Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has called on Pope Francis to step down for the good of the church By Jim Aug 26 2018 A former papal ambassador to the U.S. has claimed that Pope Francis knew as early as 2013 about charges that the former archbishop of Washington, ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, had been sexually active with seminarians and priests and that Pope Benedict XVI had privately disciplined him over the charges.Tags: Pope Francis 2131 reads
Pope Expresses Shame Over Pennsylvania Report on Sex Abuse By Jim Aug 20 2018 WSJ: In letter to Catholics, pontiff says crimes against more than 1,000 victims over 70 years weren’t handled in a timely manner BBC: Pope Francis condemns child sex abuse and Church cover-ups Tags: Pope FrancisClergy Sexual Abuse 2543 reads
Catholic Church Now Formally Opposes Death Penalty In All Cases By Jim Aug 02 2018 "It's a shift for the church, which used to consider the death penalty a "means of safeguarding the common good" in response to 'certain crimes.'" - Church Now Formally Opposes Death Penalty In All Cases Tags: Death PenaltyRoman CatholicismPope Francis 1618 reads
The Catholic Church’s Looming Fight Over Same-Sex Blessings By Jim May 22 2018 "As some bishops call for blessing gay unions, where does Pope Francis stand?" Tags: Same-Sex BlessingsRoman CatholicismPope Francis 539 reads
Pope Francis Allegedly Tells Gay Man 'God Made You Like This And Loves You By Jim May 21 2018 "A personal meeting between Pope Francis and a gay man could have considerable implications for the Catholic church and its stance on homosexuality. Juan Carlos Cruz had a private meeting with the Pope to discuss the sexual abuse that he had suffered at the hands of a priest ...'God made you like this and loves you like this and I don’t care,' Pope Francis has allegedly told Cruz." Tags: Pope FrancisGays 1008 reads
Pope: Atheist father in heaven because he was a "good man" By Jim Apr 19 2018 Boy asks pope if atheist father is in heaven 'Is my dad in heaven?' little boy asks pope Tags: Pope FrancisHeaven 2079 reads
RC group issues declaration in response to "Amoris Laetitia" By Jim Apr 07 2018 Declaration of Faith Released Defending Church Teaching: Cardinals, bishops, priests and lay faithful issued a declaration in Rome on Saturday in which they testified to the Church’s unchanging teaching on marriage, the sacraments and absolute moral commandments. ...Tags: Amoris laetitiaRoman CatholicismDivorcePope Francis 769 reads
Pope Francis: 'There Is No Hell' / Vatican denies By Jim Mar 29 2018 Scalfari says to the Pope, "Your Holiness, in our previous meeting you told me that our species will disappear in a certain moment and that God, still out of his creative force, will create new species. You have never spoken to me about the souls who died in sin and will go to hell to suffer it for eternity. You have however spoken to me of good souls, admitted to the contemplation of God. But what about bad souls?Tags: Pope FrancisHell 2683 reads