<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - pope</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/pope</link><description>Newsvine - pope</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 21:40:15 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:06:43 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>WIVES, SUBMIT TO YOUR OWN HUSBAND.    THE MAN HAS AUTHORITY OVER THE WOMAN.                                                                                                                                              </title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Does the bible say a man is superior to a woman.?&nbsp; Some people think so but they are wrong.
WIVES, SUBMIT TO YOUR OWN HUSBAND.&nbsp;&nbsp; The verse before this says submit to each other.
&nbsp;
" Ephesians 5
[21. Submit to each other. [22. Wives, submit to your own hu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A-king]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A-king]]></source><link>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18379670-wives-submit-to-your-own-husband-the-man-has-authority-over-the-woman</link><guid>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18379670-wives-submit-to-your-own-husband-the-man-has-authority-over-the-woman</guid><category>church</category><category>women</category><category>gay</category><category>baby</category><category>religion</category><category>sex</category><category>woman</category><category>pope</category><category>god</category><category>name</category><category>sexism</category><category>men</category><category>bible</category><category>jesus</category><category>christian</category><category>poor</category><category>devil</category><category>judaism</category><category>sin</category><category>messiah</category><category>jew</category><category>hell</category><category>atheist</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 20:11:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pope Francis admits he falls asleep during nighttime prayer but thinks God 'understands'  |</title>
<description><![CDATA[
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The pontiff was appearing before 200,000 people gathered in St Peter&rsquo;s Square when he made unscripted comments on subjects ranging from memories of his grandmother, his decision to become a priest and political corruption.
Calling on Catholics to do more to help &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18370252-pope-francis-admits-he-falls-asleep-during-nighttime-prayer-but-thinks-god-understands</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/20/18370252-pope-francis-admits-he-falls-asleep-during-nighttime-prayer-but-thinks-god-understands</guid><category>charity</category><category>religion</category><category>hunger</category><category>poverty</category><category>pope</category><category>catholic-church</category><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:06:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-245171C76-3639-2E77-0FDB-BF0965F158DF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-245171C76-3639-2E77-0FDB-BF0965F158DF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bible Prophecy and the Rise of the Corporation</title>
<description><![CDATA[An interesting take on the role of the corporation and Bible prophecy...]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TNTalk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TNTalk]]></source><link>http://tntalk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18358244-bible-prophecy-and-the-rise-of-the-corporation</link><guid>http://tntalk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/19/18358244-bible-prophecy-and-the-rise-of-the-corporation</guid><category>state</category><category>bank</category><category>money</category><category>religion</category><category>power</category><category>influence</category><category>pope</category><category>corporate</category><category>legal</category><category>bible</category><category>prophecy</category><category>corporation</category><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 19:42:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Genes: Another Power Grab for Authority in Your Life | Bible Vision</title>
<description><![CDATA[The human genome project has spawned an industry that seeks the  profit and control of your medical future, part of an unprecedented  uprising of an international oligarchy...]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TNTalk]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TNTalk]]></source><link>http://tntalk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18343433-genes-another-power-grab-for-authority-in-your-life-bible-vision</link><guid>http://tntalk.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/18/18343433-genes-another-power-grab-for-authority-in-your-life-bible-vision</guid><category>drug</category><category>religion</category><category>law</category><category>science</category><category>pope</category><category>patent</category><category>medicine</category><category>corporate</category><category>legal</category><category>gene</category><category>authority</category><category>greed</category><category>corporation</category><category>nwo</category><category>oligarchy</category><category>human-genome-project</category><category>statute</category><category>epigenome</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:13:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Did science create God?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
