Religion Archive
Archives for September 2015
He’s met with same-sex marriage advocates, too. So why not Davis?
I was raised Catholic. I was a Catholic leader in college. But eight years ago, I left the church in disgust. Now, thanks to Pope Francis, I’m back.
“I think sometimes people think my economic views are radical. You should hear what this guy is saying.”
Rep. Joe Pitts didn’t like what the pope played down in his speech.
Pope Francis will visit Washington, DC, New York City and Philadelphia on his first-ever trip to the US.
If Obama had said the same thing, he’d have risked being labeled a socialist.
The pope challenged Democrats as well as Republicans to welcome refugees.
There’s a huge controversy over his legacy.
Pope Francis became the first pontiff to deliver an address to a joint meeting of Congress on Thursday.
The speech is expected to tackle the refugee crisis, the environment, the death penalty, and other issues.
“I think that we are in a weird place in the world when the following things are considered political.”
It is Francis’s charge to spread the Catholic Church’s message on issues that have both political and moral components. It is part of his calling as a Jesuit to push the mighty to address the needs of the meek.
The alternate universe in which this becomes law is a better place.
John Paul II was abysmal. Benedict XVI was less absymal. Francis still has a ways to go.
“He is asking us to create a new form of society where the economy works for all, and not just the wealthy and the powerful.”