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Nazi Death Squads Being Investigated By Catholic Priest

Independent | Posted 06.26.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, Catholic Church, Nazis, Foreign Affairs, Patrick Desbois, Catholic Priest, World War II, Father Patrick Desbois, Wwii, Nazi Death Squads, Advocacy, Genocide, World News

By Jonathan Brown | The Independent Father Patrick Desbois has spent the past decade piecing together the horrific story of the Nazis' secret death s...

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If The Church Wants To Defend Life It Must Show That It Cares For It After Birth

Alex Leo | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

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How can the church take such an unbending stance on abortion and birth control then subject unwanted children to systematic assault?

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Archbishop Child Abuse Remarks Cause Outrage

Guardian | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

Read More: Catholic Church, Cormac Murphy O'Connor, Vincent Nichols, United Kingdom, Irish Child Abuse, Foreign Affairs, England, Ireland, Advocacy, World News

The archbishop of Westminster last night sought to defuse a row over comments he made about child sex abuse in Ireland's Catholic institutions....

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Pope2You.net Brings Pope To Facebook, iPhones

Guardian | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Catholics, Catholic Church, Iphone, pope2you.net, Foreign Affairs, Popephone, Vatican, Facebook, Technology, Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican Technology, Advocacy, World News

There is no poking or hugging and you cannot send a flower or throw a sheep, but in an attempt to bridge the digital divide between the church and its...

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Obama's Catholic Baptism By Fire

James Rotondi | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Abortion, Abortion, Catholic Church, Religion, Abortion Rights, Barack Obama Religion, President Obama, Religion and Politics, Pro-Life, Obama Notre Dame, Obama Abortion, Pro-Choice, Barack Obama, Obama Notre Dame Commencement, Obama Notre Dame Speech, Politics News

The t-shirt slogan,"The Day the Dome Was Tarnished Forever" became holy inspiration for others to engage in crass sloganeering and even violent action.

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Carla Bruni Attacks Pope Over Condoms Stance

The Telegraph | Henry Samuel | Posted 06.18.2009 | World

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France's First Lady said that the Church's teachings had left her feeling "profoundly secular". ...

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Angels, Demons, and Tremors -- Los Angeles Is Quaking

Derek Flood | Posted 06.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Catholic Church, Tremor, Galileo, Earthquake, Angels & Demons, Los Angeles, Entertainment News

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Catholic Archbishop Writes Obama: Go To Notre Dame, Ignore "Strident Outcries" Of Conservatives

Politics Daily | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Catholic Church, San Francisco Archbishop, Archbishop John R. Quinn, President Obama, Anti-Abortion, Barack Obama, Obama Notre Dame Commencement, Politics News

Though dozens of his brother bishops have said they were "scandalized'' or "in shock and deep distress'' that our pro-choice president will speak and ...

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How to Live Vicariously Through Britain's Blacklist

Jason Notte | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Obama Notre Dame Protests, Angels and Demons, Ron Howard, Obama Notre Dame Graduation Speech, Carrie Prejean, Alan Keys, Notre Dame, Miss Usa Controversy, William Donohue, Dick Cheney Torture, Opposite Marriage Miss Usa, Shanna Moakler Resigns, Donald Trump Carrie Prejean, Randall Terry, Obama Notre Dame Commencement, Carrie Prejean Miss California, Dick Cheney, Catholic Church, Catholics, Stem Cell Research, Miss California Gay Marriage, Carrie Prejean Topless, Jay Severin, Jay-Severin, Cia Torture Memos, Shanna Moakler, Bill Donohue, Torture Memos, Angels and Demons Movie, Political Humor, Politics News

It must be somewhat comforting to live in a nation where homophobes and other bigots are placed on a blacklist and banned from that nation's shores.

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Cheer, Cheer for Old Notre Dame

James Carroll | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Catholicism, Notre Dame, Obama Catholics, Obama Notre Dame, Pope Benedict, Abortion Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, Politics News

The crucial question that underlies the flap at Notre Dame is this: Will Roman Catholicism, with its global reach, be swept into the rising tide of religious fundamentalism?

