If there’s one thing people are opinionated about besides politics, it’s religion.
For the first time, His Holiness the Pope has made a Twitter footprint. Make that a fingerprint, since he pushed click himself to send the very first Papal tweet this afternoon.
Pope John Paul II is just one miracle away from becoming a saint, thanks to his successor Pope Benedict XVI.
The Pope may not have much use for anything provocative, but he didn’t seem to mind when a troupe of male acrobats stripped off and performed in front of him at the Vatican City last week.
Pucker up Spain, it’s a sexual revolution.
“There are those that advocate that the voice of religion be silenced, or at least relegated to the purely private sphere. There are those who argue that the public celebration of festivals such as Christmas should be discouraged. These are worrying signs of a failure to appreciate not only the rights of believers to freedom [...]
Cardinals aren’t allowed to make fun of Britain! Only Americans are allowed to make fun of Britain!
“We, too, insistently beg forgiveness from God and from the persons involved, while promising to do everything possible to ensure that such abuse will never occur again.” – POPE BENEDICT XVl, speaking to attendees gathered at the Vatican’s Year of the Priest celebrations. (via New York Times)
“This is a memorable moment. This is a great step forward for us politically and as a society.” –Vitalino Canas, Portugal’s Socialist Party spokesman, on president Anibal Cavaco Silva’s decision to ratify the nation’s gay marriage law. (via YAHOO! News)
“The church needs to profoundly relearn penitence, accept purification, learn forgiveness but also justice.” — POPE BENEDICT XVI, responding to reporter questions about the Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandal, aboard the papal plane Tuesday.
