Excommunication

Amish Leader Calls Beard-Cutting Attack A Religious Matter

AP | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS | Posted 12.10.2011

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BERGHOLZ, Ohio — The leader of an Amish group with members accused of going into the home of another Amish man and cutting his hair and beard sa...

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The Ordination Of Women And The High Calling Of Dissent

Brandon G. Withrow | Posted 11.07.2011

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Brandon G. Withrow

"How can we as men say our call from God is authentic, but your call as women is not? Who are we to reject God's call of women to the priesthood?"

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Female Priests: As Sinful as Pedophiles?

Michele Somerville | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michele Somerville

More than half of the Catholics in the world want to see female priests ordained. An overwhelming majority of us wish to see the male bishops who facilitated hundreds of rapes of children held accountable.

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The Pope's New YouTube Channel

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matthew Filipowicz

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Voices Carry -- Lay Catholics, Priests Challenge Bishops on Abortion, Ordination

Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 11.17.2011

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Angela Bonavoglia

The Catholic Church's commitment to excommunicating anyone who expresses support for the ordination of women is another manifestation of the church's continued demonization of women.

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

Rabbi Michael Lerner | Posted 11.17.2011

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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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