"The Vatican leader has met unofficially with a number of evangelicals in recent months including Texas televangelists James Robinson and Kenneth Copeland and other Pentecostal preachers."
""Many of us, in fact, believe your election as bishop of Rome was the work of the Holy Spirit," the Pentecostal pastor added. Francis and Traettino first met in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the late 1990s, where the pastor was establishing ties between charismatic Catholics and Pentecostal Protestants."
""We cannot claim that our division is anything less than a scandal and an obstacle to our proclaiming the Gospel of salvation to the world," Francis told the Anglican head, and added: "The goal of full unity may seem distant indeed, [. . .] it remains the aim which should direct our every step along the way.""
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Although I am all for the proclaiming of the gospel and removing all hinderances in the way, I am not for this "full unity" that appears to be the underlying agenda which would undoubtedly mean bowing and submitting to rome and the papacy. Also, I find it quite troubling but also not surprising that it is people like Copeland who are spearheading this "full unity." Lastly, although we need to love and share the gospel with Catholics, we need to be cautious of thinking that displays and manifestations of the "supernatural" necessitates a common union with Christ; Charismatic Catholic does not equate to brother in Christ just because we both happen to speak in tongues and prophesy. It is the gospel of Jesus Christ and salvation by faith alone which unites us as one family from every tribe, tongue, and nation.
