Tag Archives: Pope Francis

Clip recap: “Over 200,000 LGBT youths are homeless in America. The biggest reason LGBT youths cannot remain in their homes is due to the religious beliefs of their parents. Watch brave clients of the Ali Forney Center describe the abuse and rejection they suffered. Every child deserves to be loved.”

If you can believe it, Rolling Stone has the exclusive audio. They write: As Pope Francis embarks on his historic visit to the United States, His Holiness will spread his message of hope, faith and unity in the form of a prog-rock-infused album titled Wake Up! this November. The Vatican-approved LP, a collaboration with Believe Digital, features the Pontiff delivering …

USA Today reports: Pope Francis cruised through Central Park early Friday evening to the cheers of tens of thousands who stood in line at security checkpoints for hours to enter the site. Waving to the cheering crowds, Pope Francis’ motorcade made its way from 72nd Street down to near 59th Street as he passed through on his way from Our …

UPDATE: Things are about to begin. Pope Francis will arrive at the United Nations within minutes for his address before the General Assembly. His speech is scheduled to begin at 8:30AM and embedded in this post is the Vatican’s official live-stream. One of today’s main topics is expected to be Europe’s continuing refugee crisis, which will surely cause even more …

Pope Francis is just landing at an East River helipad for his motorcade through Manhattan to St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue. It’s a short ride but the security presence is the most massive ever seen in New York City.

Social media has been having a bit of fun today at the expense of House Speaker John Boehner, who valiantly tried not to burst into tears merely from being in the presence of Pope Francis.

Once again Bill Donohue is furious with the “intolerant” owner of the Empire State Building, who has rejected his demand to light up in honor of tomorrow’s papal visit. “The Empire State Building will not light its towers tonight in honor of Pope Francis. Instead, it will acknowledge the opening night gala of the New York Philharmonic. In doing so, …

“Pope Francis gave a historic address to Congress and other political leaders in Washington just minutes ago and made it clear in his own words that the overall theme of his visit to America is that he wishes to uphold the family, and support marriage. Here’s what he just told our political leaders: ‘It is my wish that throughout my …

“The Pope’s more conservative supporters must have been excited to hear him speak about the family as he transitioned into a discussion of his upcoming appearance at the World Meeting of Families: ‘It is my wish that throughout my visit the family should be a recurrent theme. How essential the family has been to the building of this country! And …

Pope Francis is on his way to the US Capitol where a large crowd is awaiting his unprecedented address to Congress. The below live-stream will begin at 9:30AM.  Last night Rachel Maddow reported that 16 members of Congress, eight from each party, have been assigned to perform as de facto papal bodyguards, should any of their colleagues breach protocol and …

Media Matters has compiled a dozen reactions to the Pope’s visit from the biggest loudmouths in Teabagistan. You’ll enjoy this.

Teabagistan may be having a civil war over Fox News and Donald Trump, but they are definitely united in their hatred of that commie/socialist/Obama-kisser Pope Francis. Posted today on Breitbart: If God is the God of free will in this broken world, then He most certainly does not see a moral equivalency between free market capitalism and totalitarian communism. And …

Thousands of people either camped out all night or arrived outside the White House in this morning’s predawn hours in advance of the arrival of Pope Francis. Reuters reports on today’s events: Pope Francis and President Barack Obama are set to hold private talks at the White House on Wednesday before the pontiff parades through streets of Washington on the …

A few weeks ago I posted a tentative look at Philadelphia’s “vehicle exclusion zone” for the visit of Pope Francis. Above is the final map. The rules: Drive your car outside the green box above after Thursday, Sept. 24, and you can’t drive it back in until sometime Monday, Sept. 28. If your car is parked either within the area …

Pope Francis just landed at Andrews Air Force Base where he was greeted by President Obama, who shook his hand for about 20 seconds before turning to introduce the First Lady and First Teens.  Security, of course, is enormously tight. Watch the goings-on below.

Mike Huckabee has gone a Twitter tirade against Obama’s White House guest list for the papal visit, calling it “classless” and “disrespectful.” He went further on Fox News last night, saying that inviting openly gay people to meet the pope is like setting up an open bar at a meeting for Alcoholics Anonymous. Wut?

Closeted homosexual blogger Matt Drudge is joining the rest of Teabagistan in attacking Pope Francis, both for his scandalous Christ-like support for the poor (income redistribution!) and for his role in thawing relations between the United States and Cuba (commies!)

Bachmann’s tweet links to a National Review column by George Will, who writes: Francis’s fact-free flamboyance reduces him to a shepherd whose selectively reverent flock, genuflecting only at green altars, is tiny relative to the publicity it receives from media otherwise disdainful of his church. Secular people with anti-Catholic agendas drain his prestige, a dwindling asset, into promotion of policies …

“It’s wise of the Vatican to question President Obama’s guest list for the Pope’s visit next week—that list should raise a lot of eyebrows! The Wall Street Journal says those invited to the Pope’s welcome celebration include transgender activists, the first openly gay U.S. Episcopal bishop, and an activist nun whose organization supports abortion. This is disgraceful and obviously inappropriate. …