Tag: Catholicism

Pope Francis blesses a child during the weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope to fly over China, rare chance for greetings

Nicole Winfield · August 7, 2014 6:31 pm

Pope Francis, bottom left, is cheered by faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's Square for a meeting with altar boys and girls from the dioceses of Germany, at the Vatican, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope speaks in German to 50,000 Catholic kids

Washington Examiner · August 5, 2014 5:52 pm

Pope Francis celebrates a mass in Caserta, Italy, Saturday, July 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Dear Pope Francis: Head west to see the real America

Hugh Hewitt · July 27, 2014 9:00 pm

Meriam Ibrahim, from Sudan, right, holds her baby girl Maya, accompanied by Italian deputy Foreign Miinister Lapo Pistelli, holding her son Martin, followed by Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, second from right, Italian Premier Matteo Renzi, second from left, and his wife Agnese Landini, after landing from Khartoum, at Ciampino's military airport, on the outskirts of Rome, Thursday, July 24, 2014. The Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death in Sudan for refusing to recant her Christian faith has arrived in Italy along with her family, including an infant born in prison. An Italian diplomat who accompanied the family from Sudan said Italy leveraged its historic ties within the Horn of Africa region to help win her release. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Pope meets Sudanese woman sentenced to death

Washington Examiner · July 24, 2014 4:16 pm

Ann Coulter arrives at the 2014 TIME 100 Gala in New York City earlier this year. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Ann Coulter’s sad descent into bitter irrelevancy continues apace

Becket Adams · July 23, 2014 10:10 pm

Soccer fans of the Argentina national soccer team wear masks with faces of Pope Francis and Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi during a live telecast of the soccer World Cup semifinal match between Argentina and Netherlands, inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Vatican casts doubt on papal World Cup party

Washington Examiner · July 10, 2014 12:28 pm

Pope Francis celebrates the Angelus noon prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's square, at the Vatican, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope: Bishops must be held accountable for abuse

Frances D'emilio · July 7, 2014 8:43 pm

The National Organization for Women named a Catholic order of nuns to a list called Ã¢â¬ÅThe Dirty 100,Ã¢â¬Ã¯Â¿Â½ a catalog of the 100 entities which filed lawsuits against the Affordable Care ActÃ¢â¬â¢s contraception mandate. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

NOW calls Catholic nuns ‘dirty’

Kevin Daley · July 7, 2014 6:08 pm

Pope Francis celebrates the Angelus noon prayer from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's square, at the Vatican, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope’s visit seen encouraging Catholics in Asia

Washington Examiner · July 7, 2014 9:12 am

Church parade past Mafia home a challenge to pope

Frances D'emilio · July 6, 2014 7:51 pm

Spain’s new king and queen invite pope to visit

Spain’s new king and queen invite pope to visit

Washington Examiner · June 30, 2014 8:22 am

Pope Francis celebrates a mass where he bestowed the Pallium, a woolen shawl symbolizing their bond to the pope, to 24 new new Metropolitan Archbishops, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, June 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Pope leads long Vatican Mass after health setbacks

Washington Examiner · June 29, 2014 10:35 am