The Pope wasted little time lashing out at fake Christians whom he said would be better off being a non-believer, an atheist, than a “bad Christian.”
Opinion: Pope Francis Warns There is No Heaven for ‘Bad Hypocritical Christians’
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 someone who is in need of help."
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, and not just say we're sorry."
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 priests.
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 Sanders as a brief greeting and common courtesy.
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 minutes. There were no cameras, no transcripts, and no press, as the Sanders/Francis meeting was clearly not a political endorsement.
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 meet with the candidate."
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 enough
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.
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 Davis
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 supporters. In other words, by attacking the Pope, Trump may be alienating people who would vote for him.
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
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 front-runner's reply assaulted the Pope for daring to question his Christianity, saying no leader should have the right to question another man's faith.
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
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
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 Central African Republic
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 a charade."
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 the Pope had no idea who she was when he met her.
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 is problematic
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 Bunning's condition of release