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A feature article in the Wall Street Journal points out what has been increasingly obvious for two years: That Pope Francis is not just the leader of the Catholic Church, but also the “improbable standard-bearer for many progressives around the world.” From the paper: With conservative and nationalist forces on the rise in many places and with figures such as U.S. President Barack Obama and French President François Hollande on their way out, many on the left—from socialists in Latin America to environmentalists in Europe—are looking to the 80-year-old pontiff for leadership. “Pope Francis really inspires a lot of people...

( Pope Francis meets refugees at the Moria refugee camp, on the Greek island of Lesbos, Saturday, April 16, 2016.) With Italian lessons and strolls around Rome, the 12 Syrian asylum seekers Pope Francis brought back with him from Lesbos are settling into new lives, their hosts said Monday. The three Muslim families are being housed temporarily by the Saint'Egidio religious community in the Rome district of Trastevere while they await longer-term accommodation being prepared for them in the Vatican, community spokesman Maximiliano Signifredi told AFP. "Yesterday they had their first Italian lessons. They have been going for walks...

While the genocide of Christians by Islamic supremacists unfolds in the Middle East, the Pope is shilling for their annihilationists. He has not just abandoned his flock, but betrayed them. This isn’t kindness, it’s suicide. Pope Francis is wrong on the migrant crisis and the wave of Muslim migrants currently sweeping Europe actually represents an “invasion,” a Hungarian Bishop has said. And the Former Archbishop of Canterbury warned against “Muslim mass immigration to Europe.” “The frustration for those of us who have been calling for compassion for Syrian victims for many months is that the Christian community is yet...