NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — Roman Catholic leaders made a rare visit to the border and celebrated Mass on Tuesday in the shadow of the fence separating the U.S. and Mexico, offering Holy Communion through the steel barrier to people on
On March 27, President Obama met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, but the topics of discussion remain in dispute. Whatever was talked about, it’s hard to imagine that the pontiff could win over Obama in areas where they disagree,
The Republican Jewish Coalition spring leadership meeting is under way in Las Vegas. I use “under way” in the loosest sense possible, since all that’s happened as of Friday is a round of golf, a poker tournament, and a very
At some point in the media’s ongoing coverage of Pope Francis, one would assume they would start to get a clue about how Catholicism works. So far, one would be mostly wrong in doing so–especially as regards the Catholic view
If President Obama opened the International New York Times when he woke up at the US Ambassador residence Thursday morning in Rome, he would have been greeted by a full-page ad from the dissident “Catholics for Choice” telling him to ignore
President Barack Obama answered reporters questions about his visit with Pope Francis Thursday by saying “the largest bulk of the time” was spent discussing two central concerns of the pope’s “growing inequality” and “how elusive peace is around the world.”
President Mitt Romney wanted to talk about his meeting with the Pope today, but instead he was besieged by a swarm of reporters shouting questions about the remarkable string of high-profile Republicans arrested by the FBI, or resigning under federal
VATICAN CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama and the Vatican gave distinctly different accounts of the president’s audience with Pope Francis, with Obama stressing their common ground over issues of poverty and inequality and Vatican officials emphasizing sharp differences over
Maybe because he’s got a guilt complex, maybe because he subconsciously hates his “staunch Conservative” father, maybe because he’s just a bit nuts, or maybe for reasons beyond our imaginations, John Mills — multi-millionaire founder of the JML shopping channel
Jimmy Carter, thinker extraordinaire, has weighed in on what causes the abuse of women and girls, and he has found the answer: religion. Appearing on Meet the Press with Andrea Mitchell, Carter decided to grace the western world with the
A large group of Los Angeles residents have organized a trip to Vatican City to urge Pope Francis to advocate for legalizing illegal immigrants in the United States. The group will bring two children with them to tell the stories
On March 5, Pope Francis gave an interview to the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera in which he was asked a question concerning civil unions as a legal alternative to marriage. It’s worth reading the entire thing (click here for
Pope Francis has cancelled his scheduled visit to Israel because of an ongoing labor dispute at the Israeli Foreign Ministry. As the Times of Israel reports, the pontiff was scheduled to travel to Israel for a stay from May 24th
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday gave his new cardinals what amounted to a code of conduct : “no intrigue, gossip, power pacts, favoritism.” Francis also urged the 19 men he elevated to cardinal a day earlier to
Thousands of engaged couples clutching heart balloons and holding “I Love You” banners crowded into St Peter’s Square on Friday for a highly unusual Valentine’s Day date — an audience with Pope Francis. White silk cushions on which couples tie
With just two days to go, last night the jet lag finally hit. It was after 3 AM before the Jim Morrison-handful of Tylenol PM finally knocked me out. The 6:30 AM nudge from the wife made me weep, and
According to our tour guide… The Necropolis or City of the Dead was discovered by accident sometime in the late 1930s. A part of the floor in the Basilica of St. Peter needed to be lowered and while digging up
Everything is smaller in Rome. At least the parts of Rome that I have seen so far. I just finished taking a shower in something the size of a phone booth and had to increase the font size on this
A Harley-Davidson motorbike that briefly belonged to Pope Francis was sold for 241,500 euros ($326,000), 16 times its highest original valuation, at an auction in Paris on Thursday. The US motorbike maker gave the 1,585cc Dyna Super Glide to the
George Stephanopoulos, the former Clinton White House staffer-turned-ABC News anchor, challenged Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on This Week Sunday morning by playing “the Pope card”: “You don’t think he’d Pope would endorse your budget, do you?” he asked the House Budget Committee
