Robert Redford says Arctic drilling is ‘end game,’ praises Donald Trump’s ‘shake up,’ rest are ‘bland Looney Tunes’
While promoting his new film, A Walk in the Woods, star Robert Redford spoke with Larry King on Larry King Now to tackle all sorts of topics. No surprise that the liberal Hollywood star supports President Obama More...
Pope Francis links global warming to human trafficking
Pope Francis said he had “great hopes” that a fundamental agreement to tackle climate change would be reached in Paris later this year, placing great faith in the UN, but surprising many by linking the move More...
Obama administration dodges question on Pope Francis stance on abortion with global warming
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said he was not aware that Pope Francis said in his climate change encyclical that it’s “incompatible” to be concerned about protecting the environment while also More...
Pope Francis blesses Rodrigo Santoro as Jesus for ‘Ben-Hur’
The Brazilian actor who starred in the 300 films and on Lost, received an audience with Pope Francis on Wednesday and received a special blessing, captured in a photo by co-star Nazanin Boniadi, who plays Esther More...
Kim Kardashian, George Clooney call for President Obama to honor Armenian Christian massacre
Another year and more silence from President Obama on the Armenian massacre of Christians. During the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Muslims murder of 1.5 million Christians, Obama has maintained his silence, More...
Pope Francis meets with Asia Bibi’s family: I pray for you, Asia, the suffering
Pope Francis met the husband and daughter of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman sentenced to death by a court in Pakistan over blasphemy charges, the Vatican confirmed. “I pray for Asia, for you and for all Christians More...
Pope Francis: Call for all to battle trafficking, ‘build peace’
Pope Francis opened the New Year with a powerful message to rid the world of human trafficking. Under the theme “No Longer Slaves,” the Pope condemned slavery and human trafficking during the New Year’s More...
Pope Francis names 15 new cardinals
Pope Francis I March 2013 photo by Casa Rosada via wikipedia Pope Francis has named 15 new cardinals from 13 nations, including Tonga, New Zealand and Myanmar. They will be installed on February 14, 2015. Francis More...
Pope Francis Christmas Message: end suffering, be compassionate, reject selfishness
Pope Francis wants to bring hope to Christians and other ethnic and religious groups suffering “brutal persecution” in Iraq and Syria. The Pope used his Christmas Day blessing, “Urbi et Orbi,” More...
Pope Francis proclaims animals go to heaven, the Humane Society responds
After the new Pope was chosen last March and then took the name “Francis” – after Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals — I took a deep breath and dared to hope that this could be the More...
Pope Francis encourages church to reach out to the divorced, gay community
Pope Francis spoke out about tolerance and inclusion in a recent interview, encouraging the church to reach out to the gay commuity and those who have been divorced. The pontiff said both should be welcomed More...
Pope Francis excommunicates mafia members, visits with Coco Campolongo family
Pope Francis announced that Italian Mafia members are now excommunicated from the Catholic Church. During his visit to south Italy the Pope used harsh and bold language denouncing violence and ‘evil’ More...
Pope Francis speaks against legalization of marijuana, narcotics saying ‘addiction is an evil’
Pope Francis spoke out against the legalization of recreational drugs at a drug enforcement conference in Rome. The Holy Seestated his opinion that drugs “are not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint, More...
Pope Francis will meet with sex abuse victims, declaring ‘zero tolerance’ as bishops are investigated
Pope Francis I announced Monday that he would hold a meeting at the Vatican with a group of sex abuse victims. The Pope then declared a “zero tolerance” for any member of the clergy who would violate a child. “On More...
Pope Francis apologizes for Catholic Church’s ‘evil’ sex abuse scandal
Pope Francis I offered his more sincere apologies to the world for the sexual abuse scandal associated with the Catholic Church. The Pope asked for forgiveness “for the damage” that abusive priests have inflicted More...
Pope Francis shocks Catholics, kneels in public to confess sins to priest
Pope Francis I has shocked Catholics, faith leaders and his own master of ceremonies Friday when he broke protocol to do something unexpected: he bowed down in front of the crowd at St. Peter’s Basilica and confessed More...
Pope Francis meets Russell Crowe, Darren Aronofsky, but doesn’t watch ‘Noah’ film
Russell Crowe, who plays the title character in the new film Noah, lobbied hard for a personal audience with Pope Francis using social media to get the Pope to watch the new film. Pope Francis I March 2013 photo More...
Pope Francis discusses opposition to Christianity, persecution and there are ‘more martyrs’ today
While discussing worldwide Christian persecution and opposition at his morning mass this week, Pope Francis I said the reason is “because the world does not tolerate the divinity of Christ,” Persecution has More...
Pope Francis targets arms makers, media, apathetic public in speech against war
Pope Francis spoke out Tuesday against the public indifference and profiteers of war, which are raging all over the globe. “Think of the starving children in the refugee camps. Just think of them: this is fruit More...
Pope Francis I tweets support of March for Life on Roe v Wade anniversary
Hundreds of thousands of pro-life Americans will be mourning 41 years of legalized abortion today as they participate in the March for Life As they march, they will know they have the support of Pope Francis. The More...