As well as any human beings could, they knew what lay behind the cold, clicking, flashing face -- miles and miles of face -- of that giant computer. They had at least a vague notion of the general plan of relays and circuits that had long since grown past the point where any si&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A-king]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A-king]]></source><link>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18213303-did-science-create-god</link><guid>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18213303-did-science-create-god</guid><category>church</category><category>gay</category><category>baby</category><category>religion</category><category>sex</category><category>woman</category><category>pope</category><category>god</category><category>name</category><category>men</category><category>bible</category><category>jesus</category><category>christian</category><category>poor</category><category>devil</category><category>judaism</category><category>spa</category><category>sin</category><category>universe</category><category>scifi</category><category>messiah</category><category>jew</category><category>hell</category><category>atheist</category><category>cmuter</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 20:28:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>GO TO HELL--THEN WHAT?</title>
<description><![CDATA[DOES HELL CEASE TO EXIST.?? 10&nbsp;The  devil, who fooled them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A-king]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A-king]]></source><link>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18176088-go-to-hell-then-what</link><guid>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18176088-go-to-hell-then-what</guid><category>church</category><category>gay</category><category>baby</category><category>religion</category><category>sex</category><category>woman</category><category>pope</category><category>god</category><category>name</category><category>men</category><category>bible</category><category>jesus</category><category>christian</category><category>poor</category><category>devil</category><category>judaism</category><category>sin</category><category>messiah</category><category>jew</category><category>hell</category><category>atheist</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 20:15:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Old Testament has Become Obsolete</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The New Covenant/Testament has made the Old Testament obsolete, IN the New Covenant&nbsp; you should no longer live by the rules and practices of the Old Covenant. A much greater and higher standard has taken its place.
&nbsp;look at how the Bible contrasts the Old Covenant wi&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A-king]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A-king]]></source><link>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18154771-the-old-testament-has-become-obsolete</link><guid>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18154771-the-old-testament-has-become-obsolete</guid><category>church</category><category>gay</category><category>baby</category><category>religion</category><category>sex</category><category>woman</category><category>pope</category><category>god</category><category>name</category><category>men</category><category>bible</category><category>jesus</category><category>christian</category><category>poor</category><category>judaism</category><category>sin</category><category>messiah</category><category>jew</category><category>atheist</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 23:16:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a-king146EF7681-CAD6-2DEF-0B19-31A285507E17.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="37" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a-king146EF7681-CAD6-2DEF-0B19-31A285507E17.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="12" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Is abortion murder in Christian teaching??...POLL</title>
<description><![CDATA[Abortion is a big social and political issue. It is often framed as pro life v pro choice.
Or pro choice v anti choice. Or pro life v pro death. there is little agreement. Some say it is about a woman's right to choose what to do with her body. Some say it is about saving innocen&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A-king]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A-king]]></source><link>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18090455-is-abortion-murder-in-christian-teachingpoll</link><guid>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/06/18090455-is-abortion-murder-in-christian-teachingpoll</guid><category>church</category><category>girl</category><category>abortion</category><category>life</category><category>gay</category><category>baby</category><category>sex</category><category>woman</category><category>pope</category><category>god</category><category>name</category><category>men</category><category>us-news</category><category>bible</category><category>jesus</category><category>christian</category><category>poor</category><category>judaism</category><category>sin</category><category>messiah</category><category>jew</category><category>atheist</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 23:33:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Are Christians saved by faith or works? SHEEP AND GOATS</title>
<description><![CDATA[Jesus let the sheep(righteous) enter heaven for helping those in need and cast out the goats(unrighteous) because they did not help those in need.
Matthew 25 verses 31-46.
&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A-king]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A-king]]></source><link>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/05/18066779-are-christians-saved-by-faith-or-works-sheep-and-goats</link><guid>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/05/18066779-are-christians-saved-by-faith-or-works-sheep-and-goats</guid><category>church</category><category>gay</category><category>religion</category><category>pope</category><category>god</category><category>bible</category><category>jesus</category><category>christian</category><category>poor</category><category>judaism</category><category>sin</category><category>messiah</category><category>jew</category><category>atheist</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 May 2013 12:58:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New Zealand bans Christ and Satan</title>
<description><![CDATA[No king, queen, prince, or princess is allowed in NZ.
