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Tag Archives: Pope Francis
Pope Francis on the possibility of salvation for atheists
People are sending me notes about Pope Francis’ fervorino from Mass yesterday. News outlets (and panicky emails I am getting) are suggesting that the Pope said that atheists go to heaven. HERE
Alas, we never get what the Pope actually said in its … Continue reading
Pope Francis out for a spin … and a March for Life in Rome
Did you see this?
From CNA:
Vatican City, May 13, 2013 / 08:25 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pro-lifers who had just finished the third annual Italian March for Life on Sunday were surprised to see Pope Francis coming toward them in the popemobile.
“It … Continue reading
Pope Francis canonizes the Martyrs of Otranto, slain by Islamic invaders
Today Pope Francis conducted for the first time the venerable rite for the canonization of saints.
Among the new saints are the Martyrs of Otranto. In his sermon, Francis said:
Today the Church proposes for our veneration a group of martyrs who … Continue reading
National Schismatic Reporter starts to turn on the Pope – Francis and the LCWR
Here is something that I never thought I would write.
Fr. Z kudos to Jamie Manson of the National Schismatic Reporter.
One of Fishwrap‘s headliners, a darling of LCWR, the openly-lesbian, Margaret Farley-mentored Jamie Manson has sobered up about Pope Francis.
She has … Continue reading
“feeeelings… wo wo wo feeeeeeeelings….”
It took them a few hours to get organized, but Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter), in its capacity of LCWR spin surrogate, has started to twist Pope Francis’s address to the UISG (HERE) into something that it is not.
Here is … Continue reading
Pope Francis’ outstanding address to international leaders of women religious
Today Pope Francis met with some 800 leaders of women’s religious institutes from around the world in an organization called the International Union of Superiors General (UISG). Think of an international version of the LCWR.
This meeting of women religious in … Continue reading
Pope Francis recites the Rosary – POLL
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The Holy Father is, as I type, at Santa Maria Maggiore for recitation of the Most Holy Rosary.
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Some shots from the live feed.
In Italy it is customary to end the Rosary with recitation of the … Continue reading
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“The lukewarm, lukewarm Christians, without courage … That hurts the Church so much”
From Pope Francis’ fervorino at his daily Mass:
“When the Church loses courage, the Church enters into a ‘lukewarm’ atmosphere. The lukewarm, lukewarm Christians, without courage … That hurts the Church so much, because this tepid atmosphere draws you inside, and … Continue reading
Fr. Reese, Pope Francis, and denial of Holy Communion
Over at National Schismatic Reporter (aka Fishwrap), the Jesuit Fr. Tom Reese is trying to explain away Pope Francis’s take on denial of Holy Communion to Catholics who are publicly out of step with the Church’s teachings.
Reese’s argument is, I … Continue reading
