President Obama is using Pope Francis to foster wealth redistribution ideas in his speeches on the importance of reducing the gap between rich and poor. Now that the President’s message of “Hope and Change” has drastically soured over his last
Greeting the 70,000-strong crowd below his balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis issued a wide-ranging call for peace in areas as disparate as Syria and the Central African Republic, and explicitly pled for “nonbelievers to desire peace” along with
On Wednesday, Pope Francis gave his first official Christmas message in Italian, speaking from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. It focused on the theme of peace. “I take up the song of the angels who appeared to the shepherds
(AP) Pope’s Christmas wish: hope for a better worldBy FRANCES D’EMILIOAssociated PressVATICAN CITYIn his speech on Christmas Day, Pope Francis said he hopes for a better world, including successful Middle East negotiations in the land of Jesus’ birth, peace for
Comedian Sarah Silverman sent out a tweet today equating gun owners with “gun boners” and suggesting they should listen to the Pope, as if he is pro gun control. Twitchy.com carried her tweet: Hey gun boners–at least listen to THE
POLITICO’s Mike Allen hosts “Playbook Breakfast” with President of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka…
(AP) Pope given San Lorenzo’s trophy after victoryBy DANIELA PETROFF and NICOLE WINFIELDAssociated PressVATICAN CITYPope Francis celebrated his beloved San Lorenzo’s victory in the Argentine soccer championship Wednesday, congratulating team members, reminiscing about going to the stadium as a child
A leading lifestyle magazine that promotes gay rights and same-sex marriage has named Pope Francis its “Person of the Year.” The December issue of The Advocate features Pope Francis with a “NO H8” message photoshopped on his right cheek. Next
(AP) ST. LOUISPope Francis announced changes in the influential Vatican office that evaluates and nominates candidates for bishop around the world. Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington was appointed Monday to the Congregation for Bishops. The pope also reconfirmed Cardinal William Levada,
In an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa published Sunday, Pope Francis offered a clarification of the economic views he articulated in his November 24th apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium. “The Marxist ideology is wrong,” he told La Stampa. The pontiff
The editor of a major digital Catholic evangelization publication writes that, in choosing Pope Francis as its “Person of the Year,” Time made the right choice but for the wrong reasons. Daniel McInerny, editor of Aleteia’s English language edition, wrote
An ABC News/Washington Post poll released Wednesday shows that Pope Francis is hugely popular among Roman Catholics in America. The poll came out on the same day that Time magazine named the pope its “Person of the Year” for 2013. Since his elevation to
Describing him as both a “Teddy Roosevelt” and a “rock star,” Time has chosen Pope Francis as its Person of the Year. The Pope, now in his ninth month of papacy, has made waves for everything from his attitude toward enforcing
In 1996, writer, editor, and speaker Dale Ahlquist founded the American Chesterton Society, which is devoted to promoting interest in 20th-century English author, journalist, dramatist, biographer, and lay theologian G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936). The Baptist Ahlquist was received into the Roman
Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh told his listeners on Thursday that he refuses to “play villain in the Pope Soap Opera” that the left created following Limbaugh’s comments about Pope Francis’ recent exhortation. In part of the statement, the pope
Veteran actor Gabriel Byrne told a radio talker that Pope Francis’ public graciousness belies the fact that the religious leader is merely a figurehead who cannot affect the change needed for the Catholic Church. Byrne, raised Catholic, compared the Pope
A source familiar with the inner workings of the Vatican told Breitbart News on Monday that Pope Francis is likely to offer a “clarification” of his comments on economics contained in his apostolic exhortation released on November 24, Evangelii Guadium
Rush Limbaugh after the president mentioned the pope’s views on economic inequality Wednesday:
When Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Pope Francis at the Vatican in Rome on Monday, Nov. 25–a 35-minute meeting for which Putin (as is his custom, and partly caused by pro-Pussy Riot protesters outside his hotel) was 45-50 minutes late–the
Argentine-born Pope Francis wrote the newly released Evangelii Gadium (“The Joy of the Gospel”) in his native Spanish, which may help to answer some thorny questions being raised about the English translation of the pontiff’s first solo official document (the recent
Since the days of Knute Rockne, Notre Dame University has been known as the home of one of the best college football programs in America. Since 2001, it has also been the home of Father Gustavo Gutierrez, the originator of
NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (UPI) —Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York says the Catholic Church is “pro-traditional marriage” and not “anti-anybody.” In an interview to be broadcast Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Dolan said there is “kind of a
A spokesman for the liberal organization Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG) has posted on the group’s website a denunciation of what he states were “incendiary remarks about Pope Francis” by conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday.
