| 单词 | pontificate |
| 例句 | Like a preacher, he pontificates his own peculiar brand of wisdom. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They hear British news reports they cannot understand; they hear a Berlin woman pontificating about the proper makeup for a cocktail party. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Figures, I’m starving and she’s over here having tea parties and pontificating.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z "It is time," Helms pontificated in a 1960s TV editorial, “to face, honestly and sincerely, the purely scientific statistical evidence of natural racial distinctions in group intellect.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The captain stands behind me at the helm, and pontificates to his congregation of one. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z They pontificate upon the fluffiness of the popcorn, the sweetness of the chocolate. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “After all of your pontificating about the contortionist?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Few have really gamed it out beyond casually pontificating about constitutional amendments or military action. An independent California isn’t that wacky of an Idea 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Almost immediately, I was bombarded on social media by atheist fans of the two men who were incensed that I would pontificate about a community to which I did not belong. Reza Aslan: Sam Harris and “New Atheists” aren’t new, aren’t even atheists 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z It's clear," pontificated Amazon, "that WikiLeaks doesn't own or otherwise control all the rights to this classified content. WikiLeaks row: why Amazon's desertion has ominous implications for democracy 2010-12-11T10:00:00Z Anthony Anderson's Dre pontificates about the sheer disrespect of Columbus Day's observance while Juneteenth, which celebrates actual emancipation as opposed to a mythical interpretation of a historical figure's accomplishment, remained unofficial. This Juneteenth, "Atlanta" will give you all the insights you need on how America co-opts a holiday 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Marketing for the Universal film continued to play up those elements while de-emphasizing "Lucy's" philosophical and metaphysical pontificating. 'Lucy': 5 reasons the Scarlett Johansson film ruled the box office 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z However the pope doesn’t summon him to a cathedral, but to a battlefield – barking military orders one minute and pontificating on art the next. Hard men of God: a guide to cinema’s most badass priests 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Every so often, when I’m pontificating about opera, in print or in person, a reader or an editor will ask me, “But what exactly is bel canto?” Perspective | What exactly is bel canto? It’s a way of singing and, for some, an addiction. 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z At their first meeting, he called her "Miss Rowlands. She let me pontificate and kiss her feet for about five minutes and then we got on with it." 'Dance Lessons' helps Gena Rowlands kick up her heels 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z At one point, Milo pontificates to Easy in an attempt to bond. Review | Walter Mosley’s new Easy Rawlins book is a masterful mix of mystery and social commentary 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z They sometimes perform for the camera — winking, pontificating, flashing a don’t-tell-mom pack of cigarettes — but they perform confident that almost no one will ever see it. ‘Kid 90’ and the Days When Even Wild TV Teens Had Privacy 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z He has excoriated Guy Fieri as a cruel joke, and he pontificates on divisive topics like interracial dating and shark fin soup. Eddie Huang Defies Description 2013-01-23T22:59:19Z He sneers, puffs and pontificates, his tenor riding over waves of sound. Jake Heggie has a whale of a hit with 'Moby-Dick' 2010-05-01T21:46:00Z The initiative, funded by the estate of U.S. philanthropist Kirk Kerkorian, follows Francis’ appeal early on in his pontificate for the Library to open itself up more to the outside world. Vatican Library opens to public with old-new art space 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Blusteringly self-important, he flails through life, naïve and directionless and pontificating nonetheless. Review: ‘The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window,’ Uneven Yet a Powerful Draw 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z As they swill their drinks, lounge about and pontificate, they often come across as homophobic, sexist bores, ignorant both biologically and psychologically. Video artist Gerard Byrne: the great pretender 2013-01-17T06:30:01Z “And then came a shriek like calico ripping — comical but also alarming. ‘How dare you pontificate to me about Leger!’ he yelled. John Richardson, critic and Picasso biographer, dies at 95 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z The hero tips are essential to the film’s pontificating about justice and its lumbering setup of Adam as the alternate hero for an age that requires more nuanced codes of integrity and more aggressive action. ‘Black Adam’ Review: Heroism, but Paint It Black 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z It helps me to avoid pontificating and not going into one genre or another. "France" director Bruno Dumont on Léa Seydoux, digital media and how the "fake can generate truth" 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Velocity is usually not a trait associated with barbershops — especially the old-fashioned kind seen here, where men gather to fulminate, pontificate, gossip and just listen for hours at a time. Review: ‘Barber Shop Chronicles’ Offers an Exhilarating Sanctuary 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z As Rothko rails and pontificates, Ken begins to needle. 'Red' examines art, an artist, the act of creation 2010-04-02T01:16:00Z Speaking intermittently, the venerable diva barks instructions at her young student, while Brian, the aforementioned artisan - played convincingly Michael Laurence - pontificates about the craft of making violins and the art of playing them. Review: Artist meets artisan in 'The Morini Strad' 2012-04-04T15:10:12Z It is Earle who, more than anyone, contradicts himself when he pontificates at length on all matters political in response to most of my apolitical questions. Steve Earle’s outlaw heart 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z James does a lot of pontificating and removing himself from the physical world of the present through language—much to Celeste’s irritation. Greg Jackson on the Dialogue Between Myth and Reality 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z It seemed that West had been granted a couple of minutes by the network to pontificate about whatever he felt was apposite to the moment. What Just Happened at the Video Music Awards? 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Ms. Packer’s original and considerable intelligence is more compellingly evident in her acting than in her pontificating. | 'Women of Will': Tamed or Tragic: Tina Packer?s Tour of Shakespeare?s Women 2010-06-24T21:25:00Z At some point, after months of pontificating and speculating, the conclusion of the 2020 election will be known. Media election planners prepare for a night of mystery 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Outside the circle of power in Washington, D.C., it’s difficult not to wonder who those pontificating, posturing, name-calling politicians are going on about and who, exactly, do they work for? Tom Petty at United Center: The stealth protest singer 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z The edifice from which they pontificate to Pope Francis and the rest of us is growing shakier by the day. A Conservative Catholic Begs the Pope: Lead Us Not Into Temptation 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Today both progressives and traditionalists, Catholics and non-Catholics, seem inclined to label Benedict’s pontificate a failure. Pope Benedict the liberal? 2013-02-12T20:02:00Z I'm glad the film didn't ramble and pontificate on its politics the way the author does here. Does ‘Three Billboards’ Say Anything About America? Well … 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z The stage is a flexible instrument, and critics who pontificate that there’s room for only one kind of work are taking a narrow view of an art form that is inherently multifarious. How theater should respond to a democracy in meltdown 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z First, Larry refuses to “cheers’ with his wine glass, then pontificates how nice it must be to stab someone, and suggests setting up “a stabbing range”. Winner, winner, stricken dinners: from Doctor Foster to Succession, TV's most awkward meals 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z Cue much intellectual globe-trotting and arcane pontificating as the novel transforms into a road trip of ideas. Review | Tom McCarthy’s ‘The Making of Incarnation’ is a mind-bending international caper 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z “You applaud her skill,” wrote a critic for the Guardian in a mixed review of Swift’s second album, “Fearless,” “while feeling slightly unsettled by the thought of a teenager pontificating away like Yoda.” Taylor Swift and the Wisdom of Youth 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z But not so extensive that every one in your party will pontificate and debate endlessly over topping possibilities. Happy Hour: The Counter in Ballard salutes the burger 2011-01-11T19:05:07Z I remember walking around in my diaper as I went, daydreaming, talking to my imaginary friends, pontificating on the meaning of life. Rachel Bloom: The First Time I Used the Potty for Real (I Was 4) 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z For all his freewheeling pontificating, there were a few subjects Dr. Shirley refused to discuss. Dr. Funky Butt and Me: My Friendship with the Real Donald Shirley 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z As Scott intimates, the days of pundits pontificating unchallenged are over. The film critic is dead. Long live the film critic 2010-04-07T14:52:00Z It's as though he never wants to get his hands dirty so he pontificates from his moral high horse far above the rest of us mere mortals. A Conservative Catholic Begs the Pope: Lead Us Not Into Temptation 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Week 1117, parodies on the news: To the 1940s song “Cruising Down the River” Cruz can make you shiver when you’d otherwise be warm; He rants, berates, pontificates, creates a verbal storm. Style Invitational: Dead letters — our annual obit poem contest 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z So opening the movie with Jeff on the toilet pontificating about the movie “Signs” is really goofy. ArtsBeat: Jeff, Home and the Duplass Brothers 2012-03-16T20:18:47Z Soloway’s oeuvre, and interwoven, as its grandiose subtitle suggests, with some gender studies pontificating. They Live in Public 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z The first scene to plant its feet is the very rehearsed “stuck on a movie line” bit in which Alvy and Annie bicker as a pretentious intellectual pontificates loudly about TV, media and culture. My favorite best picture Oscar winner: Annie Hall 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z There are a lot of Sinatra albums and a lot of people who have pontificated on them. Why Frank Sinatra still matters 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z A lot of bands pontificated about changing the world but Crass were the only band who really impressed me by actually walking the walk. Crass's political punk is as relevant now as ever 2010-10-23T23:06:00Z Will none of you get yourselves on Twitter and start pontificating about the situation like a great berk? Hey, celebrities. Why so quiet on the Ebola crisis? 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z His own speech though, playfully pontificating on the correct pronunciation of "gala," was little more than 50 seconds long. Janelle Monae rocks MOCA gala honoring John Baldessari 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z “Workshop is an integral part of the Process,” pontificates Ursula, a professor whose self-regard is sustained by the idolatry of her students. What Does It Mean to Be a “Real” Writer? 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z Imagine that you are a member of the expert class — the kind of person invited to pontificate on television news programs. The ‘Credibility Bookcase’ Is the Quarantine’s Hottest Accessory 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z It’s one thing to pontificate on that, in a studio at remove. Jon Stewart Has a New Talk Show, but He Plans to do More Listening 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z There is no end to this parade: the founder of Screw magazine, a pontificating professor, sci-fi authors, hot young artists. Video artist Gerard Byrne: the great pretender 2013-01-17T06:30:01Z Although I'm not good at debating -- I'm much better at pontificating. Dr. Laura's dinner with gay, black friends 2010-08-20T08:15:00Z He pontificated, chain-smoked and wheezed, retailed anecdotes, was charming and spellbinding and ghastly. Anthony Burgess didn’t read science fiction 2012-11-21T20:13:00Z He’s no longer on the sidelines at Veterans Hall, pontificating over drinks to anybody who will listen. ‘Fargo’ Season 2, Episode 6: Defending the Common Man 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z It's not as though the hallways of the Rand building, located a couple of blocks from the beach on Main Street, are teeming with boisterous researchers and pontificating analysts gesturing at various artworks. Inside Rand Corp.'s impressive art collection 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z Handey enjoys “pontificating about comedy,” but he doesn’t have a grand theory of why his jokes work. Jack Handey Is the Envy of Every Comedy Writer in America 2013-07-15T19:46:10Z Cable television would be a lot better if anchors pontificated less and went back to reporting. Television Review: ‘The Newsroom,’ an HBO Series From Aaron Sorkin 2012-06-21T21:29:12Z Chastened, I realized that pontificating to him about his play might be a genuinely stupid way to try to help. ArtsBeat: 'He Wrote Like a Wounded Angel': Remembering Lanford Wilson 2011-03-28T13:21:59Z The Little Englander of The Blood Donor is the kind of person whom you’d hear on a local radio phone-in today: a misinformed, suspicious bloke who can’t admit he’s wrong and pontificates about everything. From Python to Seinfeld - are these 12 classic comedies still funny? 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z Long live the film critic The days of professional pundits pontificating unchallenged are over. The film critic is dead. Long live the film critic 2010-04-07T14:52:00Z Despite much pontificating about journalists who write "the truth", the reality is that only one person knows the Truth and He/She does not exist. Roger Highfield on science writing: 'Grab them with your first sentence' 2013-03-20T07:00:01Z Why not educate yourself beyond a cursory level before you start pontificating about mass murder and indoctrinating your toddler? Feeling Conflicted on Thanksgiving 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z There were no public hissy fits, no tedious pontificating from the Piers Morgans of the world. Perspective | Amy Schneider’s gift to America was bringing her whole self to ‘Jeopardy!’ 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z Presumably, the Henschel Quartet’s Haydn offered comfort at the end of the most challenging week of his pontificate so far. Henschel Quartet Offers Solace for Pope Benedict 2010-03-26T16:30:00Z How pleasant to listen to Dr. Johnson pontificate! Perspective | Remember when high culture was revered? Louis Menand’s ‘The Free World’ made me nostalgic. 