Francis’ Birthday: Was It a Coincidence? By Father Brian W. Harrison, OS

A bolt of lightning shattered the key, the blessing hand, and the halo of the statue of St Peter on the façade of the church Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolas, a sanctuary in Buenos Aires, Argentina …More
A bolt of lightning shattered the key, the blessing hand, and the halo of the statue of St Peter on the façade of the church Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolas, a sanctuary in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 17 December. Gloria.tv reported about it.
The convergence of the following multiple features suggests something more than a blind and meaningless coincidence:
1) Out of several thousand Catholic dioceses in the world, the one where this lightning bolt struck was Francis' former Archdiocese of Buenos Aires.
2) The statue damaged at this Argentinian shrine was of St. Peter, whose successor Francis is.
3) The lightning bolt struck the statue on Francis' birthday, December 17, 2023.
4) As can be seen in the 'before' and 'after' photos, the lightning did not destroy the statue as a whole, but only blasted off certain highly symbolic parts of it, two of which have to do with Peter's sanctity and authority respectively: the halo surmounting the statue's head, and the "keys of the kingdom"…More
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Something came to mind. What if it was a laser beam controlled by forces threatening the pope. The pope knows the Catholic world will reject this proclamation and do so very publicly. Why would he end his papacy in failure. Maybe they are giving him a taste of what they could do to Rome. Didn’t Mary say a pope would flee Rome?
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Lightning destroyed key, hand of St. Peter statue in Argentina on Pope Francis’ birthday
la verdad prevalece
The perverse influence of the apostate Bergoglio in Argentina not only crossed the limits of Uruguay but also those of the Vatican itself. De la Cigoña published an article back in Dec 26, …
mystic
Mm. The staff in great shape, without holiness? What would that mean?
O yes of course.
48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will …More
Mm. The staff in great shape, without holiness? What would that mean?
O yes of course.

48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ 49 and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. 50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. 51 He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Geminiano Secundo
Fr. Brian Harrison O.S.: 1) Out of several thousand Catholic dioceses in the world, the one where this lightning bolt struck was Francis' former Archdiocese of Buenos Aires.
- The author bases his argument on a gross factual error, because lightning struck the statue of St. Peter in the Rosary Sanctuary in San Nicolas de Los Arroyos, a city located in the Province of Buenos Aires, approximately …More
Fr. Brian Harrison O.S.: 1) Out of several thousand Catholic dioceses in the world, the one where this lightning bolt struck was Francis' former Archdiocese of Buenos Aires.
- The author bases his argument on a gross factual error, because lightning struck the statue of St. Peter in the Rosary Sanctuary in San Nicolas de Los Arroyos, a city located in the Province of Buenos Aires, approximately 240 km from the city of Buenos Aires, the federal capital of Argentina.
San Nicolas de Los Arroyos is the capital of the diocese that is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Rosario.
Geminiano Secundo
Explanation of the thundering sign from heaven, here.
la verdad prevalece
Let us not forget that the apostate Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Cardinal and president of the episcopal conference acted as the owner of all of Argentina.
Bergoglio covered up pedophile priests when he was a Cardinal and the president of the Argentine Episcopal Conference.
la verdad prevalece
From November 2005 to November 2011 Bergoglio was President of the Argentine Episcopal Conference.
Geminiano Secundo
@The Wandering Recluse The nickname 'Wandering recluse' is an internal contradiction, so there is no point in arguing with the opinions expressed by this person.
samtheman
Recluses have been known to walkabout. Movement is key to longer life.
samtheman
they do have to go to the bathroom , on that rare occasion but it's been known to happen.