I found it necessary to respectfully disagree with Pope Francis the last time he took a swing at capitalism. On that occasion, it seemed likely that his remarks were more specifically directed at sweatshop exploitation in the Third World, which
On Tuesday, Pope Francis I issued a 50,000-word statement, officially referred to as an “apostolic exhortation” titled Evangelii Gaudium, attacking capitalism and embracing Latin American “liberation theology.” In February, a month before he was selected as pope, Breitbart News wrote this about
The archbishop of San Francisco has reminded Catholics that, when archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis fought to oppose the redefinition of marriage to accommodate same-sex couples. According to the National Catholic Register, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, who is chairman of
On September 12, 1960, John F. Kennedy delivered an historic speech to a group of Protestant clergy in Houston — the Greater Houston Ministerial Association — an address that continues, to this day, to be the subject of much discussion
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Nov. 15 (UPI) — The Catholic bishop of Springfield, Ill., claiming same-sex marriage is the work of the devil, says he will perform an exorcism ceremony next week. The exorcism by Bishop Thomas Paprocki at the Cathedral of
On Sunday, November 3, National Catholic Reporter Vatican correspondent and CNN analyst John L. Allen stopped by American Martyrs Catholic Church in Manhattan Beach, CA, on a lecture tour that is also promoting his most recent book, The Global War
As American conservatives are challenging the Republican Party to return to its constitutional roots, many Catholic conservatives are trying to cope with a parallel sense that the new leader of the world’s Catholics has not reached out to them. Having
Anyone can claim to have seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary or Jesus, but even if lots of people believe it, that does not mean it gets the Roman Catholic Church’s seal of approval. And until a ruling is
The Vatican is big on meticulous planning, staging impressive events and rituals, organizing meetings and conferences, and finding ways in which the pope can address current issues. But Catholics also believe that the Holy Spirit guides and protects the Roman
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced a Senate resolution condemning President Barack Obama’s National Security Agency (NSA) for allegedly spying on the Pope on Thursday. Paul specifically called on President Obama himself to address the reports, even though the NSA has denied the
Pope Francis had some strong words for those who would introduce political rigidity into the worship of Jesus Christ during his Thursday homily, calling Christian ideology an “illness” and impossible to maintain alongside legitimate faith. The Pope warned against interpreting
The Vatican prelate in charge of defending and promoting the faith of the Catholic Church has strongly affirmed the Church’s teaching that Catholics who are divorced and remarried may not receive communion. Archbishop Gerhard Müller, prefect of the Congregation for
The archbishop of Lima, Peru said he fears that the Vatican prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has naively suggested that Pope Francis is supportive of liberation theology. According to a story in the Vatican
In order to understand the Roman Catholic Church–and especially the role of women–one has to consider the importance of the Virgin Mary and how she fits into the rest of the Faith. In the last couple of weeks, Pope Francis
On Sunday, Oct. 20, a one-hour documentary called “Francis: The Pope From the New World” will air on Fox Business Network at 5 PM ET (live in all time zones). However, FBN had no involvement in the production, which is
Speaking to participants in a seminar called “God entrusts humanity to women,” Pope Francis on Saturday affirmed women’s role of motherhood as a key to understanding the role of women in the Church. According to the Vatican Information Service (VIS)
“Preach the Gospel always; when necessary, use words.” In a normal week, the visit of Pope Francis to Assisi, the Umbria, Italy, hometown of his papal-name inspiration, the 13th-century mystic Saint Francis–famed for the above quotation, despite there being zero
