“From the immaculate soles of his Pradas to the jeweled tip of his gold-threaded mitre, Pope Benedict XVI has been a paragon of gilded denial whose brow furrowed briefly when confronted with news of pedophile priests, church cover-ups, condom use in Africa, unruly nuns, plummeting Sunday church attendance and a general lack of new and renewed subscription to a church …
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The Pope Had “Secret” Heart Surgery
Britain’s Telegraph reports: The Pope had a pacemaker fitted less than three months before the announcement of his resignation, in an operation that had remained a secret until Tuesday. It was the first time that Benedict’s need for the device had been revealed by the Vatican. But officials insisted that the Pope’s heart condition had nothing to do with his …
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Betting On The Next Pope
The Irish online gambling site Paddy Power is taking bets on the next pope and has set odds on the cardinals they consider to be the top contenders. Bettors on the site, for the moment, are favoring a Canadian. Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet is 5/2 market leader to be elected as the next Pope. He is Prefect of the congregation …
Read More »So This Happened Today At The Vatican
This will send the End Times folks into a hilarious tizzy. Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation came like a bolt from the blue overnight. And the weather around the Vatican was eerily appropriate, with lightning striking St Peter’s Basilica, one of the holiest Catholic sites, on the same day that Pope Benedict announced he would be stepping down. Global news agency …
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Tweet Of The Day – Emperor Palpatine
This is the most recent tweet from Ratzi. Twitter is wondering if this is a clue. Best comment on Facebook so far: “I did Nazi that coming!”
Read More »BREAKING: Pope To Resign
Huge news: Pope Benedict XVI said Monday he lacks the strength to fulfill his duties and on Feb. 28 will become the first pontiff in 600 years to resign. The announcement sets the stage for a conclave in March to elect a new leader for world’s 1 billion Catholics. The 85-year-old pope announced the bombshell in Latin during a meeting …
Read More »Bill Donohue Attacks Andrew Sullivan
Whenever another Catholic molestation scandal is in the news, Bill Donohue lashes out at the messengers.
Read More »Pope Backs US Pro-Life March
Several hundred thousand anti-abortion protesters are expected today in Washington DC. GOProud is the only “gay organization” taking part.
Read More »Papal Secretary “Gorgeous George” Makes Cover Of Italian Vanity Fair
Reuters reports: Archbishop Georg Ganswein, Pope Benedict’s private secretary, who has been dubbed “Gorgeous George” by the Italian media, is now a real-life cover boy. The prelate has landed on the cover of Vanity Fair. The cover on the Italian edition of the magazine shows the 56-year-old archbishop smiling, his blue eyes beaming, above a headline that reads “Father Georg …
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Pope Denounces “Unregulated” Capitalism
In his New Year’s Day address, yesterday Pope Ratzinger sat on his jewel-encrusted throne and denounced “selfish” capitalism. Pope Benedict XVI has condemned “unregulated capitalism” for contributing to world tension, in a new year address to worshippers. The Pope also thanked the world’s peacemakers and said humanity had “an innate vocation for peace”. The Roman Catholic Church leader spoke at …
Read More »Dutch Catholics “Debaptize” Themselves Over Pope’s Anti-Gay Comments
Years ago I posted about the “debaptism” movement in which Catholics request that their names formally be stricken from the memberships rolls of their local diocese. This month that (mostly) symbolic move has gained steam in the Netherlands due to Pope Ratzinger’s incessant attacks on same-sex marriage. Tom Roes, whose website allows people to download the documents needed to leave …
Read More »Ill Papa Slams Gay Marriage (AGAIN)
“People dispute the idea that they have a nature, given to them by their bodily identity, that serves as a defining element of the human being. They deny their nature and decide that it is not something previously given to them, but that they make it for themselves. The manipulation of nature, which we deplore today where our environment is …
Read More »Catholic League Publishes Full-Page NYT Ad Denying Pope-Nazi Connection
See the full New York Times ad.
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Ill Papa Ratzinger: Same-Sex Marriage Is A Threat To Justice And World Peace
“There is also a need to acknowledge and promote the natural structure of marriage as the union of a man and a woman in the face of attempts to make it juridically equivalent to radically different types of union. Such attempts actually harm and help to destabilize marriage, obscuring its specific nature and its indispensable role in society. These principles …
Read More »VATICAN CITY: Pope Blesses Uganda’s Rebecca “Kill The Gays” Kadaga
Ugandan Parliament Speaker Rebecca Kadaga, who last month promised the passage of the Anti-Homosexuality Act as a “Christmas gift to Christians,” yesterday appeared in Vatican City to receive the motherfucking blessing of the Pope. From the website of the Uganda Parliament: Kadaga who led a delegation of Ugandan legislators to the Vatican expressed delight at meeting the Pope and visiting …
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