Current — The Papacy

Current — The Papacy

• Robert Blair Kaiser's Inside the Jesuits: How Pope Francis Is Changing the Churc...

  

  Some weeks back, Rowman Littlefield kindly sent me for review a copy of Robert Blair Kaiser's book Inside the Jesuits: How Pope Francis Is Changing the... Read more

  The 21 july 2014 by   William Lindsey
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• The Symbolic Imperative of the Papacy Under Pope Francis: Kenotic Atonement

  

  As often happens, I’m feeling considerably out of step with much that’s being said following the election of Cardinal Bergoglio as pope yesterday. As a result, ... Read more

  The 14 march 2013 by   William Lindsey
  

• Papal Resignation

  

  Pope Benedictus XVI (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Genesis 9:6 explains why it’s a sin to murder or even injure a man:“Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his... Read more

  The 20 february 2013 by   Adask
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• Judicial Ruling in Massachusetts: Catholic Schools Cannot Claim That Religious...

  

  And so yesterday as I was blogging about the choice of a Catholic school on the far-right fringes of U.S. political life and of the Catholic academy to obtain... Read more

  The 18 december 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Detroit Free Press Article About Gay Couple Who Are Active Catholics: An Image o...

  

  If you're looking for a rather neat snapshot of the two theological universes that coexist uneasily in American Catholicism today, especially vis-a-vis the... Read more

  The 15 december 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Pope Francis’s Vatican Put on a Pagan Light Show on the Feast Day of Our Lady’s...

  

  Last Tuesday, December 8, 2015, was the feast day of the Immaculate Conception, a holy day of obligation when Catholics attend Mass in honor and remembrance of... Read more

  The 14 december 2015 by   Eowyn
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• On the Right Track: the Muzungu’s First Ugandan Train Ride

  

  Rift Valley Railways relaunches Kampala passenger train service after 20 year breakAnother first this week: my first Ugandan train journey on the Rift Valley... Read more

  The 13 december 2015 by   Diaryofamuzungu
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• The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoyevskyMy Rating: 4 ...

  

  The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoyevskyMy rating: 4 of 5 starsMy friend Michael Anderson, told me that it was one of the greatest books that reflected the... Read more

  The 12 december 2015 by   Polycarp55
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• Open Letter to Pope Francis by Member of Roman Curia, Central Administration of...

  

  It’s one thing for lay Catholics like Ann Barnhardt or FOTM to criticize Pope Francis — and to do so at the risk of excommunication, according to the pope’s... Read more

  The 12 december 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Frank Brennan, SJ, on the Australian Catholic Bishops and Marriage Equality: My...

  

  I very much appreciate that Chris Morley recommended to us Jesuit Father Frank Brennan's recent article at Eureka Street noting the futility of the battle of... Read more

  The 11 december 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Catholic Church Under Pope Francis: Critics Censored, Threatened with...

  

  Since he was elected pope in 2013 (some say unlawfully, in violation of Papal Law No. 91), Jorge Bergoglio has evinced expansive good will toward many and sundr... Read more

  The 10 december 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Opening Doors Or Closing Them? Anthea Butler Comments on Pope Francis and...

  

  Anthea Butler, writing at Religion Dispatches today:On the eve of Pope Francis' opening the Holy Doors of St. Peter's for the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy,... Read more

  The 09 december 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: An Eye-Opening Dialogue About Pope's Year...

  

  One Purgatrix Ineptiae, responding to Joshua McElwee's article at National Catholic Reporter noting that Pope Francis has opened a Jubilee year calling for a... Read more

  The 08 december 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Despicable: Evangelical Leaders Use “Jesus Was a Refugee” to Lobby Congress

  

  “…if you don’t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.” – Jesus Christ, Luke 22:36 Insisting that “refugees” from Syria do not pose a danger to U.S. Read more

  The 05 december 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Paul Vallely and Patricia Miller on the Pope's Failure in Africa: "How Gays Are...

  

  I am not by any means the only person giving testimony about how Pope Francis's silence regarding the threat to LGBT lives in Africa radically undermines his... Read more

  The 03 december 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Connecting Christians: A New Social Net Aims to Do Just That

  

  Religion has pretty much always been about the communion, if you will, of communities; the sharing of faith, values and beliefs, and of course coming together t... Read more

  The 03 december 2015 by   Shellykramer
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• Ken Briggs on the Shocking "No Big Deal" Approach of Pope Francis to Questions...

