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Tech NewsChristian Twitter Users Tell the Pope Why God Believes In Extreme Vetting
The Pope has been critical of President Trump’s treatment of immigrants. But some American Catholics think the Pope needs to slow his roll. Yes, some Catholics are trying to explain to the Pope why God believes in the so-called “extreme vetting” of immigrants to the United States. Twitter is a great equalizer of sorts when … Continued
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How Big Is Mark Zuckerberg’s Carry-On Bag?
Mark Zuckerberg likes to give. He gave us Facebook. He gave us the hoodie as a work uniform. He gave us his mop dog. He also likes to give gifts and trinkets, like a model of Aquila, the fancy aircraft that will allegedly bring the internet to the world. He dropped lil’ Aquila off for … Continued
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Pope Francis to Teens: Get Off Your Phones
During a three-day long celebration of the most blessed group of people on Earth—teens, obviously—Pope Francis dispensed some advice that was very much not lit. “Your happiness has no price. It cannot be bought and sold: it is not an application you download on a mobile phone,” His Holiness said on Sunday, according to Agence … Continued
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Pope Says It’s Probably Chill to Use a Condom in Regions Hit By Zika
Speaking to reporters earlier today, Pope Francis said it might be okay for women exposed to the Zika virus to use contraceptives to avoid pregnancy. His Holiness also reiterated the Vatican’s stance on abortion, which he described as an “absolute evil.” The Pope made the comments during an overnight flight on the papal plane back … Continued
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Why Apple Doesn’t Need to Sell iPhones Anymore
Apple reported record-breaking quarterly earnings today, but—for the first time ever—the company also projected a decline in iPhone sales. Not that any of that really matters. The future of Apple is secure, thanks to a little help from a higher power. Pope Francis talks with Apple CEO Tim Cook, during a private audience at the … Continued
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Report: The Pope and Google Boss Eric Schmidt Will Have an Unusual Meeting Friday
According to The Guardian, leader of the online advertising world and CEO of Alphabet Eric Schmidt will have a “brief conversation” this Friday with Pope Francis, presumably not about moving the @pontifex Twitter account to Google+. Self-driving popemobile: more likely. The Pope meeting with major business leaders isn’t unprecedented. During his trip to the US … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Pope’s Tablecloth Trick Was a Miracle! (of Modern Computer Graphics)
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, for the fantastic feats of Chill Pope! Today, he’s showing off a classic: The old ‘yank a tablecloth, leaving everything else on the table undisturbed’ trick. It’s a miracle! Except that it’s totally fake. The video showing Pope Francis doing the second coolest thing you can ever do (the … Continued
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The Dopest Pope Francis Memes On The Internet
Have you heard that the Pope is dope? Kim Kardashian set off a kerfluffle in Argentina after tweeting that very sentiment. Argentine media interpreted her tweet as “the Pope is drugs” and took offense, some even branding Kardashian his “enemy.” While I’m certain the Kardashians are signs of an approaching apocalypse, Kim likely picked up … Continued
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Philly’s Preparations for Pope Francis are Like a Dry Run for the Apocalypse
This weekend, Pope Francis’s historic trip to Philadelphia is expected to draw 1.5 million visitors into the city — literally doubling our population overnight. While most Philadelphians (myself included) are excited to be part of the hullabaloo, one can’t help but notice how His Holiness’s imminent arrival is turning Philly into a deleted flashback scene … Continued
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Population Doomsday Scientist Attacks Pope’s Climate Message
In a rare note of dissent from a prominent scientist, Paul Ehrlich is denouncing Pope Francis’s call to action on climate change, stating that the pope’s rhetoric will be as “ineffective as ignoring the problem altogether” unless the world’s billion Catholics embrace population control. Ehrlich’s critique, which appears in Nature Climate Change today, is part … Continued
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Tech NewsNew York Should Be Ashamed of the Heinous Chair It Built for the Pope
Pope Francis is hip to social media and cares about the environment. His new cool Popemobile is a convertible Hyundai. But the throne that the poor pope has to sit in while he’s in Manhattan is freaking design blasphemy. It’s so ugly, it’s ungodly. How in heaven’s name did we get into this mess? Pope … Continued
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EartherClimate ChangeThe Internets Just Exploded with Pope Francis’ Climate Change Encyclical
Today Pope Francis unleashed a mighty call-to-action over climate change and other catastrophes caused by humans. This coalescence of faith and science is rare enough, but judging by the excited buzzing of social media, the Dope Pope has struck a major nerve. In the encyclical, or “teaching letter,” Francis single-handedly bitch-slapped the politicians and corporations … Continued
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Global Warming Skeptics Are Attacking The Pope For Being Green
Earlier today, Pope Francis met with the UN Secretary-General to share his concerns about climate change — a meeting that did not go unnoticed by the Heartland Institute, a right-wing American organization known for its global warming skepticism. Pope Francis met with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the upcoming Paris summit on climate change, a … Continued
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The Pope Plans To Rally The Faithful Against Climate Change
Pope Francis has made an ambitious New Year’s resolution for 2015: the Vatican has announced his intention to push for decisive action against climate change. The Pontiff will issue an encyclical to the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, address the UN general assembly and convene an interfaith summit. According to Bishop Marcelo Sorondo, chancellor of the … Continued
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Pope Francis didn’t say that all dogs go to heaven
Last week it was widely reported that Pope Francis had said you’d get to meet your pets in heaven. As it turns out, he never said that. Poor Fido. The mis-quoted remarks from Pope Francis were first reported by an Italian newspaper, then re-reported in English by the New York Times. The quote was inspired … Continued
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Pope Francis Says Dogs (Probably) Go To Heaven
Recently, when consoling a boy whose dog had died, Pope Francis publicly stated that “paradise is open to all of God’s creatures.” Despite the ambiguousness of the statement, many animal lovers and rights groups have interpreted it as a repudiation of Catholic theology stating animals don’t have souls. Well now, the Pope is certainly endearing … Continued
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Pope Rails Against Intelligent Design, Says God Isn’t “A Magician”
Pope Francis has declared evolution and the Big Bang theory to be real, while adding that God isn’t “a magician with a magic wand.” The comments, while not completely unprecedented for the Catholic Church, goes against the “pseudo theory” of intelligent design encouraged by the previous pope, Benedict XVI. The Pope made the comments while … Continued
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Pope Francis says evolution and the Big Bang are real
The Head of the Catholic Church has spoken: The Big Bang and evolution are real—God is not “a magician, complete with a magic wand that can do all things,” Pope Francis said at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences yesterday. He was surprisingly clear where his immediate predecessors were muddier. The beginning of the world is … Continued
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Follow the Pope on Twitter for Less Time in Purgatory
Things you can do to get time off of Purgatory: help the poor, volunteer, and now… follow the pope on Twitter. So next week is Catholic World Youth Week in Rio. Attending is one way to knock down the days on your Purgatory stay. But so is following along on Twitter. According to Vatican officials, … Continued
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