Pope meets Myanmar’s military chief in shadow of Rohingya crisis
Reuters International This content was published on November 27, 2017 3:47 PMNov 27, 2017 – 15:47 Pope Francis is welcomed as he arrives at Yangon International Airport, […]
U.S. Catholic Leaders Signal Resistance to Pope’s Agenda
Source: The Wall Street Journal By Ian Lovett and Francis X. Rocca Updated Nov. 14, 2017 5:59 p.m. ET BALTIMORE—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops chose a conservative archbishop for a key post Tuesday, […]
Pope Says No Phones in Church. Parishioners Keep Scrolling.
Source: The New York Times By SARAH MASLIN NIR Dianne Alfaro sat in a pew in the back of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan, her head bowed during Mass on Sunday […]
Fired Catholic philosopher: Pope Francis’ teaching could ‘lead many souls…to hell’
Source: Life Site By Pete Baklinski GRANADA, Spain, September 6, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Renowned Catholic philosopher Dr. Josef Seifert said that a “strict obligation” to serving the Pope and the Church […]
Gluten-Free Host A No-Go, Says Pope
Source: NPR BY AMY HELD The Vatican says communion wafers known as the host must contain gluten. Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration Gluten has become verboten in some circles, but […]
Vatican outlaws gluten-free bread for Holy Communion
Source: BBC Bread used to celebrate the Eucharist during Roman Catholic Mass must not be gluten-free – although it may be made from genetically modified organisms, the Vatican has ruled. […]
Pope Francis, “it’s the start of World War III if there’s no dialogue”
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/pope-francis-declares-that-texting-at-the-dinner-table-will-lead-to-war_us_58adb879e4b03d80af71304d Carly LedbetterLifestyle Editor, The Huffington Post Your family and friends may hate it when you text at the dinner table, but there’s no way they’re as extreme as Pope Francis. The pope decried technology’s prominent seat at the dinner table in a speech to university students in Rome on Friday, […]
“Underground” Catholics pose challenge for Pope’s hopes of better relations with China
Source: Reuters By Lisa Jucca, Benjamin Kang Lim and Natalie Thomas | BEIJING/HONG KONG Every winter Sunday in the Chinese village of Youtong, hundreds of Catholic faithful brave subzero temperatures […]
Is the pope Catholic? Francis dismisses critics of his teachings
Source: RNS By David Gibson VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis is firing back at foes of his efforts to make the Catholic Church more open and pastoral in its ministry, telling an interviewer that “they are acting in bad faith to foment divisions.” The pontiff’s lengthy interview in Avvenire, the […]
Video Debate that May Have Triggered Pope Benedict’s Resignation
Intelligence Squared Debate The Catholic Church Is A Force For Good In The World Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was an author, essayist, orator, religious and […]
The Pedophile-Blind Cardinal Who Could Bring Down Pope Francis
Source: The Daily Beast An Australian royal commission on clerical crimes finds damning evidence that one of the Vatican’s most senior cardinals turned a blind eye to sex abuse. So […]
Pope accepts PM’s invitation to visit Pakistan
Daily Times: LAHORE – Pope Francis has accepted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s invitation to visit Pakistan this year, a media reported said on Thursday. The last pope to have visited […]
Dogma Before Reason: Catholic Church, Zika Virus and Abortion
Epigraph: All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and […]
Francis may become first pope to visit Rome mosque
By Rosie Scammell | January 20, 2016 | 1 Comment VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis is studying an invitation to visit the Grand Mosque of Rome — extended to him several […]
What Pope Benedict knew about abuse in the Catholic Church
Source: The New Yorker The election of Pope Francis, in 2013, had the effect, among other things, of displacing the painful story of priestly sexual abuse that had dominated public […]
Catholics shouldn’t try to convert Jews, says new Vatican document
Rosie Scammell | December 10, 2015 | 22 Comments VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican has said that Catholics should witness to their faith but not undertake organized efforts to convert […]
Pope Francis: ‘Christians And Muslims Are Brothers And Sisters’
The pope took his message of peace to the Central African Republic, where thousands have died in clashes that have split the country along religious lines. Source: huffingtonpost.com Pope Francis ventured into one of the world’s most dangerous neighborhoods on Monday to implore Christians and Muslims to end a spiral of […]
Pope ends Africa trip with mosque visit in besieged enclave
Reuters International NOV 30, 2015 – 09:52 By Joe Bavier and Philip Pullella BANGUI (Reuters) – Pope Francis ventured into one of the world’s most dangerous neighbourhoods on Monday to beg Christians and Muslims to end a spiral of hate, vendetta and bloodshed that has killed thousands over the […]
Could Pope Francis bring together African Muslims and Christians?
The Pontiff has kicked off his African tour, arriving in Nairobi Wednesday. In Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic, he will address matters of poverty, corruption, and interfaith healing. By Cathaleen Chen, Staff NOVEMBER 25, 2015 Source: Christian Science Monitor Save for later Goran Tomasevic/Reuters View Caption “Grata Franciscus […]
Pope Francis’ Partial Response to Evolution, 150 Years Too Late
Epigraph: “The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is Reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall.” Thomas Paine, one of the Founding […]