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Pope Urges Spanish Catholics To Protect Family Values

AFP | Posted 12.29.2008 | World

Read More: Gay and Lesbian Marriage, Abortion, Catholic Church, Spanish Socialist Government, Madrid, Liberal Social Reforms in Spain, Family Values, Pope Benedict XVI, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, World News

Hundreds of thousands of people Sunday attended an open-air Catholic mass in Madrid designed to promote family values in a country where the Socialist...

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New Sex-Abuse Scandal Divides Irish Catholics

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 12.23.2008 | World

Read More: Dublin, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Europe, Child Abuse, Catholic Church, Catholic Sex Abuse, Sex Abuse, Irish Catholics Sex Abuse, Ian Elliott, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Irish Catholics, John Magee, World News

DUBLIN, Ireland — Ireland's most prominent Roman Catholic leader, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, questioned Tuesday whether all of his fe...

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Pope Likens Saving Gays To Saving The Rainforest

Reuters | Posted 12.22.2008 | World

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said on Monday that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behavior was just as important as saving the...

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Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 12.12.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Tony Award, Meryl Streep, Doubt the Movie, Catholic Church, Pulitzer Prize, Amy Adams, Clergy Sex Abuse, John Patrick Shanley, Chicago, Daniel Mccormack, Brian F. O'byrne, Cherry Jones, St. Agatha, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Movies, Chicago News
Cathleen Falsani

The big-screen incarnation of Doubt may be even more powerful than the play, particularly given the eerie similarities it bears to a very real drama that has unfolded in the Archdiocese of Chicago.

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Separation of Church and Estate

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Religion, Property Tax, Megachurches, Church and State, Walz v. Tax Commission of the City of New York, Churches and Politicking, Religious Tax Exemptions, Catholic Church John Kerry, Prop 8, Christian Echoes National Ministry, Founding Fathers, Churches and Political Funding, Same-Sex Marriage, Cardinal Humberto Medeiros, Pledge of Allegiance, Religion and Politics, Religious Right, Church Tax Exemption, Inc. v. u.s., Rev. Jay Scott, Catholic Church Obama, Tenth Circuit Court, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Churches are political organizations that routinely violate IRS statutes, undermining any claim they might have had to property tax exemptions.

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Church Threatens to Excommunicate Father Roy Bourgeois, Founder of the School of the Americas Watch

Rabbi Michael Lerner | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Catholic Church, Excommunication, Catholic, Roy Bourgeois, School of the Americas Watch, Living News
Rabbi Michael Lerner

What do we do if one of our religious communities is directly involved in racist, sexist, homophobic, or anti-Semitic doings?

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Not So Fabuloso: Latinos and Proposition 8

Daniel Cubias | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Latinos, Homosexuality, Proposition 8, Hispanics, Maricon, Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

Is it possible that the old boogeyman, the Catholic Church, is somewhat responsible for the invincible strain of homophobia in Latino culture? To the surprise of absolutely no one, the answer is yes.

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Italians Are in Love -- with Obama

Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Europe, Italy, Berlusconi, Obama, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Obama International Reaction, Umbria, Obama Reaction Abroad, Silvio Berlusconi, Election Results, Obama Berlusconi, Election Reaction, Politics News
Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin

Our friends implore us for Obama buttons or any other campaign memorabilia we can find, and it seems as if every Italian stranger we've encountered has been unable to contain themselves with excitement.

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Jesus Wouldn't Give $200K to Back Prop 8

Kip Williams | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Prop 6, Poverty, Proposition 8, No on Prop 8, American Family Association, California Prop 8, US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Focus on the Family, Civil Rights, Politics News
Kip Williams

I was shocked and offended to learn that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops had thrown down $200K to back Prop 8, which would revoke the right of same-sex couples to get married.

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Archbishop Warns 220,000 Omaha-Area Catholics: Voting Obama 'Evil'

The Ballot Box | Posted 11.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Abortion, Catholic Church, Omaha, John McCain, Barack Obama, Home News
The Ballot Box

BY BRAD DAVIS The archbishop of the Omaha archdiocese released a letter Saturday implying his flock of 220,000 should not cast their votes for Barack...

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Tough Times for the Catholic Right

Chris Korzen | Posted 10.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Catholic Church, Christianity, Catholic League, Election, McCain Catholics, Obama Catholics, Catholic Vote, Politics News
Chris Korzen

The Catholic right's message loses its effectiveness when voters realize it uses the same logic that impelled Catholic voters to help re-elect Bush in 2004 -- who turned out to be a disaster for Catholic values.

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A Cell Phone Call During Mass (Remembering the Anti-Catholic Smears of the 1928 Election)

David Quigg | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Herbert Hoover, Catholicism, Politics News, Negative Campaigning, Joe Biden, 1928 Election, 2008 Election, Catholic Church, Religion, John Hagee, Voter Disenfranchisement, Al Smith, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Smears, John McCain, Bigotry, Wedge Issues, Robocalls, Politics News
David Quigg

"Great-great-grandma Frances will set you straight. By the time I'm done with you, you'll vote for who you want to vote for. You won't let anybody scare you out of it. That's the lesson of Al Smith."

