As Italy votes, Pope channels the Stones: Getting what you need, not what you want
There’s one topic on which right now, Pope Francis and his populist foes may be each other’s best friends: Russia.
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by bcadmin | Sep 25, 2022 | Europe, Italy, lead, News, News Analysis, Pope Francis, Populism, Putin, Russia, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
There’s one topic on which right now, Pope Francis and his populist foes may be each other’s best friends: Russia.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 23, 2022 | Featured, Nato, News, Nuclear weapons, Putin, Rose Gottemoeller, Russia, U.S. & World News, Ukraine | 0 |
A former deputy secretary-general of NATO said threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine must be taken seriously.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 1, 2022 | Argentine news agency, College of Cardinals, Featured, From the Pope, News, Nine years as pope, Praedicate Evangelium, Preach the Gospel, Putin, Roman Curia | 0 |
Pope Francis said the goals he has achieved in more than nine years as pope were simply the fruit of the ideas discussed by the College of Cardinals prior to his election.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 5, 2022 | Corriere della Sera, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, News, Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis, Putin, Russia, The Dispatch, Ukraine | 0 |
There’s been a bit of chatter about Pope Francis’s most recent interview in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera newspaper, but not as much as he or the folks at the Corriere probably wish there […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 13, 2022 | Kirill, Nato, News, Pope Francis, Putin, Robert Royal, Russia, The Catholic Thing, The Vatican Thing, Ukraine, WEIRD (Western Educated Industrialized Rich Democratic) | 0 |
Russia’s absurd portrayal of itself as some sort of Christian champion in Ukraine – even as it slaughters thousands and destroys whole cities, has gotten me thinking about something I’ve been ambivalent about for many years: the effect of American popular culture on the rest of the world.
I love America. And like all sane people who do, I, therefore, come close to hating much about our current popular culture – starting with the fact that we even have it here at home to export. But there are some crucial distinctions to draw about that now-global U.S. presence. And we should not allow to go unanswered those who want to use the decadent elements of American and Western culture and even Western Christianity – which exist beyond all doubt – as an excuse for nefarious purposes. Read more.
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 6, 2022 | Butcher, Father Antonio Spadaro, Joe Biden, News, Putin, U.S. & World News, War cries | 0 |
U.S. President Joe Biden minced no words calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “butcher” who should no longer be in power.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 1, 2022 | Featured, Kyiv, Local News, News, Paul Gavrilyuk, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, University of St. Thomas, UST professor | 0 |
Paul Gavrilyuk gets about four hours of sleep a night.
It’s a wonder he gets any sleep at all. The Ukraine native and theology professor at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul is working around the clock to help his native country, which he left in 1993 but has family and friends still living there.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 22, 2022 | Coffee with Sister Vassa, Moscow, News, Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, Putin, Russia, Russian Orthodox, Russian Orthodox nun, Russkii Mir, Sister Vassa, Sister Vassa Larin, U.S. & World News, Ukraine | 0 |
One of the Orthodox scholars who signed a statement condemning as “heresy” the political vision of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow is a U.S.-born Russian Orthodox nun and scholar of Byzantine liturgy.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 8, 2022 | Cardinal Parolin, News, Putin, Sergey Lavrov, U.S. & World News, Ukraine | 0 |
In a telephone call with Russia’s foreign minister, the Vatican secretary of state “conveyed Pope Francis’ deep concern about the ongoing war in Ukraine,” the Vatican said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 3, 2022 | Catholic, News, Orthodox, Putin, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, U.S. & World News, Ukraine | 0 |
Catholic and Orthodox leaders in Europe have appealed to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, urging him to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to put an end to the bloodshed in Ukraine.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 1, 2022 | Condemning violence, News, Pope Francis, Putin, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, Silence the weapons, U.S. & World News, Ukraine | 0 |
Condemning violence and expressing his concern for and solidarity with Ukraine, Pope Francis has not uttered the word “Russia” publicly.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 28, 2022 | Featured, News, peace, Peace on Earth: Fraternity is Possible, Pope Francis, Putin, Russia, Russian troops, U.S. & World News, Ukraine, War | 0 |
Pope Francis knows his appeals for an end to the war in Ukraine carry little weight with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but he also knows he has an obligation to continue speaking out and rallying others to join him in praying for peace.
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