Pope Francis’s Communist Mentor By Jim May 02 2017 Pope Francis grew up in socialist Argentina, an experience that left a deep impression on his thinking.Tags: Pope Francis 1615 reads
Pope Francis and Coptic pope agree not to re-baptize By Jim Apr 30 2017 "Pope Francis' trip to Egypt was marked Friday, April 28, by a significant step forward in ecumenical relations between the Roman Catholic and Coptic Orthodox Churches. ... the two churches agreed that they would not hold baptisms for members of one church wishing to join the other." Tags: Pope Francis 1349 reads
Rabbi objects to Pope referring to critics as "Pharisees who 'sit in the chair of Moses and judge.'” By Jim Mar 18 2017 In a recent letter on the return of Catholic anti-Judaism, Giuseppe Laras, a prominent Italian rabbi, objects to the homilies of Pope Francis for their promotion of false and dangerous anti-Jewish stereotypes.Tags: Pope FrancisPharisees 1072 reads
Why conservative Catholics think Pope Francis is a fraud By Jim Mar 14 2017 Within the Catholic world, sadly divided into warring political camps, he is seen as a hero by progressive Catholics and a scourge of conservatives. Tags: Pope Francis 1292 reads
Pope suggests 'better to be atheist than hypocritical Catholic' By Jim Feb 23 2017 In improvised comments in the sermon of his private morning Mass in his residence, he said: "It is a scandal to say one thing and do another. That is a double life." "There are those who say 'I am very Catholic, I always go to Mass, I belong to this and that association'," the head of the 1.2 billion-member Roman Catholic Church said, according to a Vatican Radio transcript.Tags: Pope Francis 745 reads
Is the Catholic Church in de facto schism over 'Amoris laetitia'? By Jim Feb 22 2017 The Catholic Church in De Facto Schism: What’s to Be Done? Amoris Laetitia Tags: Amoris laetitiaRoman CatholicismPope Francis 1414 reads
Pope Francis: 'Muslim Terrorism Does Not Exist' By Jim Feb 20 2017 "The Pope also reiterated his conviction that all religions promote peace and that the danger of violent radicalization exists equally in all religions. 'There are fundamentalist and violent individuals in all peoples and religions—and with intolerant generalizations they become stronger because they feed on hate and xenophobia,' he said.Tags: Pope FrancisRadical IslamTerrorism 1204 reads
God promised the Holy Land to the people of Israel, Pope Francis said during a speech at the Vatican on Wednesday By Jim Oct 28 2016 Pope: “The people of Israel, who from Egypt, where they were enslaved, walked through the desert for forty years until they reached the land promised by God,” Tags: Pope FrancisIsrael 1152 reads