&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A-king]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A-king]]></source><link>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18025303-new-zealand-bans-christ-and-satan</link><guid>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18025303-new-zealand-bans-christ-and-satan</guid><category>church</category><category>gay</category><category>baby</category><category>sex</category><category>new-zealand</category><category>woman</category><category>pope</category><category>god</category><category>name</category><category>men</category><category>world-news</category><category>bible</category><category>jesus</category><category>christian</category><category>poor</category><category>judaism</category><category>sin</category><category>messiah</category><category>jew</category><category>atheist</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 01:40:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a-king136F959B7-C5AD-C7AF-DD24-F1B6E1308220.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a-king136F959B7-C5AD-C7AF-DD24-F1B6E1308220.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Half-naked woman's Pope spoof irks bishop</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The Catholic bishop of Pittsburgh has called on Carnegie Mellon University to take action against a female student who marched naked from the waist down and passed out condoms while dressed as the Pope during a parade organized by the school&rsquo;s arts department.
University&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17987172-half-naked-womans-pope-spoof-irks-bishop</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/30/17987172-half-naked-womans-pope-spoof-irks-bishop</guid><category>college</category><category>naked</category><category>bishop</category><category>religion</category><category>police</category><category>half</category><category>woman</category><category>university</category><category>charges</category><category>pope</category><category>pittsburgh</category><category>fun</category><category>condom</category><category>spoof</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:52:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater3FB8CA17-3EBB-8F73-0BEA-45A9915638C3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebater3FB8CA17-3EBB-8F73-0BEA-45A9915638C3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pope's soccer habit a perfect fit for papal gifts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Soccer-mad Pope Francis is building quite a collection of team jerseys.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17763278-popes-soccer-habit-a-perfect-fit-for-papal-gifts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17763278-popes-soccer-habit-a-perfect-fit-for-papal-gifts</guid><category>eu</category><category>vatican</category><category>soccer</category><category>pope</category><category>world-news</category><category>soccer-mad-pope-francis</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:46:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d1393dd8-8a35-4b86-b88a-ccd2b1f87221.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="294" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d1393dd8-8a35-4b86-b88a-ccd2b1f87221.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis, center, is presented with a jersey of the Spanish national soccer team during his private audience with Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and his wife Elvira Fernandez Balboa, right, at the Vatican, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f2ec221b-3d5d-4caa-9407-ebe118206d21.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="242" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f2ec221b-3d5d-4caa-9407-ebe118206d21.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis, left, meets Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at the Vatican, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fd8fd56b-054e-4c24-8a46-d61ad8910edc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=fd8fd56b-054e-4c24-8a46-d61ad8910edc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis, center, is flanked by Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, left, and his wife Elvira Fernandez Balboa during their private audience at Vatican, Monday, April 15, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A list of papal advisers on Curia reform</title>
<description><![CDATA[Pope Francis on Saturday named eight cardinals to a panel that will help advise him running the church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, or Curia. Seven non-Vatican officials were drawn from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America to give it geographical breadth.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17733657-a-list-of-papal-advisers-on-curia-reform</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17733657-a-list-of-papal-advisers-on-curia-reform</guid><category>eu</category><category>vatican</category><category>list</category><category>pope</category><category>south-america</category><category>world-news</category><category>pope-francis</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:23:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pope tells priests: practice what you preach</title>
