All Francis Friday: November 1, 2013
All Saints Day With all of Francis’ talk of the poor and getting rid of any signs of hierarchy, one would think that the nobility have had a hard time getting to heaven. Nobility...
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All Francis Friday: October 25, 2013
There is a “climate of terror” in the curia? Sandro Magister says Francis’ brisk removal of directors who do not share his “theological-liturgical sensibilities” not only frightens the directors whose positions have only been...
All Francis Friday: October 11, 2013
John Allen at National Catholic Reporter twists the prodigal son parable, making Catholics who don’t like what Francis is doing look bad by comparing them to the elder son. So in John Allen’s story,...
News Roundup: October 8, 2013
Francis’ introduction of the “problem” of divorced and remarried people receiving communion in the “Big Heart Open to God” interview has naturally morphed into a diocese in Germany saying it’s ok. Of course now...
Special Edition: Pope Francis News Roundup
We don’t normally publish on the weekend, but it’s been such a momentous week, we thought it might be helpful to provide links to Francis stories from a variety of Catholic perspectives. All primarily...
News Roundup: October 4, 2013
Feast of St. Francis In typical modernist style, Francis-Bergoglio chose to play it low-key today in Assisi. As he did with his speech to the gynecologists the day after the Civilta Cattolica interview came...
News Roundup: October 1, 2013
Does anyone have a light? Bishop Sanborn shines his brightly in this sermon on how to recognize the true Catholic Church. It’s from the JPII era but good medicine for these dark days of...
News Roundup: Sept. 30, 2013
It’s shaping up to be one heck of a week. It’s only Monday, and we’ve had the confirmation of JPII and John XXIII being canonized on “Divine Mercy Sunday”, April 27, 2014; the expectation...
News Roundup: Sept. 27, 2013
Via Novus Ordo Watch, we find that a Catholic hospital in Ireland has agreed to perform abortions. May we suggest that Francis speak another 24 words against abortion like he did the day after...
News Roundup: Sept. 26, 2013
“Lady in Red” may just be a song title for now, but the whispers have started about the possibility of Francis making female cardinals, or would that be cardinalettes? At any rate, somebody’s got...