  

  As Ken Briggs notes today in National Catholic Reporter, the "no big deal" approach Pope Francis appears to take to some issues causes him to hard-sell some... Read more

  The 01 december 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Frank Mugisha, Ugandan Advocate for LGBT Rights, on Pope Francis's Missed...

  

  Amy Fallon writes, As the voice of Uganda's gay community, Frank Mugisha has met scores of dignitaries from all around the world while fighting for equality.... Read more

  The 01 december 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• In Holiday Season, Reminder That LGBT Folks Often Experience Exclusion and...

  

  In this holiday season, I want to share with you a timely reminder from blogger Derrick De Lise, who publishes the journal Queer Voices and maintains a blog... Read more

  The 30 november 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Catholic Officials Explain Pope's Silence About LGBT People in Uganda: They...

  

  More on the not surprising (but nonetheless scandalous) decision of Pope Francis to talk about human rights, social justice, tolerance, and respect in Uganda... Read more

  The 30 november 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Fruitcake Making, Home, and LGBT Folks in the Church: An Advent Meditation Notin...

  

  A brief report to all of you on a dreary post-U.S. Thanksgiving weekend in which we've had enough rain to warrant two arks instead of the single one that Noah... Read more

  The 29 november 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Karibu! – Welcome to East Africa – Pope Francis #PopeInUganda

  

  Karibu! – and welcome to East Africa! – Pope Francis. #PopeInKenya #PopeInUgandaThe Pope has landed in East Africa! Now in Kenya, this Friday 27th... Read more

  The 25 november 2015 by   Diaryofamuzungu
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• Humankind's Worst "Pandora's Box"

  

  It occurred to me today, humanity's biggest and worst "Pandora's box" must surely be gunpowder, first, so many centuries ago but explosives in general. Read more

  The 25 november 2015 by   Morage
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• Paris Carnage: The Front Pages Tell a Story of Horror

  

  It’s not something that we like to do, but it is sad that we tend to do this more often these days: to display front pages of newspapers covering a terrorist ac... Read more

  The 14 november 2015 by   Themarioblog
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• Former Irish President on Catholic Teaching About Homosexuality: It's "Wrong,"...

  

  Yesterday, Irish Catholic published an interview of former Irish president Mary McAleese done by Martin O'Brien at her apartment in Rome, where she has been... Read more

  The 13 november 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Church of the Poor Judgment

  

  Who will rid me of these troublesome auditors? THE Vatican is an oddity: a state within a city that is the capital of another state. Read more

  The 07 november 2015 by   Stizzard
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• As UK Lets Thousands Flood in Illegally, Widow Aged 91 Faces Heartbreak of...

  

  Well, we all know “common sense” and “government” do not go together. The Cothills Daily Express: In a case that highlights deep flaws in our immigration system... Read more

  The 04 november 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Proposed UN Tribunal of Climate Justice Threatens U.S. Sovereignty, While...

  

  The Christian Science Monitor reports that a new NASA study found that Antarctica has been adding more ice than it’s been losing, challenging other research,... Read more

  The 03 november 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Krzysztof Charamsa's Letter to the Pope in English Translation: "I’ve Made the...

  

  Because Giova Gallagher has kindly pointed us to an English translation of the full text of Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa's letter to Pope Francis at the Crux... Read more

  The 31 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa to The Guardian — Pope Francis's View of Catholic...

  

  Again, many thanks to all of you for your many valuable comments here that have gone unacknowledged as I've been traveling for several days. Read more

  The 28 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Bruno Latour on Laudato Si! – " The Immense Cry Channelled by Pope Francis"

  The first two paragraphs, as translated by Stephen Muecke: The audacity of the Laudato Si! encyclical is equalled only by the multiple efforts to deaden as... Read more

  The 26 october 2015 by   Bbenzon
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• Religión Digital Publishes Interview with Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa: "The...

  

  Yesterday, the Spanish journal Religión Digital published an interview with the gay Polish priest who came out of the closet in a public way prior to the synod... Read more

  The 24 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Why Mass Incarceration Seemed Like Such a Good Idea (and Why It’s a Hard Habit t...