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z I'll just say that they're both pontificating on what it means to be a good person and who is a good person. Zach Braff on Florence Pugh singing and the "Garden State" Easter egg in his new movie 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z His current set, now on tour, showcases a comedian with plenty to say and sing about, albeit one who often pontificates too long before getting to the joke. Doc Brown – review 2013-04-18T16:36:59Z In the sketch, Cumberbatch plays a man in the year 1235 who pontificates on the antiquated laws enforced on a woman's body at that time, many of which are still being referenced today in 2022. SNL trolls anti-abortion rights in their cold open starring Benedict Cumberbatch 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Pope Francis, who has made mercy a key theme of his pontificate, is a member of the generation after Merton’s. Thomas Merton and the Eternal Search 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Newspapers howled, commentators pontificated, politicians blustered – and perhaps that was the point. The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z “Alex would pontificate on topics such as immigration or drug addiction,” she thinks, “only insofar as he could relate those themes to television episodes.” In ‘My Name Is Iris,’ a Mother Learns the Limits of Protectiveness 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z The Nation pontificated, "entertaining, but to claim any significance for the picture would of course be a mistake." Blogging "City Island": Anatomy of an indie breakout 2010-04-26T12:30:00Z Vanda recalls Aldo’s “pedantic calm” as he pontificates on “the roles we were imprisoned in by getting married.” A Novel of Infidelity in Dialogue with Elena Ferrante’s “The Days of Abandonment” 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z Listening to Sibyl practicing monologues, Townes telling shaggy-dog anecdotes or Blaze punning and pontificating is like watching prospectors panning gold. Review: Ethan Hawke’s ‘Blaze’ Revisits a Country-Music Legend 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z And it showed once again that the journalistic basics at their best — digging, developing sources and connecting the dots — will always beat glib pontificating. Perspective | While pundits swooned over Trump’s speech, reporters plugged away at the real story 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z But according to Mr. van Kempis, Benedict’s pontificate has so far seen an explosion of in-house Vatican concerts by eminent guests. Henschel Quartet Offers Solace for Pope Benedict 2010-03-26T16:30:00Z The best agents, snitches, joes, informants or whatever you want to call them, I pontificated, needed patience, understanding and loving care. John le Carré on Philip Seymour Hoffman 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z “You don’t get much done around here by being autocratic or pontificating,” he said. Olaf Olafsson, ?Restoration? Author and Time Warner Manager 2012-03-05T16:16:53Z So when the conversation turns inevitably to prognosticating and pontificating about the big night, show off your stuff with some of these fun tidbits about this year’s nominees: 15 fun facts about this year’s Oscar nominees to trot out at the dinner table 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z This is not a book to be a stickler about; that would be like pontificating about microbrews instead of just getting drunk. Steven Johnson on How Play Shaped the World 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z She doesn’t write book reviews and — according to her husband, James Tierney, whom she married in 2011 — “doesn’t pontificate about literary theory.” At 66, Elizabeth Strout Has Reached Maximum Productivity 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z And of Mr. Beatty: “Warren used to pontificate on the subject for hours, insisting that hairdressers were worth their weight in gold. According to him, hair was, in fact, 60 percent of good looks.” Skin Deep: A New Flood of Beauty Advice for Women Over 50 2014-04-08T23:02:45Z Whether your friend was pontificating about your family problems or talking nonstop about her own, doing all the talking kills a conversation. Perspective | Miss Manners: Practice the life skill of ‘pretending not to notice’ 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z Those around him try to get him to see reason as he pontificates, but he is framed as a crusading or misunderstood artiste. Review | ‘Rise’ is a good-enough version of the old standby: Appealing kids put on a show 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z The philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy is pontificating in a corner by the door. T Magazine: The Real Housewife of Paris 2011-02-25T21:00:47Z Mr. Ellis is fascinating when he glances at an idea — wrist-launched drones turning us all into modern falconers, for instance — but tedious, at least to me, when he begins to pontificate. Review: ‘Normal’ Looks Into the Abyss and Finds the Future 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z And we don’t help, people that are pontificating about the rate issues and the future of music. You’re not helping the artists because you’re getting them concerned about something that is wholly immaterial. Can Musicians Live in a Free, Streaming World? 2013-04-16T14:00:20Z You see the fruits of his endeavors in “American Factory,” in scenes of him relaxing and pontificating. ‘American Factory’ Review: The New Global Haves and Have-Nots 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z About the time the White House was dealing with that, Trump was in New York giving a real estate valuation lecture in a court of law and pontificating as if he owned the court. Cancel the Donald Trump reality show: War in the Middle East makes Don's courtroom antics irrelevant 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Some recalled tales from the Cannes Film Festival; others debated the merits of different artificial intelligence platforms and pontificated on the future of “wearable AI.” At an AI film fest, a glimpse of movie-making's contentious future 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z I hugged my best friend and sobbed in her arms as comedians poured their hearts out and pontificated on how a Trump presidency would jeopardize the women, femme and nonbinary people of our country. How comedy photographers capture the energy of L.A.'s post-pandemic stand-up scene 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z The letter and questions mark the latest high-ranking challenge to Francis’ pontificate and his reform agenda. 5 conservative cardinals challenge pope to affirm church teaching on gays and women ahead of meeting 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z History’s first Latin American pope has made the plight of migrants a priority of his 10-year pontificate. Pope Francis insists Europe doesn’t have a migrant emergency and challenges countries to open ports 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z History’s first Latin American pope has made the plight of migrants a priority of his 10-year pontificate, travelling to Lampedusa in his first trip as pope to honor migrants who drowned. Pope Francis insists Europe doesn’t have a migrant emergency and challenges countries to open ports 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Francis has made support of migrants a major theme of his pontificate. Pope's visit to France stirs debate over immigration, secularism 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z “The sense I get is that this is the consolidation phase of the pontificate,” said papal biographer Austen Ivereigh. As the pope heads to Portugal, he is laying the groundwork for the church’s future and his legacy 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z But she described him as “a buffoon,” with a tendency to “pontificate.” Legacy of Boris Johnson Looms Over By-election to Replace Him 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z More recently, he has said he viewed the pontificate as a lifelong mission. Pope Francis Is Out of Surgery With ‘No Complications,’ Vatican Says 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z He spent three days in hospital in March to treat a lung infection, in the same month that he marked the 10th anniversary of his pontificate. Pope Francis, 86, to have abdomen surgery 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The pope, who marked the 10th anniversary of his pontificate in March, often uses a wheelchair or a cane to walk because of persistent knee pain. Pope Francis to have abdominal surgery on Wednesday - Vatican 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Francis, who marked the 10th anniversary of his pontificate in March, has suffered a number of ailments in recent years and often uses a wheelchair or a cane to walk because of persistent knee pain. Pope Francis goes to hospital for check-up - Italian media 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z At age 86, Pope Francis is close to the end of his pontificate. Opinion: Who will Catholics follow? Pope Francis or the right-wing U.S. bishops? 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Francis, who has made defence of migrants and refugees a major part of his 10-year-old pontificate, said the aim of international cooperation should be to establish the right not to be forced to emigrate. Pope urges countries to manage migrant waves, expand legal channels 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Three generations of Mackeys didn’t sit around pontificating about structures of power and revolution. What’s a Carhartt jacket without the calluses? | Reader essay 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z Wasn’t it only a couple of weeks ago that Bill Plaschke pontificated on how much better the Clippers were than the Lakers? Letters to Sports: Dodgers gondola backlash aimed at Frank McCourt's involvement 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z “I don’t think I’m right to pontificate,” he added. Barry Humphries, performer who embodied Dame Edna, dies at 89 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Scotland is not the United States, where pundits merrily pontificate about the guilt or innocence of a suspect long before the case goes anywhere near a jury. What happens next in the Peter Murrell case? 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The pope, who marked the 10th anniversary of his pontificate in March, has suffered a number of ailments in recent years. Pope Francis leaves hospital, saying 'I'm still alive' 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z But he has also made clear that he views the pontificate as a lifelong mission. Pope Francis Returning to Vatican After Hospital Stay 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z Martin displays terrific comic timing as Butler, deftly channeling the general’s narcissism and exasperation, whether fussing with paperwork or pontificating over the sherry decanter. Review | In the historic comedy ‘Ben Butler,’ a serious war of words 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z It was significant that the repudiation of the “Doctrine of Discovery” came during the pontificate of history’s first Latin American pope. Responding to Indigenous, Vatican rejects Discovery Doctrine 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z The 10th anniversary of his pontificate was earlier this month. Pope Francis hospitalized with respiratory infection, Vatican says 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z And more recently he has said he viewed the pontificate as a lifelong mission. Pope Francis, 86, Enters a Hospital for Tests 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The rules come at a time when the scourge of abuse — while still devastating to the Roman Catholic Church — no longer seems as direct a threat to Francis’ pontificate as it was in 2019. Pope Increases Lay Leaders’ Responsibility in Sexual Abuse Law 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Be wary of slick, smiling, private school politicians in sheep’s vests pontificating on public education. Opinion | Youngkin was evasive throughout his ‘town hall’ 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z The plight of refugees would go on to become a major concern of his pontificate, including when he returned from Greece in 2016 with 12 Syrian migrants aboard his plane. 10 iconic moments in Pope Francis’ first 10 years as pontiff 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z The Vatican is not nearly the all-men’s world it was 10 years ago — the percentage of women employed by the Holy See has ticked up slightly during this pontificate. Pope Francis at 10 years: He has made his mark, but early hope has faded 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z He had his wake-up call five years into his pontificate after a problematic visit to Chile. Pope Francis at 10 years: A reformer’s learning curve, plans 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z "He was aware of the problem from the very beginning, and that sheds a completely different light on his pontificate." New book on Pope John Paul II stirs up heated debate in Polish politics 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The Vatican Observatory traces its 1582 origins to Gregory’s pontificate and the Gregorian calendar reform. Asteroid named after pope behind Gregorian calendar reform 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Even for a reader familiar with Indian culture and Hindi, extricating oneself from the novel’s many tangents — rife with platitudes that are irrelevant at best and pontificating at worst — proves difficult. Review | ‘Tomb of Sand’ meditates on the cultural diffusion that permeates India 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z But Africa is also vehemently opposed to the more progressive aspects of Francis’ pontificate, especially an increased inclusion of gay people. Returning From Africa, Pope Francis and Christian Leaders Condemn Anti-Gay Laws 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z But his arrival made “the importance of us” in his pontificate clear. Hopes for Peace in South Sudan Are Pinned on a Papal Visit 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z But the interest in Africa also speaks to Francis’s personal style and the tendency during his pontificate to seek out places he views as overlooked or wrongly on the margins. ‘Stop choking Africa,’ Pope Francis tells world on trip to DRC and S. Sudan 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z Australian Cardinal George Pell was lying in state on Friday, with funeral preparations overshadowed by revelations that he was the author of an anonymous memo that branded Pope Francis' pontificate a catastrophe. Sri Lanka Catholic Church hails Supreme Court order for ex-president over bombings 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Australian Cardinal George Pell was lying in state on Friday, with funeral preparations overshadowed by revelations that he was the author of an anonymous memo that branded Pope Francis' pontificate a catastrophe. Nepal inflation eases to 7.38% as food, beverage prices dip 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z "Commentators of every school, if for different reasons… agree that this pontificate is a disaster in many or most respects; a catastrophe," the memo says. Late Cardinal George Pell called Pope a 'catastrophe' in anonymous memo 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z “I will leave it all to you to pontificate and do your punditry. I will not do that from here,” Ms. Jean-Pierre said when asked about the special counsel. White House melts down as Biden embroiled in classified document turmoil 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z "Commentators of every school, if for different reasons ... agree that this pontificate is a disaster in many or most respects; a