Pope Francis
Today is a day of new beginnings, just like 365 days ago. Many of us will make resolutions we intend to keep to make us better people. Some we will keep for a month or so, others only for a week. And that resolution not to eat snacks between meals? That may not make it…
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While Christmas has come and gone, these words from Pope Francis still ring true. He delivered this homily on Christmas Eve. “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined” (Is 9:1). “An angel of the Lord appeared to…
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In honor of 2015 being name the Year of Consecrated Life by Pope Francis, here are 15 vintage photos of Nuns doing fun normal things! Click here to read more about the Year of Consecrated Life 1. RIDING SCOOTERS In 1955, Sister Mary Thomas (right), a hospital administrator, convinced another nun to take a ride…
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A prayer for the Pope: V. Let us pray for Francis, the Pope. R. May the Lord preserve him, give him a long life, make him blessed upon the earth, and may the Lord not hand him over to the power of his enemies. V. May your hand be upon your holy servant. R. And…
Read MoreThere’s the latest panic attack source for Reactionaries filled with the dread that, say what Pollyanna fools like me will, the pope is a heretic. The remark (not sure how accurately translated, since the Italian is “demiurgo” and looks to me like “demiurge” is meant) comes from his comments on evolution the other day:“God is not…
Read MorePope John Paul II …Today, more than a half-century after the appearance of that encyclical, some new findings lead us toward the recognition of evolution as more than an hypothesis.* In fact it is remarkable that this theory has had progressively greater influence on the spirit of researchers, following a series of discoveries in different…
Read MoreHe apologizes for his “Pope Harming the Church” video:
Read MoreOne of the funniest misfires in the wake of the election of Francis was the instantaneous attempt of the hardcore atheist and Catholic hater crowd on the Left to accuse him of being a tool of the military dictator nasties in Argentina who disappeared political enemies, etc during the Dirty War. It was a very…
Read MoreYet another reason for the Greatest Catholics of All Time to wet themselves. He won’t say anything new, of course. Though he may well say something old in a new way that will surprise us. But he’s damned from the outset by the Arugula Principle of Heretic-Burning “Conservatism”. Permit me to explain.Long ago, when Rod…
Read MoreSean Salai, SJ, at America writes:Continuing my Pope Francis theme from our interview last week, I thought my interview today with Patti Gallagher Mansfield on Pope Francis and the Charismatic Renewal might interest you.Patti met Francis at the Catholic charismatic convention he attended in Rome last summer — he even mentioned her by name in…
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