Pope Francis

Pope Francis Condemns COVID-19 and Vaccine Misinformation, Calls Access to Scientific Info a “Human Right”

Pope Francis Condemns COVID-19 and Vaccine Misinformation, Calls Access to Scientific Info a “Human Right”

Pope Francis has taken a stand against COVID-19 and vaccine misinformation, saying people have created a “distortion of reality based…

3 years ago

Pope Francis: Catholics Cannot Tolerate Racism and Also “Claim to Defend the Sacredness of Every Human Life”

Pope Francis commented on the protests that have erupted since George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was killed while in…

5 years ago

Opinion: Pope Francis Warns There is No Heaven for ‘Bad Hypocritical Christians’

The Pope wasted little time lashing out at fake Christians whom he said would be better off being a non-believer,…

8 years ago

Opinion: Pope Francis Called it: Trump and His Supporters Are Un-Christian Hypocrites

Pope Francis said “It’s hypocrisy [and un-Christian] to call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee or toss out…

8 years ago

Unlike American Evangelicals, Pope Francis Says Christians Owe LGBT People an Apology

"We Christians have much to apologize for; and those apologies need not be confined to just one area. Ask forgiveness,…

8 years ago

Pope Francis Hints At Eventually Allowing Women Priests

This is a big deal and could signal the Pope’s thinking that perhaps it is time for women to become…

9 years ago

Bernie’s Bad Week Continues: Pope Francis Denies Holding Meeting With Sanders

Pope Francis shot down reports that he met with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. The pope described his interaction with…

9 years ago

Bernie Sanders Puts Presidential Bid Aside In 5 Minute Meeting With Pope Francis

Sen. Bernie Sanders put the politics of the presidential campaign aside by sitting down with Pope Francis privately for five…

9 years ago

Mischief or Mistake – The Vatican Didn’t Invite Senator Sanders To Meet With the Pope

“Senator Sanders was not invited by the pope, but by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences; the Pope will not…

9 years ago

Republican Fears of Religious ‘Innovation’ Sure to Spike With Sanders’ Vatican Visit

Pope Francis, in Ross Douthat's words, is “licensing innovation rather than merely tolerating it" and tolerating it is apparently bad…

9 years ago

In Major Document Pope Exhorts Priests To Be More Welcoming and Less Judgmental

Pope Francis opened the door for Priests to offer divorced and remarried Catholics a path to take Holy Communion.

9 years ago

Pope Fires Vatican Ambassador To America For the Kim Davis Ambush

It is clear now that the Pope hated being ambushed into meeting with the American face of evangelical bigotry, Kim…

9 years ago

Attack On Pope Francis Could Sink Donald Trump According To New Poll

A new poll from the Robert Morris Polling Institute found that Pope Francis has 84.7% favorability rating with Donald Trump…

9 years ago

Pope Francis – Be A Christian and Stay Out of American Politics

The Pope has inserted his holy self into American politics by questioning Trump’s Christian bona fides

9 years ago

After Having His Faith Questioned, Donald Trump Wishes An ISIS Attack On Pope Francis

A thin-skinned and grammatically confused Trump fired back at the Pope after the Pope questioned Trump's Christianity. The Republican presidential…

9 years ago

Senate Democrats Call Ryan’s Bluff and Reject SAFE Act Sleight of Hand

Ryan wanted Americans to believe Republicans are actually doing something, when really it's just more prime-time Republican theater

9 years ago

Islamophobes Closed A Virginia County’s Schools and Caused A Tenured Professor’s Suspension

Both the school district shuttering and University suspension center around the GOP and evangelical movement's current cause, Islamophobia

9 years ago

Pope Francis Teaches Cowardly Republicans How To Dialogue With Muslims

The Pope, in contrast to cowardly Republicans, chose to make a visit to a mosque in Bangui, the capital of…

9 years ago

Pope Francis Joins The War On Christmas Calling The Celebration “A Charade”

"There will be...parties, bright trees, even Nativity scenes, all decked out, while the world continues to wage war. It's all…

9 years ago

Pope Francis Rejects Kim Davis’s Account Of Meeting And Refuses To Endorse Her Bigotry

According to the Vatican, Pope Francis did not invite Kim Davis to meet him. There was no secret meeting, and…

9 years ago

Clinton Impeachment Attorney Ken Starr Isn’t Jumping Up to Support Kim Davis

Ken Starr dished out some reality to a religious freed summit audience, cautioning them that choosing which laws to obey…

9 years ago

Evangelical Martyr Kim Davis Secretly Met The Pope – Now Send Her Back To Jail

Apparently, 5 days in jail did little more than embolden the newly crowned martyr to thumb her nose at Judge…

9 years ago

Progressive Pope Endorses Christian Criminals Who Violate Law And Constitution

The Pope's bible, the rule book containing every single one of god's utterances, plainly says to obey the government authorities,…

9 years ago

Colorado State Rep. Gordon Klingenschmitt Says Allah is Satan

When Muslims died in a crane collapse, Klingenschmitt said "this is the consequence of their sin when they were really…

9 years ago

Pope Francis Rebukes Republican Fear Of And Bigotry Towards Immigrants

Pope Francis spoke out against the fear of immigrants and bigotry that are the defining traits of the Republican position…

9 years ago

Pope Visit Backfires On Republicans As Obama and Francis Team Up On Climate Change

