(Photo credit: Wikipedia) In one of his last acts Pope Benedict canonized a whole village of 800 Christians who were killed by Turkish Muslims for refusing to convert to Islam. Here’s the story from Enza Ferreri: Pope Benedetto XVI announced that he will leave his ministry at 8pm on February 28. He made this […]
(Photo credit: Catholic Church) Apparently the Vatican got tired of all the pseudo pope accounts on twitter and launched a real one today: @Pontifex According to Twitchy the hate messages have started rolling in and he hasn’t even ‘tweeted’ yet? <See some of the messages from ‘famous’ jerks like Roseanne Barr> Response: According to […]
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) In the midst of all of the trouble in the Middle East over an ‘anti-Islam’ online video, Pope Benedict visited Lebanon and made several key addresses. In one he called on the Muslim Arab countries to respect ‘all’ religions. here’s the story from the Christian post: At an open-air mass attended […]
(Image via Wikipedia) The Pope said yesterday that gay marriage is a threat to the traditional family unit and ‘the future of humanity itself.‘ Pope Benedict XVI made those remarks during his new year address to the diplomatic corps representing nearly 180 countries at the Vatican. The Pope told the diplomats the following in […]
(Image by Catholic Church via Flickr) Pope Benedict XVI upon his arrival in Angola, Africa warned faithful Catholics against dabbling in traditional witchcraft. Particularly about the dangers of combining Christianity with traditional African magic: “In today’s Angola, Catholics should offer the message of Christ to the many who live in the fear of spirits, […]
(Image via Wikipedia) While visiting a monastery in Germany, Pope Benedict warned the Lutherans of what he called a ‘new form of Christianity’ that was challenging mainstream Christian churches. While not saying so, it was obvious by his comments that he was referring to Evangelicals and Pentecostals: "Faced with a new form of Christianity, […]
For those who continue to make fun of all the Millions ‘Tweeting’ away their lives, now even the Pope tweets. Pope Benedict XVI sent out a message on Twitter to publicize the launch of the Vatican’s new website- News.va, The following was the pope’s first message: "Dear Friends, I just launched http://t.co/fVHpS9y Praised be our […]
( Getty Images via @daylife) On Saturday, Pope Benedict XVI Received and listened to approximately 2,000 Catholic Gypsies recount their way of life at the Vatican on Saturday. In conclusion, the Pope condemned the persecution by the Nazis during World War II and the continuing rejection of the Roma people: "Your history is complex, and, […]
Today (Sunday) in Croatia — Pope Benedict XVI denounced the “disintegration” of family life in Europe and called for couples to make a commitment to officially marry and have children. The Pope reaffirmed traditional Catholic family values and also voiced the church’s continued opposition to abortion before a crowd of nearly 300,000 in Zagreb’s hippodrome. […]
( Image by Striking Photography by Bo Insogna via Flickr) Excerpts of Pope Benedict’s new book -"Jesus of Nazareth"were released on Wednesday and in the new work Benedict made a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ citing numerous biblical and theological reasons for his stand. For centuries Christians and […]
