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EBay Listen Up: Who Do You Stand With: The Victims of Genocide or Those Who Celebrate Its Perpetrators?

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 12.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Iran, Ahmadinejad, Jew, Internet, Arbeit Macht Frei, Christmas, Holocaust, Hitler, Ebay, Auschwitz, Nazi, Catholic, Religion, Living News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Without a doubt, eBay occupies prime virtual real estate in our digital malls. Out in the real world, malls do not allow the KKK and neo-Nazis to rent space and pedal hate.

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Catholic Church Threatens To Stop Feeding Homeless Over Gay Marriage

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Catholic, Gay, Catholicism, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

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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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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Catholic Church Shows Its Influence In Health Care Fight

Wall Street Journal | Peter Wallsten | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mike Doyle, Gop, Social Justice, Communion, Catholic Congress, Nancy Pelosi, Lobbyists, Obama, American Catholics, Bishops, John Kerry, White House, Universal Health Care, Vatican, Health Care, Abortion, Church, Poverty, Public Option, Lobbying, Catholic, Democrats, House, Catholics, Religion, Senate, Catholic Church, Barack Obama, Health Insurance, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Christianity, Health Bill, Anti-Choice, Republicans, Politics News

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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So You're Thinking of Converting From Anglican to Catholic

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 10.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Communion, King-Henry-Viii, Rome, Horses, Racehorse-Names, Italy, Anglican Communion, Converting, Mac-Osx, Pope Benedict XVI, Catholic Church, Apple Computers, Beethoven, Immortal Soul, Jesus, Pc, The Tudors, Peter Gallagher, The Pope, Mac, The Reformation, Roman Catholic Church, The New York Times, Microsoft, Catholic, Apple, Global Anglicanism, The Vatican, Jesus Christ, Autobiography, Anglican Church, Vatican City, Frank Mccourt, Archbishop of Canterbury, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

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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Shroud Of Turin Reproduced; Italian Group Says Relic Is Man-Made, Fake

AP | By ARIEL DAVID | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Luigi Garlashelli, Forgery, Catholic, Italy, La Repubblica, Christ, Fraud, Shroud of Turin Debunked, University of Pavia, Catholic Church, Italian Committe for Checking Claims on the Paranormal, Jesus, Shroud of Turin, Fake, Scientists, World News

ROME (AP)-- Scientists have reproduced the Shroud of Turin -- revered as the cloth that covered Jesus in the tomb -- and say the experiment proves the...

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6 Supreme Court Justices Attend Catholic Service Red Mass; Cardinal Pleads For Rights Of Unborn

AP | Posted 10.04.2009 | Home

Read More: Michael Steele, Red Mass, Supreme Court, Scalia, Justice, Ray Lahood, Roberts, Kennedy, Alito, Antonin Scalia, St. Matthew Cathedral, Pro-Life, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Breyer, Biden, Cardinal DiNardo, Catholicism, Stephen Breyer, Abortion, John Carroll Society, Anti-Abortion, Sonia Sotomayor, Pro-Choice, Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Ken Salazar, Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Anthony Kennedy, D.C., Catholic, Home News

WASHINGTON — An American cardinal on Sunday issued a plea for the rights of the unborn at a church service that included Vice President Joe Bide...

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Spider On Pope (PICTURE, VIDEO): Spider Crawls On Pope Benedict's Face During Speech In Prague

AP | Posted 11.26.2009 | World

Read More: Photo, Spider, Catholicism, Prague Visit, Travel, Catholic, Prague, Pope, Pictures, Pope Benedict XVI, Czech Republic, Slideshow, World News

PRAGUE (AP) — President Barack Obama had his fly. Now Pope Benedict XVI has his spider. A large arachnid appeared on the pope's white robes as ...

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We Believe in Health Care Reform

Jon O'Brien | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Abortion, Catholics for Choice, Catholic, Healthcare Reform, Pro-Choice, Healthcare, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Politics News
Jon O'Brien

When men and women have access to high-quality sexual and reproductive health care, our country is healthier and stronger.

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Conservative Argument for Healthcare Reform: Part 3: St. Matthew is on our side.

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Public Option, Teddy Kennedy, Obama, Conservative, Catholic, Health Insurance, Democrats, Joe the Nerd, Religion, Politics, Ted Kennedy Funeral, Health Care Reform, Single Payer, Christianity, Religion and Politics, Health Care, Right Wing, Right Wing Radio, Sestak, Home News
Joe The Nerd Ferraro

The Gospel reading at Kennedy's funeral was a sharp stick in the eye of the Congresspeople sitting in the pews.

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Nicaragua Abortion Ban Forces Rape, Incest Victims To Give Birth

Huffington Post | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: Catholic Church, Abortion, Nicaragua Abortion Ban, Latin America, Catholicism, Abortion Rights, Foreign Affairs, Catholic, Catholic Abortion, Nicaragua, Advocacy, World News

In predominantly Catholic Nicaragua, an all-out ban on abortion, regardless of any potential risk childbirth poses to the mother, is drawing fire from...

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Cronkite and McCourt: True to Their Craft

Carol Hoenig | Posted 08.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Icon, Television, Honesty, Angela's Ashes, Walter Cronkite, Cancer, Wbbm, Frank Mccourt, A Reporter's Life, Irish, Catholic, Media, Living News
Carol Hoenig

Pundits all praise Cronkite for his journalistic accomplishments, as though they are unattainable today. And maybe they are, thanks to the corporate-owned media.

