Analysis Of Pope Francis And Macklemore

The idea of universal love is one that is prevalent in the media. With the news filled with grim stories and horror many people are calling to the idea of loving everyone. Tensions are high concerning race relations, gender discrimination, and sexual orientation. Many in the general public are calling for humanity to embrace humanity. Many in the general public are asking “why we can’t just love one another”? Stephen T. Asma tackles this idea of love in his article published in the New York Times. Asma discusses two different ideas about universal love before offering his own take on the subject. Just as Asma states, universal love is a myth and closer personal relationships should be favored.

In a world of heterosexual dominance, many are out of place, in other words, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community are outsiders. In America, nearly 9 million people identify themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. (Slick). Ben Haggerty, better known as his stage name Macklemore, from Seattle, Washington took this global conflict and created the very popular music video “Same Love” which has over 126 million views on YouTube. Around the world, homosexuals are looked down upon, discriminated and are left feeling ashamed. The LGBT community wants equality therefore, supporter of gay rights, Macklemore took action into his own hands to spread the word by creating

The early life of Pope John XXIII shaped his morality and future ideas, and his travelling made him tolerant towards other people, cultures and beliefs. He believed that “No one is excluded by love” and pursued this belief throughout is papacy, even visiting prisons in order to forgive those who had sinned,

Macklemore’s song, “Same Love,” with Ryan Lewis, featuring Mary Lambert, tells the younger generation about discrimination against gays, homophobia, and inequality. The song calls out people who want freedom, where our country came from, and what are religion says to show how if we don’t accept gays, there is a lot we can never have. Macklemore is disappointed with the way hip hop and rap talk about gay people without realizing how difficult they are making gay’s lives. It is also great when Macklemore practically asks religious people how exactly they do not support gay rights, and why they believe it is wrong because God is supposed to love everyone. Macklemore gives his honest opinion on how he feels everyone should be equal, and there are no “buts” or “ifs.” I stand by his opinion about love being love no matter what. Macklemore’s song, “Same Love,” he talks about societies false ideas of gays, the way the term “gay” is used in hip hop music, and that we are not equal until we allow gay rights with a huge change at heart.

a. “race chosen and beloved by God” The Pope is telling his listeners that God loves them and that they have been chosen by God. By invoking this message, the Pope is trying to convince the Franks to join the crusades by making them believe that it is their destiny given to them by God.

Most people have two beliefs: either they hold love to be important, or they do not think it plays a major role in life. This makes people similar in the aspect of

Pope Francis is the Pope for the Roman Catholic Church, he is the spiritual leader for the church with regard to doctrine and contemporary issues of the church. Pope Francis’s address was influenced by the Roman Catholic religion and American historical figures that were leaders or activists that desired equal opportunity and freedom for all people.

Pope Leo X was originally named Giovanni de’ Medici was born in Florence, Italy on December 11, 1475 and died on December 1,1521 in Rome. He was raised in the culturally sophisticated city of Florence, Italy and was born in a family of renowned people of the arts and politics. Pope Leo X was the son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, who was the ruler of the Florentine republic and was destined religious life, as he became a Cardinal Deacon at the age of 13. He received the best education in Europe and had several tutors because of his father. Pope Leo X studied Canon Law and theology at the University of Pisa. The death of his father eventually led him back to Florence, where he stayed until 1494, when the de’ Medici family was charged with the betraying

In his essay, “The Pope Has Put Undue Political Spin on a Spiritual Message,” Michael Dougherty discussed how Pope Francis has crossed a line from spirituality to politics which violates the entire idea of the separation of religion and church. He began his essay discussing prior popes and their say on the topic of how the economy relates to the well being of the people. He discusses the "spiritual message" that being that, "there are no indisputable truths to guide our lives, and hence human freedom is limitless." Dougherty uses these example from credible sources in order to build an almost spiritual and positive tone; it causes the reader to agree on the subject. But, the next three paragraphs consist of a more negative and objective tone

In 1079, Pope Urban II gave a speech at the Council of Clermont. Urban urged people to fight alongside the Greeks, and liberate the holy city of Jerusalem from Muslims. Christians in the West embarked on a dangerous journey to fight in the Holy Land after hearing Pope Urban's speech out of greed and redemption.

Living New York City in a helicopter, Pope Francis asked the pilot to fly over Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, symbols of the United States history of immigration. Pope Francis is a son of immigrants, being born in Argentina from Italian parents. The Pope made the suffering of immigrants one of the crucial points of his papacy; thus he addressed the issue several times while in the US. Lately immigration has become an hot-button in US politics with the Trump’s suggestion to deport all illegal immigrants, and build a wall alongside the Mexican border. The Statue of Liberty, initially named “Liberty Enlightening the World”, was created to commemorate the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence. However, the Statue of Liberty

An Ideological Exploration of Macklemore’s Racial Redemption As a musical genre and cultural movement, Hip Hop and Rap have been both cultural phenomena and musical genres within the United States that have reached internationally and driven conversations on sociopolitical troubles such as war, violence, and racism. Hip Hop and rap which at times have been used interchangeably, have seen drastic changes in both their reception as musical genres and have garnered vast visibility within the United States. Hip Hop and Rap artists have been integral to driving conversations that are often ignored. As musical genres, Hip Hop and Rap create a space of situated knowledge and reveal the underlying dominant hegemonic ideologies within society.

It seems like there has been some kind of renewal in the Catholic Church ever since Argentina’s Bishop, Father Francis became the new Pope. This is especially evident with the Church’s stance on homosexuality. Although there has not been any major changes between Pope Francis’s stance on homosexuality and Pope Benedict XVI’s, the press has defined the former as the “good” Pope and the latter as the “bad” one. Therefore, many of the world’s approximately one billion Catholics think that Pope Francis is insane for taking such a liberal stance in the Church and opening the Catholic community to these supposed sinners. Ever since its conception, the Catholic Church has taken a bellicose stance against gays. They

In 637, the Rashidun Caliphate had seized and subjugated Jerusalem whilst it was under the rule of the Byzantium Empire. Throughout the time between this and the conclusion of the 11th century, the Byzantium Empire had lost the majority of their land to the Seljuk Turks, therefore forcing Emperor Alexius I to implore for Pope Urban II assistance in regaining land. As the Pope ventilated numerous awards, both spiritually and physically, an abundance of his people accepted his offer without hesitation. Despite the fact that the wars had a façade of spiritual ethics, it masked the leader’s fears of the Turks overtaking their land.

Pope John Paul the Second It was recently this year that the Catholic world had lost its leader,