catastrophe," the memo begins. Pell wrote secret memo calling Francis' papacy 'catastrophe', journalist says 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z “Commentators of every school, if for different reasons … agree that this pontificate is a disaster in many or most respects; a catastrophe,” Pell wrote. ‘Catastrophe’: Cardinal Pell’s secret memo blasts Francis 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Francis told Gaenswein to stop coming to the office and to dedicate himself to caring for Benedict, essentially ending his job as the “bridge” between the pontificates. Pope meets with Benedict’s aide amid revelations in new book 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z “It’s not about governing, it’s about pontificating and advocating an extremist point of view.” 2 years after Jan. 6, speaker scrap paralyzes Congress again 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Throughout his pontificate, Francis has routinely put the Gospel at the center of his homilies, including for canonizations. Historic but spare funeral for Pope Benedict XVI, led by Pope Francis 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z His resignation was the first by a pope in six centuries, a stunning act in terms of legacy and precedent, and it overshadowed the rest of Benedict’s often crisis-ridden pontificate. Church Lays Benedict to Rest, if Not Its Divisions 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Christopher Lamb, Vatican correspondent of the Catholic magazine, said Francis now faced a new moment in his pontificate but he expected him to continue his pace of reform within the Church. Pope and 50,000 mourners say farewell to Benedict 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Benedict never intended his retirement to last as long as it did — at nearly 10 years it was longer than his eight-year pontificate. Thousands pour into St. Peter’s for funeral of Benedict XVI 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Also included will be a lead tube with a deed in Latin listing the key points in his pontificate. Guide to the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict on Thursday 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Certain tokens from his pontificate, as well as a written text describing his life and reign and resignation, were enclosed in his coffin. Historic but spare funeral for Pope Benedict XVI, led by Pope Francis 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z With him will be coins and medals minted during his eight years as pope and a sealed lead tube holding a deed written in Latin describing his pontificate - all customary for funerals of popes. Pope Francis praises Benedict as Vatican prepares for funeral 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z It was enlarged over succeeding pontificates to its present size, which is now bigger than Vatican City itself. At Benedict’s summer home, a town mourns its beloved visitor 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z As cardinal and pope, he passed sweeping church legislation that resulted in 848 priests being defrocked from 2004-2014, roughly his pontificate with a year on either end. Thousands pour into St. Peter’s for funeral of Benedict XVI 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z As John Paul reached the end of his pontificate in 2004, Cardinal Ratzinger ordered a review of the pending cases in his department. Benedict Leaves Behind a Conflicted Legacy on Clerical Sexual Abuse 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Now, for the first time in his pontificate, there are zero ex-popes. Historic but spare funeral for Pope Benedict XVI, led by Pope Francis 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z In 2017 he scolded leading conservatives, saying their anger risked tarnishing his own pontificate. Benedict’s Death Leaves Catholic Conservatives Bereft 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Also crucial is how Francis — for this first time in his pontificate, the only Vatican figure dressed in white — will speak about his predecessor. Benedict’s funeral to bring ‘two popes’ era to a complicated close 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z While tributes to the former pope continued to be made by world leaders, and conservative members of the faithful, others were highly critical of his pontificate. Death of former Pope Benedict overshadows New Year at Vatican 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z “The pope is leaving the pontificate beginning 2/28,” it read. Benedict’s 2013 resignation shook a routine Vatican ceremony 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z She said her “prediction is that people will be talking about those long after we start talking about more of the ‘hot takes’” seen in some discussions about Benedict’s pontificate. Benedict remembered as humble scholar, not ‘God’s Rottweiler’ 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z One trip to Germany also prompted the first major crisis of his pontificate. Former Pope Benedict was first pontiff to resign in 600 years 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z In 2016, he published a memoir "The Last Conversations", the first time a former pope had judged his own pontificate after it was over. Two popes in the Vatican - sometimes more crowd than company 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z If anything, Benedict’s version of Catholicism has more currency in the United States, which has emerged during Francis’s pontificate as the epicenter of global traditionalism. How Benedict, first German pope in centuries, lost sway with the German church 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z "A lot of people make money in the bureaucratic system just pontificating over these things," said William Turner, a geologist who at different times has worked for mining companies, for the U.S. "A ticking atomic bomb": The Cold War legacy lurking in U.S. groundwater 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z “It’s a rich pontificate that offers us plenty to lay out for people … to embrace the vision that Pope Francis has articulated,” Coakley said. US Catholic bishops worry about abortion views in the pews 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z What takes hours is the coverage of the tabulation, with all its magic maps, grids, charts and endless predictions and pontificating. Column: The best way to watch election night coverage on TV? Don't 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z The situation became so ideologically polarised that he once had to tell those who pined for his pontificate there was only one pope and it was Francis. Two popes in the Vatican - sometimes more crowd than company 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Most reporters at the White House spend time handicapping the races and pontificating on who will win and why. With America poised on the knife's edge, Joe Biden's silence isn't helping 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z He knows plenty of coaches say the right things, pontificating on toughness, on physicality, on discipline. Lincoln Riley's Oklahoma-imported D-coordinator is a barking grenade of intensity 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z “As public servants, you have to listen more than you pontificate on your issues,” she said. Marc Elrich squeaked by to win nomination. What will he do next? 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z There will be plenty of time for worry, triumph, outrage and pontificating after that. Column: The best way to watch election night coverage on TV? Don't 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z As a result, this is the first major gathering of cardinals since 2019, a time when the endpoint of Francis’s pontificate seemed a far more distant notion. The world’s cardinals, who will pick the next pope, get to know one another 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z He has met individually and in groups with transgender people over the course of his pontificate. Pope Francis meets transgender guests of Rome church 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z And that is just one of the ways his pontificate has changed. Pope Francis says ‘door is open’ to eventual retirement as he slows pace 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z The trip proceeded at a notably slower pace than others during his pontificate. Pope Francis takes leave of Canada in Nunavut amid criticism 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Though Francis for much of his pontificate had demurred, he faced mounting pressure after Indigenous groups last year said ground-penetrating radar had located hundreds of unmarked graves near former residential schools. Pope apologizes for ‘evil committed by so many Christians’ in Canada’s residential schools 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Francis, more than nine years into his pontificate, has helped to boost the odds of such a scenario, because his appointments now account for 63 percent of voting-age cardinals, according to Vatican statistics. The world’s cardinals, who will pick the next pope, get to know one another 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Donald Trump was not going there to pontificate and make general remarks about how the election was stolen from him. Guardian reporter Hugo Lowell: What we still don't know about Jan. 6 and Trump's "full-blown coup" 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Even supporters of Francis openly stated that his pontificate had entered its final phase. For Francis, a Papacy Complicated by the Shadow of Resignation 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z The divide between such conservative American bishops and Pope Francis, who has explicitly identified the United States as the source of opposition to his pontificate, have amounted to a rare open rift in the church. Pelosi Received Communion at Vatican After Meeting With Pope 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z We're not pontificating about anything or giving any sort of moral takeaways about what the story is or should be, it's very much a dramatisation of a certain period in a few people's lives. Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed love affair told in opera 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z The released volumes are only a small part of the archives pertaining to Pius XII, whose pontificate ran from 1939 to 1958. Vatican Releases Letters from Jews Pleading for Help During the Holocaust 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z And it would be hard to imagine Francis contributing to the confusion of authority inherent in the existence of three popes, each tempted to pontificate. Opinion | The mission from which Pope Francis should never retire 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Benedict, 95, has now been an ex-pope for a longer period than he served as pope, and his presence — and occasional interjections about happenings in the church — have complicated Francis’s pontificate. Is Pope Francis nearing the end of his pontificate? 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z The day we see similar long-overdue action in the United States, the pontificating about the “sanctity of life” will sound less hollow and be a little less hypocritical. Opinion | We need a culture-changing solution to gun violence 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Vatican insiders have said that even after he retired, Sodano, who continued to live in the Vatican, exercised significant influence in the careers of Vatican officials for the remainder of Benedict's pontificate. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Vatican power broker for decades, dies at 94 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z For Francis, 85, the war has become a second epochal event, after the pandemic, that has come to define the agenda of his pontificate. Pope Francis’s refusal to condemn Putin spurs debate in Catholic Church 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Instead, he prefers to think about the role with a slight remove and the ability to pontificate on political issues he used to avoid. Ben Bernanke Sees ‘Stagflation’ Ahead 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z But in the meantime, his day-to-day life has changed along with the very image of his pontificate: At 85, his frailty is impossible to miss. Is Pope Francis nearing the end of his pontificate? 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Vatican cameras lingered on the scene as if to showcase the pope’s mobility and refute speculation about his health and the future of his pontificate. Pope Francis rallies from knee pain to proclaim 10 new saints 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z There’s no pontificating, just a few choice words and details that add nuance to a story, or flip it on its back. Review: Chris Pine and 'The Contractor' tautly explore the dark world of private security 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z If the past is any guidance, there will be thoughtful questions and there will be a good deal of pontificating. Perspective | History unfolds with glory, insults, comfort and patience 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Francis has repeatedly sought to put his pontificate within the continuum of the Second Vatican Council, the landmark meeting of bishops in the 1960s that sought to embrace the modern world. In a new constitution, the pope sets out to overhaul the Vatican 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z That has brought to the foreground questions about Francis’s future — whether his pontificate is nearing its endpoint, and whether he might consider stepping down. Is Pope Francis nearing the end of his pontificate? 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z They aren't sitting in panel discussions on cable news pontificating on things they know little about. Why I'm going to Ukraine: We deserve the truth — and that's my job 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Many of our provocateurs pontificate because their egos are overblown; with her casual humility, Atwood is taking risks unbefitting of a nice old lady. Margaret Atwood is not your 'elderly icon' or 'witchy granny.' She's better than that 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z “For someone who pontificates to be undyingly pro woman, I am disgusted by your behavior and find it appalling you couldn’t understand why their parents are angry,” Ms. Matthews wrote. U.S. House Candidate Apologizes for Behavior at Sleepover 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z “For someone who pontificates to be undyingly pro woman, I am disgusted by your behavior and find it appalling you couldn’t understand why their parents are angry,” Matthews wrote. US House candidate apologizes to girls after sleepover 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z “He is aware that he is approaching the end of his pontificate.” Is Pope Francis nearing the end of his pontificate? 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z His pontificate was defined by a series of abuse-related crises, and on several instances he met with abuse survivors. Benedict XVI apologizes for clerical abuse but admits no personal responsibility 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z Francis, who has made defending the environment a cornerstone of his pontificate, recounted how Italian fishermen came to him one year and told him they had found many tons of plastic in the Adriatic Sea. Dumping plastic in waterways is 'criminal', pope says in TV interview 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z During the final two years of his pontificate, Benedict defrocked nearly 400 priests for abuse. Vatican defends Benedict after report faults abuse record 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z Just before it began, he sent a high-flown letter to The Times, which had once pontificated that “the hanging of a few of the desperados engaged in this business would have a salutary effect.” Train robberies — great or pedestrian — are nothing new in California 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z But whether the endpoint comes in a matter of months or a couple of years is anybody’s guess, and this pontificate has been typified by its surprises. Is Pope Francis nearing the end of his pontificate? 