Two days after the horrendous terrorist attacks, Pope Francis preached about the “end times,” encouraging his hearers to be vigilant and ready at any moment to meet God face to face.
Ten thousand pilgrims were gathered in St. Peter’s Square to listen to the pope and think about death. The pope expressed his “deep sorrow for the terrorist attacks that bloodied France late on Friday, causing many casualties.” He also condemned the massacre as an “unspeakable affront to human dignity.”
He denounced as “blasphemy,” the use of God’s name to justify the brutal attacks. “Such barbarity leaves us shocked and we wonder how the human heart can conceive and carry out such horrible events, which have shaken not only France but the whole world,” he said.
Sounding like an evangelical preacher, the pope said that Jesus preached about the end of the world and spoke of “apocalyptic elements, like war, famine and cosmic catastrophes.” He said “the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.”
“We are called to live the present,” Francis said, but always ready to meet God whenever he may call.
The pope also warned against an unhealthy curiosity to know details of the future, with recourse to psychics and horoscopes, saying they distract us from what is really important in the present.
The pope neglected to mention that many of the details are in the Bible and give a rather clear picture of what to expect in the last days.
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