ROME — Pope Francis has demoted the leader of the conservative Opus Dei group from bishop to priest, revoking the structure ordained by Saint John Paul II. In an apostolic letter ironically titled “Ad Charisma Tuendum” (In defense of the charism), Pope Francis reversed measures enacted by Saint John Paul II in 1982 that ensured…
Nicaraguans Denounce ‘Scandalous Silence’ of Pope Francis as Communists Attack Churches, Silence Catholic Radio
August 5, 2022 by
Nicaraguan Catholics are reportedly increasingly upset at Pope Francis for remaining silent as the oppressive Communist regime of dictator Daniel Ortega shuts down Catholic radio stations and sends goon squads to harass protesters. The U.S. State Department on Wednesday denounced the Ortega regime for ordering six radio stations belonging to the Roman Catholic Church to…
Pope Francis: Europe’s Demographic Winter a ‘Serious Matter,’ ‘Cannot Be Ignored’
May 1, 2022 by
ROME — Pope Francis warned again of Europe’s “demographic winter” on Friday, caused by a dangerously low birthrate far beneath replacement levels. “The family – as we know – is the main antidote to poverty, both material and spiritual, as it is also to the problem of demographic winter or irresponsible motherhood and fatherhood,” the…
Pope Francis: The Attack on Ukraine ‘Must Be Stopped’
April 29, 2022 by
ROME — Pope Francis once again called for peace Sunday, which marked the two-month anniversary of the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “I renew my appeal for an Easter truce, a minimal and tangible sign of a desire for peace,” the pontiff told crowds gathered in Saint Peter’s Square for his Regina Caeli message.…
Pope Francis: Migrants Are Not ‘a Virus from Which We Need to Be Protected’
April 4, 2022 by
ROME — Pope Francis called for greater openness to migrants Saturday, appealing for a change of narrative from the primacy of national security to the primacy of welcome. Addressing civil authorities on the first day of his visit to the island nation of Malta, the pontiff urged his hearers to open their hearts and “rediscover…
Francis Ford Coppola thought ‘Godfather’ was going to be ‘a special failure,’ receives Walk of Fame star
March 23, 2022 by
The “movie brats” troupe member received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday. He told Variety ahead of the induction that he wasn’t overly excited about what “The Godfather” would ultimately become at the time he made the film…
Leaked Audio Reveals Former NIH Director Francis Collins Touting Vaccine Mandates, Threatening Unemployment
March 14, 2022 by
Former National Institutes of Health (NIH) chief Francis Collins, who was also recently appointed as President Joe Biden’s new science advisor, expressed support for vaccine mandates, emphasizing that people’s employment should be threatened. Leaked audio obtained by The Daily Wire appeared to shatter Collins’ political neutrality, revealing that he not only had a deeply held conviction…
Pope Francis AGAIN Snubs China’s Uighurs in Christmas Message
December 26, 2021 by
ROME — Pope Francis once again failed to mention the genocide of Uighur Muslims in China Saturday in his annual virtual tour of injustices around the world. In his Christmas Urbi et Orbi (to the city and the world) message the pope gave a shout out to the people of Syria, “who for more than a decade…
‘Pope, You Are a Heretic!’ – Francis Confronted by Elderly Orthodox Priest in Athens
December 5, 2021 by
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Pope Francis was heckled by an elderly Greek Orthodox priest on Saturday as he arrived for a meeting with the head of the country’s Orthodox Church, evidence of the lingering distrust between some Orthodox and Catholics centuries after Christianity was cleaved in half. “Pope, you are a heretic!” the priest shouted…
Pope Francis Calls for ‘Net Zero Carbon Emissions as Soon as Possible’
November 15, 2021 by
ROME, Italy — Pope Francis hosted scientists and religious leaders in the Vatican Monday, where they signed a joint appeal calling for carbon neutrality and a radical change in lifestyles. “Scientists have warned us that there might be only one decade left to restore the planet,” the appeal declares,” urging the achievement of “net zero…