Almost immediately, Pope Francis and President Obama negated any Republican hopes of using the Pope's visit to score political points…

9 years ago

Washington Post Conservative Claims That Honoring the Pope is Hating America

The Koch brothers are executing a well-planned assault on the Pope by portraying him as a Pagan and his followers…

9 years ago

Conservative Heartland Institute “Accuses” Pope of Paganism

The problem for conservatives is not that the Pope made room for Paganism in the Church, but that he refuses…

9 years ago

Pope Francis Will Enter Hostile Republican Territory When He Visits Congress

The GOP is unhappy the Pope is adhering to Jesus' teachings - not those of Ayn Rand, Charles and David…

9 years ago

Bernie Sanders Outrages Evangelical Republicans With The Idea Of A Socialist Jesus

Evangelicals are incensed by ideas of a socialist Jesus, but facts are facts - Jesus, like Bernie Sanders, championed the…

9 years ago

Pope Francis Warns Churches To Practice Religion Or Start Paying Taxes

The Pope is put off that there are churches that would rather use buildings they own to make money than…

9 years ago

Pope Francis Outshines Republicans by Forgiving Women Who Have Had Abortions

The Pope, once again, has moved in the opposite direction of the Republican mainstream, declaring that, as part of the…

9 years ago

Trump Thinks He Can Scare the Pope, Whom He is Pretty Sure Doesn’t Hate Capitalism

Donald Trump wants to pit his fourth-grade level rhetoric against the Pope to convince him only capitalism can keep ISIL…

9 years ago

Kochs And ALEC Make War Against Americans And Pope Francis Public

The mainstream media is finally reporting that the Koch's legislative arm ALEC is moving into the open to prevent action…

9 years ago

Democrats Outsmart Mitch McConnell With Resolution Supporting Pope Francis On Climate Change

A group of liberal Senate Democrats turned the tables on Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today by introducing a resolution supporting…

9 years ago

Bernie Sanders Praises Pope Francis For His Powerful Message On Climate Change

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders praised Pope Francis today for delivering a powerful message on climate change. Sanders also…

9 years ago

Rick Santorum – Pope Has More Important Things to Worry About Than the Earth

It is interesting that Santorum thinks there are more important things than a habitable planet - like creating jobs for…

9 years ago

Vatican Says Irish Marriage Equality Vote Was The Defeat Of Humanity

Although a weapon like same-sex marriage able to jeopardize the existence of the world's largest religion sounds terrifying, the Vatican…

10 years ago

Now Israelis And Republicans Are Very Angry At The Pope

Recently, although Republicans love the Vatican's support for opposition to equal rights for women and the LGBT community, there has…

10 years ago

New Progressive Pope Embraces Old Conservative Vatican Bigotry

What the so-called more "Christ-like" Pope has not done is rescind any of the Church's archaic moral policies his predecessors…

10 years ago

Right-wing Congressman Steve King Bashes Jews Who Are “Democrats First And Jewish Second”

During a radio interview, Iowa GOP Congressman Steve King blasted liberal American Jews for being Democrats first, and Jewish second.

10 years ago

During Severe Drought San Francisco Catholics Soak The Homeless Who Are Seeking Shelter

In a conscientious city like San Francisco, water conservation measures are taken very seriously by businesses and residents alike; except…

10 years ago

Pope Francis Is A U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Public Relations Creation

In fact, Francis is closely aligned with conservative Republican ideology; particularly in his position on addressing poverty and social issues…

10 years ago

Bishops Join GOP Drive To Make Women Celibate Or Birth Machines

American Catholic bishops are taking advantage of the power bestowed on them by the conservative Catholics on the Supreme Court…

10 years ago

The Koch Brothers Launch A Surrogate War Against Pope Francis

The Catholic Pope has garnered nothing but serious opposition and pushback from America's evangelical and Catholic Republican movement, and now…

10 years ago

Archbishop of Chicago Defends Obama’s Immigration Executive Action

Immigration reform is not just something the bishops want, says Cupich, but God himself. How successful will the GOP be…

10 years ago

This is How Big a Deal it is that Pope Francis Says Evolution and the Big Bang are Real

Pope Francis has declared that evolution and the Big Bang are facts, no longer to be debated, saying of evolution:…

10 years ago

Matthew Hagee Says it’s Not Climate Change You’re Feeling – It’s Jesus’ Return

Hagee says, "The Bible says that whenever we approach the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ,that there would be strange…

11 years ago

Republicans Go Mad As Pope Francis and President Obama Deliver The Same Economic Message

Republican evangelicals have gone mad with rage as Pope Francis and President Obama are delivering the same rejection of their…

11 years ago

The American People Rise Up and Demand an End to Government Favoritism of the Rich

After decades of declining incomes an overwhelming majority of Americans finally realize their government exists to favor the rich, and…

11 years ago

Time Re-Validates Humanity By Choosing Pope Francis Over Ted Cruz as Their Person of the Year

Time Magazine named the Pope their Person of the Year, with Ted Cruz as first runner up. Under their criteria…

11 years ago

Catholics Join The Dump Rush Movement With Petition Denouncing Limbaugh

After Rush Limbaugh attacked Pope Francis and called him a Marxist, the group Catholics in Alliance For The Common Good…

11 years ago

Pope Francis Loves Himself Some Atheists – Or Does He?

It seems as if Pope Francis has no problems with atheists, but his other rhetoric suggests otherwise.

12 years ago