Pope Francis arrived in Sri Lanka today to a thunderous welcome from the faithful and dignitaries and told the crowds that he came to “meet, encourage and pray with the Catholic people of this island.”
The remaining staff of the satirical French newspaper that lost nine employees last week in the worst terrorist attack on France in years say they are not only planning to publish a paper this week, but it will contain cartoon images of the Prophet Mohammed because that’s just what they do.
During his annual foreign policy address to Vatican-based ambassadors, Pope Francis called for a united response from the international community against the kind of terrorism that inspired the killings of 17 people in Paris last week, saying the attackers were enslaved by “deviant forms of religion”.
More than three million people took to the streets in France yesterday in a rally for unity that was said to rival the response to the liberation of France after World War II with locals pouring into the streets to express their intention to unite and defend itself against the terrorism that left 17 people dead in Paris last week.
Shortly after a judge opened the doors to same-sex marriage in Florida, Miami’s Archbishop Thomas Wenski issued a letter to the more than 8,000 diocesan employees warning them not to publicly support the unions or risk losing their jobs.
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