<description><![CDATA[Pope Francis told priests on Sunday to practice what they preach, saying the church's credibility was on the line.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Winfield]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nicole Winfield]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17731693-pope-tells-priests-practice-what-you-preach</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17731693-pope-tells-priests-practice-what-you-preach</guid><category>eu</category><category>vatican</category><category>pope</category><category>catholic-church</category><category>world-news</category><category>pope-francis</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:19:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94b2f743-69e0-4e12-88bb-cef8c60e6cbd.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94b2f743-69e0-4e12-88bb-cef8c60e6cbd.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 7, 2013 file photo Pope Francis waves to faithful upon his arrival for his installation Mass at the St. John in Lateran Basilica, in Rome. Pope Francis has named nine cardinals to advise him on running the church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy. The Vatican announced Saturday, April 13, 2013 the members of the advisory panel and said they would hold their first meeting Oct. 1-3. They include current Vatican officials but more importantly cardinals from Europe, the Americas, Australia and Asia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia,File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=96df57f7-fdfc-4e38-8da3-5b2f9917ce40.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="430" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=96df57f7-fdfc-4e38-8da3-5b2f9917ce40.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="129" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Wednesday, April 10, 2013 file photo cardinals line up to salute Pope Francis, not pictured, at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican. Pope Francis has named nine cardinals to advise him on running the church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy. The Vatican announced Saturday, April 13, 2013 the members of the advisory panel and said they would hold their first meeting Oct. 1-3. They include current Vatican officials but more importantly cardinals from Europe, the Americas, Australia and Asia. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bdfba90a-3dbd-4b23-a25a-b52f67ece33f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bdfba90a-3dbd-4b23-a25a-b52f67ece33f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis celebrates a Mass in St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica in Rome, Sunday, April 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=13488764-a95c-4f4e-bf4d-db432909bc66.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="337" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=13488764-a95c-4f4e-bf4d-db432909bc66.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="182" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis celebrates a Mass in St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica in Rome, Sunday, April 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0dc82b13-2e69-4176-886c-12576f20e0d1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="328" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0dc82b13-2e69-4176-886c-12576f20e0d1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis celebrates a Mass in St. Paul Outside the Walls Basilica in Rome, Sunday, April 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c8ed00b7-4988-49f0-8159-4130a8f21584.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c8ed00b7-4988-49f0-8159-4130a8f21584.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis waves as he arrives at the St. Paul Outside of the Walls Basilica, in Rome, Sunday, April 14, 2013.(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=98dd0db5-cb38-4df4-ac55-6636474df926.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=98dd0db5-cb38-4df4-ac55-6636474df926.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Faithful wait for Pope Francis outside the St. Paul Outside the Walls' Basilica in Rome, Sunday, April 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Getting to heaven...Old or new testament. Two questions?</title>
<description><![CDATA[If I understand and follow the old testament only and totally ignore the new testament, will I get to heaven?.
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﻿﻿If I understand and follow the new testament only and totally ignore the old testament, will I get to heaven?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A-king]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A-king]]></source><link>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17689350-getting-to-heavenold-or-new-testament-two-questions</link><guid>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/10/17689350-getting-to-heavenold-or-new-testament-two-questions</guid><category>church</category><category>gay-marriage</category><category>gay</category><category>religion</category><category>pope</category><category>god</category><category>bible</category><category>jesus</category><category>christian</category><category>poor</category><category>judaism</category><category>sin</category><category>messiah</category><category>jew</category><category>atheist</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:21:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Letter: How can Christians support gay marriage?</title>
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God said that marriage was supposed to be between a man and a woman, no exception. How can you call yourself a Christian if you support this kind of lifestyle or rights and it totally goes against God&rsquo;s word? All for the sake of more votes, they put their salvation in jeo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A-king]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A-king]]></source><link>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17617268-letter-how-can-christians-support-gay-marriage</link><guid>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/05/17617268-letter-how-can-christians-support-gay-marriage</guid><category>church</category><category>gay-marriage</category><category>gay</category><category>politics</category><category>pope</category><category>god</category><category>bible</category><category>jesus</category><category>christian</category><category>poor</category><category>judaism</category><category>sin</category><category>messiah</category><category>jew</category><category>atheist</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Apr 2013 