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Star Of Internet Series Hit ‘The Chosen’ Makes Pilgrimage To Rome To Pay Obeisance To Pope Francis At Meeting Inside The Serpent Head Building.

 

Dallas Jenkins, the director of “The Chosen,” also met Pope Francis at the end of the pope’s general audience in Vatican City’s Paul VI Hall. Jenkins, an evangelical Christian, said that the experience was “less of a personal thing,” but that the audience was really interesting. “When I met him, I said, ‘I'm a Protestant, but I'm making a show about Jesus that people of all faiths appreciate,’” Jenkins said. The pope’s response caught him by surprise. Pope Francis “pointed to Jonathan and he said: ‘Is he Jesus?’ And I said, ‘yes.’ And he said, ‘Are you Judas?’ And I said, ‘no, no no,’ and he laughed.”

During their time in Rome, the crew from “The Chosen” were able to visit historic Catholic churches that contain the relics of apostles and other biblical characters depicted in the show. The churches include relics of St. Mary Magdalene’s foot and St. John the Baptist’s head, as well as the tombs of the apostles St. James the Lesser and St. Philip.

Roumie also made an additional pilgrimage to St. Padre Pio’s tomb in the Italian town of San Giovanni Rotondo, a four hour drive away from Rome. He said that he has had a personal devotion to St. Padre Pio for several years that deepened during the pandemic as he prayed with others via livestream on social media.

 

Pope Francis offered his Mass on April 8 for the conversion of those who are making money off the needs of others in this pandemic, then he talked about Judas being a friend to Jesus, and said it’s a ‘mystery’. What the…??

Imagine creating a religion where you steal a name for God found in John 17, set yourself up as the ‘holy father‘, and you start telling people that you are the physical representation of Jesus Christ on the face of this earth. How awesome, how powerful, how intimidating that would be…if it were true. But it’s not.

Pope Francis spoke on April 8 during a “mass” and seemed quite baffled as to who Judas Iscariot was, and where he went when he died. In fact, he had no idea at all. “Ich weiß nicht”. Pope Francis preached on the ‘mystery of Judas’. So funny, there’s no mystery at all if you’re a bible believer. Let me help the pope out, here’s everything you need to know about Judas:

• "Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and ONE OF YOU IS A DEVIL?" John 6:70 (KJB)

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