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Vatican Passes New Necrophilia Relics Guidelines Banning The Sale Of Body Parts Of Catholic ‘Saints’
The Vatican’s saint-making office has updated its rules governing the use of relics for saints, issuing detailed new guidelines that govern body parts.

The Vatican’s saint-making office has updated its rules governing the use of relics for would-be saints, issuing detailed new guidelines Saturday that govern how body parts and cremated remains are to be obtained, transferred and protected for eventual veneration.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The dictionary defines necrophilia as, among other things, an “unnatural attraction to dead bodies”. Many people don’t know that nearly every Catholic Church on earth, when it is built, has body parts of some dead Catholic “saint” built into the altar. This grotesque practice is called “veneration”, the body parts are called “relics”, and the prayers to “saints” that are generated from it are a foundational part of Catholic worship. The Bible however defines this as idolatry, and as you might suspect, condemns it. So when you read this article, just remember that it’s about the Catholic Church passing new rules to protect the body parts of the dead people they worship. Any wonder why Revelation refers to this unholy, corrupt system as the Whore of Babylon?
“So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” Revelation 17:3-5 (KJB)
The instructions explicitly rule out selling the hair strands, hands, teeth and other body parts of saints that often fetch high prices in online auctions. They also prohibit the use of relics in sacrilegious rituals and warn that the church may have to obtain consent from surviving family members before unearthing the remains of candidates for sainthood.
Officials said the guidelines were necessary given some obstacles that had emerged since the rules were last revised in 2007, particularly when surviving relatives and church officials disagreed. One current case before a U.S. appeals court concerns a battle over the remains of Fulton Sheen, an American archbishop known for his revolutionary radio and television preaching in the 1950s and 1960s.
Sheen’s niece went to court to force the archdiocese of New York to transfer Sheen’s body from under the altar of St. Patrick’s Cathedral to Peoria, Illinois, where Sheen was born, ordained a priest and where his sainthood cause has been launched by Peoria’s bishop.
The New York archdiocese refused and appealed a 2016 lower court ruling in favor of the niece. A decision from the appeals court is expected soon.
The Catholic Church has dead bodies in gold boxes all over the world that people are instructed to pray to:
Soooo, if this is the church that “Jesus started”, why are they doing this? (click here to view if reading this via email).
Monsignor Robert Sarno of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints said it’s impossible to know what difficulties could complicate a saint-making case or whether the new guidelines might have helped avoid the legal battle over Sheen.
But Sarno said the Vatican believed the updates were needed anyway to provide bishops around the world with a detailed, go-to guide in multiple languages to replace the Latin instructions that provided only general rules to follow.
New to the protocols is a section that makes clear that bishops must have the “consent of the heirs” in regions where the bodies of the dead legally belong to surviving family members. The revised instructions lay out in detail how a body is to be unearthed, saying it must be covered with a “decorous” cloth while a relic is being taken and then re-buried in clothes of similar style.
The guidance also explicitly allows for cremated remains to be used as relics. For most of its 2,000-year history, the Catholic Church only permitted burial, arguing that it best expressed the Christian hope for resurrection. But in 1963, the Vatican explicitly allowed cremation as long as it didn’t suggest a denial of faith about resurrection.
The new instruction also makes clear that bishops must agree in writing to any transfer of the remains, and calls for absolute secrecy when a body is unearthed and a relic taken for eventual veneration.
The document repeats church teaching that relics from candidates for sainthood can only be venerated publicly once they have been beatified, the first step to possible sainthood. source
The official Catholic position on the placing a relics in the altar of a Catholic church:
- QUESTION: I would like to know the present teaching of the Church, with documentary evidence, on fixing relics of the saints at the altar of Holy Mass. — K.S., Nagapattinam, India
- ANSWER: The General Instruction of the Roman Missal, No. 302, contains the following statement: “The practice of placing relics of Saints, even those not Martyrs, under the altar to be dedicated is fittingly retained. Care should be taken, however, to ensure the authenticity of such relics.”
This statement summarizes the more detailed treatment of this question found in other documents such as the Roman Pontifical, Dedication of a Church and an Altar, and in the Ceremonial of Bishops.
No. 866 of this latter book indicates the basic norms for relics:
“The tradition in the Roman liturgy of placing relics of martyrs or other saints beneath the altar should be preserved, if possible. But the following should be noted:
- “a. such relics should be of a size sufficient for them to be recognized as parts of human bodies; hence excessively small relics of one or more saints must not be placed beneath the altar;
- “b. the greatest care must be taken to determine whether the relics in question are authentic; it is better for an altar to be dedicated without relics than to have relics of doubtful authenticity placed beneath it;
- “c. a reliquary must not be placed upon the altar or set into the table of the altar; it must be placed beneath the table of the altar, as the design of the altar permits.” source

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NTEB PROPHECY NEWS PODCAST: All The Elements Are In Place For The 3rd Installment Of World War On The European Continent, When Will It Happen?

