When The Pope Blesses

World War I Pope Benedict XV

This is from the June 1920 edition of The Convert Catholic Magazine. I never heard this before! Pope Benedict XV was the Pope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922. When he blessed certain people his “blessings” turned into curses on every one he blessed! The Devil empowered the Antichrist Pope to curse the people he blessed!

The Pope of Rome sent the Golden Rose and his apostolic blessing to Bomba, King of Naples, and within four days he lost his crown and kingdom.

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His Holiness (sarcasm) sent his blessing to the Emperor of Austria, and shortly afterward he lost Venetia and was defeated at Sadowa.

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The Pope sent a very special blessing to Queen Isabella, of Spain, and about two weeks afterward she lost her crown,

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The Vicar of Christ on earth sent his blessing to Empress Eugenie, of France, and in less than a year France was overthrown by Germany, the emperor lost his crown and died in exile.

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The Pope blessed General Boulanger, and in less than two weeks he was an exile, and later committed suicide.

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The-Empress of Brazil was specially blessed by the Pope. She broke her leg three days later, and the emperor lost his crown, dying in exile.

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The Emperor Maximilian, of Mexico, was blessed by the Pope, and was soon afterward shot by his people. His widow went to Rome, received the Papal blessing, and afterward became an incurable lunatic.

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In 1895 the Archbishop of Damascus, at Vittoria, delivered the Pope’s blessing upon the Spanish troops and fleet, with the result that Spain lost two fleets and two armies.

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The Empress of Austria received the Golden Rose. She was murdered in Switzerland. Her only son committed suicide.

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The Papal Nuncio blessed a grand bazaar in Paris. Within five minutes the building was in flames and nearly 150 of the “aristocracy” of France perished, including the sister of the Empress of Austria.

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The Queen Regent of Spain and King Alfonso were blessed by the Pope. They promptly lost Cuba and the Philippines.

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King Edward VII visited the Pope and received, as a mark of favor, a signed photograph of Leo XIII. At once came the news of a reverse of the British troops in Somaliland.

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The Pope blessed Lord Denbigh, the Special Envoy of the King of England. That very day disaster fell on the British Army in South Africa, Lord Methuen being severely wounded.

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Major Archibald Butt, principal aide to Taft, sent to Rome on a private mission by the President, went down on the ill-fated “Titanic.” Before leaving Rome the Major was “specially blessed” by the Pope, who also sent his special blessing to the President. Taft was ignominiously defeated at the next election.

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The former German Kaiser received an autograph photograph of the Pope, together with a special blessing—“Our apostolic blessing to our royal and holy Kaiser.” Well, you know what happened. (Forced to abdicate his throne and spent the rest of his life in exile.)

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In a New Year’s message to America, given on Dec. 31, 1918), Pope Benedict expressed the hope that the Peace Conference might result in a new world order, with a League of Nations. That was the beginning of the end of the League of Nations joke.

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On Jan. 2, 1919, Pope Benedict invoked the Divine blessing on President Wilson, and since that hour we have been under the impression that Mr. Wilson, because of a grave physical breakdown, has been unable to attend to affairs of State.

My wife tells me I’m posting too much stuff about the popes of Rome! What do you think. I’ll seek from the Lord another subject to work on.