Vatican Bombshell Announcement

April 13, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Vatican Bombshell: Pope Francis Picks 8 Permanent Advisory Council To Reform Church VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis marked his first month as pontiff on Saturday by naming eight cardinals from around the globe to a permanent advisory group to counsel him on running the Catholic Church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy – a bombshell announcement that indicates he intends a shift in how the papacy should function. The panel includes only one current Vatican official; the rest are cardinals from North, Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe and Australia – a clear indication that Francis wants to reflect the universal nature of the church as he goes about governing. Continue reading... Jackie Robinson's Faith Missing From '42' Movie Religious Book May Fetch 30 Million Talking To The Jews Raised In Caves During WWII Look: Why Is This Orthodox Jew Flying In A Huge Plastic Bag? Matthew Warren Used Unregistered Gun Bought Online In Suicide Vatican To Hold Dialogue With Nonbelievers Look: Why Is This Orthodox Jew Flying In A Huge Plastic Bag? Brennan Manning: All Is Grace Look: Why Is This Orthodox Jew Flying In A Huge Plastic Bag? Brennan Manning: All Is Grace JUDITH ROSENBAUM Women, Pluralism and Compromise Many years ago, when I was a feisty 16-year-old, I had a meaningful experience at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. No, it wasn't a religious awakening or a spiritual vision. Rather, it was a new understanding of the power of compromise. Continue reading... ROBERT C. CROSBY, D.MIN. Getting Through Your Gethsemanes The final week in Jesus' life included especially great depths and heights: He faced a dark night of the soul in Gethsemane, a torturous cross and, ultimately, a glorious resurrection. Identifying with Jesus in His journey keeps us focused and faithful in ours. Continue reading... PETER A. GEORGESCU Missionary Prepares Kenyan Kids for Harvard They didn't arrive in the service of any divine calling, but the truth of their surroundings spoke to their troubled hearts. A short-term, 12-month mission assignment as dorm parents for a Kenyan boarding school turned this ordinary man into the most unlikely internationally recognized hero. Continue reading... REV. MALCOLM BOYD The Spiritual Lesson in Renewing a Driver's License My California Driver License was expiring shortly, so it needed to be renewed. In my case, this required my successly passing a test. I plunged into my new and demanding task. Continue reading... CHAVA TOMBOSKY Kicking the Box Open, Defeating Orthodox Labels More than anything, I hate the box. The stuffy, claustrophobic, choking box that others in the media create with their own assumptions of how I must conform in order to observe the beauty of Hasidic life. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003