Pope Francis' first official visit to the United States erupted in controversy this week, when news broke that he met with Kentucky clerk Kim Davis. The meeting with Davis struck a chord with many who viewed it as both rejection of the LGBT community, and acceptance of Kim Davis' refusal to issue civil marriage licenses to same-sex couples. It isn't hard to understand why people feel that way, since Kim Davis and her lawyers have said that's how they took the meeting. The details of the meeting
On Tuesday, September 22nd, Pope Francis arrived in Washington D.C. and by September 23rd, he went forth into the United States of America with the intentions of making a religious impact. Inevitably, he also made an immense impact on politics and could potentially impact the presidential election in November. 78.2 million Americans identify as catholic, and Pope Francis has the full support of 63% of the catholic population. President Obama welcomed Pope Francis into Washington D.C., an honor that
Global Travel on a Papal Dime Everybody seemed to enjoy the Pope's visit to the United States. While a few atheist groups were as unhappy as they always are, the rest of the country was either indifferent or thrilled. In addition to the novelty of a papal visit, the Pope commands an audience bigger than pretty much anyone else in the world. When he speaks it does not guarantee that there will be changes, but it does guarantee that people are at least going to listen. The media spent much of their
Pope Francis, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church and the first pope from the Americas. He was born on December 17, 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was born and raised in Argentina, and later became the archbishop of Buenos Aires. Because of this, he was the cardinal that represented Argentina as the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina from 1998 to 2013. Then, on March 13, 2013, he was elected to be Pope after Pope Benedict XVI retired. When he was elected to
structure nine times out of ten) able to truly be impartial? Our public schools are underfunded and are failing to teach lower class students the fundamentals needed to succeed. How is it that Philadelphia public schools can be $80 million in debt but the city is able to raise $30 million for Pope Francis’ visit?
It was our custom upon leaving our summer villa at Castel Gondolfo to go a short distance to the papal villa, also located in those hills outside of Rome, to sing for the Pope. I shall never forget singing that Latin anthem, as the great Pope Pius XII gazed down at us from the villa balcony just several feet away. Nine days later, he was dead, passing away quite unexpectedly. He was laid in state at the papal villa for a day and a half before the official