Pope Francis calls on Christians to forgive in land ISIS once ruled
By Nicole Winfield and Sumya Kullab
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Pope Francis holds first-ever papal mass in Iraq
Pope Francis became the first Bishop of Rome to hold mass in Iraq on March 6, 2021. (Credit: Vatican News via Storyful)
QARAQOSH, Iraq (AP) - Pope Francis urged Iraq’s Christians on Sunday to forgive the injustices against them by Muslim extremists and to rebuild as he visited the wrecked shells of churches and met ecstatic crowds in the community’s historic heartland, which was nearly erased by the Islamic State group’s horrific reign.
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Pope Francis leads the mass for the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul in St, Peter s Basilica. (Photo credit: Vatican Pool - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
Ryan T. Anderson was recently named president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a respectable conservative think tank in Washington, D.C. He is a brilliant social commentator who spent several years at The Heritage Foundation. One of his books, When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Movement, is no longer available on Amazon. That s because it is a critical analysis of this phenomenon.
If Anderson is too controversial for Amazon, then it is only a matter of time before Pope Francis is censored. That actually would be great it s time the cancel culture mavens had their tyrannical powers blow up in their faces.
Ryan T. Anderson was recently named president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a respectable conservative think tank in Washington, D.C. He is a brilliant social commentator who spent several years at The Heritage Foundation. One of his books, "When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Transgender Movement," is no longer available on Amazon. That's because it is a critical analysis of this phenomenon.
There is nothing new about the Catholic Church's opposition to abortion or human trafficking, but what Pope Francis said about them on Feb. 8 is worth a closer look.
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Pope Francis will not take part in the Vatican’s New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day ceremonies this year while he tends to a “painful” back condition.
Francis, 84, announced on Thursday that he will be sidelined from both the year-end prayer service in St. Peter’s Basilica on New Year’s Eve and Mass on New Year’s Day, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said, per the Associated Press. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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Bruni said Francis was suffering from “painful sciatica,” something he has dealt with in the past, but would still deliver his scheduled New Year’s blessing in the library of the Apostolic Palace at noon on F