The National Catholic Reporter runs a cartoon strip about pope Francis. I hope the winsome character the strip portrays reflects the real character behind it. And here was their contribution for the holiday, which just popped up:
As after every climate summit, the air is filled with shouts of rage and despair.
What was agreed was unclear and inadequate and what was left undecided or simply ignored was vast and terrifying. For example, they still haven’t managed to agree that the world needs to stop burning fossil fuels.
Former members of Amy Coney Barrett’s secretive faith group, the People of Praise, are calling on the US supreme court justice to recuse herself from an upcoming case involving gay rights, saying Barrett’s continued affiliation with the Christian group means she has participated in discriminatory policies against LGBTQ+ people.