Putin, Trump and Macron are doing their level best to plunge Europe into WWIII, and it starting to look like all their hard work will pay off sooner rather than later
World War I was a huge surprise because a world war had never happened before, so when it all started to ignite it was shocking and hard to comprehend for most people. Especially when you consider that the years preceding The Great War ushered in life-changing technological marvels like electricity, the automobile, the airplane and the telephone, leading people to think “heaven on earth” had arrived. But they were oh so very wrong. WWII was also a surprise seeing how shortly after WWI it took place. But the war that is percolating right now in Europe, let’s call it WWIII, you can see coming from a hundred miles away. There are 3 main drivers of this coming war, and they are Donald Trump in the United States, Vladimir Putin in Russia and Emmanuel Macron in France. Shocked? Don’t be, each of these men have a role to play whether they know it or not. That’s the memo.
“Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.” Psalm 27:3 (KJB)
On this episode of the Prophecy News Podcast, Europe is ramping up for war with things like the ‘ReArm Europe’ initiative, Emmanuel Macron pledging France’s nuclear arsenal to defend against Russia, and a call for an EU Army that we’ve been telling you was coming since 2017. All the elements have gathered themselves together, and the only question is, what will be the spark that ignites the powder keg? On this episode, we bring you facts developing on the ground in Europe, Russia and the United States, in the hopes that you will see just how close we are to the start of WWIII. And Emmanuel Macron? He never disappoints, and for those of you who agree with us that he is likely the biblical man of sin, you will love today’s program.
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- EU ARMY: European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen Announces The ‘ReArm Europe’ Initiative To Prepare The Continent For World War 3
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Emmanuel Macron
‘BRINK OF THE ABYSS!’ Emmanuel Macron Tells Putin That France Will Use Their Nuclear Arsenal To Protect Europe From Attack By Russia

France’s President Emmanuel Macron is bringing Europe to the brink of ‘abyss’ with his nuclear deterrent statements, pro-Putin hardliners have claimed.
The events that took place in the White House where President Trump and Vice President Vance gave Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky a tongue lashing continue to reverberate across the continent of Europe. 2 days ago, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced the start of ‘ReArm Europe’ to prepare EU member states against an attack by Russia. Yesterday, French president Emmanuel Macron echoed that call for a European Army, and then upped the ante by saying France would use their nuclear arsenal to defend against Putin. Yep, calling it the ‘brink of the abyss’ is spot on, and that’s the memo.
“For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.“ 2 Chronicles 16:9 (KJB)
Isn’t it an amazing coincidence that the only member of the European Union that has nuclear weapons is France, and that Emmanuel Macron is the one that controls the launch codes? Funny how that is. Donald Trump’s second term is markedly different from his first term, this time around he seems to have quite a different spirit, and seems eager to drive to war even while calling himself a man of peace. Yesterday on X, Trump tweeted to Hamas saying in part “This is your last warning! For the leadership, now is the time to leave Gaza, while you still have a chance. Also, to the People of Gaza: A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD! This is your last warning!” I know of no other American president who has ever publicly addressed another nation or people in such an open and aggressive manner. For now, his rhetoric seems to be greatly increasing the possibility of WWIII breaking out sooner rather than later. God is using Trump to advance the end times timeline, and that’s why I voted for him.
‘Brink of abyss!’ Russia hits back at Emmanuel Macron after he told Europe to ‘prepare for war’
FROM GREAT BRITAIN NEWS: In an address to his nation on Wednesday, Emmanuel Macron warned that Russia was “a threat for France and Europe”, that the Ukraine war was already a “global conflict”, and offered to protect his allies under France’s nuclear umbrella.
“Europe’s future does not have to be decided in Washington or Moscow,” Macron said, and said that “the innocence of the last 30 years” which followed the fall of the Berlin Wall is “now over”.
But his remarks have been met with scorn from Russian lawmakers.
“Such an erroneous analysis leads to fatal errors,” senior Russian senator Konstantin Kosachev said.
“Our nuclear deterrent protects us,” Macron said in a televised address Wednesday. “I have decided to open the strategic debate on the protection, through our deterrent, of our allies on the European continent.” source
Macron saying that “Russia has become a threat to France and to Europe.” The last installment in the trilogy is coming, no doubt about that. https://t.co/W9oZkLisRp
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“Macron maniacally imposes on his citizens, allies and the entire world a completely false concept of what is happening – ‘the Russians are coming!’ Such false conclusions and false suggestions lead to the abyss.”
Ex-Russian President and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev also weighed in on the comments as he coined a new nickname for his former French counterpart: “Micron”.
“Russia has become, as I speak to you and for years to come, a threat to France and Europe, says Macron,” Medvedev said on social media. READ MORE
Emmanuel Macron and Europe Ramping Up For WWIII
President Emmanuel Macron said he’ll enter into talks to use France’s nuclear capabilities to defend European allies, in the latest push by a European country to establish strategic security as the US reduces its footprint on the continent.
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China
FIGHT TO THE END: China Tells Trump That They Are ‘Ready For War’ With America Whether It Be Over Tariffs, Trade Or Any Other Type Of Battle

