I did a post back in 2018 about "Is Pope Francis the False Prophet"?
With the recent passing of Pope Francis, the answer is a definitive "No."
This is an excerpt from my post back then..........."To answer the question on Pope Francis, I think it could be possible, but he seems a bit old at 77 (81 now in 2018, as I revise this post) to fulfill the role of False Prophet. Please see my other postings on the False Prophet. Also, the website, www.biblicalfalseprophet.com,(currently not a functioning website) with Roman Catholic ties, presents a strong case for considering Pope Francis as THE biblical False Prophet or I would maintain at least a false teacher or false prophet! The role that Pope Francis may be filling is in preparing the way for a more apostate pope, perhaps the False Prophet. Francis is selecting liberal cardinals and sidelining more conservative ones. Therefore, it is perfectly reasonable that by padding the College of Cardinals with liberals, his successor would be like him or even more liberal and apostate."
Fast forward to 2025: We have a new, American pope now, Pope Leo. We will see how he does/ what he does since it is early to tell what will mark his papacy. Just recently, he criticized "nationalist..." behavior or actions, which would suggest the globalist bent of his predecessor.It is hoped Pope Francis (Jorge Bergoglio), came to know Jesus Christ as his Savior and Lord before he died.
His papacy was definitely marked by an increased apostasy and antichrist bent on many issues, such as:
- Tolerance for unrepentant homosexuals, transgenders and atheists
- Pushed for making climate change teaching to be part of the RCC's overall spiritual teaching which is definitely not in the Bible and not scientifically provable with empirical evidence
- Aggressive "dialogue" and appeasement of antichrist religions like Islam and eastern religions
- An effort to change the Lord's Prayer
- Attacks on and removal of conservative Roman Catholic clergy like Fr. Frank Pavone (Priests for Life), Bishop Strickland, Archbishop Vigano, Cardinal Burke and others.
- Bergoglio also attacked Christians who faithfully followed Jesus Christ's command to live by the Bible, as well as traditional Roman Catholics who attended the Traditional Latin Mass.
In Matthew 7:21, Jesus Christ said, "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord', shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven...." I saw sources that claimed the pope went to be with his heavenly Father but the facts don't seem to match up with this assertion since Bergoglio quite often acted at odds with the Bible in an antichrist fashion.
James 4:4 notes, "...Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God?" Jorge Bergoglio was love by the rebels in this world in accordance with I John 4:5, "They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world and the world hears them...." Only God ultimately knows how Jorge Bergoglio died whether he repented and knew Jesus or not!
