Publishing Company Blog: October 2014

Friday, October 31, 2014

Who Is Pope Francis And What Does He Really Want? All Together Interview With Elisabetta Pique

Welcome to this week’s ALL TOGETHER, the podcast dedicated to exploring how religious ideas and spiritual practice inform and shape our personal lives, our communities and our world. I’m Paul Raushenbush, the Executive Editor of HuffPost Religion and host of All Together.

On this week’s segment we will be taking a deep dive into the question: Who is this Pope Francis and What Does He Really Want?

Recently an editor here at Huffington Post asked me if Francis had become more progressive after becoming Pope. She cited his numerous condemnations of ‘unfettered Capitalism, against war, not judging gays protecting the environment and, most recently, support of the science of evolution.

When and how did Pope Francis come to these views and where did they come from? What resistance has Pope Francis had from other elements within the Catholic Church? How did his experiences In Argentina prepare Jorge Bergoglio for his future roll as Pope? What does Pope Francis really think about gay and lesbian people?

This week we are fortunate to have on All Together Elisabetta Pique, who is the author of the new groundbreaking biography ‘Francis: Life and Revolution' who answers all these questions and more.

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Marianne Williamson: Infinite Possibilities Exist No Matter What Age We Are (VIDEO)

For 20 years, bestselling author and inspirational thinker Marianne Williamson has helped pioneer a global spiritual movement with books like A Return to Love, The Law of Divine Compensation and Age of Miracles. Last year, she chose to step out of her comfort zone and into the political arena by running for California's 33rd Congressional District. Though she was defeated in the primary, running for office at age 61 taught Williamson what it means to take a leap of faith at any age.

In the above clip from her upcoming "Super Soul Sunday" appearance, Oprah and Williamson discuss why it's never too late to forge a new path in life.

"It has to do with who your self is," Williamson says. "Because spiritually, you know, enlightenment is a shift in self-identification from body identification to spirit identification."

She acknowledges that it can be difficult to take a risk, especially after a certain age. "If you're only a body and it's only about you and your drama and your circumstances, then you look at limitation and you look at aging and you look at all that, and of course you feel your opportunity is diminished because you feel that you're diminished," she says.

Rather than seeing yourself in that limited view, Williamson paints a broader picture. "But if you really embrace the idea that God is never diminished and God is in all of us, no matter who we are and no matter how old we are, then the opportunities for infinite possibility exist no matter what age we are."

"Super Soul Sunday" with Marianne Williamson airs Nov. 2 at 11 a.m. ET. You can also join the worldwide simulcast at http://ift.tt/1jUFnzR or http://ift.tt/18mhN9o.

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Here's A Daniel Radcliffe Doppelganger Rapping About Harry Potter

We know Daniel Radcliffe has some rap skills, but what about a Harry Potter rap?

Writer and Comedian Willy Appelman, creator of "How To Get Bangs" and "Hummus," brings this new take on Daniel Radcliffe's recent adventures in rapping on Jimmy Fallon.

Obviously the next step is rapping about the world of Harry Potter, so check out this sketch from Appelman as a pretty convincing Radcliffe doppelganger dropping rhymes about Hogwarts, Dumbledore and more.