All posts tagged "Catholics"

Pope Francis on Sunday deplored a surge of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the victims of which he said included many Christians who had been killed for their faith.

“Painful news continues to arrive of clashes and massacres in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo,” the 87-year-old pontiff said at the end of Sunday Angelus prayer.

“I appeal to the national authorities and international communities to do everything possible to stop the violence and safeguard the lives of civilians.”...

Donald Trump's campaign on Saturday pushed President Joe Biden's administration to apologize to "Catholics and Christians," prompting insiders to wonder why Trump drew a distinction between the two denominations of the shared faith.

Trump's campaign demanded Biden apologize for declaring Easter as "Trans Visibility Day," but the former president's own former advisor blew apart that claim by showing that the date for Trans Visibility Day was set 10 years ago and Biden wasn't involved.

But political onlookers on both sides of the aisle noticed an interesting line in Trump's reply....

Now that the media has finally figured out that there's no "Catholic vote" and therefore Santorum isn't winning it by virtue of his Catholicism, Santorum himself is being questioned about this supposedly puzzling phenomenon. His response? One of my favorite logical fallacies: No True Scotsman. 

(Reuters) - The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is a powerful institution, at least on paper.

Thank god Mom decided at the last minute not to electrocute me in the womb