Pope Francis Gets Basketball Tips from Harlem Globetrotters
At his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis welcomed some of the Harlem Globetrotters, who were visiting Rome while on tour.
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Pope Francis: Christians Must Avoid ‘Heresy’ of a Faraway God
In his morning Mass Thursday, Pope Francis insisted on God’s nearness to humanity, noting that it was an early Christian heresy that saw Him as far away and abstract, instead of the “God with us” of the visible, tangible Christ.
Pope Francis: Christians Are Not Masochists
Christians are called to bear trials and tribulations with courage and patience, but this does not mean they are masochists, Pope Francis said Tuesday morning.
Pope Francis Asserts His Fallibility in Day-to-Day Affairs
In a meeting with Christian laypeople Thursday, Pope Francis explained a confusing schedule mix-up by appealing to his fallibility in daily activities.
Guardian: If Pope Were Truly Pro-Woman, He Would Support Abortion
The Pope’s stand in favor of women’s equality and against abortion may earn him the ire of the reigning feminist regime, but it seems he has history on his side.
Report: Pope Francis Most Influential Leader on Twitter
A new study claims that Pope Francis is the most influential person on Twitter for the third year in a row, and his influence is growing steadily. Although U.S. President Barack Obama has more followers than any other world leader, Pope Francis is the most retweeted leader, which counts more for “influence,” according to the criteria used by the study.
As SCOTUS Deliberates, Pope Francis Crusades for Man-Woman Marriage
While climate change activists busily campaigned the Pope for support for their projects, Francis’s mind was elsewhere, reflecting on the importance of traditional marriage and the plight of women in the world.
Vatican Climate Workshop Pressures Pope Francis to Go ‘Full Warmist’
A group of like-minded thinkers meeting at the Vatican for a workshop on climate change have issued a final statement, making a series of bold proclamations on the environment and issuing an alarming ultimatum that the climate summit in Paris later this year “may be the last effective opportunity” to keep global warming from reaching “devastating” levels.
The UN Parks its Tanks on St Peter’s Square
VATICAN CITY: “Religion and science are united on the need for action on climate,” declared UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon at a papal climate summit in the Vatican this morning. This statement is at best moot, at worst a risible and
Climate Change Skeptics Write Open Letter Urging Pope Francis to Rethink Global Warming
ROME, Italy–As the Vatican gears up for a high-level workshop on climate change this Tuesday, a group of 90 prominent scientists, religious leaders, and academics have written an open letter to Pope Francis, urging him to entertain the scientific and moral arguments against current climate change theories.
Turkey Captures Nearly 350 Migrants Trying to Cross Mediterranean to Italy
The Turkish government announced it had captured 350 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from the port region of Mersin to Italy or the greater EU.
Why God is Not a Warmist
ROME, Italy – Contrary to what a worryingly large proportion of His churches believe, God isn’t a climate charge alarmist. If you’re in any doubt, I’d recommend you read this superbly erudite open letter to Pope Francis which has been
No More Boring Sermons, Says Pope to Priests
On Sunday morning Pope Francis ordained 19 new priests, exhorting them to serve the flock rather than manage it, and to feed the people of God with heartfelt homilies rather than boring sermons.
Vatican Cardinal Criticizes European Accord on Immigration as ‘Disappointing’
In an interview Friday with Italy’s Religious Information Service (SIR), the President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants, Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò, expressed harsh criticism of the accord reached Thursday at the EU Brussels summit on the issue of Europe’s immigration crisis.
Major Italian Blitz on Terrorist Cell Reveals Bombing Plot against Vatican
ROME, Italy– Counterterrorism police conducted coordinated raids across Italy on Friday against an Islamist cell based in Sardinia and linked to al-Qaeda, arresting eight Pakistanis and an Afghan.
Vatican Cardinal: China Needs a ‘Constantine’ to Become a Christian Nation
ROME, Italy– With his usual candor, Australian Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican’s financial czar, spoke Thursday of the future of Christianity in the United States, Europe, and China–noting that Christianity is already spreading like wildfire in China just as it did “in the old pagan Roman Empire” two thousand years ago.
Vatican Exorcism Course Draws 170 Students to Study Demonic Activity
The tenth annual course on exorcism has gotten off to a bang in Rome, with a full house of 170 students eager to learn how to recognize and fight demonic possession.
Turkish Hackers Knock Out Vatican Website in Protest of Pope’s Genocide Comments
Access to the Vatican website, www.vatican.va, was blocked twice in the space of 24 hours this week following Pope Francis’s comments Sunday regarding the Armenian genocide.
Pope Takes on Feminists, Gender Theorists, Gay Activists
Continuing with his insistence that Christians speak the truth boldly and “without fear” of the consequences, on Wednesday Pope Francis took on both the gay lobby and radical feminists by contending that men and women are essentially different and not interchangeable.
Turkey Accuses Pope Francis of ‘Fueling Hatred’ by Referring to Armenian Genocide
Turkey’s reaction to Pope Francis’s comments Sunday on the Armenian genocide was swift and resolute, as the country recalled its Vatican ambassador back to Ankara and denounced the Pope for instigating “hatred and animosity” by spreading “unfounded allegations.”
Pope Francis Uses the ‘G-Word’ in Commemoration of Armenian Massacre
Rampant speculation on whether Pope Francis would employ the “G-word” in describing the Turkish massacre of 1.5 million Armenians a century ago has been definitively answered as the Pope called the slaughter “the first genocide of the twentieth century” Sunday
Pope Francis Praises Armenian Christians’ Fidelity in the Face of Turkish Genocide
In preparation for a special Mass commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide to be celebrated Sunday, Pope Francis received a delegation Thursday from the Armenian-Catholic Church.
African Cardinal Napier Publicly Blasts Progressive Cardinal Walter Kasper
In an unusually public and confrontational manner, South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier shot off a series of Twitter messages this week criticizing his fellow cardinal, the German Walter Kasper, in response to a Huffington Post article that called Kasper “the Pope’s theologian.”
Pope Francis, Thousands Brave Rain for Easter in St. Peter’s Square
In an Easter peace wish, Pope Francis on Sunday praised the framework nuclear agreement with Iran as an opportunity to make the world safer, while expressing deep worry about bloodshed in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa.
Vatican Exorcism Course Distinguishes Devilry from Psychological Illness
The Vatican is offering a course on exorcism—or casting out demons—this April to teach priests and laypeople how to recognize and fight demonic possession.