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Francis, 85, is nearing the nine-year mark of his pontificate, and he has made clear that he views the pandemic as an epochal challenge — and a chance for humanity to reevaluate its priorities. Pope Francis calls anti-vaccine sentiment ‘baseless’ in his annual state-of-the-world speech 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z The details of their lives fill books, perhaps they have even pontificated in their own memoirs. Perspective | The reassurance of their light 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Francis, who was elected the first pontiff from Latin America in 2013, has made defence of migrants and refugees a cornerstone of his pontificate. Migrants help Pope Francis celebrate 85th birthday 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Early on in his pontificate, Francis predicted a short papacy of two or three years, and credited Benedict with having “opened the door” to future papal retirements. Pope at 85: No more Mr Nice Guy, as reform hits stride 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The 2023 synod may change the way Roman Catholic Church makes decisions and leave its mark long after Pope Francis' pontificate is over. Vatican office apologises for hurting Catholic LGBTQ community 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z With stunning ignorance of and disregard for women's lives, five men and one woman in black robes pontificated and danced around the real issue before them — women's bodily integrity, agency and personhood. Supreme Court stands up for centuries of entrenched misogyny: It's a grim history lesson 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Then, a month later, his pontificate was over — the shortest reign since the early 1600s — and the Catholic world was left to make sense of the inexplicability. John Paul I was pope for just 33 days. The story of his death is still evolving. 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z A trip to North Korea undoubtedly would qualify as the riskiest diplomatic gambit of Francis’s pontificate — presenting enough obstacles that some Vatican watchers think it is a bad idea. With North Korea snubbing talks, Seoul makes long-shot bid for pope’s help 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Francis said, in some of his most pleading words on a topic that has defined his pontificate. Pope Francis, visiting Greek razor wire-fenced migrant camp, challenges Europe to live up to its human rights ideals 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z On annual trips home to Dallas, I’d pontificate to my family on the city’s lack of “spatial identity.” Discovering a Secret Wonderland of Architecture in Dallas 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z “I made all the mistakes of a first novelist. I had more characters in the book than ‘War And Peace,’ and I pontificated on politics.” Wilbur Smith, best-selling author of African adventure tales, dies at 88 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z The 84-year-old pope, who has made protection of the environment a cornerstone of his pontificate, had said several times that he hoped to attend COP26, but the Vatican announced on Oct. World should respond to climate change as if hit by a global war, pope tells COP26 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z The message is a reminder of the emphasis Francis has placed on environmentalism throughout his pontificate. Pope urges 'radical' climate response in exclusive BBC message 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z For years now, Francis and top Vatican officials have identified the opposition to this pontificate as coming largely from conservatives in the United States. Meeting of Francis and Biden Will Highlight Rift With U.S. Bishops 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z And whenever we’re sitting in a meeting and we’re pontificating as people around a table, I’m like, all right, we got to end this meeting right now. Adobe’s Scott Belsky on how NFTs will change creativity 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z He has pontificated on the ideas of well-known philosophers in city squares. Christchurch city council ends contract with ‘wizard of New Zealand, Antarctica and relevant offshore areas’ 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z The local press have frequently featured interviews with estate agents and property experts pontificating as to what type of home they are looking to buy. Messi's new start in Paris - the inside story 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z The Spring Hill, Fla., man has pontificated on oil prices, Social Security and the influence of money in politics. In a letter to the editor, a man said his relative ‘is past’ COVID and ‘completely immune,’ then came the absurd twist 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Pragmatic sorts who were drawn to Republican politics because of the party’s policies, and who rarely get attention because they aren’t pontificating on Fox News or Twitter. Column: Win or lose, Larry Elder could bring about a new era of Black conservatism 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Reading box-office tea leaves is like pontificating about symbolism in works of fiction: Any halfway plausible theory works. How’s Hollywood to Plan When It Doesn’t Know Who’s Watching What? 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Many analysts see Francis’ pontificate as the restoration of engagement with the modern world after three decades of leadership by conservative popes. Pope Francis Restricts Use of Old Latin Mass, in a Blow to Conservatives 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Father Reese’s Religion News Service column assessed Francis’ pontificate thus far and had the flavor of a tribute that bordered on the funereal. Fellow Jesuit says it’s time for a countdown clock on Pope Francis 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z “Surely this is a divide in his pontificate, until now he has never stopped,” Carlo Marroni, a Vatican expert for Italy’s financial daily, Il Sole 24 Ore, said. Will Surgery Slow Down (or Speed Up) a Pope Who’s in a Hurry? 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z At that time a whole series of rites and rituals comes into play governing the “interregnum” — the period between the end of one pontificate and the election of a new pope. EXPLAINER: Pope, though hospitalized, is still in charge 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z The operation is the first relatively serious health crisis for the pope, whose eight-year pontificate has been built around his personal style, charisma and expressed desire to reinvigorate the church. Vatican Says Pope Is in ‘Good General Condition’ After Colon Surgery 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Through it all, Francis, whose pontificate has been built around his personal style, charisma and expressed desire to reinvigorate the church, has stayed put and kept the power center with him in the Vatican. Pope Francis Undergoing Colon Surgery 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z Presented with a book that explored the ties of conservative American bishops to a well-financed and media-backed American effort to undermine his pontificate, Francis responded that it was “an honor that the Americans attack me.” Pope’s Silence Speaks Volumes on Controversial Communion Vote by U.S. Bishops 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z There is no indication from the Vatican that the end of his pontificate is imminent. Will Surgery Slow Down (or Speed Up) a Pope Who’s in a Hurry? 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z The pope, who has explicitly identified the United States as the source of opposition to his pontificate, preached this month that communion “is not the reward of saints, but the bread of sinners.” Vatican Warns U.S. Bishops: Don’t Deny Biden Communion Over Abortion 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Here he is last week pontificating before his paying guests at Mar-a-lago: Why Liz Cheney angers Republicans: The GOP must keep Trump's Big Lie alive for the next election 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z In his homily, Francis, marking the ninth Easter season of his pontificate, said the festival brought with it the hope for renewal on a personal as well as a global level. Pope, at Easter vigil, hopes for post-pandemic rebirth 2021-04-03T04:00:00Z Would it be asking too much for editorials such as this to define and quantify its terms rather than to pontificate with subjective generalities? Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Leave Catholicism out of it 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z He filled the room with long sentences and generous paragraphs — a rare feat when committee members are typically racing against the clock to personally pontificate. Perspective | Merrick Garland finally speaks. His words were worth the wait. 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z “These weren’t Zoom calls or meetings where it was just the lead manager pontificating,” she said. ‘One down, 44 to go’: Inside the House impeachment team’s uphill battle Politicians peacocked and pontificated in condescending ways about the Constitution and flawed state voting procedures that, in fact, worked perfectly. Opinion | We’ve Seen the Ugly Truth About America 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z There is a sense of “glee” that “pompous” American policymakers “who pontificate to other democracies need to look within,” wrote Smita Prakash, a high- profile journalist close to the Indian government. U.S. allies react in horror to Capitol assault, hold Trump responsible 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z “God came among us in poverty and need, to tell us that in serving the poor, we will show our love for him,” said the 84-year-old pope, celebrating the eighth Christmas of his pontificate. Pope urges help for poor at low-key Christmas Eve Mass curbed by COVID 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z There are certain clubs that seem to be built on chagrin: where the urge to fulminate and pontificate and point the finger after a big defeat almost soothes the pain of the defeat itself. Manchester United need a structure to break the blame-and-burn cycle | Jonathan Liew 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z It makes some not-so-thinly veiled criticism of the current pontificate and its emphasis on the church as a field hospital for wounded souls, as opposed to a school of orthodoxy which Pell champions. Cardinal’s prison dairy explores suffering, solitary lockup 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z They are free to pontificate at will for as long as they want. Editorial Roundup: Alabama 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z He railed against China’s crackdown on Muslims and pontificated on the U.S. trade war. How Steve Bannon and a Chinese Billionaire Created a Right-Wing Coronavirus Media Sensation 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z The Australian rugby league fraternity has a tendency to pontificate that their code is “the greatest game of all”. 'The whole city was gridlocked': Brisbane heaves as fans allowed back en masse | Emma Kemp 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Pundits – especially those who pontificate hour after hour on cable-news programs — justify much of their conventional wisdom on polling data. The election’s biggest losers: pollsters and pundits 2020-11-06T05:00:00Z But Amis, like Hitchens, loves to pontificate, and his blanket pronouncements on matters literary, political and personal are often too absolute to be convincing. Martin Amis takes on too much — sex, politics, death and more — in his sprawling, messy ‘Inside Story’ 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Its philosophical demeanor presents like a TED Talk — a pontificating voice, rehearsed gestures, long pauses to digest. National Book Award winner Don DeLillo dissects technological paranoia in prescient, slim ‘The Silence’ 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Francis had started writing the encyclical, the third of his pontificate, before the coronavirus struck and its bleak diagnosis of a human family falling apart goes far beyond the problems posed by the outbreak. ‘Magic theories’: Pope Francis blasts market capitalism as failure during pandemic 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z It is in many ways expected to be a synthesis of the main priorities of Francis’ pontificate, such as greater solidarity with the poor, dialogue with others and care for God’s creation. Pope in 1st post-lockdown outing goes to Assisi to sign text 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z I pretty much despise going to real estate investor meetings and listening to people pontificate about how amazing they are and overinflating the tales of their great exploits. Perspective | Want to succeed at real estate investing? Learn to build your network. 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z “The last thing a young person needs is an old person pontificating and wagging the finger.” Global COVID-19 death toll could hit two million before vaccine in wide use - WHO 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Then begins the joking and pontificating about it, as people work to analyze it in a way that aligns with their pre-existing beliefs. Do Viral Videos Really Tell You Anything About Today’s Teens? 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Francis’ English-language biographer, Austen Ivereigh, said with its two key predecessors, the new encyclical amounts to the final part of a triptych of papal teachings and may well be the last of the pontificate. ‘Magic theories’: Pope Francis blasts market capitalism as failure during pandemic 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z Cohen was all over primetime TV on Friday, promoting his book and pontificating about how Trump is ready to start a war to stay in office. Michael Cohen is scathing about Donald Trump. So why did he spend years enabling him? | Arwa Mahdawi 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Amazon vice president of worldwide communications Drew Herdener accused Shaw of “posturing” in what it called a “self-righteous and pontificating blog posts.” Pentagon reaffirms Microsoft’s JEDI cloud contract win despite procurement mistake 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z They each pontificated about a future pontificate - typically taboo while the current pope is very much alive. What happens when pandemic locks down a globe-trotting pope? 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z They each pontificated about a future pontificate — typically taboo while the current pope is very much alive. What happens when pandemic locks down a globe-trotting pope? 