No, Pope Francis is not making people get microchipped. I’ve seen this nonsense in two places now.
First, microchips are no more the mark of the beast than barcodes and credit cards were. Adventists and others think keeping Sunday is the mark of the beast, but it’s clearly not, because it’s biblical.
Second, the claim comes from a satirical website, not a real newspaper. It’s a joke! Fodder for anti-Catholics in need of a conspiracy theory supporting their misguided beliefs about why most of Christianity has damned.
Here’s a nice look at why this is so funny – Pope Francis is micro-chipping Catholics?
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