Pope Francis Offers Prayers for Glasgow Climate Change Conference
November 1, 2021 by
ROME — Pope Francis offered prayers Sunday for the success of the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference beginning in Glasgow, Scotland. “Today, in Glasgow, in Scotland, the United Nations conference on climate change, COP26, begins,” the pope stated after his weekly Angelus prayer in Saint Peter’s Square. A giant globe hangs from the ceiling as…
Vatican Mute When Asked if Pope Francis told Biden to Continue Receiving Communion
October 30, 2021 by
ROME — The Vatican declined to comment Friday about U.S. President Joe Biden’s claim that Pope Francis had encouraged him to keep receiving Holy Communion at Mass. Biden met with Pope Francis in the Vatican for approximately 75 minutes Friday morning, after which reporters asked him if the topic of abortion had come up during…
Pope Francis Invites Delegation of Canadian Indigenous People to Vatican
July 4, 2021 by
ROME, Italy — Pope Francis has invited a delegation of indigenous people of Canada to the Vatican in December amidst controversy surrounding the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at Church-run schools for natives. Vatican News reported that the encounter will take place this coming December just before Christmas and will include three separate bilateral…
Pope Francis Calls for ‘Temporary Suspension’ of Property Rights to Vaccines During ‘Vax Live’ Concert
May 9, 2021 by
ROME — Pope Francis called for universal access to coronavirus vaccines and “the temporary suspension of intellectual property rights” Saturday. “God the Creator instills in our hearts a new and generous spirit to abandon our individualisms and promote the common good,” the pope told participants in the VAX LIVE concert, “a spirit of justice that mobilizes…
Pope Francis Tells ‘Vax Live’ Concertgoers to Abandon Individualism
May 4, 2021 by
ROME — Pope Francis sent a video message to participants in the Vax Live concert in Los Angeles Sunday night, urging concertgoers “not to forget the most vulnerable” in vaccine distribution. In his Spanish-language message, the pontiff prayed that the “Creator God would infuse in our hearts a new, generous spirit to abandon our individualisms…
Embattled Pope Francis ‘Has No Intention’ of Stepping Down and Is ‘Embittered’ by Viganò Letter
August 29, 2018 by
Pope Francis leaves after his weekly general audience, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Embattled Pope Francis has no intention of stepping down amid accusations that he covered up sexual abuse charges against the now retired Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Italian news agency ANSA reported Wednesday, citing “close associates” of the pope. […]
Ex-Nuncio Accuses Pope Francis of Failing to Act on McCarrick’s Abuse.
August 27, 2018 by
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò (Edward Pentin Photo) In an extraordinary 11-page written testament, a former apostolic nuncio to the United States has accused several senior prelates of complicity in covering up Archbishop Theodore McCarrick’s allegations of sexual abuse, and has claimed that Pope Francis knew about sanctions imposed on then-Cardinal McCarrick by Pope Benedict XVI […]
Pope Francis Is Woefully Wrong about the Death Penalty.
August 10, 2018 by
Pope Francis visits the University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy – 17 Feb 2017 (Rex Features via AP Images) Pope Francis has amended the Catechism of the Catholic Church to reject the death penalty. Whether this is an appropriate Catholic stance is for Catholics to decide. But the complete elimination of the death penalty would undermine […]
Bannon, Salvini, And A Powerful Catholic Cardinal Are Gunning For Pope Francis
June 22, 2018 by
As the populist wave continues to rise throughout Europe – most recently in Italy where refugees are now being turned away, prominent conservative Catholics are coming together to take on Pope Francis. At the center of the intra-faith efforts are Steve Bannon, along with Italy’s new interior minister Matteo Salvini and American Cardinal Raymond Burke […]
Vatican Newspaper Under Pope Francis Praises Karl Marx the Founder of Communism.