16:05:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a-king154F776A3-D76E-F4A9-E0AC-96BD502A41C1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="57" width="57" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a-king154F776A3-D76E-F4A9-E0AC-96BD502A41C1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="57" height="57" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Parents: Speechless after Pope hugged disabled son</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Rhode Island couple says they were speechless and moved to tears when Pope Francis hugged and kissed their 8-year-old son in St. Peter's Square on Easter Sunday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17567797-parents-speechless-after-pope-hugged-disabled-son</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17567797-parents-speechless-after-pope-hugged-disabled-son</guid><category>us</category><category>boy</category><category>rhode-island</category><category>pope</category><category>ri</category><category>us-news</category><category>peter-square</category><category>easter-sunday</category><category>pope-francis</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 11:51:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a91f7967-3653-446a-973d-3b6864af70da.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="498" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=a91f7967-3653-446a-973d-3b6864af70da.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="149" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis hugs a child after celebrating his first Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated his first Easter Sunday Mass as pontiff in St. Peter's Square, packed by joyous pilgrims, tourists and Romans and bedecked by spring flowers.Wearing cream-colored vestments, Francis strode onto the esplanade in front of St. Peter's Basilica and took his place at an altar set up under a white canopy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=df207391-7eb4-457e-ad53-ebf8d3c3aa01.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=df207391-7eb4-457e-ad53-ebf8d3c3aa01.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis hugs a child after celebrating his first Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated his first Easter Sunday Mass as pontiff in St. Peter's Square, packed by joyous pilgrims, tourists and Romans and bedecked by spring flowers.Wearing cream-colored vestments, Francis strode onto the esplanade in front of St. Peter's Basilica and took his place at an altar set up under a white canopy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pope Francis still has most of his right lung</title>
<description><![CDATA[Does the pope have only one lung?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Warren]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Warren]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17556424-pope-francis-still-has-most-of-his-right-lung</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17556424-pope-francis-still-has-most-of-his-right-lung</guid><category>argentina</category><category>pope</category><category>associated-press</category><category>world-news</category><category>lung</category><category>lt</category><category>pope-francis</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 20:17:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c45480d1-9fed-41dc-be26-9eb0254a5fa3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c45480d1-9fed-41dc-be26-9eb0254a5fa3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis waves to the crowd after the Regina Coeli prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Francis honors John Paul II before installation</title>
<description><![CDATA[Pope Francis was formally installed as bishop of Rome on Sunday in a ceremony characterized by more simplicity than the usual ritual and pomp enjoyed by papal predecessors taking up their pastoral duties.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frances D'Emilio]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Frances D'Emilio]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17550337-francis-honors-john-paul-ii-before-installation</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17550337-francis-honors-john-paul-ii-before-installation</guid><category>eu</category><category>vatican</category><category>pope</category><category>pope-john-paul-ii</category><category>world-news</category><category>peter-basilica</category><category>lateran-basilica</category><category>pope-francis</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 10:47:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02a25233-e3e5-4e36-a153-ed9ad624c7ba.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="390" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02a25233-e3e5-4e36-a153-ed9ad624c7ba.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis speaks before the Regina Coeli prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4ec726d3-aaba-4e01-91c0-fc793c048d93.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4ec726d3-aaba-4e01-91c0-fc793c048d93.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Faithful try to watch Pope Francis delivering his Regina Coeli prayer from his studio window overlooking  St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b6a8e2a3-015a-46ee-853d-9b5e00540d2c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="319" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b6a8e2a3-015a-46ee-853d-9b5e00540d2c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis speaks before the Regina Coeli prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f7be9d22-d594-4c8c-8dac-5e64a3c625a1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="453" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f7be9d22-d594-4c8c-8dac-5e64a3c625a1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="136" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Faithful wave flags as Pope Francis delivers his Regina Coeli prayer from his studio window overlooking  St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b0468ddc-47d2-46ca-9547-53cc88f9f8c6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b0468ddc-47d2-46ca-9547-53cc88f9f8c6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Faithful wave flags as Pope Francis delivers his Regina Coeli prayer from his studio window overlooking  St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=72e779a0-e6c5-4808-8d59-c148fe6a5479.