  

  These days, everybody seems to agree that mass incarceration–the policy of fighting crime by locking up as many people as possible for as long as possible–was... Read more

  The 22 october 2015 by   Alanbean
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• Top 10 Crazy Catholic Pope Dogs

  

  Top 10 Crazy Catholic Pope Dogs Pope Francis is a person who has probably seen a lot of weird things I would imagine. But in a recent visit to America he got... Read more

  The 21 october 2015 by   Russell Deasley
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• Francis of Assisi, a Saint for the Church in Disarray

  

  When former Argentinian archbishop Jorge Bergoglio was elected pope in 2013, he selected Francis as his papal name — St. Francis of Assisi. St. Read more

  The 17 october 2015 by   Eowyn
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• As Talk of Mercy Continues in Rome, U.S. Archbishop Restricts Communion to...

  

  I wrote yesterday that while the men in Rome are nattering on about mercy and fashioning a church that's a field hospital for the wounded, something else,... Read more

  The 14 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• The Synod, LGBT Catholics, and Women: Meh

  

  I'd like to tell you that the synod in Rome (or whatever we choose to call it or however we decide to define it) means something to me. To be honest, it doesn't. Read more

  The 13 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• 20 Professors & Scientists Sign Letter Asking Obama to Prosecute Climate-change...

  

  There is no longer freedom of speech and of thought in America. It is now a crime to hold a belief or opinion different from those of the Left. 20 academics fro... Read more

  The 12 october 2015 by   Eowyn
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• September in UMBRIA, ITALY, Part 3: Assisi

  

  Assisi, approach to the lower church of the Basilica of St. Francis It was our fourth day in Umbria, and we headed for Assisi, about a forty minute drive from... Read more

  The 12 october 2015 by   Carolinearnoldtravel
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• New York Times on Pope's Comments About Bishop Barros in Chile: They Instill...

  Pascal Bonnefoy reports for New York Times yesterday on the video about which I appended a note to Brittie Perez's great essay, which was shot by an Argentine... Read more

  The 08 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Tom Gallagher on Who Dunnit of Pope's Meeting with Kim Davis: Kurtz and Lori Den...

  

  Tom Gallagher reports yesterday evening for National Catholic Reporter about his attempts to gather more information about who initiated the "highly secret... Read more

  The 08 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• NON POSSO PIU: "I Am Through with Making Allowances and Excuses for the Vatican,...

  

  Brittie Perez (Brittmarie Janson Perez) has sent me another excellent essay that I'm delighted to publish today. Readers who have followed this blog will perhap... Read more

  The 07 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• The Almighty Click, and How We’ve Reached Peak Content

  

  Well, folks, it’s been a good run for this thing we call blogging. We’ve had some good times, haven’t we? I mean, who can forget the post in McSweeney’s about... Read more

  The 07 october 2015 by   Shellykramer
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• Quote for Day: Archbishop Chaput, Either Join Us As We Seek to Protect Our...

  

  I really like Captain Michael Skiendzielewski's comment in response to the article by Kieran Tapsell on the strange disconnect between Pope Francis's words and... Read more

  The 06 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Who Really Set Up Papal Meeting with Kim Davis? Enlightening Comments at Catholi...

  

  Yesterday at the National Catholic Reporter site, Tom Gallagher posted an article focusing on something about which I spoke briefly in a posting here on the sam... Read more

  The 06 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Symbolism Or Substance? Pope Francis and the Abuse Situation: Recent Commentary

  

  Symbol — the pope speaking to the bishops gathered in Philadelphia recently:The crimes and sins of sexual abuse of minors cannot be kept secret any longer. Read more

  The 06 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• September Selections

  

  September heralds the end of summer, whether you’re going back to school or getting back into a routine at work after a summer filled with holidays, festivals... Read more

  The 05 october 2015 by   Rosiedtrax
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• Symbolic Release of White Doves - the Cruel Ways at Kovvuru by Congress !

  

  Kovvuru is situated on the west bank of the Godavari River, famous for the bridge linking Rajahmundry. It is a truss bridge, reportedly Asia's second longest... Read more

  The 05 october 2015 by   Sampathkumar Sampath
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• A Note to American Liberals: the Pope Isn’t One of Us (thank God)

  

  By Alan BeanHow do we explain the bizarre reaction from the American left when it was revealed that Pope Francis met with Kim Davis? Read more

  The 04 october 2015 by   Alanbean
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• Weak Men and Old Hussies: Soap Opera Lessons Learned at My Grandmother's Knee,...

