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POPE FRANCIS’ HUMILITY: Stops By Hotel To Pay Bill – AP
By MB Snow at March 14, 2013 | 9:43 am
BY NICOLE WINFIELD -- VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis put his humility on display during his first day as pontiff Thursday, stopping by his hotel to pick up his luggage and pay the bill himself in a decidedly different style of papacy than his tradition-minded predecessor, who tended to stay ensconced in the frescoed halls of the Vatican. The break from Benedict ... Go To Article
POPE FRANCIS:: New pope slips out of Vatican for morning prayer visit | Reuters
By MB Snow at March 14, 2013 | 9:29 am
By Keith Weir and Crispian Balmer -- VATICAN CITY | Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:45am EDT (Reuters) - Barely 12 hours after his election, Pope Francis quietly slipped out of the Vatican on Thursday to pray for guidance at one of Rome's great basilicas as he prepared to usher in a new age of simplicity and humility in a Church mired in scandal. Francis, the Argentinian ... Go To Article
NEW POPE:: Same-Sex Marriage ‘A Machination of the Father of Lies’
By MB Snow at March 14, 2013 | 12:45 am
by BREITBART NEWS 13 Mar 2013, 1:21 PM PDT -- New Pope Francis I is an ardent opponent of same-sex marriage, in coincidence with traditional Catholic belief. In 2010, he wrote, “Let’s not be naïve, we’re not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a ... Go To Article
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JOHN NOLTE:: Holy Smoke: Catholic Cardinals Choose New Pope
By MB Snow at March 13, 2013 | 12:57 pm
by JOHN NOLTE 13 Mar 2013, 11:18 AM PDT -- 3:48 pm: CNN is reporting that Pope Francis is already scheduled to visit World Youth Day in Rio De Janeiro this summer. The first Latin American Pope is going to Latin America. 3:38 pm: According to Wikipedia, our new Pope opposes abortion and euthanasia, and strongly opposed same-sex marriage. He also opposes gays ... Go To Article
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BREAKING:: NEXT POPE:: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio
By MB Snow at March 13, 2013 | 12:50 pm
VATICAN CITY (CBSDC/AP) – Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio from Argentina has been elected the new leader of the Catholic Church. The 76-year-old – now known as Pope Francis I — was the archbishop of Buenos Aries and was appointed by Pope John Paul II. Bergoglio became the first pope from the Americas elected and the first from outside Europe in more than a ... Go To Article
WALTER RUSSELL MEAD:: Benedict’s Choice and the Crisis of the Western Church | Via Meadia
By MB Snow at February 25, 2013 | 12:30 am
According to Dante, the last pope to resign couldn’t even make it into Hell. Pope Celestine V, a 13th century monk whose brief elevation to the papacy ended with resignation, is found among the ‘neutrals’ who neither God nor the Devil wants anything to do with. Dante was hardly an objective observer; he blamed Celestine’s resignation for the elevation of his ... Go To Article
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POPE BLIND IN ONE EYE:: Pope blesses thousands at Vatican as details of ailments emerge
By MB Snow at February 19, 2013 | 12:10 am
By Tom Kington February 17, 2013, 10:18 a.m. -- VATICAN CITY -- A week after Pope Benedict announced his resignation, more than 50,000 supporters jammed into St. Peter’s Square on Sunday for his next-to-last weekly blessing, as it emerged the aging pontiff may have gone blind in one eye. via Pope blesses thousands at Vatican as details of ailments emerge - ... Go To Article
PEGGY NOONAN: A Faith Unshaken but Unsettled – WSJ
By MB Snow at February 15, 2013 | 12:55 am
By PEGGY NOONAN, DECLARATIONS February 14, 2013 Catholics react to Pope Benedict's resignation. It is disquieting, the resignation of the pope. "We are in uncharted territory," said a historian of the church. An old pope is leaving but staying within the walls of the Vatican, and a new one, younger and less known, will come before Easter. In a week's ... Go To Article
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CONRAD BLACK: Benedict XVI Is Almost Only Serious Leader To Get to Grips With Persecution of Christians And Religious Minorities – The New York Sun
By MB Snow at February 14, 2013 | 12:30 pm
By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun | February 14, 2013 On awakening to consider what to write about in this space and learning that Pope Benedict XVI had retired, I first thought of what Bill Buckley would think it appropriate to write. Apart from his other claims to eminence, he always commanded a level of deference from me in sectarian matters because he was a more ... Go To Article
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ISLAM:: ‘Defamation of Religion’ Rule Applies to Islam Only | #1 News Site on the Threat of Radical Islam
By MB Snow at January 20, 2013 | 12:35 am
'Defamation of Religion' Rule Applies to Islam Only Tue, January 15, 2013, by: Ryan Mauro -- Deborah Weiss, Esq. is an expert on the defamation of religions U.N. resolutions set forth by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. She is a frequent contributor to FrontPage Magazine and The Washington Times, and is co-author of the book, Saudi Arabia and ... Go To Article
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