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=72e779a0-e6c5-4808-8d59-c148fe6a5479.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis, center, visits the necropolis where pagans and early Christians were buried under St. Peters Basilica at the Vatican and where St. Peter is believed to be buried, Monday, April 1, 2013, during what was called the first-ever visit by a pope. The basilica was built over the location where early Christians would gather in secret, at a time of persecution in ancient Rome, to pray at an unmarked tomb believed to be that of Peter, the apostle Jesus chose to lead his church. At right Bishop Vittorio Lanzani looks on. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d36f627d-5475-46c9-89c3-bd2ef75e3193.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d36f627d-5475-46c9-89c3-bd2ef75e3193.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis, followed by Cardinal Angelo Comastri, right, and Bishop Vittorio Lanzani, partially hidden, visits the necropolis where pagans and early Christians were buried under St. Peters Basilica at the Vatican and where St. Peter is believed to be buried, Monday, April 1, 2013, during what was called the first-ever visit by a pope. The basilica was built over the location where early Christians would gather in secret, at a time of persecution in ancient Rome, to pray at an unmarked tomb believed to be that of Peter, the apostle Jesus chose to lead his church. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2bdda437-be28-4465-99f0-b5cee3e8762d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2bdda437-be28-4465-99f0-b5cee3e8762d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis, flanked by Cardinal Angelo Comastri, left, and Bishop Vittorio Lanzani, right, kneels in prayer in front of what is believed to be the burial site of St. Peter's in the necropolis where pagans and early Christians were buried under St. Peters Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, April 1, 2013, during what was called the first-ever visit by a pope to the necropolis. The basilica was built over the location where early Christians would gather in secret, at a time of persecution in ancient Rome, to pray at an unmarked tomb believed to be that of Peter, the apostle Jesus chose to lead his church. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=75e973ed-b771-40d7-a583-ba5faeb5c6ae.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=75e973ed-b771-40d7-a583-ba5faeb5c6ae.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis, followed by Cardinal Angelo Comastri and Bishop Vittorio Lanzani, partially hidden, visits the necropolis where pagans and early Christians were buried under St. Peters Basilica at the Vatican and where St. Peter is believed to be buried, Monday, April 1, 2013, during what was called the first-ever visit by a pope. The basilica was built over the location where early Christians would gather in secret, at a time of persecution in ancient Rome, to pray at an unmarked tomb believed to be that of Peter, the apostle Jesus chose to lead his church. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c45480d1-9fed-41dc-be26-9eb0254a5fa3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c45480d1-9fed-41dc-be26-9eb0254a5fa3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis waves to the crowd after the Regina Coeli prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4c046192-0c86-4e42-95ab-639e767b71c0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4c046192-0c86-4e42-95ab-639e767b71c0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis speaks before the Regina Coeli prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=67c4b10f-6904-4cfa-b74e-51032bbd608d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=67c4b10f-6904-4cfa-b74e-51032bbd608d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Faithful rejoice as Pope Francis delivers his Regina Coeli prayer from his studio window overlooking  St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Monday, April 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2f231a50-0f04-4eed-bfd0-e5d6ae8215c6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2f231a50-0f04-4eed-bfd0-e5d6ae8215c6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis, right, visits the necropolis where pagans and early Christians were buried under St. Peters Basilica at the Vatican and where St. Peter is believed to be buried, Monday, April 1, 2013, during what was called the first-ever visit by a pope. The basilica was built over the location where early Christians would gather in secret, at a time of persecution in ancient Rome, to pray at an unmarked tomb believed to be that of Peter, the apostle Jesus chose to lead his church. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d1df6966-23a2-4df4-b94c-88c311e675a7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d1df6966-23a2-4df4-b94c-88c311e675a7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis prays in front of the tomb of Pope John Paul II, at the Vatican Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Pope Francis has prayed before the tomb of Pope John Paul II on the eighth anniversary of the much-beloved pontiff's death. In his three weeks as pope, Francis has jolted the Catholic Church with several gestures that broke with tradition, including renouncing certain liturgical vestments and washing the feet of a Muslim woman during a Holy Thursday ritual re-enacting Jesus Christ's washing of his apostles' feet. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b9b4ccd6-dad0-4ee9-a086-783af32ad7cb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b9b4ccd6-dad0-4ee9-a086-783af32ad7cb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis prays in front of the tomb of Pope John Paul II, at the Vatican Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Pope Francis has prayed before the tomb of Pope John Paul II on the eighth anniversary of the much-beloved pontiff's death. In his three weeks as pope, Francis has jolted the Catholic Church with several gestures that broke with tradition, including renouncing certain liturgical vestments and washing the feet of a Muslim woman during a Holy Thursday ritual re-enacting Jesus Christ's washing of his apostles' feet. