Pope Francis

  • The coming schism

    An op, Ed from the Los Angeles Times that speaks to the growing rift between the highly conservative United States. Bishops conference for the Catholic Church here, and the Vatican, specifically, Pope Francis. While the pontiff makes every effort to… Continue reading

    The coming schism
  • Pope Francis and Integral Ecology | Becoming Integral

    The new encyclical by Pope Francis, Laudato Si’: On the Care of our Common Home, contains many references to “integral ecology,” including an entire chapter by that title. It’s relatively clear that Francis is working with the integral ecology proposed… Continue reading

  • Stranger Reformation within a Pastoral Revolution

    Instead of defining us as living in sexual sin, the church is suddenly seeing all aspects of our relationships – the care for one another, the sacrifices of daily life, the mutual responsibilities for children, the love of our families,… Continue reading

  • Supremely Smug Plutocrats vs. the Supreme Pontiff

    My claim: The wealthiest Plutocrats within the 1% use religion and its morality to support their estate as the most powerful. Toward that end, such men and women will often weigh in on issues that they do not care so… Continue reading

    Supremely Smug Plutocrats vs. the Supreme Pontiff
  • What You Believe About Homosexuality Doesn’t Matter | In The Parlor

    Very well said. Very well said… The debate over the “rightness or wrongness” of homosexuality has once again been fired up. The appeals to the Biblical passages have been made. The academic rebuttals to the interpretation of those passages has… Continue reading

    What You Believe About Homosexuality Doesn’t Matter | In The Parlor
  • Nancy Gibbs on Why Pope Francis Is TIME’s Person of the Year 2013 | TIME.com

    Picking Francis I, with Edward Snowden a close runner up, demonstrates how the  power-hungry Financial Capitalist networks of the Society of Control are being challenged by both the most traditional channels of discourse as well as the most anti-imperialist channels.… Continue reading

    Nancy Gibbs on Why Pope Francis Is TIME’s Person of the Year 2013 | TIME.com
  • Interview with Pope Francis I

    I am not going to go back into the flock of the Catholic Church anytime soon. I know that. However, Pope Francis does continue to intrigue me. Who Is Jorge Mario Bergoglio?I am a sinner. This is the most accurate… Continue reading

    Interview with Pope Francis I