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Joanna Krupa's Naked Crucifix PETA Ad Photo (NSFW Picture)

Huffington Post | Richard Carnell | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green

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"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...

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The Gay Community's Pope Problem

Wayne Besen | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Washington Archdiocese, Thomas Tobin, Truth Wins Out, Patrick Kennedy, Brazil, Pope Benedict XVI, Wayne Besen, Bishop Richard Williamson, Chuck Colson, Barack Obama, Vatican, HIV/AIDS, John Kerry, LGBT Rights, Manhattan Declaration, Gay Marriage, Politics News

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.

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Cardinal Edward Egan Was Combative With Lawyers For Sex Abuse Victims, Thought It Was 'Marvelous' So Few Priests Had Been Accused

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 12.01.2009 | New York

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Recently retired New York Cardinal Edward Egan expressed skepticism over sexual abuse allegations against priests when he was ...

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Abysmal UN Report On Congo Leaked To Media

David Sullivan | Posted 11.30.2009 | World

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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.

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Manhattan Declaration -- Who Are They Kidding?

Fred Karger | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Mormon Church, National Organization for Marriage, New York Times, Fred Karger, Catholic Bishops, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Maggie Gallagher, California, Question 1 in Maine, Same-Sex Marriage, Manhattan-Declaration, Gay Rights, Maine Gay Marriage, LGBT Rights, Politics News

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.

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Rumble in Little Rhody: Patrick Kennedy Takes On The Bishop And The Church's Moral Myopia

Bennet Kelley | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Health Care Reform, Abortion, Catholic Church, Rhode Island, Patrick Kennedy Communion, Separation of Church and State, Pro Choice Politicians, Patrick Kennedy, Providence Bishop Tobin, Pro-Choice, Politics News

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.

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Irish Catholic Church Covered Up Decades Of Child Abuse, Report Says

AP | SHAWN POGATCHNIK | Posted 11.26.2009 | World

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DUBLIN — Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin spent decades sheltering child-abusing priests from the law and most fellow clerics turned a bl...

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Rep. Patrick Kennedy Banned From Receiving Communion By Bishop Thomas Tobin

AP | RAY HENRY | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A month of harsh words between Rep. Patrick Kennedy and a strident critic, Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin, escalated...

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Wilmington Diocese: Pedophile Priests Still Get Benefits

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 11.20.2009 | Home

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WILMINGTON, Del. — The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is obligated to pay retirement benefits to six priests who are confirmed pedophiles, churc...

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DC Archdiocese: Desire to Discriminate Greater Than Duty to the Poor

Michael J. Wilson | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, LGBT Rights, Gay Marriage, Gay-Marriage-Dc, Archdiocese, District of Columbia, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

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.

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Catholic Church Threatens To Stop Feeding Homeless Over Gay Marriage

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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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.

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Catholic Church Threatens To Stop Social Service Programs For D.C.'s Neediest If Gay Marriage Passes

Washington Post | Tim Craig and Michelle Boorstein | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

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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...

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Invention Washes Away Sins -- Without Flu Fears

msn.com | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Catholic Church, Religion, H1N1 Virus, Catholicism, Health, Invention, Swine Flu, Tradition, Holy Water, Flu, Catholic, Inventor, H1n1, Wellness, Holy Water Dispenser, Living News

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 -...

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Do Catholic Bishops Run the United States Government?

Reproductive Justice | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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Have you had enough of Democrats that you elect selling you down the river? Are you angry enough?

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Catholic Church Shows Its Influence In Health Care Fight

Wall Street Journal | Peter Wallsten | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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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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Denver Archbishop: Broken Promises On Abortion Funding In Health Care Reform

Posted 11.06.2009 | Denver

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Denver's Catholic Archbishop Charles Chaput is urging his congregation to oppose federal health care legislation that funds abortions. KDVR and th...

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So You're Thinking of Converting From Anglican to Catholic

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 10.29.2009 | Comedy

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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).

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Best Political Halloween Costumes: Put Your Costume Where Your Mouth Is

Katie Halper | Posted 10.28.2009 | Comedy

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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.

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Memo to Rome: Some of Us Like the Reformation

Rev. Astrid Storm | Posted 10.28.2009 | World

Read More: Liberal-Protestant, Pope Benedict, Women Priests, Catholic Church, Ecumenical, Gay Priests, Ecumenism, Episcopal Church, Homophobia, Anglicans, Rowan Williams, Religion, World News

The Anglicans that the Vatican probably comes into the most (perhaps sole) contact with seem to wish they were Roman Catholic.

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The "Generosity" of Pope Benedict XVI

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

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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.

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Kenya: Anglicans Reject Pope's Offer To Join Catholic Church

BBC NEWS | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

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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...

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A Tough Call for Conservative Anglicans: Openly Gay Clergy, or Closeted Pedophiles?

Bob Ostertag | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Episcopal Church, Catholic Church, Breaking Politics News, Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal, Gay, Sexual Abuse, Episcopal Church Split, Politics News

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.

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Pope Brings Anglicans Into The Fold

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...

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Stepping Up the Pressure: The Archbishop Comes to the Abortion Clinic

Reproductive Justice | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Abortion, Catholic Church, Archbishop, Louisville, Kentucky, Catholics for Choice, Anti-Choice, Pro-Life, Jon-Obrien, Pro-Choice, Living News

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.

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Churches Have No License to Harm Our State

Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Aclu, Religion and Politics, Religion, Discrimination, Separation of Church and State, Politics News

If we distort the framework of nondiscrimination for religious organizations it privileges prejudice. We would, in the name of separating church and state, give the church license to harm our state.

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