Imagine, on Super Bowl Sunday, if a sports reporter piped up and said things like, “Hey, since it’s called football, can you touch the ball?” or “Hey, what’s with the blocking and tackling? That’s kind of mean,” or “Hey, touchdowns,
US President Barack Obama expressed strong admiration of Pope Francis for promoting “a true sense of brotherhood and sisterhood and regard for those who are less fortunate,” in an interview aired Friday. The US president, who will visit the Vatican
On Thursday Pope Francis delivered a statement to the University of Notre Dame in the United States that it should be an “uncompromising witness…to the Church’s moral teaching,” and to resist “efforts, from whatever quarter, to dilute that indispensable witness,”
Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles read aloud the letters of children of illegal aliens that were addressed to Pope Francis and collected by a coalition of groups seeking rights for illegal immigrants. Gomez said he hoped the letters would
VATICAN CITY, Jan. 29 (UPI) —A former male stripper turned erotic film actor said Pope Francis blessed his parrot during his general audience in Vatican City. Francesco Lombardi, who uses the stage name Ghyblj, said he decided to come forward
Animal rights enthusiasts have asked the Pope to stop releasing doves from the window of the Vatican after some doves were attacked after a release by a seagull and a crow on Sunday, January 26. In an open letter, the
As the Church of England, known popularly as the Anglican Church – along with its American cousin, the Episcopal Church – struggles to find its place while rapidly incorporating 21st Century social mores and cultural shifts into its flexible theology, there’s a temptation to
VATICAN CITY (AP) — French President Francois Hollande met Friday with Pope Francis amid tensions in his private life over a gossip magazine’s report about an alleged affair with an actress. Vatican Television covered Hollande’s arrival Friday live, showing the
Here are a couple of things we were reminded of during the Christmas season: Jesus was born to a woman who was not married to her Child’s Father, and the Holy Infant was undoubtedly breastfed. Obviously, this marriage was a
Red State’s Erick Erickson calls it “the stupidest headline and premise of a story ever.” Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey describes “pretty much every word” of the article itself as “nonsense.” While I agree completely with them both, what I also
By FRANCES D’EMILIOAssociated PressVATICAN CITYPope Francis named his first batch of cardinals on Sunday, choosing 19 men from Asia, Africa, Latin America and elsewhere, including the developing nations of Haiti and Burkina Faso, in line with his belief that the
Though Pope Francis has referred to same-sex marriage as “a move of the father of lies who wishes to confuse and deceive the children of God,” a nun who is president of a Seattle-area Catholic high school has said that
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -An Argentine priest hitched a ride on Pope Francis’ popemobile during the pontiff’s general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday after the pope recognized him in the crowd. The pope thought he had heard a familiar
The Vatican media spokesman warned Sunday against misinterpreting Pope Francis’s comments about children of same-sex and divorced couples during a meeting of leaders of male religious orders in November. According to the Los Angeles Times, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi
A Maltese bishop said that in a private conversation with Pope Francis about same-sex marriage and adoption of children, the pontiff affirmed to him that same-sex marriage is “an anthropological regression.” According to the National Catholic Register, Auxiliary Bishop Charles
If you live in the English-speaking world, you have two choices in dealing with Pope Francis, who normally speaks in Italian and writes in Spanish: either translate him yourself or rely on the official Vatican translations. However, it’s become increasingly
Democrat (and Roman Catholic) Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan of New York is reputed to have said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” It would also be fair to say that every Catholic is entitled
(AP) Pope stresses strength, courage, hope in new yearBy FRANCES D’EMILIOAssociated PressVATICAN CITYPope Francis on Wednesday urged people to accept each other’s differences and for enemies to recognize that they are brothers. `’We are all children of one heavenly father,
Michael Coren didn’t have to be Catholic. Actually, he’s had several opportunities to walk away from the enterprise altogether. Born to a Jewish cab driver in Essex, England, in January 1959, he became a Roman Catholic in his 20s while
The reality that Pope Francis sounds more like President Obama than Ronald Reagan has put bit of a scare into the Republican party and Conservatives. Conversely, the Pope has become a darling to the Democratic party. Pope Francis’s proclivity for
