Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Pope in America Today

I witnessed the arrival of the Pope to America today as President Obama and the Pope prayed for our Christians. 70 million Catholics strong. Also the plea for Global Warming to be reduced for future generations. The Pope, a product of an Immigrant family shows how America was Built by immigrants.

The 1880 novel "Ben-Hur" was the first work of fiction to be blessed by a Pope.

The 1880 novel Ben-Hur was written by Civil War General Lew Wallace. Wallace wrote the novel to defend Christianity from Darwinist attacks and from Darwinist attacks and it became an international best-seller. The novel was the first work of fiction to be blessed by a Pope.

The novel features a story about Judah Ben-Hur, who accidentally injures a Roman commander for which he must endure life-long punishment. Ben-Hur is redeemed in the end of the novel by jesus, lending reason to the Pope's blessing of the book. Ben-Hur was so popular it was eventurally made into a movie by MGM in 1959. The film was the most expensive film made in the 50's.

God Bless America!

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