Catholic Church officials are suing a Long Island town that has blocked plans for a new cemetery for more than a decade. ...
Huffington Post | Richard Carnell | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green
"Dancing With The Stars" contestant and playboy model Joanna Krupa has found herself at the center of controversy with the launch of a new PETA campai...
Wayne Besen | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics
It is time to admit that the gay community has a gigantic Pope problem. Under the leadership of Benedict XVI, the Vatican has become an implacable foe of basic rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York
HARTFORD, Conn. — Recently retired New York Cardinal Edward Egan expressed skepticism over sexual abuse allegations against priests when he was ...
David Sullivan | Posted 11.30.2009 | World
Africa Confidential reports that China is pushing to delay the Security Council's discussion of the U.N. Group of Experts report on Congo. Let's hope the United States pushes back on these efforts.
Fred Karger | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
Let's hope the Mormon leadership is truly softening its position on the issue of gay rights. It has been a huge PR nightmare for the Church and one that divides so many Mormon families.
Bennet Kelley | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics
Providence Bishop Tobin's barring Patrick Kennedy from receiving communion is an assault on the separation of church and state now enshrined in the First Amendment and the Kennedy legacy itself.
AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 11.26.2009 | World
DUBLIN — Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin spent decades sheltering child-abusing priests from the law and most fellow clerics turned a bl...
AP | RAY HENRY | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A month of harsh words between Rep. Patrick Kennedy and a strident critic, Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin, escalated...
AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 11.20.2009 | Home
WILMINGTON, Del. — The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is obligated to pay retirement benefits to six priests who are confirmed pedophiles, churc...
Michael J. Wilson | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics
We don't know if the Archdiocese really wants to stop running programs that help sick, homeless and orphaned children if the DC passes marriage equality legislation, but we have to take them at their word.
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
The child molestations, and filing sticky-fingered priests from diocese to diocese, is all part of God's grand plan, but showing the slightest bit of consideration for gay couples is just too much.
Washington Post | Tim Craig and Michelle Boorstein | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the c...
msn.com | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
An Italian inventor has combined faith and ingenuity to come up with a way to keep church traditions alive without the fear of contracting swine flu -...
Reproductive Justice | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics
Have you had enough of Democrats that you elect selling you down the river? Are you angry enough?
Wall Street Journal | Peter Wallsten | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
Injecting itself aggressively into the health-care debate, the Roman Catholic Church in America has emerged as a major political force with the potent...
Posted 11.06.2009 | Denver
Denver's Catholic Archbishop Charles Chaput is urging his congregation to oppose federal health care legislation that funds abortions. KDVR and th...
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 10.29.2009 | Comedy
In converting to Catholicism, you are really just switching over your "files" (ideas/customs/most profound expressions of faith) to your "Mac" (Catholic) "hard drive" (brain/immortal soul).
Katie Halper | Posted 10.28.2009 | Comedy
Wear a fancy suit with a top hat and a cane. Stuff yourself with pillow so you look as bloated as possible. Wear a dollar sign around your neck (you can make it out of tin foil.) You're... Too big to fail.
Rev. Astrid Storm | Posted 10.28.2009 | World
The Anglicans that the Vatican probably comes into the most (perhaps sole) contact with seem to wish they were Roman Catholic.
Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living
Pope Benedict XVI has opened the door of the Roman Catholic Church to those in the Anglican Communion who are disaffected over issues of ordaining gays and women and same-sex marriage.
BBC NEWS | Posted 10.23.2009 | World
The head of Kenya's Anglican Church, Archbishop Eliud Wabukala, has rejected the Pope's offer to allow disaffected Anglicans to join the Catholic Chur...
Bob Ostertag | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
Now all those disgruntled Episcopalians have a choice to make: stay on the team that accepts openly gay priests, or bolt for another team run by closeted homosexual pedophiles. It's a tough call.
AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican announced Tuesday it was making it easier for Anglicans to convert to Roman Catholicism – a surprise move desig...
Reproductive Justice | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living
Every woman has different life circumstances. Every pregnancy produces different challenges. Who is more able to assess the moral validity of every woman's abortion? I certainly don't think it's the Archbishop.
nydailynews.com | By John Marzulli | Posted 12.04.2009 | New York