FINAL WARNING: Setting the Stage for Destruction
worshipped God.When he returned to America, Graham was asked if his views towards
communism had changed, and he said: “I’ve changed a little at this
point, but I am not a pro-Communist.” In Franklin Graham’s book
Rebel With a Cause, he said that on one particular trip to Russia,
Soviet government officials completely controlled his schedule, “but
never hindered his preaching ... (because) Daddy never spoke against
Communism in his sermons.”In 1957, Graham was quoted as saying that Catholicism was “a stench
in the nostrils of God,” yet leaders in his own organization, the Billy
Graham Evangelistic Association, have tried to assure supporters that
Billy is not catering to the Catholic Church.In the early 1950’s, Cardinal Richard Cushing, the Archbishop of
Boston, said that “if he had half a dozen Billy Grahams, he would not
worry about the future of his Church.” After meeting with him in 1964,
Cushing said: “I am 100% for the evangelist. I have never known a
religious crusade that was more effective than Dr. Graham’s. I have
never heard the slightest criticism of anything he has ever said from a
Catholic source.” In response, Graham said: “I feel much closer to
Roman Catholic tradition than to some of the more liberal
Protestants...” In 1966, he said: “I find myself closer to Catholics than
the radical Protestants.” In 1978, Billy said: “I found that my beliefs are
essentially the same as those of orthodox Catholics.”When Billy was in Poland in 1978, he praised the “greatness” of Pope
Paul VI, even though leaders of his own church criticized him for
catering to Communists. Pope Paul was the first Pope to visit the
West, and the first place he went was the United Nations, where he
gave a speech on October 4, 1965, and then was taken to the
Meditation Room.Graham admitted to being an admirer of Pope John Paul II, and said on
the Phil Donahue Show in 1979:“I think the American people are looking for a leader, a moral
spiritual leader that believes something. And he does. He didn’t
mince words on a single subject. As a matter of fact, his subject