"Every little square represents one of their 1,045 Interfaith Cooperation Circles for Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, Indigenous Africans and Native Americans. To form a Circle, groups of at least seven people from at least three different religions independently must organize, self-govern and self-fund. Even though the Circles are stand alone entities, like for membership to ICLEI's sustainable cities, URI still wants Circles to pay into Headquarters or give a 'gift' or a service. Their site says, 'CCs [Cooperation Circles] have the responsibility to develop financial and other resources to help meet their needs and help meet the needs of other parts of the URI. In order to help support the worldwide URI community, CCs are asked to make a financial gift or contribution of service. Discuss what kind of financial gift or contribution of service your CC would like to offer.' In other words, it's pay to get played.

"Its Preamble says, 'We believe that our religious, spiritual lives, rather than dividing us, guide us to build community and respect for one another. Therefore, as interdependent people rooted in our traditions, we now unite for the benefit of our Earth community. …We unite to heal and protect the Earth.' The Purpose echoes the same sentiment. 'The purpose of the United Religions Initiative is to promote enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, to end religiously motivated violence and to create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings.'

"Their Charter wants 'to create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings,' and to 'act from sound ecological practices to protect and preserve the Earth for both present and future generations.' Notice again the emphasis on the environment. What has this to do with religion and God … unless you've made the environment and Earth your religion." (source, pp. 387-388)


THE VATICAN'S CULPABILITY

On that same front, the Pope has cozied up to Muslims and ecumenical agendas for some time now. This article vividly illustrates the pitfalls of trying to mesh different religions. That's something you won't see evangelicals supporting as it lays the groundwork for Satan's One World Religion.

Prophetic Perils: End Time Events Revealed documents 43 quotes from world leaders and dignitaries, Presidents, presidential hopefuls including Joe Biden, global elites like Bill Gates and David Rockerfeller plus 3 popes – John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis promoting the New World Order – in those words. It's not a slip-up. Unintentional or just misguided, these people are paving the way for the anti-Christ's takeover.

Early on it was easy to see something amiss with the Vatican. Nearly 4 decades ago, "60 Minutes" made an unprecedented foray into the Vatican's vast treasure vaults. My eyes bulged at the stunning beauty and immeasurable wealth, but that wasn't nearly all of it. Time's investigation shows they have "big investments in banking, insurance, chemicals, steel, construction [and] real estate" not to mention $1.6 billion in Italy's stock market. Altogether it's estimated that the Vatican is worth upwards of $15 billion. That was in 1965. Think how much could have appreciated.

Add to this treasure trove an incalculable source of wealth – its libraries. They require 53 miles of shelving to hold 2 million books and centuries worth of documents. This isn't your normal library; nothing can be checked out. Only scholars 75 years and older may enter this fortress-like area of the Vatican. Some documents date back to the 8^th century. One of the more 'recent' pieces is a letter from Mary Queen of Scots to Pope Sixtus V. She had been sentenced to death for conspiring to murder Queen Elizabeth I, her Protestant cousin. She prayed the pope would intervene. He refused. Mary was beheaded in 1587. (source)

Then add to the libraries its gold bullion stash worth over $20 million stored with the U.S. Federal Reserve. This doesn't count the wealth of the Catholic Church Australia valued at $30 billion and another $25 billion from the Catholic Church Germany.

Catholics give about $10 every week to his or her parish. Now multiply that by 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide. That's a cool $6.25 TRILLION every year – if they all contributed. Yes, the Catholic Church maintains orphanages and gives to the poor, but the main things that eats their budget are pensions and property maintenance. It's hard to believe they don't have a very tidy sum at the end of each fiscal year. Strikingly, the Vatican claims it runs in the red. Consequently the Vatican is taking monies designated for the poor to plug its budget deficit. One of their main charities, Peter’s Pence, is only receiving 10% of their designated funds. Something was so clearly off with the Vatican's accounting Pope Francis ordered an unprecedented audit of its wealth.

A couple financial scandals, one occurring in 2014, the other in 2018, were unearthed during such an audit. "Reports have emerged detailing the movement of Vatican money through slush funds across Europe – and a Vatican investment of more than $250 million in to luxury apartments, brokered through a financier who profited even while the Vatican's investment tanked.

"Italian media also report that Vatican officials contemplated investing hundreds of millions in Angolan oil fields – money that comes mostly from an annual collection intended to support papal charities. Per the Italian reports, prosecutors have also found evidence of embezzlement, fraud, abuse of office and money-laundering among the Vatican's upper echelon managers." (source) His discovery was so explosive the auditor claims he was forced to resign.

To give the current pope much-deserved cred, he's the one who orchestrated the audit. Like President Trump, Pope Francis has been road-blocked by his own Vatican Deep State.

As to where some of the money went, there's that staggering $3.8 billion paid to priests' sexual abuse victims… Most of them were the result of homosexuality and pedophilia though occasionally a nun here and there popped up pregnant. That's not to say they weren't having a little fun off-nunnery so it may not be just due to priests. That $3.8B was just the amount paid through 2009 for nearly 5,700 victims. Now that the covering for this heavily cloaked scandal has been ripped off, that $3.8 billion surely has mushroomed. Like with the Vatican's wealth, sex abuse payouts are heavily guarded.

If they have this much money, why aren't they selling these paintings, sculptures, jewels, priceless artifacts and giving this money to aid impoverished nations? We've read comments on this very question. From Catholics, the oft-seen response is that the Vatican supports many charities and enterprises that help the poor. Yes, it does. Yet consider Luke 12:48 that says paraphrased, to whom much is given, much is required.