China says it is ‘ready for war’ with America as it raises defence spending and imposes retaliatory tariffs on US imports.
The only problem with talking tough is that at some point, somebody will take you up on it, and today Communist China has issued a statement saying they are not afraid of any type of war that President Trump and his administration may wish to engage in. China has the second largest military defense spending budget in the world, second only to America. China also has the world’s largest standing army with just under 3 million soldiers, nearly triple the size of America’s military. Fun fact, 2025 is the Chinese Year of the Snake, and that’s the memo.
“And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.” Revelation 16:12 (KJB)
Donald Trump has burst back into the Oval Office, raring to go and take on the world, and he was settled on a “slash and burn” approach to making it happen. That makes for great headlines, it doesn’t necessarily make for good foreign policy. Putting tariffs on countries like Canada and Mexico is one thing, doing it to China is something else entirely. As we told you yesterday, over in Europe they have begun to prepare for the global conflict that just about everyone concedes as inevitable. Is it? Sure looks that way. Wars and rumours of war are everywhere you look, exactly as your King James Bible tells you it will be in the time of the end. You are here.
China says it is ‘ready for war’ with America
FROM THE TELEGRAPH UK: In a direct threat to Donald Trump, China’s representatives in America said: “If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we’re ready to fight till the end.” The US has hit China with 20 per cent tariffs in response to what the White House considers to be Chinese inaction over the flow of fentanyl into America. Beijing has responded by announcing plans to boost defence spending by 7.2 per cent and to hit the US with reciprocal tariffs of 10 to 15 per cent on certain imports from March 10.
The fiery language comes as China’s top legislature met for annual “Two Sessions” meetings in Beijing, where plans to boost defence spending by 7.2 per cent were revealed. The rise in spending is equal to the jump last year and takes the official budget to roughly 1.78 trillion yuan (£190 billion), as China pursues the goal of Xi Jinping, its president, to build a modern military by 2027.
On Wednesday, Li Qiang, China’s premier, vowed there would be “all out efforts” to hit the target in his annual address to the legislature, adding that Beijing “will step up military training and combat readiness so as to firmly safeguard China’s sovereignty, security and development interests”.
The Asian superpower has stoked alarm with increasingly aggressive moves in Asia and the Pacific – including recent live-fire drills off the Australian coast, military exercises close to Taiwan and Vietnam and confrontations with the Philippine coast guard in the South China Sea. Japan, South Korea and India have all criticised the projections of military might.
Earlier this week, it was revealed that China is developing a new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which would be larger and more advanced than any vessel in its fleet, in an attempt to rival the US. Although Beijing has the second-largest military budget in the world, however, it remains dwarfed by American spending – even accounting for Mr Trump’s plans to cut the budget by eight per cent over the next five years.
The US military budget for 2025 stands at around $850 billion (£662 billion). Although the Pentagon says China spends more than it publicly declares – up to $450 billion, when items listed in other budgets are included – the official sum still represents less than two per cent of GDP, which is below Sir Keir Starmer’s proposed spend of 2.5 per cent. Analysts have cautioned that despite the strong rhetoric, China is not yet actively gearing up for war. Beijing’s strong language was triggered by the Trump administration’s new tariffs, which also hit Mexico and Canada and came into force on Tuesday. READ MORE
China says it is ‘ready for war’ with America on any level
Donald Trump has admitted his tariffs on major trading partners will cause “a little disturbance” – as China said it was “ready” for “any type of war” with the US. The US president made his comments in an address to Congress, hours after the levies on imports came into effect. The Chinese embassy in the US posted on X: “If war is what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we’re ready to fight till the end.”
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