is a pustule. Fortunately, he does not speak officially for the Church, only for an extremely conservative faction who'd defct to the Southern Baptists if only the SB's would learn Latin.

that the Pope didn't really mean what he said, I'm wondering if Papa Francisco called the Cardinal to heel on this. We'll know a lot more after the bishops meet this fall, but I see this as another reason to be cautiously optimistic.

stay on course. The "barque of Peter" isn't a simple fishing boat anymore. It's an aircraft carrier, and getting one of those mothers turned around takes enormous energy and more than the half-minute some of the yowlers apparently gave Francis to completely reform the Church.

a credible source for that statement.
His pronouncements against violence in the various Middle-Eastern countries do doubt inflames any generic hatred they would have of him as an "infidel".

the Swiss Guard are a modern, highly trained, security force with links to their counterparts in strategic places.

given Francis' penchant for riding in open cars, and driving himself, the security must have concerns, and not just from ISIS.

he's got to be one long Excedrin headache. (Anyone else remember those?)