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  1. The Right Coast

    What’s Going on at the Vatican? – Laura Hollis

    By Thomas A. Smith

    In August 2016, Pope Francis appointed Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia as president of the Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Life. Paglia immediately wrote new rules that removed all 172 existing members of…

  2. The Right Coast

    Vatican Accused of Selling Out China’s Catholics | theTrumpet.com

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Many of the Catholics who worship in secret churches feel betrayed by the Vatican s move. Communist leaders have imprisoned, tortured and killed thousands of underground Chinese Catholics. Now the…

  3. The Right Coast

    Vatican Accused of Selling Out China’s Catholics | theTrumpet.com

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Many of the Catholics who worship in secret churches feel betrayed by the Vatican s move. Communist leaders have imprisoned, tortured and killed thousands of underground Chinese Catholics. Now the…

  4. The Right Coast

    Pope Francis seeks opening with Chinese authorities

    By Thomas A. Smith

    In an unusually conciliatory gesture toward communist China, Pope Francis has reportedly agreed to accept back into the church seven Catholic bishops appointed by the Chinese government and later excommunicated…

  5. The Right Coast

    The Bishops of Xi Jinping – WSJ

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Few prelates have ever been as blunt in criticizing the Holy See as Joseph Cardinal Zen, the retired bishop of Hong Kong. In an open letter earlier this week, the…

  6. The Right Coast

    Pope Francis seeks opening with Chinese authorities

    By Thomas A. Smith

    In an unusually conciliatory gesture toward communist China, Pope Francis has reportedly agreed to accept back into the church seven Catholic bishops appointed by the Chinese government and later excommunicated…

  7. The Right Coast

    Pope Francis Sparks Outrage Dismissing Sexual Abuse Scandal | Time

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Questioned by local journalists about Chilean Bishop Juan Barros, who abuse survivors say was present when the Rev. Fernando Karadima molested them decades ago, Francis responded that there was no…

  8. The Right Coast

    Woman Takes Jesus From Vatican Nativity | The Daily Caller

    By Thomas A. Smith

    A member of a radical feminist group attempted to steal a statue of the baby Jesus from the Vatican s nativity scene on Christmas day but was intercepted by police…

  9. The Right Coast

    Will Pope Francis remove the Vatican s warning from Teilhard de Chardin s writings? | America Magazine

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955), was a philosopher, theologian, paleontologist and geologist who took part in the discovery of Peking Man. In the 1920s he was subjected to disciplinary measures from…

  10. The Right Coast

    Controversial Papa

    By Thomas A. Smith

    This from our friends at The Guardian.    Pope Francis is one of the most hated men in the world today. Those who hate him most are not atheists, or protestants, or…