  My grandmother, the half-Irish one, was not a churchgoer (the other one, who was a convicted Southern Baptist, very decidedly was a churchgoer). Read more

  The 04 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Sunday Devotional: God Made Them Male and Female

  

  Not male and male; not female and female. Genesis 2:18, 21-24 The LORD God said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a suitable partner for him. Read more

  The 04 october 2015 by   Eowyn
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• The Telenovela Continues: Gay Vatican Official Comes Out and Is Sacked in Advanc...

  

  OMG. Did someone say head-turners? (Yes, I'm between popcorn runs, and very glad I bought in a big new supply of popcorn today, because it looks like the... Read more

  The 03 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Why the Pope is Wrong About Climate. #climatechange #nature

  

  Pope Francis is now the world’s most influential climate activist. www.politico.com GR: It really doesn’t make sense to write that reasonable statements are... Read more

  The 02 october 2015 by   Garry Rogers
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• Mary Dispenza's Powerful Memoir SPLIT: Moving from Childhood Rape by a Priest...

  

  On the day that news broke of the pope's meeting with Kim Davis, I was finishing Mary Dispenza's painful, liberating account of her struggle to come to terms... Read more

  The 02 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Barbie Latza Nadeau on Vatican "Clarification" of Pope's Meeting with Kim...

  

  At Daily Beast, Barbie Latza Nadeau is right on target with her assessment of today's Vatican (non-) statement about what the pope knew as he met with Kim Davis... Read more

  The 02 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• On Praying for Kim Davis

  

  I spent the last few weeks (mostly) detached from Facebook and Twitter.  I’m not taking a moral stand here. I just needed a little time to hear my own mind. Read more

  The 01 october 2015 by   Wendyrw619
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• Why the Pope's Meeting with Kim Davis Is the Last Straw for Me: With Commentary...

  

  Several days back, I received an email from America Magazine asking me to contribute financial support to America as a member of the America community. Read more

  The 01 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Obama Threatens Christians: “Gay Rights” Come Before Your Constitutional Rights...

  

  A couple of months ago one Sunday morning, I arrived early at church and found the presiding priest — an orthodox and reverent priest — graciously standing... Read more

  The 01 october 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Comments Keep Pouring In Re: Pope's Choice to Meet with Kim Davis: "Lost Me,"...

  

  And the comments just keep pouring in to my email box and my Facebook feed, people crushed and angry that the pope chose to meet with Kim and Joe Davis and Mat... Read more

  The 01 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Woman Convicted of Killing Her Husband - Executed in Georgia, USA

  Why would a woman ordering - cornbread, buttermilk, two Whoppers with cheese and all the trimmings, two large orders of French fries, cherry vanilla ice cream,... Read more

  The 01 october 2015 by   Sampathkumar Sampath
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• Charles Pierce on Pope's Decision to Meet with Kim Davis As Dumbest Thing He's...

  

  Charles Pierce on the pope's meeting with Kim Davis as the dumbest thing he's ever done as pope — and on the disastrous consequences of this meeting for his... Read more

  The 01 october 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Responses to Pope's Meeting with Kim Davis from My Facebook Feed: "Last Straw,"...

  

  Responses to the news that the pope met with Kim Davis and her lawyer Mat Staver of the anti-gay hate group Liberty Counsel has had my Facebook page lit up all... Read more

  The 30 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Quote for Day: If Kim Davis-Pope Francis Story True, "Conservatives Will Feel...

  

  Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Harriet Sherwood, and Calla Wahlquist in The Guardian this morning on the secret meeting Pope Francis is said to have held with Kim... Read more

  The 30 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Pope Francis, Pretty Words, and My Medicare Nightmare: An Update

  

  While Pope Francis was in the U.S., I reported to you from the real world about my ongoing nightmare with Medicare — a nightmare that has everything in the worl... Read more

  The 30 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Pope Francis Met with Kim Davis and Wrapped His Protective Mantle Around Her?! A...

  

  When I told you yesterday that I'd be very surprised if Pope Francis did not have direct knowledge of Kim Davis's case, little did I know I'd wake up to an emai... Read more

  The 30 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Pope Francis and Kim Davis: Pretty Words in Absence of Practice Fail to Make...

  

  In comments here yesterday, several of you (e.g., MagpieinMadrid, Jerry Slevin, and Chris Morley) point to Pope Francis's response to a question by Terry Moran... Read more

  The 29 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Papal Visit Wrap-Up, Or Unwrapping Media Spin with Women, Abuse Survivors, and...