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z It wasn’t so much the contents of Ivanka’s RNC speech that were scary, but the fact that we can expect to see her pontificating from powerful podiums for a very long time. The five most terrifying performances by women at the RNC – ranked! | Arwa Mahdawi 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z In the Bronx, you don’t have time to sit around pontificating about whether New York is dead because you’re too busy trying to keep yourself and your family alive. New York's not dead, but pandemic has laid bare deep-seated problems 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z At the time, Francis had said that Pius XII’s pontificate had included “moments of serious difficulties, of tormented decisions, of human and Christian prudence.” Unsealed Archives Give Fresh Clues to Pope Pius XII’s Response to the Holocaust 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z Even better, I would have loved the Xenomorph experts James Cameron and Ridley Scott pontificating on the “Alien” franchise for an entire episode. DVD and Blu-ray TV reviews: ‘Evil’ and ‘James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction’ 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z One of the main things Colours et al pontificate about is how fathers in families are overrated. Black Lives Matter is "spewing hatred for America": A brief debate with Rudy Giuliani 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z “Mr. Mueller should keep his promise to the American people and let the report, which fully exonerated the President, stand instead of pontificating in the editorial pages with more spin.” White House fires back at Mueller after op-ed, says Russia probe ‘wasted taxpayer dollars trying to undo an election’ 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z There are lots of economists, analysts and experts pontificating on the future of the US economy. How will we know the US economy is recovering? Here are my key metrics | Gene Marks 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z Von Teuffenbach said Tromp’s files, available in newly opened archives of the pontificate of Pope Pius XII, revealed “serious abuse of power by the founder at the expense of the nuns.” Founder of German Schoenstatt Movement accused of abuses 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z A column is normally a spot for pontificating, to speak bluntly on the issues of the day and receive a gamut of feedback, from effusive praise to slanderous insults. Column: Shut up and dribble? No way. It’s time to listen 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z “We sat on set and pontificated about what really happened,” Macfadyen adds. What's the true story of Charles and Diana Ingram's 'Millionare' game show scam? 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z On 23 April, however, Trump pontificated about injecting disinfectant into coronavirus patients, prompting worldwide disbelief and derision. Trump gives up on virus fight to focus on economic recovery – and re-election 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z The 10-member commission, the second of Francis’s pontificate to study the issue, includes equal numbers of men and women representing the United States and six European countries. World Digest: April 8, 2020 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z The scholars include some from the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC and award-winning German historian Hubert Wolf, a specialist on the Pius XII pontificate. Vatican opens archives of Holocaust-era Pope Pius 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z It is the first time in his seven-year papacy that he has missed the spiritual exercises that he initiated early in his pontificate to mark the start of each Lenten season. Coughing pope cancels participating in Lenten retreat 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z When asked whether or not the campaign supported that thought process, Sanders said she would not pontificate. Biden campaign vows victory in South Carolina, says race ‘just getting started’ 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z In the interview, Biden refused to “pontificate” on whether a second- or first-place finish is necessary for his campaign, though many Democrats believe a win is essential to his survival at this point. Bernie Sanders set to face attacks in latest Democratic debate after Nevada win – live 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z The Vatican usually waits 70 years after the end of a pontificate to open archives. Vatican set to open Pope Pius XII's secret WWII archives 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Coming seven years into Francis’ papacy, his decision also raised the question of whether his promotion of discussing once-taboo issues is resulting in a pontificate that is largely talk. Pope Francis Sets Aside Proposal on Married Priests 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Council members are strong on pontificating and posturing and spending tax dollars. Opinion | Jack Evans’s case is only the latest in the D.C. Council’s long history of corruption 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z The other 500 journalists pontificating in a journalist’s Twitter feed? Sleepwalking into 2020: are the media who missed Trump's 2016 rise ready now? 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Despite the host’s apolitical directive, many of the winners used their time onstage to pontificate, inspire and unintentionally go viral. The 7 must-see moments from the Golden Globe Awards 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z “There is darkness in human hearts, yet the light of Christ is greater still,” Francis said, as he marked the seventh Christmas of his pontificate. Pope defends migrants, calls for peace in Christmas message 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z “Christmas reminds us that God continues to love us all, even the worst of us,” Francis, presiding at the seventh Christmas season of his pontificate, said in his sermon. Don't let Church failings distance you from God, Pope says on Christmas Eve 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z “That man has to go,” said Mazariegos, who was working at a computer at the Cahuenga Branch Library in East Hollywood while Congress pontificated Wednesday. Even in blue California, impeachment of Trump inspires more exhaustion than elation 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z This isn’t the first time that Schneider has taken to Twitter to pontificate on freedom of speech. Rob Schneider posts free-speech rant against 'totalitarian' social media users 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z Later, he pontificates on his culinary influences, against a musical backdrop of classical guitar. My Life as a Child Chef 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z He has made paying attention to those living on society’s margins a priority of his pontificate. Pope decries that “greed of a few” worsens poverty of others 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z This was the default conservative position early in the Francis pontificate; it has since become more difficult to sustain. Opinion | What Will Happen to Conservative Catholicism? 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Bash: No cameras in the room, so there’s no one no one pontificating for the camera. Transcript: Jeremy Bash 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The archives are open for the period of the pontificate of Pope Pius XI, ending in 1939. Vatican secret archives no longer officially secret after renaming 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Scaramucci is now a vocal critic of the president, touring cable news shows to pontificate on the impeachment inquiry and plead for Trump’s removal or defeat. Mitt Romney: Trump's best staff decision was 'not choosing me' 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z The 82-year-old Argentine pope, whose parents were of Italian immigrant stock, has made the defense of migrants and refugees a plank of his pontificate and he has often clashed over immigration policy with U.S. Countries that make weapons of war foment migration but refuse refugees, Pope Francis says 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z “Francis is more isolated that he was at the beginning of his pontificate,” said Marco Politi, a veteran Vatican expert and the author of the book “The Loneliness of the Pope.” Pope Francis Goes to Africa, With Renewed Focus on Poverty and Climate 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Daniels isn’t one to pontificate on the bigger picture or his place in it. USC quarterback JT Daniels is ready for a big season after a summer of change 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z It ended with Trump pontificating on his version of events—for more than an hour—that were often unworldly, occasionally unwise, and sometimes just plain wacky. Trump’s Weird Whoppers at the G-7 Summit 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z “When Saul’s putting on a show, ranting and raving or pontificating, I just eat that up because those scenes come off to me like pure comedy,” Odenkirk says. For Bob Odenkirk, the 'Better Call Saul' flash-forwards don't inspire much hope 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z And what’s all this high-minded pontificating on shareholders and stakeholders, as if CEOs are incapable of walking and chewing gum at the same time? Column: CEOs say they care about customers and workers. Propaganda experts are unimpressed 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Francis made his focus on the environment clear early in his pontificate, when in June 2015 he wrote “Laudato si’: On Care for Our Common Home,” the first papal encyclical focused solely on the environment. Pope Francis Goes to Africa, With Renewed Focus on Poverty and Climate 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z After one visit to Washington, de Blasio remarked privately: “A United States senator has got the best job on the face of the Earth. All they do is pontificate and travel.” How Bill de Blasio Went From Progressive Hope to Punching Bag 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z I think several refugees from the GOP, pontificating on Twitter and the nation’s leading op-ed pages, just fainted dead away. Opinion | Never Trumpers have a decision to make 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Fall’s major characters spend most of their time outside Bitworld either pontificating on technical concepts or pondering the masses’ foolish customs with a sense of anthropological bemusement. Neal Stephenson’s Fall is Paradise Lost with brain uploading and weaponized fake news 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z “Stop talking, stop pontificating, pass a bill,” he said on public radio Tuesday morning. State leaders reach deal on new rent protections for NYC 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z He made Tyrion funny without being cruel, kind without sticky sentiment, wise without pontificating, angry without being vicious. Who won ‘Game of Thrones’? From first to last, Peter Dinklage 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Francis has made defense of migrants a key feature of his pontificate and has clashed over the immigration with politicians such as U.S. On Good Friday, pope hears harrowing stories of human trafficking 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Specifically, speculation has mounted that Benedict has been used as a stalking horse by conservative ideological opponents of Francis, whose more pastoral, inclusive and less dogmatic approach to the pontificate they consider destructive. Dueling Popes? Maybe. Dueling Views in a Divided Church? Definitely. 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z “Seeing as the pope decided to open the Vatican archives for the pontificate of Pius XII in 2020, we made an appeal to the pontiff,” Sgrò said. Vatican to investigate 1983 disappearance of teenage girl 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z But when the game is to ask famous sommeliers and writers to pontificate on made-up wines from a made-up fantasy show, it’s hard to take the rules too seriously. The Game of Thrones Guide to Wine 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Frost is vastly self-impressed, given to pontificating and striking heroic poses. ‘Missing Link’ review: Superficial Sasquatch romp is big on visuals 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z It is left to others to pontificate on where such a victory would rank in the grand table of sporting recovery. Back from the dead: could Tiger really win a fifth Masters Green Jacket? 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Instead he just pontificates, without a stop in view, Letters: Don't blame LeBron James for all the Lakers' ills 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z In fact, the pope, who has made mercy a cornerstone of his pontificate, provided for the care of those found guilty. Pope Issues Law, With Penalties, for Vatican City to Address Sexual Abuse 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Montgomery County leaders who pontificate and explain why we don’t need a second crossing clearly do not travel Interstate 270 or over the American Legion Bridge. Opinion | Just build the bridge already: We need a second Potomac River crossing in Montgomery County 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Without that, it is possible for people who are not personally accomplished, who pontificate in recycled stock phrases, who polarize situations and who are insatiable braggarts coveting media coverage, to acquire power and influence. The rise and fall of scientific authority — and how to bring it back 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z “And then came a shriek like calico ripping - comical but also alarming. ‘How dare you pontificate to me about Leger!’ he yelled. John Richardson, critic and Picasso biographer, dies at 95 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Already, much is known about Pius XII’s pontificate. Pope Francis to open World War II-era Vatican archives to scrutiny 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The Vatican usually waits 70 years after the end of a pontificate to open up the relevant archives. Vatican to open World War II-era archives on controversial Pope Pius XII 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The Vatican usually waits 70 years after the end of a pontificate to open relevant archives. Vatican to open archives on WWII-era Pope accused of staying silent during Holocaust 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z His pontificate began with widespread enthusiasm for a man who chose pastoral appeal over pomp and ceremony, humility and compassion over the trappings of status. The Pope's biggest challenge 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z After first encouraging advocates for victims of abuse with tough talk at the beginning of his pontificate, he was slow to act. Vatican Hopes Meeting on Child Sex Abuse Will Be a Turning Point 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Cardinal O’Malley used his role in the new pontificate to push for stronger Vatican leadership on sex abuse. ‘It Will Cause a Scandal.’ The Pope and a Trusted U.S. Cardinal Clash Over Sex-Abuse Crisis 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z He was invited to the annual South by Southwest festival in Austin in 2012 to pontificate about Twitter, and said he joined the social media network thanks to a tip from the actor Ashton Kutcher. Cory Booker Announces Presidential Bid, Joining Most Diverse Field Ever 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z The thing to do when humiliated in the capital, especially if the humiliation is self-inflicted, is to go on as before, preening, pontificating and poking at your enemies. Opinion | The knocking of FBI agents must have been music to Roger Stone’s ears 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z The great theme of Francis’s pontificate is his emphasis on mercy over judgment. How the Idea of Hell Has Shaped the Way We Think 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Francis launched his pontificate with his famous "Who am I to judge" comment, about a gay priest whom he had appointed to a top advisory position despite allegations he had had a string of lovers. Pope's initial blind spot on sex abuse threatens legacy 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z It now seems clear that Francis, at least at the start of his pontificate, was willing to overlook past sexual misbehavior or cover-up claims if those responsible had atoned. Pope’s initial blind spot on sex abuse threatens legacy 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z It now seems clear that Francis, at least at the start of his pontificate, was willing to overlook past sexual misbehavior or cover-up claims if those responsible had atoned. Pope’s initial blind spot on sex abuse threatens legacy 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z The pope could end this reckless secrecy but just continues pontificating.” ‘Hand yourself over to human justice’: Pope Francis tells priests guilty of abuse the church won’t shield them 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Greene shifts back and forth between re-enactments of a deadly miners’ strike and unscripted pontificating about politics from some of the locals. The 10 best documentaries of 2018 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z SAT Learn to taste and pontificate on rare bottles French Champagne and Port from Portugal, 8 p.m. Community calendar: Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition, Winter Solstice Night Market, Jingle Bell Run 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z If he had judged his advisers more scrupulously at the start of his pontificate on their abuse and cover-up records, he might have retained more credibility in 2018. Pope’s initial blind spot on sex abuse threatens legacy 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z If he had judged his advisers more scrupulously at the start of his pontificate on their abuse and cover-up records, he might have retained more credibility in 2018. Pope’s initial blind spot on sex abuse threatens legacy 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z “Fair is fair, and especially since I joined the herd last week and took the occasion to pontificate about how unfortunate it is that we isolate our presidents so much,” said Osgood. AP Was There: Bush’s bum rap on ‘amazing’ barcode scanner 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Alas, while the singer pontificates, the poet is consigned to paraphrase; Énard has sidelined the very real and interesting Mesihi, and the novel suffers for it. When Michelangelo Went to Constantinople 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z Ergo, Trump must choose an attorney general he’s seen pontificating on television. Trump suggests the next Attorney General will be someone he saw on TV 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Francis launched his pontificate with his famous “Who am I to judge” comment, about a gay priest whom he had appointed to a top advisory position despite allegations he had had a string of lovers. Pope’s initial blind spot on sex abuse threatens legacy 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z Francis launched his pontificate with his famous “Who am I to judge” comment, about a gay priest whom he had appointed to a top advisory position despite allegations he had had a string of lovers. Pope’s initial blind spot on sex abuse threatens legacy 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z In the videos, Mr. Beierle pontificated from a dimly lit bedroom, with an unmade bed and a pile of cardboard boxes in the background. Gunman in Yoga Studio Shooting Recorded Misogynistic Videos and Faced Battery Charges 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z “Let the United States achieve complete equality before pontificating to me from a high moral forum,” he said. Roelof ‘Pik’ Botha, South African foreign minister during apartheid, dies at 86 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z But if so it’s the most ineffectual coup imaginable, with no actual plan for changing the direction of his pontificate. Opinion | The Pope and the Accusers 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z A Pew Research Center survey released this week found 72% of them approve of Pope Francis’ job performance job performance, the lowest of his pontificate and down 12 points since the start of the year. Many Catholics Struggle to Keep the Faith 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z "When pompous folk pontificate on the meaning of life and the big questions I always wait until they've finished and throw that one in - 'and why are dusters yellow?'." Why are dusters often yellow? 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z “In this way the pontificate itself is being devalued and conflated with the sadness about the situation of the church today.” In Private Letters, Benedict Rebukes Critics of Pope Francis 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z And it was not just the words but the structure of the sentences, which were inverted, tuned for pontificating. Opinion | Where Does Rabbi Voice Come From? 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Politicians will pontificate; screamers will scream; Grassley will maintain his reputation for fairness and integrity. Opinion | Democrats’ howling over Kavanaugh is a case of style over content 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z If the pope knew of that dossier and nevertheless empowered the cardinal to represent and influence the church world-wide for five years, the future of this pontificate is in the gravest doubt. Opinion | Is It Time for Pope Francis to Resign? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z "I don't think there's any such organised campaign, but there has long been a growing and deep sense of concern and even anger about this pontificate among many practising Catholics," he says. Pope faces twin battle in Church split over sexual abuse 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z We do not believe that the right response to this president’s authoritarian tendencies is feel-good pontificating that merely begs the president to be nice to journalists. Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z He has vowed “zero tolerance” since the start of his pontificate. Pope heads to Ireland amid new global outrage over sex abuse 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The Browns are the subject of this year's "Hard Knocks" series, and the latest episode showed Wylie pontificating his belief on stretching. Cleveland Browns' 0-16 coach shows why team went 0-16 with rant about stretching, World War II - Golf Digest 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z West's free-wheeling answers made for an intriguing if occasionally baffling interview, with Kimmel appearing content to let his guest pontificate at length. Kanye West stumped by Trump question 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z In the early days of his pontificate, it would have been seen as Francis breaking through the stuffy conventions of the Vatican: being his own man. Pope Francis has utterly failed to tackle the church’s abuse scandal | Catherine Pepinster 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z What sane mortal would wish upon him- or herself such scrutiny, marooned alone on the block to be picked at by scoundrels, fools and pontificating provocateurs? Opinion | Calm down. Roe v. Wade isn’t going anywhere. 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Accusations that he is willing to pontificate but not to listen. Jonathan Franzen Is Fine With All of It 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z “Air-conditioned epidemiologists pontificating about things they don’t understand.” The man who (almost) wiped out the Guinea worms 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Joyce gently mocks Bloom too, depicting him as a pompous professor pontificating on the physiology of hanging-induced erections. Bloomsday Tribute to James Joyce, Greatest Mind-Scientist Ever 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z They are not interviews or conversations so much as classes, Mickelson, the raconteur professor, relishing the chance to educate and pontificate. U.S. Open 2018: Phil Mickelson was low energy, and business-like, on Monday. Perhaps that's for the best - Golf Digest 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Based on the limited sample provided by this article, he needs to go get some life experience and then come back and pontificate. Malcolm Gladwell Likes Things Better in Canada 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Rather than pontificate yet again upon the motives of President Donald Trump’s supporters, I’ll let a few of them explain themselves in their own words. Trump supporters speak 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z In 2011, during the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican responded to the then-recent financial crisis by proposing a “global public authority” and a “central world bank” to regulate the international financial system. Vatican Denounces Offshore Tax Havens 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z After more than 10 months of playing, posturing and some pontificating, it really is that simple. Finally: Warriors-Rockets is the series everyone wanted 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z Enter male pundits, who for some reason felt it totally appropriate to pontificate on whether “redistributing sex” for the poor lonely men who can’t get any is a good idea. How does it feel to be a woman today? It's like living in the Twilight Zone 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z "The problem is, we don't have the time to sit around and pontificate about it - the epidemic has reached frightening proportions," he said. Australia flesh-eating ulcer 'a mystery' 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z It was signed March 19, the fifth anniversary of Francis’ pontificate. Pope Francis seeks ‘saints next door’; he says defending migrants as ‘equally sacred’ as unborn 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z He will pontificate on the Dodgers' internal dynamics, the labor issues roiling the sport and the scourge of pace-of-play initiatives. Should the Dodgers be concerned about Kenley Jansen's velocity? 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z As recently as January, Francis apologized to Chilean victims of abuse, though he created a larger problem for himself and his pontificate when he defended a Chilean bishop accused of covering up that abuse. Pope Rejects Call for Apology to Canada’s Indigenous People 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z “We try to be as multinational as the abortion industry, and they make no apologies for sending in their international affiliates to pontificate to the Irish people,” said Dr. Engela. As Irish Abortion Vote Nears, Fears of Foreign Influence Rise 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Benedict added that the books helped clarify “the interior continuity between the two pontificates, with all the differences in style and temperament.” Doctored Photo Prompts a Keeper of the Pope’s Image to Step Down 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z “If he’s got a problem,” Mr. Holmes said, “he probably communicates it directly and doesn’t feel the need to pontificate in public.” A Man of Few Words, McConnell Tiptoes Around Issue of Mueller 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Benedict also disputed suggestions by conservatives that Francis’ academic qualities were lacking, praising his successor as a “man of deep philosophical and theological formation” and finding an “interior continuity between the two pontificates”. Vatican 'Lettergate' scandal comes to a head as text released 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z The book project, Benedict wrote, “helps to see the interior continuity between the two pontificates, with all the differences in style and temperament.” Vatican doctors photo of Benedict’s praise for Francis 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, told reporters that the retired pope’s comments were an opportune rebuttal to claims of a “rupture between the two pontificates.” Pope Benedict Protects Pope Francis’ Right Flank 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z And even now the committee is busy pontificating about the need to reform the “budget process.” Budgets, bad faith and ‘balance’ 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z When Francis had been in office for only two years, he suggested: “I have the sensation that my pontificate will be short. Four or five years.” Pope Francis wowed the world but, five years on, is in troubled waters 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z So don’t base your actions on their pontificating and pronouncements. So It’s Your First Market Hiccup. What Should You Do Now? 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z As much as this seems like pontificating about the good ol' days from the two former NBA MVPs, they kind of have a point. Shaq and Charles Barkley laughing at the Clippers-Rockets fight is the funniest thing you'll see all day - Golf Digest 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z The most prominent doctrinal question in the current pontificate has been over divorce. Pope Benedict Protects Pope Francis’ Right Flank 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z As a player, Ewing was never the type to pontificate or preen, to dwell on much more than the moment at hand. A Hoya Again, Patrick Ewing Learns Value of Knowing When to Pivot 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z But it is in the response to child abuse where things have gone most awry in this pontificate. Pope Francis wowed the world but, five years on, is in troubled waters 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Benedict vowed not to let that happen in his pontificate, and he didn’t. Recent Kansas editorials 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z This ex ambassador of Pakistan living comfortably in DC - pontificating - is a poster child of these rotten rich. Frustrated U.S. Might Withhold $255 Million in Aid From Pakistan 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z For all of his “pontificating,” as he self-deprecatingly calls it, Hanks is well aware that he is neither an academic nor an elected leader. 