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a8a55e8-7787-4ac0-8e19-f7486a510252.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7a8a55e8-7787-4ac0-8e19-f7486a510252.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 photo, Pope Francis greets the faithful at the end of the Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Francis is the first Jesuit to be elected pope, and members of the order have only started absorbing the novelty of one of their own leading the church. But they have also started thinking ahead, to the potential impact of this pontificate on their many ministries, colleges and overall future. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ca627742-90cd-4dea-a38a-4738e647791f.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ca627742-90cd-4dea-a38a-4738e647791f.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis delivers his blessing during the Regina Coeli prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=704de91b-2f54-4581-9e26-5d9e9a7d1182.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=704de91b-2f54-4581-9e26-5d9e9a7d1182.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A child points at Pope Francis as he appears from his studio's window to deliver the Regina Coeli prayer, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0d3e3365-f56e-4963-b55a-3c754fde22a0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="223" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0d3e3365-f56e-4963-b55a-3c754fde22a0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Faithful cheer at Pope Francis as he appears from his studio's window to deliver the Regina Coeli prayer, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c02a560f-e03c-423d-b73e-abab4388d233.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c02a560f-e03c-423d-b73e-abab4388d233.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis waves to the crowd after the Regina Coeli prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pope's foot-wash a final straw for traditionalists</title>
<description><![CDATA[Pope Francis has won over many hearts and minds with his simple style and focus on serving the world's poorest, but he has devastated traditionalist Catholics who adored his predecessor, Benedict XVI, for restoring much of the traditional pomp to the papacy.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Winfield]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nicole Winfield]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17520207-popes-foot-wash-a-final-straw-for-traditionalists</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17520207-popes-foot-wash-a-final-straw-for-traditionalists</guid><category>eu</category><category>vatican</category><category>pope</category><category>world-news</category><category>traditionalists</category><category>pope-francis</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:43:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d628a892-60e5-4109-b331-ac2212db12d0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="338" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d628a892-60e5-4109-b331-ac2212db12d0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="102" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis, right, looks up to the Crucifix during the Passion of Christ Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, March 29, 2013. Pope Francis began the Good Friday service at the Vatican with the Passion of Christ Mass and hours later will go to the ancient Colosseum in Rome for the traditional Way of the Cross procession. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pope names successor in Buenos Aires</title>
<description><![CDATA[Pope Francis has made his first appointment of a bishop, naming Mario Poli on Thursday to succeed him as archbishop of Buenos Aires and the top churchman in Argentina.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Warren]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Warren]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17499922-pope-names-successor-in-buenos-aires</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17499922-pope-names-successor-in-buenos-aires</guid><category>eu</category><category>vatican</category><category>argentina</category><category>pope</category><category>buenos-aires</category><category>world-news</category><category>pope-francis</category><category>mario-poli</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:17:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>New pope's style an implicit criticism of Benedict's papacy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Pope Francis is not criticizing his predecessor; he is forging his own path, getting back to the roots of&nbsp;Catholicism. &nbsp;I was an altar boy and&nbsp;learned&nbsp;Latin as my second language. &nbsp;My uncle, A Jesuit priest, encouraged us to read and form our own interpre&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve-2352647]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Steve-2352647]]></source><link>http://steve2352647.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17493319-new-popes-style-an-implicit-criticism-of-benedicts-papacy</link><guid>http://steve2352647.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17493319-new-popes-style-an-implicit-criticism-of-benedicts-papacy</guid><category>religion</category><category>pope</category><category>francis</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:16:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Steve2352647A6E5E4ED-08A3-740F-4106-6A06ED2EF875.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="213" width="298" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Steve2352647A6E5E4ED-08A3-740F-4106-6A06ED2EF875.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pope reluctant to be pope: What does it mean?</title>
