Pope Benedict XVI on Townhall

• Marriage is What it is Mon Apr 1
  Matt Barber
  Here’s what marriage is: The God-ordained, lifelong, covenantal union between man and wife, designed to provide men, women and children optimal stability and overall well-being. Marriage is that biologically, spiritually and morally centered institution calculated to ensure responsible procreation and perpetuate the human race. Marriage – real marriage – represents the fundamental cornerstone of any healthy society (any society that hopes to survive, at least). ... more
• Covering the Conclave Tue Mar 5
  Hugh Hewitt
  How are American newspapers and networks covering the Conclave? Poorly, if at all. ... more
• What Will Pope Benedict XVI’s New Title Be? Tue Feb 26
  Daniel Doherty
• An Evangelical Pope? Sun Feb 17
  Michael Youssef
  The media, including some in the Christian media, throw around the word evangelical with little understanding of its proper definition. Most recently, the media has done this in referring to Pope Benedict XVI as the “Evangelical Pope.” ... more
• HBO Hates Popes, Loves Kennedys Fri Feb 15
  Brent Bozell
  Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world on Monday morning by announcing he would resign at the end of February. ... more
• Watch for the Anti-Catholics To Weigh in on the Papal Succession Tue Feb 12
  Hugh Hewitt
  Because the Roman Catholic Church adamantly defends life in the womb, the oldest and most infirm and the institution of marriage, it has legions of foes spread throughout major media. Those critics will surface repeatedly between now and the selection of the new pope to use the occasion to sling their stones. It is a fun time, really, since they know almost nothing of which they speak, and their agenda journalism is of so little consequence unlike the MSM's recent interventions in the presidential election. ... more
• The Renunciation of Pope Benedict XVI Tue Feb 12
  Ken Blackwell
  The media, of course, is calling it a resignation. But it not so much a resignation of a political office as it is a renunciation. The 85-year old pontiff’s decision to renounce the power and prestige of the papal office is so unexpected, almost unprecedented, as to take the world by surprise. ... more
• A Godly Man in an Ungodly Age Tue Feb 12
  Pat Buchanan
  While he could not match the charisma of his predecessor, John Paul II, Benedict XVI has been a successful papacy. ... more
• Sweet Reason Fri Jan 4
  Ken Blackwell
  Much of the Internet exploded in wrath over Pope Benedict XVI’s Christmas greetings to the Roman curia. Delivered in those historic halls painted by Renaissance artists, the Pope’s address was given to those tasked with administering the Vatican State and serving the Catholic faithful worldwide. ... more
• How ObamaCare Stole Christmas Wed Dec 19
  Matthew Bowman
  In the weeks before Christmas, many Christians read about John the Baptist in the Gospel of Luke. ... more
• It's a Twittersweet Symphony, This Life Sat Dec 15
  Kathryn Lopez
  "Where people are, the Word of God must be," a priest from Washington state, in the holy city for a conference on the Church in America, told an Italian media outlet. The simple explanation did make clear why one of the most learned, reserved, holy men on the planet was dipping his toes into Twitter. ... more
• Pope Blesses Castroism Fri Mar 30
  Humberto Fontova
  “Viva Christ the King! –Down with Communism!” the defiant yells “made the walls of La Cabana prison tremble,” wrote eyewitness to these firing squad massacres, Armando Valladares, who suffered 22 torture-filled years in Castro’s prisons and was later appointed by Ronald Reagan as U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Commission. ... more
• Fidel Castro asks for 'modest and simple' meeting with pope Wed Mar 28
  Townhall.com Staff

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