'The Post' gives Tom Hanks a perfect vehicle to combine his love of history and passion for acting 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z But I have grown tired of trying to turn the Titanic against a tide of greedy conservatives and arrogant, pontificating liberals. New York City Will Close or Merge 14 Schools From Renewal Program 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z The interview subject who knew exactly how to take control of a conversation by pontificating and going off-topic was so familiar to me. The 10 best journalism movies, in the words of Katie Couric, Woodward and Bernstein and more 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z It's interesting that The Times news space for ex-jock, so-called vice president for business development, and chief critic Eric Dickerson to pontificate on the changing fortunes of the team he once deserted. Letters: Some fans have a Chip on their shoulders about UCLA's new football coach 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z The decision whether to publicly utter the name Rohingya was perhaps the most difficult diplomatic balancing act of his pontificate, and it became a dominant narrative of the first papal visit to Myanmar. In Myanmar, Pope Francis Calls for Peace Without Saying ‘Rohingya’ 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z It is quite arrogant to pontificate on what happened millions of years ago, when we don't understand so much of what is happening right in front of our faces. Questioning Evolution: The Push to Change Science Class 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z The next hurdle for Mr. Trump’s prolific pontificating could be his attempt to roll back the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals amnesty, which faces challenges in courts from California to New York. Donald Trump’s tweets are liability in court 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z If this is true then this is another example of the medical profession pontificating at the expense of everyone's health. Nuts May Lower Your Risk for Heart Disease 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z He rightly does not pontificate about this and draws no specious parallels, but the reader can’t help recognizing familiar territory. The historical reality of the Templars of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and ‘Assassin’s Creed’ 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z They’d rather sit and pontificate about all of the problems that we face. Transcript: Interview with Hillary Clinton 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z After his Masters victory in April, many media types pontificated that the Spaniard didn’t need to do much of anything else and the 2017 season would still be considered a success. The 7 tour pros with the most on the line at the BMW Championship - Golf Digest 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z “This is simple. In the real world, progress is measured by how much you produce, not how much you pontificate,” said Kellyanne Conway, a senior White House adviser. Muted backlash to Trump’s bipartisanship signals warning for GOP 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z Francis could hardly travel to the edge of the Amazon without making a strong appeal for responsible stewardship of the planet, given that environmentalism has been a priority of his pontificate. Pope’s Colombia agenda: peace, ecology and the way forward 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z This is neither the time nor place for armchair psychology or to pontificate about perfect strangers. Opinion | A small, human disaster close at hand 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z But, in the pontificate of Pope Francis, that divide is blurring. The Catholic church dabbles with impact investing 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z Expect lots of F-bombs and pontificating, but little about the actual fight itself. Mayweather, McGregor still trying to hype their fight 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z That criticism, he said, often came from opponents of Francis “who are trying to downplay the role of this pontificate.” A Vatican Shot Across the Bow for Hard-Line U.S. Catholics 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Take the over on this one and laugh in your dad’s face as he pontificates about the old days when teams played defense and men were men. 10 college football games that will get you pumped up for this season - Golf Digest 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Washington State coach Mike Leach held court at Pac-12 Media Day on Thursday morning in Hollywood, and as usual he took the opportunity to pontificate on matters other than football. WSU’s Mike Leach hates hot dogs… and other amusing anecdotes from Pac-12 media day 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z There are those who will say, with some justification, that a shamed athlete who brought so much disgrace on his sport should not be entitled to a platform from which to pontificate about it. Whatever your opinion on Lance Armstrong, liking his podcast is not a sin | Barry Glendenning 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z There are no brothers in arms, no flashbacks to simpler times and pretty wives and girlfriends left behind, no old men in situation rooms pontificating about politics or helping with exposition. Review: Riveting ‘Dunkirk’ is Nolan’s, and year’s, best 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Crux noted that La Civiltà Cattolica is reviewed by the Vatican’s secretary of state before publication, and that Spadaro has been “considered one of the foremost vehicles for understanding the views of the current pontificate”. Pope associates criticize US evangelical Christians as 'not far' from extremists 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z To disguise their lack of a workable plan, they willfully ignore the laws of economics and pontificate on the virtues of free market capitalism as the cure for all ills. The Republican healthcare plan has a formidable foe: economics | Joe McLean 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z But it’s quite another to imagine that, from that platform, you can pontificate about anything that so much as loosely pertains to the likes of nurses and firefighters. David Cameron, why oh why are you still talking? | Marina Hyde 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Dr. Navarro-Valls led the media office for not quite two years into the pontificate of his successor, Pope Benedict XVI, before retiring. Joaquín Navarro-Valls, spokesman and image-maker for Pope John Paul II, dies at 80 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Those of us who are paid to pontificate were so certain last time that Holyfield was risking not just a beating but irreversible damage to what looked like a used-up fighting engine. From the Vault: Mike Tyson bites Evander Holyfield in both ears 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Nearly every lion that heard a political pundit pontificating ran away immediately, and more than half of the frightened lions never returned to finish their meal. Mountain lions are terrified by the voices of Rush Limbaugh and Rachel Maddow 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z It’s also an exercise in encouraging intellectual consistency: a supposed hallmark of the enlightened society about which many in Europe and the US regularly pontificate to the rest of the world. Trump's silence after the London mosque attack speaks volumes | Christian Christensen 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z He also acknowledged that although politicians should not, in general, “pontificate on theological matters”, it was fair to raise the subject. Tim Farron’s resignation raises questions about the line between public policy and private belief 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z “Joe likes to pontificate,” he said, describing a discussion about the Middle East. Washington Remembers Brzezinski, and a Very Different Era 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z The public servants and the people who report or pontificate on them were like students dressed up for the first day of school. Perspective | The Comey hearing was Washington’s great fashion show of 2017 — and Comey dressed like its star 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Today, however, it’s difficult to untangle issues such as gun violence, the death penalty and abortion from the shouting, pontificating and name-calling that surround them. Analysis | Even at the fashion industry’s frothiest gala, politics is the preoccupation 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z The resurrected feeling of American possibility came not from pontificating TV pundits or a radio host in a studio miles away. How ‘the Energy Capital of the Nation’ regained its optimism in the Trump era 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z “Much of the recent pontificating about the technical elements of obstruction of justice is quite beside the point,” he said. A Constitutional Puzzle: Can the President Be Indicted? 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z It’s the kind of punishing trip — lots of important people pontificating in windowless rooms, up to seven time zones away — that would tax anyone. For 70-year-old president who likes his own bed, this trip is exhausting 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z It was Ailes who filled the newly discovered 24-hour television news cycle with more pontificating than reporting, who dismissed the notion of objectivity and replaced it with conservative spin. Roger Ailes turned television news into an Us vs. Them free-for-all 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z The last remaining wastrels pontificating about the “scandal” formerly larger than Watergate are left with just one flimsy accusation. Anatomy of Fake News 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z There is no shortage of analysis and pontificating about President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in the White House. ‘The Simpsons’ troll President Trump about his first 100 days in the White House 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z "I take the view though that as a political leader, my job is not to pontificate on theological matters." Tim Farron: I don't think gay sex is a sin - BBC News 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z For many detractors, the singer is a pontificating rock star with wraparound shades who has been accused of not paying enough taxes. U2 – 10 of the best 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Early in his career, he pontificated with nuance: He relished the camaraderie and the relationships. The architect: How Dodgers GM Farhan Zaidi became one of the most coveted minds in baseball 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z From the start of his pontificate, Francis has been a stinging critic of the global “economy of exclusion and inequality,” so his denunciation of Euroskepticism cannot be taken as an unconscious alliance with global élites. Pope Francis Proposes a Cure for Populism 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Most importantly, facilitators aren’t all-knowing “sages on the stage” pontificating as kids scribble notes. At tiny Pequea Valley, reinventing school is the goal 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z It costs much less in time and money to have writers pontificate about Donald Trump than it does to send them to red states to find out why so many people voted for him. Jimmy Breslin and the Lost Voice of the People 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z One of my favourite moments of his pontificate is when he completely lost his rag with a crowd of Mexicans who pulled him on to a child in a wheelchair and shouted angrily at them. Pope Francis is pushing for change. Now the church must catch up | Joanna Moorhead 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z We watch him get ever pastier in his candle-lit underground chamber while awaiting "offerings" from his sub-vampires and pontificating endlessly: "As it is written, so shall it be." The series premiere of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' is like 'Clueless' with teeth 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z If we—or our friends or the pundits on CNN—spent less time pontificating and more trying to work through the implications of policy proposals, we’d realize how clueless we are and moderate our views. Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z This is something that is not readily apparent to the pencil-neck geeks who pontificate on our culture and society. Vince McMahon changed sports and more — much more 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z He or she is not trying to pontificate for the benefit of the rest of us or to enlighten us in our ignorance. Backtalk: Times readers sound off on Seattle arena proposals, the Super Bowl and politics 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z We wouldn’t stop pontificating about how stupid Chavismo was, not only to international friends but also to Chávez’s electoral base. In Venezuela, we couldn’t stop Chávez. Don’t make the same mistakes we did. 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Rather than pontificate as to whether expulsion was warranted in Corley’s case, we’re simply glad he negated that scenario by stepping down. South Carolina editorial roundup 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Charles has spent years pontificating at City Hall, and somehow he still manages to get his name on the list of speakers to address City Council face-to-face. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Last year he told Mexican broadcaster Televisa that putting an age limit on popes would “create a sensation of the end of the pontificate that wouldn’t be good.” Happy 80th Birthday, Pope Francis 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z “I have done my own fair share of pontificating. I belong to my own Bohemian Brigade, the national political press corps, and I may even have been rowdy once or twice.” James M. Perry, political reporter who chronicled array of arrogance, dies at 89 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The same aloofness marks the rest of Benedict’s account, from his start as a young-turk theologian to the tumultuous years of his pontificate. The Moral Weakness of Pope Benedict’s “Last Testament” 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z For 18 months, pundits have pontificated about whether Trump would ever be able to be “presidential”, whether he would behave himself long enough to have a stab at winning the world’s most powerful job. How Donald Trump swept to an unreal, surreal presidential election win 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z But the pope is also expected to urge support for migrants and refugees, a keynote of his pontificate and a message that is striking a nerve here. Pope’s Refugee Message Proves Divisive in Sweden 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z I have been at seminars where Ron Unz has pontificated on the evils of bilingual education. Californians, Having Curbed Bilingual Education, May Now Expand It 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z A novelist with literally less than a month in a traditional classroom - as he never attended one as a student either - is pontificating on the state of our schools. Fortress of Tedium: What I Learned as a Substitute Teacher. 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z When he speaks in meetings, associates say, he sticks to the facts and tends to avoid pontificating. Kerr Putney, Charlotte Chief, Had Cause in His Life to Distrust Police 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z You just let us pay for your defense, and then pontificate to us about our militarism. Obamacare Marketplaces Are in Trouble. What Can Be Done? 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z It was a setback for the financial overhaul, a central part of a broader revamp of the Catholic Church’s central bureaucracy, the Roman Curia, which Francis made a centerpiece of his pontificate. The Trials and Tribulations of the Vatican’s Finance Chief 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z By canonizing her during his Jubilee Year of Mercy, he in some ways is making her the icon of his entire pontificate. Pope Declares Mother Teresa a Saint 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z The pope has made clear that the refugee crisis facing Europe, the Middle East and the Americas is the priority of his pontificate and has vowed to fight what he calls today’s “globalization of indifference.” Pope Assumes Responsibility for Migrants in Vatican Reform 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Francis has made clear that the refugee crisis facing Europe, the Middle East and the Americas is the priority of his pontificate and has vowed to fight what he calls today's "globalization of indifference." Pope assumes responsibility for migrants in Vatican reform 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Francis has made clear that the refugee crisis facing Europe, the Middle East and the Americas is the priority of his pontificate and has vowed to fight what he calls today’s “globalization of indifference.” Pope assumes responsibility for migrants in Vatican reform 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Francis has an obvious interest in highlighting Mother Teresa’s mercy-filled service to outcasts on the periphery, given that her life’s work exemplifies the priorities of his own pontificate. Mother Teresa: A saint despite spiritual 'darkness' 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Whether in suits pontificating about white supremacy to an interviewer or dressed in Klan regalia, the white supremacists carry the same core message. Clinton is right to call out racists 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Insiders suspect that it was Mr Rajan’s sideline as a public intellectual, pontificating on matters far removed from economics, that undermined him in Mr Modi’s eyes. Reserve player 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z States should also be allowed to use these reporting mechanisms to name and shame media outlets that provide a platform for individuals who pontificate on behalf of the evil of terrorism. Countering the Pontiff of Terror 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z A speech that systematically dressed down the corrupt political class and called for a moral revolution, set in Argentina but meant for the world, could electrify his pontificate. Go Home, Pope Francis 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The show began with McLaughlin declaring, "Issue One!" and often featured the journalists pontificating on four or five issues of the day. John McLaughlin, host of TV's 'The McLaughlin Group,' dead at 89 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z I started pontificating in a general philosophical reminiscence as the dramatic stand-in for a young Eugene O’Neill in a drunken conversation with his alcoholic actor father. Zelda Fichandler made the world rich with stories 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Yet for all the grand rhetoric and pontificating and speechifying, two potentially fatal flaws emerged. Democrats Were the Least Worst 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z The book, called "The Last Conversations", is the first time in history that a former pope judges his own pontificate after it is over. In memoirs, ex Pope Benedict says Vatican 'gay lobby' tried to wield power: report 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z For many of them, the jump to talk about gun control or Islam or military preparedness or any other issue isn’t so much about pontificating as it is about frustration. Can We Still Weep Together After Orlando? 