Posts Tagged ‘pope francis’
Another bad day for the bigots
This is the second day in a row that I write about Pope Francis, and in a fairly positive light both times. Today, it’s just one sentence, spoken yesterday by the pope and reported in the New York Times among many other places: “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has…
Read MorePope Francis’s unprecedented accessibility is admirable, but I wouldn’t call it brave.
In an effort to be more accessible to the people, Pope Francis has forgone much of the security that the Vatican recommends and that his predecessors used with regularity, including bullet proof vehicles and large numbers of highly visible security personal. This has resulted in some tense moments for church officials, including last week’s papal…
Read MoreHow dare the Pope act so kindly or equitably
According to the Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal and leading Catholic authorities, Pope Francis’s recent decision to wash the feet of two girls, including a Muslim, during a traditional Holy Thursday ritual has been viewed as an attack on Church law by conservative elements of the Catholic Church, of which there are many. The…
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