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Prop 8: Preying on California

Tom Gregory | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mormon, Holocaust, Prop 8, Constantine's Sword, California Prop 8, Catholic, Pope Benedict XVI, Same-Sex Marriage, Catholic Church, Oren Jacoby, Gay Rights, Same Sex Marriage, James Carroll, Ronald George, Separation of Church and State, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Tom Gregory

The church poking its nose into politics has too long been too pervasive and too powerful in Bush's America.

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Pope John Paul II Was Stabbed By Priest, Aide Reveals

AP | DANIELA PETROFF | Posted 10.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Catholic Church, Pope Stabbed, Pope John Paul I, Religion, Catholicism, Foreign Affairs, Pope, Home News

VATICAN CITY — The longtime private secretary of the late Pope John Paul II revealed in a film screened Thursday that the pope was lightly wound...

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Vatican Installs Solar Panels On Roof

AP | Posted 09.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Renewable Energy, Vatican, Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, Green News

ROME — The first solar panels were installed Monday on top of the papal audience hall at Vatican City. Workers began putting photovoltaic cells...

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Less Outrage -- More Repentance Please

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, John McCain, Greenwich, Judaism, Jewish Culture, News Media, Bailout, Democratic Party, Catholic Church, Religion, Aig, Synagogue, Henry Paulson, Religion and Politics, Warren Buffett, Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Bailout, Jewish Voters, Politics News
Larry Gellman

It was appropriate that outrage be expressed during those hearings, but the criticism should have been directed from Paulson to the members of Congress.

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Voters to Decide Death with Dignity in Washington State

Booth Gardner | Posted 09.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Catholic Church, Ballot Initiatives, Election 08, Assisted Suicide, Ballot Initiative, Cancer, General Election, Washington State, Autonomy, Pro-Choice, Aids, Choice, Death With Dignity, Oregon, Home News

Life is a series of decisions, choices that we make every day, and they may be simple and easy or difficult and momentous. The decision that a cancer ...

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Cardinal George Endorses McCain?

Chicago Sun-Times | Carol Marin | Posted 09.10.2008 | Chicago

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The church does not endorse candidates for office," said Chicago's Cardinal Francis George in a letter read at all masses last Sunday. Yes, it does. ...

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Omnipotent -- The Slowly Dwindling Power of Religion

Daniel Cubias | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Bristol Palin Pregnancy, Latinos, 2008 Presidential Race, Sarah Palin, Hispanic, Religion, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

At this point in history, is the net effect of religion in general (and Catholicism on Latino culture specifically) a positive? My belief is that it ultimately does more harm than good.

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Sam Stein

Obama Infanticide Attack Being Readied By 527s, Pat Buchanan Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Infanticide, Catholic Church, Pat Buchanan, McCain Catholics, Abortion, Obama Values, Smears, Obama Abortion, Barack Obama, Infanticide, Barack Obama Infanticide, Politics News

A few weeks ago, the Huffington Post's Seth Colter Walls reported that Republican officials and outside groups were set to launch a smear campaign aga...

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Alms for the Media Consultant? Catholic Dioceses Nationwide Fund Political Fight in WA State

David Goldstein | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Washington State, Sexual Abuse, Ballot Initiative, Catholics, Christians, Politics News
David Goldstein

The Catholic Church has started pouring in hundreds of thousands of dollars from dioceses across the nation to fight I-1000, Washington's Death with Dignity initiative.

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Chicago Archdiocese Settles With Sex-Abuse Victims For Over $12 Million

The Chicago Tribune | Manya Brachear | Posted 08.12.2008 | Home

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago will pay $12.7 million to settle lawsuits brought by clergy sex-abuse victims, including boys molested by Da...

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Coldplay Takes On the Pope

Mark Joseph | Posted 08.05.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Anti-Catholic, U2, Drugs, Rock, St. Peter, Chris Martin, I Kissed a Girl and I Liked It, Matisyahu, Catholic Church, Sex, Coldplay, Drugs & Rock and Roll, Rock and Roll, Bono, Pope, Switchfoot, Entertainment News
Mark Joseph

It seems that a debate is already raging in cyberspace about his band Coldplay and its song "Viva La Vida." At first blush, it appears to be a direct, albeit melodic attack on the Catholic Church.

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Seth Colter Walls

The Next Smear Against Obama: "Infanticide"

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Catholic Church, McCain Catholics, Smears, Infanticide, Barack Obama, Obama Infanticide, Politics News

Catholic voters should steel themselves to hear Barack Obama accused of "infanticide" this fall. Support for that heinous crime is the latest charge b...

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40 Years Later, an "Infallible" Ban on Modern Birth Control

Robert Engelman | Posted 07.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Population, Catholic Church, Birth Control Pill, Family Planning, Reproductive Rights, Contraception, Reproductive Health, Birth Control, Fertility, Sex, Living News
Robert Engelman

The Church's policy paradoxically has made it harder for people of every faith to use safe and effective contraception, especially if they are young, unmarried, and poor.

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