Eighty-eight percent of American Catholics approve of his selection as pope. By contrast, a poll in April, 2005 found only 60% of Americans Catholics approved of the selection of Pope Benedict, the predecessor to Francis.
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by Jack Rakosky
“The bloggers at Floating Sheep examined all geotagged tweets sent within the continental US between June 22 and June 28 (about 10 million in total and extracted all tweets containing the word “church” (17,686 tweets of which half originated on Sunday) or “beer” (14,405 tweets which are much more evenly distributed throughout the week).”
In the proposed calendar, each date would always fall on the same day of the week.
Jesus on trial
Apr 22
During Lent, the Church of the Holy Comforter used Virginia law to retry the sentencing phase of the blasphemy case against Jesus of Nazareth. Church members and guests played the role of the jury.
CNN is available in over 100 million U.S. households, and CNN International can be seen by viewers in over 212 countries and territories. You’d think they could find someone who knows something about the religious ritual they’re covering.
Pastor Brian McLaren respond to Anne Rice’s recent departure from Catholic Christianity at CNN.
Monks making money
May 31
Capitalism, indeed, was invented in monasteries in the 9th, 10th and 11th centuries.
In the era following World War II, traditionalists and modernists attended the same churches. Today, we are more likely to shop for churches…