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Pope Francis Went on a Tweetstorm About the Climate
The planet is starting to look like a "pile of filth," he says.
Even the Pope Hates the Suburbs
In his forthcoming teaching document, the Pope will call out the "social anonymity" of the 'burbs.
The Pope Catches Home Run Ball in Kansas City
The Pope was in Kansas City yesterday and caught a home run ball.
The Pope Misses Going Out for Pizza More Than He Misses TV
The Pope hasn't watched TV in 25 years, but he really misses a good old pizza session. And for those wondering, “ordering one in the Vatican is not the same thing.”
This Guy Wants $25,000 to Translate the Bible Into Emojis
We talked to Kamran Kastle, a guy with an ambitious plan to translate the more than 31,000 verses of the Old and New Testament into emojis.
Iraqi Christians Aren't Impressed by the Vatican's Promises of Help
One of the Pope's top envoys visited Erbil on Wednesday promising to mobilize the powers of the church to help Christians and other minorities.
The PR Guru Behind the Pope Who Is Charming the World
Every modern-day media darling needs a PR machine, and Pope Francis is no exception. Enter Greg Burke: the 53-year-old Fox News correspondent turned Holy See handler.
The Essex Man Who Wants to be King, Prime Minister and Pope
Thomas Darwood Is the most ambitious person in the world.
Meet Frank
Rejoice! The new pope is a man of the people! He famously cooks his own meals, rides the bus to work, and lives in a single apartment rather than in the palace befitting an archbishop. These are all good things! But there's also this...
The Collection Plate
Catholics, keep in mind the next time the collection plate get passed, your money may not go towards buying the clergy new robes or building a soup kitchen. It could go towards anti-gay marriage bills.
Asking a Lebanese Atheist About All this Religious Screaming
Life as non-believer in the Muslim world is a little harder when its burning.
Pope of Many Hats
If you’ve forgotten to remind the Vatican to sync the Pope’s Google Calendar in with yours, or you simply haven’t been reading the news, then you might not know that Pope Benedict XVI is on his way to Britain later this year.