<description><![CDATA[He still goes by "Bergoglio" when speaking to friends, seems reluctant to call himself pope and has decided to live in the Vatican hotel rather than the grand papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Winfield]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nicole Winfield]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17490949-pope-reluctant-to-be-pope-what-does-it-mean</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17490949-pope-reluctant-to-be-pope-what-does-it-mean</guid><category>eu</category><category>vatican</category><category>pope</category><category>world-news</category><category>reluctant</category><category>apostolic-palace</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:32:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94c10aa1-5700-4f66-827e-90ec83b7a00d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=94c10aa1-5700-4f66-827e-90ec83b7a00d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis, bottom left, greets the faithful at the end of his general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Francis has called for an end to the violence and looting that has accompanied the weekend coup in the Central African Republic in his first such appeal for peace since becoming pope.  (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=343a5ec1-3084-43a9-86c3-705af3f52729.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=343a5ec1-3084-43a9-86c3-705af3f52729.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis is given a paper cut-out heart with writing reading &quot;Hurray Pope Francis&quot; as he driven through the crowd during his general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e1858353-fc83-462b-8e43-a3b085c2c8d5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e1858353-fc83-462b-8e43-a3b085c2c8d5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis kisses a baby handed to him as he is driven through the crowd during his general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=950fe0d2-74ec-4542-8747-01203c0adda5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=950fe0d2-74ec-4542-8747-01203c0adda5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis is driven through the crowd during his first general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Francis has called for an end to the violence and looting that has accompanied the weekend coup in the Central African Republic in his first such appeal for peace since becoming pope. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3e61388-8a36-46c8-a901-f215665efa05.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e3e61388-8a36-46c8-a901-f215665efa05.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis' ring is seen as he delivers his blessing as he is driven through the crowd during his general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dacee1ff-fb94-4da0-8a96-a3bd87f3bf56.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dacee1ff-fb94-4da0-8a96-a3bd87f3bf56.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Francis waves as he is driven through the crowd during his general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pope Francis forces Argentine political about-face</title>
<description><![CDATA[Catholic doctrine considers the pope to be God's delegate on Earth. That alone might explain the remarkable about-face that Argentina's populist president Cristina Fernandez and most of her followers have managed to pull off in the days since the cardinal she treated as a political arch-enemy became Pope Francis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debora Rey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Debora Rey]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17488007-pope-francis-forces-argentine-political-about-face</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17488007-pope-francis-forces-argentine-political-about-face</guid><category>argentina</category><category>pope</category><category>world-news</category><category>spin</category><category>lt</category><category>cristina-fernandez</category><category>pope-francis</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:52:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=34474a6c-347d-4892-9504-f0fe9f0990f0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=34474a6c-347d-4892-9504-f0fe9f0990f0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 18, 2013 file photo provided by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis is presented a mate gourd and straw, to hold the traditional Argentine tea, by Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, during their meeting at the Vatican. Catholic doctrine considers the pope to be God's delegate on Earth. That alone might explain the remarkable about-face that Argentina's president and most of her followers have managed to pull off in the days since the cardinal she treated as a political arch-enemy became Pope Francis. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cuba cleric: Francis criticized church at conclave</title>
<description><![CDATA[Pope Francis issued a strong critique of the church before the College of Cardinals just hours before it selected him as the new pontiff, according to comments published Tuesday by a Roman Catholic magazine in Cuba.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Rodriguez]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrea Rodriguez]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17474306-cuba-cleric-francis-criticized-church-at-conclave</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/26/17474306-cuba-cleric-francis-criticized-church-at-conclave</guid><category>cuba</category><category>pope</category><category>roman-catholic</category><category>world-news</category><category>cb</category><category>pope-francis</category><category>havana-roman-catholic</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:16:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>