far.
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20080622-144178/Pope-pledges-special-prayer-for-Philippine-ferry-victims
Sadly these people are dead and are either in heaven with Jesus or Hell, awaiting judgment.
The Pope's prayers can do absolutely NOTHING for the dead.
This is completely unscriptural.
:tsk:tsk:tsk
If he is praying for those who suffered losses, that is completely different.