Promise of the Beast | Pope Francis Declares Celestine Jubilee

Benedict XVI leaves his pallium on the crypt of Celestine V

A jubilee year is a concept taken from the Law of Moses. I say concept because what the Pope is proposing only seems to be superficially similar to the Jewish year of jubilee. There is also a long history of jubilee from the pagan world of Sumeria and Babylon. From Levitcus 25 (NASB);

Promise of the Beast | Campaign for debt relief gains momentum, allies in the Vatican

A Washington-based organization and its worldwide partners working to carry on the biblical principle of jubilee have gained the attention of the Vatican.

June 13 - The International Monetary Fund Executive Board meets to discuss responsible lending and borrowing, predatory hedge funds and aspects of an international bankruptcy process. Jubilee USA and New Rules for Global Finance urged the Fund to pass reforms that will protect the poor.

Representatives of Jubilee USA Network and its partners discussed the need for debt relief for poor countries and international financial reform for 90 minutes May 21 in the Apostolic Palace with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, and Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.