May 9, 2018 by
The L’Osservatore Romano is the daily newspaper of the Vatican City State. The paper was founded in 1861. It is classified as a semi-official newspaper of the Holy See. The paper this week praised communist founder Karl Marx. More than a 100 million people were killed by communist regimes in the 20th century. Previous popes […]
Pope Francis: Ban All Weapons.
April 29, 2018 by
Today on Twitter, the head of the Roman Catholic Church called for a ban on all weapons. Pope Francis asserted that the mere presence of weapons makes us constantly live in fear of war. Do we really want peace? Then let’s ban all weapons so we don’t have to live in fear of war. — […]
Day after US student-led gun control marches, Pope Francis urges young people to ‘keep shouting’
March 26, 2018 by
Pope Francis, a long-time advocate of gun control, has apparently supported the wave of student-led marches in the U.S. ( Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Pope Francis on Sunday opened Holy Week services leading up to Easter by urging young people to “keep shouting” and not let “older generations” silence them. His comments came one day after […]
ISIS Group Releases Image of ‘Beheaded’ Pope Francis.
November 21, 2017 by
Pope Francis poses with members of the Spanish Navy at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Nov. 15, 2017. (Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto/Sipa via AP Images) Just a few days after circulating a propaganda poster depicting a jihadist driving toward the Vatican, a pro-ISIS media group today released another […]
Pope Francis, Netanyahu Send Their Blessings as Museum of the Bible Opens in D.C.
November 18, 2017 by
Washington, D.C. – Prominent leaders from many faiths gathered in D.C. Friday for the dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony that marked the opening of the non-sectarian, $500 million Museum of the Bible which seeks to entertain and educate visitors about the history of the Bible and its significance. The dedication ceremony of the museum, which […]
Pope Francis: ‘Muslim Terrorism Does Not Exist’
February 20, 2017 by
In an impassioned address Friday, Pope Francis denied the existence of Islamic terrorism, while simultaneously asserting that “the ecological crisis is real.” “Christian terrorism does not exist, Jewish terrorism does not exist, and Muslim terrorism does not exist. They do not exist,” Francis said in his speech to a world meeting of populist movements. What […]
Pope Francis: ‘Muslim Terrorism Does Not Exist’
February 19, 2017 by
Pope Francis Pope Francis visits the University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy – 17 Feb 2017 (Rex Features via AP Images) It’s not that Pope Francis is an idiot who doesn’t believe that Muslims commit terrorist acts. Far from it. The pope is an idiot who believes that Muslims don’t commit acts of terror in the […]
Pope Francis Equates Christianity to Communism
November 27, 2016 by
In an interview with Pope Francis published November 11 by the Italian newspaper, Repubblica, the supreme authority of the Catholic Church equated Christianity with Communism when asked about his views on Marxist ideology. “It is the communists, in all cases, that think like Christians. Christ has spoken of a society where the poor, the weak and the […]
Pope Francis Declares Mother Teresa a Saint
September 6, 2016 by
VATICAN CITY (TheBlaze/AP) — Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint on Sunday, praising her for her service to society’s most unwanted. Pope Francis waves to faithful as he leaves after a Holy Mass and the canonisation of Mother Teresa of Kolkata, on Saint Peter square in the Vatican, on September 4, 2016.(ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty Images) […]
How Pope Francis Betrayed His Name
September 4, 2016 by
When Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the new Catholic pope in 2013, he chose the name of Francis to indicate that his pontificate would be one of mercy and compassion for the poor and needy. Such is the reputation of his eponym, Saint Francis of Assisi: “the man of poverty, the man of peace, the man […]
Pope Dope: Imam thanks Pope Francis for saying Islam is a religion of peace
August 9, 2016 by
The imam knows. He is thanking the Pope for being so useful, in advancing Islamic lies, so that people in the West remain unaware of the true nature of the jihad threat. “At unplanned meeting, imam thanks Francis for his comments on Islam,” CNA, August 5, 2016: Assisi, Italy, Aug 5, 2016 / 05:09 pm […]