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April 2015

April 15, 2015

Turkey Says Pope’s Remembrance of Armenian Genocide is Islamaphobia

Murderers and rapists demand silence. They will use any means to coerce agreement that they...

April 13, 2015

Pope Francis Describes the Massacre of Armenians as ‘Genocide.’ Turkey Recalls Its Ambassador.

In his morning homily today, Pope Francis described the courage to proclaim the Gospel as...

March 2015

March 25, 2015

Our Beautiful Pastoral Pope Preaches and Teaches the Gospel in Naples

I love Pope Francis. Nuff said.

March 24, 2015

Pope Francis’ Groupies Surround Him

Every public figure has groupies of one sort or another. Pope Francis looks more startled...

March 16, 2015

Pope Francis: Our Brothers and Sisters are Shedding Their Blood.

"Our brothers and sisters are shedding their blood only because they are Christians."

March 06, 2015

Our Rock Star Pope is More Popular than Ever

He's bald, lives in a dorm, rides around in an old car, has one lung...

March 03, 2015

Vatican Acknowledges that ISIS’ Threats Against Pope Francis are Real

Commander Domenico Giani, head of the Vatican police force says that talks he's had with...

February 2015

February 27, 2015

Mexico Needs to Stop the Faux Outrage at the Pope and Get Real

Evidently, Pope Francis was concerned about problems in Argentina and, in a private correspondence, said,...

February 25, 2015

Novena for the Persecuted Church, Day 1

Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and...

February 11, 2015

Pope Francis and Me: Praying to St Thomas More

Pope Francis and I have something in common. He asks St Thomas More to pray...

February 09, 2015

Pope Francis Calls Human Trafficking a Shameful Wound Unworthy of Human Society.

February 03, 2015

Pope Francis to Lithuanian Bishops: Defend the Family

February 02, 2015

Christians Need to Get Over the Things that Separate Us and Stand Together

Wise words from Pope Francis. The gist of it is this: All Christians are brothers...

January 2015

January 31, 2015

Pope Francis: Without Fathers Young People Feel Orphaned

We have a nation of children who feel orphaned because their fathers are not in...

January 31, 2015

Pope Francis: We Cannot Privatize Salvation

January 17, 2015

Home Movies from Papa’s Trip

Pope Francis' Flying Zucchetto Hurricane Haiyan: When I saw from Rome that catastrophe, I...

January 15, 2015

Pope Francis in the Philippines

January 13, 2015

Pope Francis in Sri Lanka

Pope Francis' tweet for yesterday asked for our prayers for his trip to Sri Lanka....

January 10, 2015

Pope Francis’ Tweet for Today

Take time off for the Sabbath boys and girls. I started doing that a few...

January 06, 2015

The epiphany of the Epiphany: The Wise Men r Us

January 05, 2015

Pope Francis Appoints 15 New Cardinals from Everywhere

… and the Gospel must first be preached to all nations. Jesus Christ Pope Francis...

December 2014

December 06, 2014

Thou Art Peter

October 2014

October 24, 2014

Life Sentences Without Parole Serve a Necessary Function in Good Governance

According to an article I read in The Guardian, Pope Francis has issued a...

October 21, 2014

Pope Francis Explains the Power of the Eucharist

October 20, 2014

4 Ways the Synod on the Family was Like the United States Congress

How was the Synod on the Family like the United States Congress? Here are four...

October 06, 2014

Pope Francis: Inequality Between Rich and Poor Threatens Democracy

October 01, 2014

Pope Francis: The Future is in the Meeting Between Youth and the Elderly

September 2014

September 26, 2014

Pope Deep-Sixes Two Bishops over Child Sex Abuse

The Vatican laicized Jozef Wesolowski, the former nuncio to the Dominican Republic, for having sex with...

September 18, 2014

Pope Francis: If You Feel the Call to be a Missionary, Do It!

Pope Francis seems to be talking about missionaries who cross borders to share the Gospel....

September 17, 2014

Are We at the Beginning of World War III?

Are we fighting World War III, only on a piecemeal basis? Pope Francis seems to...