Now that Pope Francis has signaled, in the Jesuit magazine America, a desire to pull back “on issues related to abortion, gay marriage, and the use of contraceptive methods,” the Vatican finally has an occupant that even liberals can learn to love.

Pope Francis is apparently even challenging the doctrine of papal infallibility.

The Italian State Mint recently issued a set of gold, silver, and bronze medals to commemorate the beginning of Pope Francis’s papacy—but a key error was spotted after the production process.

Referring to a pivotal quotation that inspired the young Jorge Mario Bergoglio to seek his destiny in the Catholic Church, the medallions were suppsosed to read, “Vidit ergo Jesus publicanum et quia miserando antque eligendo vidit, ait illi sequere me” (“Jesus therefore sees the tax collector, and since he sees by having mercy and by choosing, he says to him, follow me”), but instead the medallions read, “Vidit ergo Lesus publicanum et quia miserando antque eligendo vidit, ait illi sequere me.”

The Vatican has recalled the six thousand medals. Four of the medals had been sold before the recall, according to the Vatican press office. Those lucky people may have received a keepsake that may become a valuable collector’s item someday—praise Lesus!
 
via Spiegel Online

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The Pope after apologizing to U.K. victims of priestly abuse