  

  Not a wrap-up of the papal visit, but an attempt to unwrap the neatly wrapped package that has just been delivered to us vis the media (i.e. Read more

  The 29 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Pope Francis - A Silly Old Man Wearing a Dress

  

  Nothing much changes. From its inception the Roman Catholic church has claimed all authority for itself. The Pope, being the Vicar of Christ and the mouthpiece... Read more

  The 28 september 2015 by   Lowell
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• Ezra Klein on How New Online Media Technologies Shift U.S. Political...

  

  This is what I mean when I keep saying repeatedly that new media made possible by online technology, as well as the tools of social networking, are changing... Read more

  The 28 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Pope Francis on God the Father – 2

  “God is like a gentle father who holds us by the hand and we need to become like a small child to have a dialogue with Him . . . First, love is more about givin... Read more

  The 28 september 2015 by   None
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• Pope Francis on Families and Their Gifts, John McNeill and Margaret Farley on...

  

  What Catholic theologian John McNeill is pointing to in the quotation I shared with you yesterday is very much like what Catholic theologian Margaret Farley als... Read more

  The 27 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• “Nut Country”: How Dallas Silenced Jesus and Became the Most Christian City in...

  

  By Alan BeanWhen evangelist Chuck Templeton visited Dallas in the late 1950s he was deeply disturbed by the city’s extraordinary religious culture. Read more

  The 27 september 2015 by   Alanbean
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• 09.27.15 FFRF’s Attack on Pope Francis

  

  An open letter to Freedom from Religion FoundationI am an atheist of Jewish heritage and an avid secularist. I have also been a supporter of FFRF. Read more

  The 27 september 2015 by   Keith Berner
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• Sunday Devotional: Jesus Spoke of Demons and Hell

  

  Mark 9:38-43, 48 At that time, John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not... Read more

  The 27 september 2015 by   Eowyn
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• The Pope, the Toppled (Catholic) House Speaker Mr. Boehner, and White...

  

  This is partly for fun. As you know, I'm not political — just a theologian. Just as Pope Francis or Jesus is not political (and I'm not comparing myself to... Read more

  The 26 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Remembering John McNeill, As Doors Slam Shut on Thousands at World Meeting of...

  

  As several of you have noted in comments here in the past few days, on the day on which Pope Francis arrived in the U.S., noted theologian and former Jesuit... Read more

  The 26 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Pope Lectures U.S. on Taking in “migrants” While Vatican is Protected by 40 Ft....

  

  hy·poc·ri·sy noun: hypocrisy; plural noun: hypocrisies the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior... Read more

  The 26 september 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Pope Francis on God the Almighty Father

  “The Everlasting Father: No one or anything can separate us from His love. Go out and proclaim, go out and show that God is in your midst as a merciful Father... Read more

  The 26 september 2015 by   None
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• Thoughts Of An Atheist On The Pope's Visit

  

  (Cartoon is by Steve Breen in the San Diego Union Tribune.) Regular readers of this blog will know I am an atheist. I don't just not believe there is a god --... Read more

  The 26 september 2015 by   Jobsanger
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• Joan Chittister to Pope Francis: "It Is Impossible, Holy Father, to Be Serious...

  

  Because I do remain a bit muzzy in the head due to my recent tooth issues (and, above all, the difficulty one has in sleeping as she/he deals with pain in the... Read more

  The 25 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• The Pope's Address To America

  

  The Pope addressed not merely Congress but the American People as well. His message is meant for each of us rather than a select few. Read more

  The 25 september 2015 by   Ldsapologetics
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• Pope Francis, Pretty Words, and My Medicare Nightmare: A Report from the Ground

  

  I am poped out, folks. And you?It doesn't help, surely, that I'm still battling pain from the root canal I had two days ago, and finding it difficult to muster... Read more

  The 24 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Pope Francis: Scolding Congress with Compassion & Humility

  By RF SchattenHow Intelligence, Humility, and Compassion...and a little American History...called out, scolded, and destroyed the Republican veil of Political,... Read more

  The 24 september 2015 by   Rfschatten
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• Francis's Oblique Comments Today on Abuse Crisis: Open Mouth, Insert Foot —...

