Category: The Pope | Jimmy Carter
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The Passin’ of Jimmy Carter
Toward the end of Harper Lee’s classic novel, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ when the rape trial of Tom Robinson has concluded and Atticus Finch is walking toward the exit, Reverend Sykes instructs Scout, Atticus’ daughter, to rise. “Miss Jean Louise,…
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Pope Francis and his Prodigal Gay Sons
“Who am I to judge?” These words, spoken by Pope Francis in reply to a question about gay priests, may represent a change of direction for the Catholic Church and signal a move away from the censure and moralizing that…