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Richard Grenell, Romney and the (Religious) Politics of Hate

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.03.2012

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If you came to earth from another planet right now as the proverbial "visitor from Mars" and tried to figure out what most religions all seem agree on and care about most you'd conclude that it was about keeping women down and bashing gays. Call this the "ecumenism of oppression."

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The Essence of Immorality

Cristina Page | Posted 05.14.2012

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If the Bishops insist there's no firewall great enough to protect them from our contraceptive activities, then they also must admit there's no firewall great enough to protect us from their religious activities.

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Do Unto Others: U.S. Bishops, Religious Liberty And Gay Americans' Tax Dollars

John Mattras | Posted 01.28.2012

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It is time for the bishops to own up to the obvious reality that denying services to a class of individuals is, in fact, discrimination.

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Do Good Leaders Abound In The Catholic Church?

Thomas Worcester | Posted 10.29.2011

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Leadership may be found in any profession or vocation within the Church, including teachers, scholars, writers, pastoral ministers, chaplains, whether they are celibate or married, men or women.

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Catholic Political Operatives Follow the Bishops

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 08.23.2011

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As I wrote last week, Compassion & Choices welcomes the affirmation by the United States Council of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) that religious objec...

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New Priests Offer Hope

Sister Mary Ann Walsh | Posted 07.06.2011

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A list of those being ordained priests this spring elicits hope and joy. Almost 500 men, from age 25 to 63, constitute the class of 2011 and embody what we need in the priesthood.

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Church Of England Decides To Allow Women Bishops

AP | SYLVIA HUI | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — The Church of England national assembly decided Monday that women should be allowed to become bishops, making only minor concessions to...

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Vatican To Bishops: Follow Law, Report Sex Abuse

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Monday responded to allegations it long concealed clerical sex abuse by making it clear for the first time that bi...

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Pope Implicated In Cover-Up Of Wisconsin Sex Abuse Case

Huffington Post / AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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As a cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI and other Vatican officials did not punish or even hold a trial within the Catholic church for a Wisconsin priest who...

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Health Care Overhaul Fight Exposes Catholic Rift

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 05.25.2011

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An unusual public split between U.S. Roman Catholic bishops, nuns and hospitals over abortion in the health care overhaul could undermine the church h...

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A Flawed Step Forward on Health Care Reform

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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We all know how much the media love conflict, and they have fallen in love with the health care debate. To say the process hasn't been pretty would be one of the biggest Washington understatements in years.

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Lutheran Bishops Prepare To Welcome Gay Clergy

pewforum.org | Daniel Burke | Posted 05.25.2011

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ishops in the nation's largest Lutheran denomination have approved preliminary steps to welcome a group of openly gay and lesbian ministers as officia...

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Catholic Bishops Tell Congress That Passing Health Care Is A 'Moral Imperative'

Politics Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a strongly worded appeal that will test their political influence, especially with their pro-life and Republican allies, the Catholic bishops of th...

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Catholic Church Shows Its Influence In Health Care Fight

Wall Street Journal | Peter Wallsten | Posted 05.25.2011

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Injecting itself aggressively into the health-care debate, the Roman Catholic Church in America has emerged as a major political force with the potent...

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Bishop Richard Williamson, Holocaust Denier, Reinstated By Pope (VIDEO)

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has lifted the excommunications of four traditionalist bishops, including that of a Holocaust denier whose reha...

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