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Pope Francis — bishop of Rome, sovereign of the Vatican City State, his holiness — has another title to add to his papal resume: Rolling Stone cover subject . The pope graces the cover of the iconic music magazine this week for " The Times They Are A-Changin': Inside the Pope's gentle revolution ," a 7,700-word profile by contributing editor Mark Binelli, who went inside the Vatican to report on Francis' swift break from tradition. "In less than a year since his papacy began, Pope Francis has done much to separate himself from past popes and establish himself as a people's pope," Binelli writes. Francis has been on other major magazine covers, including Time magazine, which declared him its 2013 Person of the Year last month . (It was the second time in a year Time had run a pope cover.) Francis is the first pope to make the cover of Rolling Stone, the so-called "music bible" founded in 1967 by Jann Wenner, something bands i...

Pope Francis was the king of public relations in 2013, but something went terribly wrong for the pontiff today. In the window at St. Peter's Square, he stood beside two children, who each released "peace doves" over the crowd. But shortly thereafter, a crow and a seagull attacked the birds in front of thousands of people. MYTH and SPIRITUALITY Crows are associated with war and death. Seagulls are associated with pestilence.  "Seagulls were sent by the Great Creator to purify the pestilence." (Bobby Lake-Thom/Spirits of the Earth) My Thoughts: With all the problems and talk about wars and peace deals in the Middle East, the Pope symbolizes that peace is what we should all strive for, so he releases two doves.  To me this signifies that two (or more) countries should be at peace with each other. But then comes along Death and Pestilence to mire the process.  Satan and his demons are alive and well on planet Earth. On the other hand this could ...