April 15, 2016, Friday -- Bernie Sanders' Talk in Rome Bernie's Talk at the Vatican... Bernie Sanders: The Urgency of a Moral Economy: Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of Centesimus Annus. Prepared Remarks from berniesanders.com April 15, 2016 By Bernie Sanders I am honored to be with you today and was pleased to receive your invitation [...]
April 15, 2016, Friday -- Francis Writes a Note.... Bernie Speaks at the Vatican... Here is an image of Bernie Sanders speaking to a Vatican conference inside of Vatican City about an hour ago. His face can be seen on the large video screen on the wall. Journalists are crowding into the corner of the room [...]
April 14, 2016, Thursday -- "No Meeting Foreseen"... But... "No meeting of the Pope with Bernie Sanders is foreseen." —A senior Vatican official today in Rome "Even if the Pope did meet with him [Senator Sanders], it would not be for political reasons, but for pastoral reasons. The Pope is a pastor. In the end, we [...]
April 12, 2016, Tuesday -- The Pope's New Ambassador to the United States The report below ranges from the retirement of Archbishop Viganò to the Kim Davis case from last September to the question of whether Pope Francis believes we are entering into the apocalyptic period of the great apostasy. Meanwhile, I am preparing a full [...]
April 9, 2016, Saturday -- The Nuncio's Talk The Witness of the Christian "Each one of us has a responsibility before God to bring a message of truth into this world, even if it means spending our lives for that very purpose — sometimes silently, but very often today publicly." —Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, Honoree Address [...]
April 8, 2016, Friday -- The Tenderness of a Papal Document Pope Francis has written a "love letter" to the world... Dear friends, I just came back from the 2-hour Vatican press conference presenting Pope Francis' new Apostolic Exhortation on the Family, entitled Amoris Laetitia (that is the Latin title of the text, meaning literally, "Of [...]
April 7, 2016, Thursday -- The Synod Document and the Problem of God The essential question is the existence of God... and so, consequently, the nature of man... "The splendor of being an image of God no longer shines over man, which is what confers on him his dignity and inviolability, and he is left only [...]
April 7, 2016, Thursday -- The Problem, and the Opportunity, of the Stepinac Case Croatian Prime Minister Meets Pope Francis Croatia's new Prime Minister, Tihomir Oreskovic (photo) is in Rome today to meet with Pope Francis. The meeting took place this morning. (link) Reports prior to the meeting said that among the subjects of his talks [...]
In his Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia (“The Joy of Love”), Pope Francis praises the beauty of marriage and family life. In an age where marriage is in decline, the document is a reminder of how wonderful marriage can be “Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him. But the [...]
On Amoris Laetitia (“The Joy of Love”) Thank you for forwarding by email “The Joy of Love” by Pope Francis, published on April 8. I have read it and think it is one of the finest pieces ever written. I’m hoping our community will do a study of it. God bless you. Eva D. Madison [email protected] [...]