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I just love quotes like this one in a Reuters piece about Pope Benedict’s trip to Latin America, especially from a professor at a Catholic University. “The Catholic population in Latin America will continue to disagree with church norms that… Continue Reading →
The Ordinary Ministers of the Media have clearly gotten their marching orders on how to cover the Pope’s upcoming visit to Brazil. We blogged via satire on this point a few days ago in Pope’s Last Ditch Effort CancelledTake a… Continue Reading →
Dateline Next Week — Sao Paolo Brazil When Pope Benedict XVI arrived in this sprawling city Wednesday for a five-day visit to the world’s formerly most populous Roman Catholic country, he found that there were actually no Catholics left in… Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Indians Offended by Pope Comments
From the AFP Outraged Indian leaders in Brazil said on Monday they were offended byPope Benedict’s “arrogant and disrespectful” comments that the Roman Catholic Church had purified them and a revival of their religions would be a backward step. In… Continue Reading →