  

  As Jerry Slevin says in a comment here earlier today, Dennis Coday has some pointed things to say after Pope Francis's address to the bishops when they and he... Read more

  The 23 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Obama, with Horns Sprouting from His Head, Greets Pope

  

  Sometimes, the truth just stares at us in our face. Olaf Ekberg reports for The American Mirror, Sept. 23, 2015: While President Obama was escorting Pope Franci... Read more

  The 23 september 2015 by   Eowyn
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• Brian Williams: What Would Pope Francis Tweet?

  Brian Williams returned to work on MSNBC yesterday, just in time to cover Pope Francis’s visit to the U.S. As we all know, this Pope has gone where no one befor... Read more

  The 23 september 2015 by   Datecoachtoni
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• #FrancisUSA: Some Noteworthy Tweets As Francis Brouhaha Gets Underway in D.C.

  Pope Francis: "Climate change is a problem [that] can no longer be left to a future generation."— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) September 23, 2015From my Twitter... Read more

  The 23 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Kim Davis and Theology of "I Cannot Be Washed Unless I Define You As Unclean"

  

  As David Badash asks after listening to Kim Davis complain on ABC's "Nightline" yesterday evening that she is the real victim, as she denies constitutionally... Read more

  The 23 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Why I Keep Asking Where Francis Effect Is for Marginalized Catholics:...

  

  When I keep asking where the Francis effect is for various groups of marginalized Catholics (like the black Catholics about whom Anthea Butler writes with... Read more

  The 22 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Another Simple Knit Shawl

  

  Fall begins tomorrow, so we hear. Pope Francis arrives in the US today. And another, yes another, shawl is in the works. Yarn, courtesy of Knit Picks, all... Read more

  The 22 september 2015 by   Nancymccarroll
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• As Pope Francis Arrives in U.S., Centrist Catholic Media Continue to Harp on...

  

  As Pope Francis arrives in the U.S. to a church very bitterly divided on ideological and political grounds, the centrist Catholic publications are still... Read more

  The 22 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Pope-ulation

  

  My brother, who art near Philadelphia, recently told me that the City of Brotherly Love began towing cars from the no park zone a week before the Pope’s... Read more

  The 22 september 2015 by   Steveawiggins
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• As Pope Arrives: "Until Francis Gets the House in Order on the Matter of Sexual...

  

  Two simple (but are they simple?) reminders this morning about the abuse situation in the Catholic church, and the imperative need of Catholic pastoral leaders... Read more

  The 21 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Why Does Kim Davis Keep at It? The Resilience of the Anti-Gay Stance in...

  

  So why does Kim Davis keep at it? Why do she and her followers persist, though they have, to all intents and purposes, lost a culture-war battle that ended... Read more

  The 20 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• Radical Homosexual Priest Appointed to Vatican Says Gay Sex Can Express Jesus’...

  

  On May 16, 2015, Vatican Radio reported that Pope Francis had named Fr. Timothy Radcliffe OP, whom The Boston Globe’s Catholic website CRUX calls “a strong... Read more

  The 18 september 2015 by   Eowyn
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• New York Catholic Pastor Reports Meeting with Pope Francis, in Which Pope Says,...

  Kira Brekke reports at Huffington Post today on a report provided by Father Gil Martinez, pastor at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in New York City, to... Read more

  The 18 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• The Francis Effect: Putting Rhetoric Together with Reality on Eve of Pope's Visi...

  

  For parts one and two of this series, see here and here.The Francis effect? Anecdote #1: in a National Catholic Reporter article published yesterday, Joshua... Read more

  The 18 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• The Francis Effect: Putting Rhetoric Together with Reality on Eve of Pope's Visi...

  

  Note: this article is part two of a two-part series. The first part of this article is here.The Francis effect? Anecdote #1: Mark Joseph Stern comments today... Read more

  The 18 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• The Francis Effect: Putting Rhetoric Together with Reality on Eve of Pope's Visi...

  

  On the eve of Pope Francis's visit to the U.S., I've been collecting information that, to my way of thinking, provides something of a snapshot of the Catholic... Read more

  The 18 september 2015 by   William Lindsey
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• The Rotten Fruits of Pope Francis: Church Schism, Conservative Rebellion, and...

  

  “By their fruit you will recognize them.” -Matthew 7:16 Rotten Fruit #1: culture war within church hierarchy His papacy is only 2½ years old, and already... Read more

  The 17 september 2015 by   Eowyn
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