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z History's first Latin American pontiff has made the fight against human trafficking a priority of his pontificate as part of his emphasis on looking out for society's most marginalized, including refugees and the poor. Vatican summit of judges pledges aid to fight trafficking 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff, has made the fight against human trafficking a priority of his pontificate as part of his emphasis on looking out for society’s most marginalized, including refugees and the poor. Vatican summit of judges pledges aid to fight trafficking 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z He devoted more of his speech to the migrant question, a major theme of his pontificate, which he dramatized last month with a visit to refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos. Pope Urges More Welcoming EU Migrant Policy 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z Eventually, he got a job “pontificating on yoof” for the Observer. The 100 best nonfiction books: No 14 – Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z But classical music filled the inside of Chris’s car and he drove along steadily, pontificating about this and that as if we were chatting in a quiet corner in one of his favorite coffee shops. What We Learned From Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z “There are a lot of promises in this campaign. People are making promises. There’s a lot of screaming and yelling and pontificating,” U.S. Hillary Clinton Leans on Senate Record in New York Primary 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z The Vatican has denounced the plan as a “humiliating” departure from “humanitarian law,” and Pope Francis has made support for migrants and refugees a priority of his pontificate, vigorously championing an open-door policy. Pope’s Defense of Migration Is Likely a Tough Sell to European Union 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Given the precarious times in which we live, a president who is cautious and applies sound judgement and reasoning is what is needed most, not pop-culture pontificating. Does Obama Have This Right? 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z From the beginning of his pontificate, the Argentinian pontiff has traded in the lengthy and abstract discourses of his predecessors for a more pithy and accessible message that resonates with everyday people. Pope Francis Will Be a Pro at Instagram 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z The question is whether there are more of those people voting Republican than those who cheer when Trump pontificates – particularly in Ohio. John Kasich's last stand: Republican hopes 'high road' leads to Ohio victory 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z "Going to bed. Wake me up when this pontificate is over," Damien Thompson, associate editor of the British weekly "The Spectator" and a conservative Catholic commentator tweeted last month. Three years on, pope leaves Catholic conservatives feeling marginalized 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z With all the pontificating rhetoric spewed by the winners, one would have thought that one was at a political rally, not an awards show for movies, for Pete's sake. Letters to Calendar: The good, the bad, and everything else from the Oscar telecast 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z You'd do well to consider that reality before pontificating about the realism of others. Uncovering the Bad Math (or Logic) of an Economic Analysis Embraced by Bernie Sanders 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z HAVANA—Pope Francis arrived in Cuba early Friday afternoon for the briefest international visit of his pontificate—and one of the most significant. Pope Francis Arrives in Cuba for Historic Meeting 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z He added: "He is a really good coach but that is as far as I would go, really. He pontificates too much for my liking. He is a good manager though." Manchester United: Is Jose Mourinho the answer? 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z Once again, he’s got the political world buzzing, the pundits pontificating. For Bloomberg, Ambition Vies With Caution 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z What I want, but don't necessarily expect to hear, is a challenge to the country and to Congress to move beyond the now non-stop pontificating about how to bring the country's fiscal house in order. Fiscal Failures 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Francis has made clear from the start of his pontificate that his would be a papacy focused on mercy, and he called a jubilee year to emphasize it. Francis lays out case for mercy in 1st book as pope, says God never tires of forgiving 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z In six decades of public life, Lee preached, berated, pontificated and counseled—not only his own people but also those of other countries, whether the advice was solicited or not.” Remembering the Leaders and Thinkers We Lost in 2015 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Francis has made the church's message of mercy the focus of his pontificate, and dedicated an entire jubilee year to stressing it. Pope urges Christmas prayers for Syria, Libya peace 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z It is easy for Obama to pontificate about the months it may take for some truly bad actors to see the truth about Assad and act accordingly. Obama and Kerry’s wishful thinking on Syria 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z “Our goal truly is to fix this place — not just to pontificate, not just to get our name in the paper, not just to do message legislation,” he said. House Freedom Caucus looking to flex its new muscle in 2016 races 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Yorke pontificated about his personal use of an ad blocker, YouTube's profit margins, and the pressures being levied on artists today: Thom Yorke thinks Google and YouTube are engaging in Nazi-like art theft 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z “Global poverty and degradation of the earth” are “at the very center and core” of Francis’ pontificate and Catholic social teaching, McElroy said. US Catholic bishops: Abortion, marriage key election issues 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z "Global poverty and degradation of the earth" are "at the very center and core" of Francis' pontificate and Catholic social teaching, McElroy said. US Catholic bishops say abortion, marriage should be key issues for voters in 2016 election 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z The conventional wisdom seems to be that athletes should never step outside their roles as entertainers to pontificate. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: The Importance of Athlete Activists 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z By popular media, by science fiction—or maybe by a retired physicist no longer able to do serious work, so he will write a popular book and pontificate. The Doomsday Invention 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z “Of all the reforms contemplated during the first year of his pontificate, very few managed to get off the ground,” he writes. Why the New Vatican Leaks Scandal Is Different 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The push for a more conciliatory approach to people with ways of life at odds with the church’s teaching on family issues has been one of the defining initiatives of Pope Francis’ pontificate. Pope Francis Weighs Response to Setback on Divorce Issue 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z However, because he has made consultation and collaboration with bishops one of the keynotes of his pontificate, it would be awkward for him to move ahead with such a clear lack of support. Bishops Hand Pope Defeat on His Outreach to Divorced Catholics 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Despite initial resistance on the part of some bishops, Francis received wide support for “a fundamental plank of his pontificate,” which is mercy, he said. Amid Splits, Catholic Bishops Crack Open Door on Divorce 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z The talk radio hosts are still agitating, the Fox News pundits are still pontificating and the right-wing think tankers are still… thinking. Long live the conservative puppet master: Why Grover Norquist is still more destructive than the House GOP 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z "I had to pontificate quite a bit in the movie. As I was doing the film, I think I may have been quite high on myself, Hamlet-like, loving my own ideas a little too much." Peter Sarsgaard broke his own rule about how to play real people for 'Experimenter' 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Paul VI never wrote another encyclical in the remaining 10 years of his pontificate. Pope Francis Weighs Response to Setback on Divorce Issue 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The synod also discussed the possibility of more sensitive language toward gay Catholics, a distinctive theme of Pope Francis’ pontificate since his famous July 2013 comment regarding gay Vatican officials: “Who am I to judge?” Bishops Hand Pope Defeat on His Outreach to Divorced Catholics 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Sanders briefly pontificated on his campaign talking points before ending with "Enough of the emails" and reaching out to shake hands with his top opponent. Watch Bernie Sanders slay the room with 'damn emails' line 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z “I thought they were deeply indulgent, and in their comfort zones: tenured academics, pontificating from on high.” Marxism Today: the forgotten visionaries whose ideas could save Labour | John Harris 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z From the very beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis started sending a clear message to labor groups that the church would be an ally. Labor sees opportunity in the pope’s arrival, as unions rebuild a historic bond 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z I dearly remember when Pope Francis, at the beginning of his pontificate, greeted with disarming simplicity the devoted crowd from all over the world who was following his election in awe. Andrea Bocelli: What Singing for the Pope Means to Me 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z "But it's something everyone's concerned about. It's dialogue. If there's a word that describes his pontificate, it's dialogue." For a Moment, Congress Came Together for Pope Francis 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z Now they have pontificated themselves into a frenzy about how wrong Pope Francis is. The Guardian view on the pope’s US visit: seeing with a Hispanic eye | Editorial 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z BST10:29 This has been such a hallmark of Francis’s pontificate: from his very first moment, he has asked Catholics to pray for him. Pope Francis meets Fidel Castro – as it happened 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z The verbal extremism of this pontificate alone can be exhausting in its paradoxical jabs and blows, first in this direction and then in that. The pope as Argentine patriot 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z After all of those many months pontificating and dithering on the news media, the Wizzardess of Oz and her cronies finally made a decision thanks to their ouija board. Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Francis’ revolutionary pontificate has drawn the spotlight away from controversies that have dogged the bishops and the U.S. church. Popular Pope Francis has revived, ruffled US Catholic church 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z On this visit, the pope is expected to highlight the need for a generous welcome to immigrants and protection of the environment — two priorities of his pontificate. Cross-section of US religious life to welcome pope, including evangelicals, gay Catholics 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z This has been such a hallmark of Francis’s pontificate: from his very first moment, he has asked Catholics to pray for him. Pope Francis meets Fidel Castro – as it happened 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z Pope Francis has made poverty and the inequities of globalization major themes of his pontificate and is likely to address those topics during his African visit. Pope Francis to Make First Visit to Africa 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z In the last two years of Benedict’s pontificate, the F.I.A. reported only seven instances of “suspicious activity.” Can Pope Francis Really Change the Church? 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z The pope has made migration one of the major social causes of his pontificate. Pope Francis Calls on Europe’s Catholics to Shelter Refugees 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Almost every business guru now pontificates on the virtues of "completing the feedback circle" as swiftly as possible. Viewpoint: Are Amazon's feedback tactics unusual? - BBC News 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Wonder, 65, performed a short set list interspersed with answering questions and pontificating on contemporary America. Stevie Wonder promotes ‘Songs in the Key of Life Performance’ tour with free D.C. concert 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z But then we’re just ever so surprised by a public intellectual pontificating on policy without taking note of his own academic work which led to him becoming a public intellectual, aren’t we? Joe Stiglitz's Mistake: Foreign Corporations Should Pay No Profits Tax In Poor Countries 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z In the same way that I find Pope Francis a rather courageous moral voice in a world full of politicians pontificating with poll tested sound bites. A Letter to Millennials: Give Yourself the Gift of Stillness 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z |
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