Last week, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that infant Charlie Gard should be taken off life support per the hospital’s recommendations and against his parent’s wishes, but in concordance with previous rulings. Now, for some reason, the Pope and Donald Trump are getting involved.
Proving she is one of those special artists who’s “bigger in Vatican City,” my Snapchat superstar and host of the upcoming America’s Next Top Model reboot will perform for His Holiness Pope Francis (among others) this weekend “at an event honoring the canonization of Mother Teresa.”
In a report published today, Adweek revealed the best- and worst-selling magazine covers of the year, and the resulting list proved an old industry adage: “When all else fails, tell ‘em Jennifer Aniston got married.”
If you were outdoors enjoying the beauty of nature and the preciousness of being alive on this early fall day, you really missed out on a great Fox News shouting match.
The current pope has been celebrated far and wide for being very chill (and telling people not to breed like rabbits), but here’s a gentle reminder that he’s not at all as progressive as he world likes to think: He’s just clarified that transgender individuals can’t become godparents. Sorry, the world still sucks.
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Cool Pope (real name) just came back from visiting the largest Catholic nation in Asia and he's got some thoughts he needs to let out, namely the fact that maybe catholics have a "moral responsibility" not to have as many kids as they're having.
The new issue of Rolling Stone features everyone 's favorite new rock star, Pope Francis. More radiant than Justin Bieber, almost as excited as Rick Ross, clad in all white like Roger Daltrey, His Holiness wears a beatific smile and a Madonna-esque crucifix. ROCK.
This morning, TIME announced that this year's Prom Queen Of News is none other than Pope Francis. The pontiff is the perfect choice for 2013's Person of the Year — he changed the Church from a mouthpiece for intolerance into one of love and acceptance. Except not really for women. He's still pretty meh about women.…
Pope Francis, the hippest, most bro'd down Pope since Pope Brad the Chill (not a real pope), just did a long interview with an Italian newspaper — and it was the stuff of right wing nightmares. During the interview, the head of the Church stopped just short of chiding modern church leaders who are "obsessed" with gays…
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Infuriating quote of the day: "You can't resolve [the AIDS crisis in Africa] with the distribution of condoms...On the contrary, it increases the problem." -Pope Benedict XVI earlier today. [AP, via Yahoo News]
Melissa Etheridge (who not too long ago contemplated a tax protest in response to Prop 8) now thinks that supporters of same sex marriage rights should spend some time reaching out to the H8ers, too.
It's been less than a month since the staunchly pro-choice Barack Obama has been elected President, and already anti-abortion advocates are reassessing their goals. Some anti-choicers are taking a practical route, according to the Washington Post, supporting legislation that may cut down on the need for abortion, like…
Welcome back to the Monday morning edition of Snap Judgment, in which we publish the celebrity snaps that came in over the earlier part of the weekend. Inside: Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins, Jessica Simpson, Pope Benedict XVI, Fred Savage, Kristie Alley, and Heather Graham. All those — and others — in a gallery beginning…
Love the sinner, hate the sin? Not if you're Catholic you don't. In 2004, the now-Pope barred pro-choice politicians from accepting Communion, though most of them (like all other pro-choice Catholics) basically ignored him. Now there's a hubbub because some whiny guy from Lancaster saw a priest give Communion to…
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