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  1. Fish and Bread

    Vatican Issues First Comments On Trump’s Immigration Ban

    Link: Vatican Issues First Comments On Trump's Immigration Ban | The Huffington Post
  2. Martinius

    Father "Z" says it is okay to pray for the Pope to die soon!

    Father John Zuhlsdorf (how in God's name is this guy still a priest?) says he is getting a lot of queries about praying for Pope Francis to die or retire real soon. An example question and his answer is here (my bolding): "From readers… QUAERITUR: Given the rate things are going for this...
  3. Fish and Bread

    Is the Time Right for the Pope to Convene an Ecumenical Council?

    This article posits that Pope Francis should convene an ecumenical council, which it dubs Vatican III (That wouldn't necessarily be it's title, ecumenical councils are named after the cities in which they take place. The next one will probably be Vatican III, but could in theory be held...
  4. Fish and Bread

    Pope Francis: Jesus Had Authority Because He Was a Servant

    Link: Daily homily: Jesus had authority because He was a servant - Vatican Radio Excerpt:
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    Why Pope Francis is right to revisit the new Mass translation

    Link: Why Pope Francis is right to revisit the new Mass translation
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    How Pope Francis is changing the Catholic Church

    Link: How Pope Francis is changing the Catholic Church Excerpt: Note how the author subtly implies that these renegade Cardinals are pharisees by placing them in the role of the pharisees in his biblical analogy to the story where Jesus is given a trick question by the pharisees about...
  7. Fish and Bread

    "Who's Showing Whose True Colors?": Pope Francis vs. The Pirate Cardinals

    Link: Who's showing whose true colors? I added the "Pope Francis vs. The Pirate Cardinals" sub-header to the subject line to give people some idea of what the article and the thread are about. :) That's not NCR's sub-header- I'll take the credit or the blame for that part. ;) The article...
  8. Fish and Bread

    Pope Francis warns against rise in populism

    Link: Pope Francis warns against rise in populism - BBC News Excerpt:
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    Knights of Malta row with Vatican over condom programme

    Link: Knights of Malta row with Vatican over condom programme - BBC News
  10. Fish and Bread

    Today's Edition of Francis, the Comic Strip

    Source: Francis, the comic strip
  11. Fish and Bread

    Pope Francis Embraces Charity and Non-Violence

  12. Fish and Bread

    Cardinal Muller: Four cardinals challenging pope are harming the church

    Link: Cardinal Muller: Four cardinals challenging pope are harming the church
  13. Fish and Bread

    While Francis frustrates foes with silence, Fr. Antonio Spadaro nails them with tweets

    Link: While Francis frustrates foes with silence, Fr. Antonio Spadaro nails them with tweets Excerpt:
  14. Fish and Bread

    On Epiphany, pope says Magi's journey reflects people's longing for God

    Link: On Epiphany, pope says Magi's journey reflects people's longing for God "Their hearts were open to the horizon and they could see what the heavens were showing them, for they were guided by an inner restlessness. They were open to something new," the pope said. That might well be a...
  15. Martinius

    Heretics now welcome!

    A change was made in December to the rules of both the TLT and SOTE forums to allow for threads that disagree with the teachings or positions of the Church. Here is how it reads in the Statement of Purpose: "This area allows for what would normally be considered by Rome dissent from the...
  16. B

    Vatican bureaucracy & resistance to reforms ‘inspired by devil’ – Pope Francis

    I have to give Francis some credit with how he has openly admitted that the Vatican bureaucracy is about as corupt and evil as it could possibly be in this day and age. The following three interesting articles were found at RT.com and links have been provided to the full articles: Vatican...
  17. Fish and Bread

    German bishops plan guidelines for divorced, remarried to receive communion

    Link: German bishops plan guidelines for divorced, remarried
  18. Fish and Bread

    For God’s sake Pope Francis, don’t retire. The world needs you

    Link: Happy birthday, Pope Francis – for God’s sake don’t retire | Paul Vallely
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    What Pope Francis’ Favorite Movie Can Tell Us About His Vision For The Church

    Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pope-francis-babettes-feast_us_583dd721e4b04b66c01c115b
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    Pope Francis has no patience for threats to abandon the Paris climate agreement

    Link: https://thinkprogress.org/pope-francis-paris-climate-deal-donald-trump-728cf2b45a06