The pope met Kim Davis. Big whup.

Though the world at large is just finding out, during his pop-the-balloons and hug-the-babies visit to the U.S. last week, Pope Francis met Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who’s adamant about not doing her job because God appointed her judge and stuff, in private, at the Vatican Embassy. The embassy is also known as the The Apostolic …

Is this OK?

I mean, Pope Francis seems like a pretty cool guy, but the merch that’s available prior to his U.S. visit — which starts with his arrival at 4 p.m. today –seems…well…unpopelike? But then, I’m a Protestant. What do I know?

Dear Pope: Lift the ban on women priests

Read this, by Roy Bourgeois at CounterPunch. Bourgeois says: In 2012, after serving as a Catholic priest for 40 years, I was expelled from the priesthood because of my public support for the ordination of women. My expulsion from the priesthood by Pope Benedict came just five months before you became our Pope. As Catholics, we …