The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis’ meeting with embattled Kentucky clerk Kim Davis was not an endorsement of her views in a statement issued Friday morning. The Rev. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, issued the statement, stating in part that: “The pope did not enter into the details of the situation of Mrs. Davis, and […]
The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis’ meeting with embattled Kentucky clerk Kim Davis was not an endorsement of her views. The New York Times reports that, although many interpreted the encounter between Pope Francis and Kim Davis last week to be a “subtle intervention in the United States’ same-sex marriage debate,” in fact, it […]
The figures for the third quarter of campaign fundraising are in and it seems that Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is literally giving Hillary Clinton a run for her money. Bloomberg Politics reports that “In the run up the 2016 primary elections, conventional wisdom had it that insider candidates who had long cultivated relationships with […]
Clearly frustrated, President Obama gave a fiery speech on Thursday in the wake of the Oregon shooting. Sounding exasperated, Obama said the response to such shootings has all become all too common and that nothing changes. NBC News reports that “at least 10 people were killed and seven others were injured when a gunman who […]
Former Democratic President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter sat down with Oprah Winfrey for this weekend’s “SuperSoul Sunday” interview, telling her that growing up as the only white child in a predominantly black community had a profoundly positive impact on his life. Born James Earl Carter, Jr. on October 1, 1924, he grew […]