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Rabbi Shmuley Right on Mideast, Wrong on Pius XII

I agree with Rabbi Shmuley’s main assessment that Pope Francis needs to show moral clarity and stand with Israel against those who seek to destroy her. However, to no fault of his own, Shmuley’s argument is based on false premises,

Rabbi Shmuley Right on Mideast, Wrong on Pius XII

Pope Francis, Netanyahu Spar over Jesus' Native Language

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Pope Francis and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traded words on Monday over the language spoken by Jesus two millennia ago. “Jesus was here, in this land. He spoke Hebrew,” Netanyahu told Francis, at a public meeting

Pope from Jerusalem Pleads 'Please, No More Terrorism'

On Monday while visiting with Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Pope Francis made an unscheduled stop at the terrorism victims’ memorial. The pope leaned against the wall engraved with the names of Israeli victims

Pope from Jerusalem Pleads 'Please, No More Terrorism'

Pope Honors Holocaust Survivors in Israel

JERUSALEM (AP) — Pope Francis honored Jews killed in the Holocaust, kissing the hands of six survivors in an emotional ceremony at Israel’s national Holocaust memorial on Monday as he capped a Mideast trip with poignant stops at some of

Pope Honors Holocaust Survivors in Israel

Vatican Praises U.N. Climate Change Efforts

Despite the fact that the Holy See has recently been excoriated by two U.N. Committees for its beliefs about sexuality and abortion, the U.N. is finding use for the Catholic Church in Pope Francis’ expression of support for global awareness

Vatican Praises U.N. Climate Change Efforts

Christian Exodus Shadows Papal Visit to Holy Land

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Pope Francis will arrive this weekend in the land where Christianity was born — and where Christians are disappearing. This ancient community has dwindled to around 2 percent of the region’s population as economic hardship,

Christian Exodus Shadows Papal Visit to Holy Land

Barbara Walters: 'I'm Not Saying Goodbye Forever'

Thursday on Fusion TV’s “America with Jorge Ramos” when pressed if this is actually the last America will see of the journalism icon, Barbara Walters said, “If the Pope said he would do an interview, would I come back? You

Barbara Walters: 'I'm Not Saying Goodbye Forever'

Pope Francis: 'Tea Party Catholic'?

On Breitbart News Saturday, Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon and Editor in Chief Alex Marlow discussed Pope Francis’s remarks to the United Nations where he called for “legitimate redistribution of economic benefits by the State,” using government and the private

Pope Francis: 'Tea Party Catholic'?

Pope Francis Tells UN Chiefs to Protect the Unborn

Pope Francis met with the Secretary General of the United Nations along with the heads of all the major UN agencies. In his message he directly and indirectly mentioned the thorny UN issue of abortion. Francis told the gathered heads

Pope Francis Tells UN Chiefs to Protect the Unborn

Bishop Silences Conservative Deacon's Blog

A popular Catholic blog, Protect the Pope, will close tomorrow after the Bishop of Lancaster refused to let its author continue writing. The blog, written by Deacon Nick Donnelly, was set up prior to Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the

Bishop Silences Conservative Deacon's Blog

Poles Applaud Beloved John Paul II's Sainthood

KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — Nine years after his death, Poles are once again lauding their beloved countryman, Pope John Paul II, as he was declared a saint in an unprecedented Vatican ceremony Sunday. Bells tolled across Poland and the crowds

Poles Applaud Beloved John Paul II's Sainthood

Egypt's Former Military Chief Visits Coptic Pope Ahead of Easter

On April 19th, Egypt’s retired Field Marshall “and presumed presidential front-runner,” Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, visited the Coptic pope. This is el-Sissi’s “first public appearance since he formally made his bid for the presidency.” According to The Washington Post, Pope Tawadros II

Egypt's Former Military Chief Visits Coptic Pope Ahead of Easter

Pelosi and the Pope: A Tale of Two Thursdays

On Thursday, April 17, known as Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday on the 2014 Christian calendar, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Pope Francis both participated in a foot-washing ritual, but apparently with very different goals. The pope stressed

Pelosi and the Pope: A Tale of Two Thursdays

Vatican to Use Hawk to Protect Doves of Peace

Credere, a Catholic weekly, reports that the Vatican has decided to employ a hawk to protect the Pope’s doves, after two doves were killed by a crow and seagull on January 26th.  The doves were promptly killed by the birds

Vatican to Use Hawk to Protect Doves of Peace