Pope Francis on the Cover of Rolling Stone – OK?

Friday, February 7th, 2014

One of the reason why you should not be too pleased about the Pope being on the cover of Rolling Stone is the last person to be called “Super Catholic” in the pages of Rolling Stone was Lady GaGa.

It’s not 1978. Look, at one point Rolling Stone was a huge cover which granted the imprimatur of cool to anyone on its cover. Those days aren’t just gone. They’re long gone. Read More

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