What is happening in Italy right now is going to eventually prove to be of the utmost importance to all the inhabitants on this planet. And I do not exaggerate one iota. One might think that Italy would be one of the last countries on earth where Islam would set its sights and hope to gain territory and a following, but the number of Muslims in Italy now number between one-and-a-half and two million with 250,000 of them already holding Italian citizenship! Turin, Italy alone has 130,000 Muslim residents. The second largest mosque in the Western world is in Rome and will accommodate 12,000 worshipers.
Pope Francis has stated a number of times that Islam is strengthening Europe and is a blessing to the church, meaning the Roman Catholic Church, of course. Always in the past the Catholic popes have been hostile toward Islam. (Remember, it was the popes who ordered the crusades in order to drive the Muslims out of Europe and Jerusalem, killing them by the thousands). But, believe it or not, Pope Francis has offered to build a Mosque on the grounds of the Vatican.
Pope Benedict XVI was forced to resign the papacy following a speech he gave at the University of Regensburg September 12, 2006 in which he disparaged both the Quran (Koran) and Mohammed, whereas Pope Francis has referred to the Quran as “a book of peace.”
When reading of the beast and the great whore in Revelation think Islam and Roman Catholicism. Islam and Roman Catholicism will do as Pilate and Herod did two thousand years ago: “And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together, for before they were at enmity between themselves” (Luke 23:14). And history is going to repeat itself when these former enemies, Islam and Roman Catholicism come together as friends. And when that day arrives then lift up your heads and look up for your redemption draws near.
Christ’s Aged Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley