Tag Archives: Pope Francis

CNN host Chris Cuomo really got into it with Catholic League blowhard Bill Donohue today, calling Donohue out on his history of defending the Catholic Church’s pedophilia scandals. Cuomo: “The pope is giving you a different message. He’s saying: ‘Don’t make these statements about the homosexuals. Don’t make these statements about the Jews. Get back to the what your church …

“The pope is right that single-issue Catholics need to rise above their immediate concerns. He did not say we should not address abortion or homosexuality; he simply said we cannot be absorbed by these issues. Both the left and the right should heed his message. The article in the New York Times says U.S. bishops will feel the pinch of …

“By saying that ‘it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time,’ Francis is slamming people like Maggie Gallagher, former president of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), who has made it her life work to constantly talk about gay marriage — touting her Catholic beliefs — and stop marriage equality by pitting groups against one another. …

“With these latest comments, Pope Francis has pressed the reset button on the Roman Catholic Church’s treatment of LGBT people, rolling back a years-long campaign at the highest levels of the Church to oppose any measure of dignity or equality. Now, it’s time for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to catch up and drop their opposition to even the …

In a lengthy interview published today, Pope Francis declared that the Catholic Church should not “interfere spiritually” with the lives of gay people. CNN reports: When Francis was a bishop in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he received letters from gays and lesbians who said they were “socially wounded” by the church, he said. “But the church does not want to do …

The Vatican has abruptly recalled Archbishop Josef Wesolowski, its official envoy to the Dominican Republic, in the midst of child molestation rumors about Wesolowski and another priest. The Associated Press reports: Wesolowski’s sudden departure from the Dominican Republic in recent days has been the cause of feverish speculation in local media. Dominican television network NCDN, citing a statement from the …

“Clearly, Pope Francis is NOT endorsing homosexual conduct as so many in the liberal media have dishonestly claimed. He affirms the Catholic Catechism, which is explicit on that point. My concern is about his use of the phrases ‘a gay person’ and ‘the fact of that person being gay.’ Saying ‘a gay person,’ instead of “a person who struggles with …

This morning I was interviewed by New Hampshire Public Radio’s Word Of Mouth show about yesterday’s comments by Pope Francis.  Listen here.  Towards the end, we also touched on the Russian vodka boycott. The show airs at 2:00PM Eastern today.

Dolan appeared on CBS This Morning today to downplay Pope Francis’ seemingly more kind tone towards gay people. Igor Volsky recaps at Think Progress: Dolan insisted that the Church has long embraced gay people and that Francis’ answer did not represent a new tone or establish a more liberal precedent. “Homosexual acts,” he said, are still a sin. “Homosexuality is …

“Summarizing the pope’s comments on homosexuals in the priesthood, the AP reported: ‘Francis was much more conciliatory [than Pope Benedict], saying gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten.’ Pope Francis didn’t say that, and the report is wrong on so many levels. First of all, it suggests that being gay itself, is a sin. What Pope Francis really …

“While Pope Francis’s words do not reflect a shift in Church policy, they represent a significant change in tone. Like his namesake, Francis’s humility and respect for human dignity are showing through, and the widespread positive response his words have received around the world reveals that Catholics everywhere are thirsty for change.” “But as long as millions of LGBT Catholic …

Pope Francis today refused to condemn gay people during a conversation with reporters on his return flight from Brazil.  Via NBC News: Pope Francis said “who am I to judge?” gay people as he discussed one of the most divisive issues affecting the Catholic Church Monday. “I have yet to find anyone who has a business card that says he …

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Pope Francis today “overhauled” the criminal code at Vatican City and NOW the possession of child pornography will send you to Vatican prison, whatever that is. The legislation covers clergy and lay people who live and work in Vatican City and is different from the canon law, which covers the universal Catholic Church. The bulk of the Vatican’s penal code …

Today the Vatican released an 82-page document co-written by Pope Francis and former Pope Benedict in which the pair says that marriage is only blah blah blah. Francis paid tribute to pope emeritus Benedict XVI in the encyclical, saying that the ex-pontiff had “almost completed” the text before stepping down in a historic resignation this year and that he himself …

In a speech that the Associated Press is characterizing as “diplomatically wading into the gay marriage issue,” today Pope Francis notably did not explicitly denounce same-sex unions when speaking about family values with the Archbishop of Canterbury. Francis, who vigorously opposed gay marriage in his native Argentina, and Archbishop Justin Welby chatted, prayed and had lunch together at the Vatican …

Pope Francis has confirmed the presence of a “gay lobby” in the Vatican. Back in February Italian media claimed that a secret report by cardinals investigating the leaks included allegations of corruption and blackmail attempts against gay Vatican clergymen, and on the other hand, favouritism based on gay relationships.”In the Curia, there are truly some saints, but there is also …

The infallible pope has been overruled by the Vatican. In a quick move to disabuse the minds of the ungodly majority who may have heaved a sigh of relief after learning that the pope has said the closed doors of heaven have at last been flung open to non-Catholics and atheists (!), Vatican spokesman Thomas Rosica implied that the pope …

Speaking at his Wednesday Mass in Rome, yesterday Pope Francis likely upset a lot of people when he declared that even atheists can go to heaven if they are good people. Using scripture from the Gospel of Mark, Francis explained how upset Jesus’ disciples were that someone outside their group was doing good, according to a report from Vatican Radio. …