Tag: Pope Francis

To overcome a shortage of priests in the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis is considering extending the priesthood to additional numbers of married men. Pope Francis might be open to discussing the possibility of married Catholic men being ordained as priests. Francis made the comment in a recent interview with…

By now most of you know that Bernie Sanders is headed to Vatican City to speak at an event hosted by Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. I am not going to get into the he said/she said/they said conversation around who invited whom or how the whole thing came about….

On Thursday Pope Francis said Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump is “not Christian” if he intends on building a wall along the U.S. – Mexico border to keep out those wishing to come to the United States. Trump, a leading U.S. Republican presidential candidate, has promised to build a wall…

Just some food for thought for all those “compassionate” conservatives who don’t want to allow Syrian refugees into our country. Pope Francis made a poignant appeal on behalf of the world’s refugees during his Wednesday general audience, reminding all listening that Jesus, too, encountered times of hardship and danger. “We…

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. ” – Mohandas Gandhi Keep that quote in mind as we peruse a selection of tweets from Christian conservatives who clearly aren’t big fans of Pope Francis. @RaymondArroyo wish our Pope would stop…

Here’s how members of the mainstream right-wing media welcomed Pope Francis to America. A fine buncha Christians they are…

This is Donald Trump at his “best…” Donald Trump said Wednesday that he would use the threat of ISIS terrorists to scare the pope if he confronted him about the dangers of capitalism. When Pope Francis visits the United States next month he is expected to be critical of American…

As reported by The Guardian, Pope Francis is set to issue a Papal Edict on climate change ahead of next year’s UN climate meeting in Paris, in an attempt to influence the dialogue at that meeting. He has been called the “superman pope”, and it would be hard to deny…

This is HUGE. After a half-century of Cold War acrimony, the United States and Cuba moved on Wednesday to restore diplomatic relations – a historic shift that could revitalize the flow of money and people across the narrow waters that separate the two nations. President Barack Obama’s dramatic announcement in…

Well this is something… Pope Francis had strong words for the mafia during his visit to the southern Italian region of Calabria on Saturday.  In his homily for the feast of Corpus Domini, he accused the mafioso of “adoration of evil and contempt for the common good.” “Those who in…