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Mormons and Knights and Understanding Proposition 8

Matt Coles | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

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If the Mormons and Knights understood what Proposition 8 really did, they'd join us in asking the Court to strike it.

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Bishops Upset at Obama/Notre Dame: Try Listening to Jesus

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Catholic Church, Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, Grand Theft Jesus, Jesus, Catholic Bishops, Bishop John D'Arcy, Obama Catholics, Obama Notre Dame Commencement, Barack Obama, Obama Notre Dame, Religion, Religion and Politics, Politics News

As an American Catholic, I find these actions by the Hierarchy and "conservative" elements within the laity to be more than a little disturbing.

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Polish Priest Ksawery Knotz Boasts Happy Sex Life In New Book

AP | RYAN LUCAS | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

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WARSAW, Poland — The Rev. Ksawery Knotz has a message for all married Catholic couples out there: there's nothing wrong with a steamy sex life. ...

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Alberto Cutie, Miami Priest Caught In Love Affair, Defends Celibacy

AP | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

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MIAMI — A popular Miami priest and media personality said Monday he is thinking about leaving the Roman Catholic Church for a woman he loves aft...

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A Tale of Two Popes

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 06.10.2009 | World

Read More: Catholic Church, Anti-Semitism, World News, Jerusalem, Simon Wiesenthal, Israel, Holocaust, Nazi, Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope, World News

Pope Benedict XVI's pilgrimage to the Holy Land presents an opportunity for Jews to acknowledge that today, this Church openly recognizes our people's right to pursue its unique historic and spiritual destiny.

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For the Culture War, a Hail Mary

Chris Korzen | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Abortion, Republican Party, Obama Notre Dame Commencement, Politics News

The Notre Dame "scandal" is little more than a manufactured controversy, and a predictable product of the Republican coalition's current sorry state of affairs.

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Angels and Demons and Death Threats - Oh My!

Kathleen McGowan | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Catholic Church, Angels and Demons, Catholicism, Author, Death Threat, Anthi-Catholic, Kathleen Mcgowan, Catholic, Dan Brown, Entertainment News

There is nothing humorous about violence in the name of religion, whether it is threatened or actualized. Neither is there anything upbeat about religious intolerance -- on either side of the question.

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Of Big and Small Tents: Arlen Specter as a Dem, and the Obama Storm at Notre Dame

Kent Greenfield | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Arlen Specter, Catholic Church, Boston College, Mary Ann Glendon, Condoleezza Rice, Notre Dame, Michael Mukasey, Waterboarding, Barack Obama, Politics News

If Church leaders think Obama is a worse invitee than either Rice or Mukasey, then their tent is shaped so as to include those who authorize and defend torture, but to exclude those who support abortion rights.

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Angels & Demons: It's A Thriller, Not A Crusade

Ron Howard | Posted 05.21.2009 | Entertainment

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William Donohue of the Catholic League is on a mission, and the goal of his mission is clear: to paint me and the movie I directed, Angels & Demons, as anti-Catholic.

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Pope Questioned By Gaza Catholics: Why Aren't You Coming Here?

AFP | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

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Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming trip to the Holy Land will be bittersweet for Gaza's tiny Catholic community, angry the pontiff is not also visiting thei...

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Catholic Church Embraces YouTube Parodies With The SoulWow (VIDEO)

AP/SoulWow.com | Posted 05.14.2009 | Comedy

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NEW YORK - Sinners, take heed: There's a product available now in parts of New York that will leave you with that "almost baptized feeling." It's cal...

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Caroline Kennedy Can't Catch a Break

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boston, Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, Catholic Church, Vatican, Caroline Kennedy, Politics News

Now there's a mini-movement to make Caroline the ambassador to the Vatican, which, given the Kennedys' place in the history of American Catholicism, is rather a nice touch.

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Shroud Of Turin Was Hidden By Knights Templar: Vatican

Times Of London | Richard Owen | Posted 05.06.2009 | World

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Medieval knights hid and secretly venerated The Holy Shroud of Turin for more than 100 years after the Crusades, the Vatican said today in an announce...

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