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Sotomayor: Who Could Be More American?

Ed Hayes | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Catholic, District Attorney, Single Parents, New York, Bronx, New York News
Ed Hayes

There are those who see Judge Sotomayor as an example of the American Dream, a woman who came from a working-class background into the best schools and drove herself intellectually and physically.

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Archbishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho, Brazilian Bishop Involved In 9-Year-Old Abortion Controversy, Retires

AP | Posted 08.01.2009 | World

Read More: Brazil, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Catholic Church, Catholic, Catholicism, Archbishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho, Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, World News

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has announced the retirement of a Brazilian archbishop who caused a major stir when he declared that those involved i...

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Iran's Martin Luther Moment -- The Problem of Fixing Elections

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Martin Luther, Catholic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Guardian Council, Iranian, World News
Michael B. Laskoff

The political evolution of Martin Luther is relevant to what's going on in Iran. Like Luther, Mousavi has become much reform-minded so as to distinguish himself from the incumbent administration.

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Wanda Poltawska, John Paul II Book Author, Responds To Church Criticism

AP | MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Pope John Paul II, John Paul II, Wanda Poltawska, Vatican, The Vatican, Catholic Church, Catholic, The Church, Pope, John Paul II Book, Castel Gandolfo, Book on Friendship, Dr. Wanda Poltawska, Wanda Poltawska Book on Pope John Paul, Poltawska, Wanda Potlawska, Wanda Poltawska John Paul Ii, Wanda Poltawska Book, Book by Wanda Poltawska, World News

WARSAW, Poland — To him, she was "My Dear Dusia" and he signed his letters "Br" _ short for brother. She was one of a handful of people by his ...

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Obama and the "God Gap"

Jim Lichtman | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Jews, Christians, Leadership, President Obama, Honesty, George W. Bush, Gallup Poll, Walter H. Capps Center, Hindus, Democrats, Integrity, Zogby International, God Gap, Muslims, Embryonic Stem-Cell Research, Republicans, Faith, Fairness, Catholic, Protestant, Politics News
Jim Lichtman

Is Obama's openly engaging, pragmatic style working to close the "God gap" in American politics?

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Joe the Plumber is Queer

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Long Beach, Krxa, Charles Karel Bouley, Billboard, Karl Rove, Joe the Plumber, Entertainment, Kfi, Karel, Kgo, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Radicals, Catholic, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Dick Cheney, Politics, Religion, Radio, Kngy, Alberto Gonzales, Muslim, Knx, Christian, Condaleeza Rice, Politics News
Charles Karel Bouley

Time to evolve past Joe the Plumber, past Rush Limbaugh, past the politics and ideology that verge on those that launched the Spanish Inquisition.

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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
Kathleen McGowan

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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The Majority of Muslims Who Attend Mosque Weekly Feel Torturing For Their Cause Is Just**

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Long Beach, Krxa, Charles Karel Bouley, Billboard, Entertainment, Kfi, Karel, Kgo, Radicals, Catholic, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Politics, Religion, Radio, Kngy, Muslim, Knx, Christian, Torture, Politics News
Charles Karel Bouley

It's time America wake up to the fact that Christians in this country have become just as radicalized (albeit in other ways) as those who pervert Islam (or insert religion here) elsewhere.

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A Fairness Issue

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Market, CEO Pay, Bob Casey, Dignity, Wages, Employee Free Choice Act, Workers, Wage, USCCB, Compromise, Employee, Business, St Augustine, Economic, Human Dignity, Organizing, Employer Relations, Common Good, Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee, Ceos, Justice, Union, Pope John Paul II, Catholic Bishops, Catholic, Economy, Politics News
Jim Wallis

"Without justice, what are kingdoms but bands of robbers?" - St Augustine. I was surprised when Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) opened up his remarks before ...

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An Involuntary Lent

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: President, Neighbor, Church, Cardinal Roger Mahony, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Economic Crisis, Budget, Ash Wednesday, United States, Congress, Families, Business, Economic, Easter, Government, Privilege, Job, Simplicity, Churches, Economy Special Focus, Lent, Catholic, Economy, Obama's Budget, 100 Days, Politics News
Jim Wallis

While I support the president's budget, it does not bring Easter morning to the country.

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Catholic Extremists Swiftboat Sebelius

Cristina Page | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Catholic Church, Obama's Cabinet, Anti-Abortion, Obama, Hhs, Pro-Life, Sebelius, Health and Human Services, Pro-Choice, Kathleen Sebelius Abortion, Obama Sebelius, Kathleen Sebelius, Sebelius Pro-Choice, Catholic, Christian Right, Sebelius Health and Human Services, Tom Coburn, Sebelius Abortion, Religious Right, Anti-Choice, Anti-Choice Movement, Politics News
Cristina Page

The Catholic Church may refer to pro-choice politicians as extremists but the majority of Catholic congregants agree with pro-choice politicians like Sebelius on reproductive issues.

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Lent, a Cookie Craving, and a Healthy Goal

Adia Colar | Posted 04.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Holidays, Cookies, Body Image, Health, Cookie Dough, Eating Disorders, Catholic, Weight Loss, Goal Setting, Lent, Healthy Eating, Food, Eating, Diet, Living News
Adia Colar

Even if I never lose another pound, it's imperative for my own sanity that I love my body as it is. Since I'm going to spend my whole life with this body, I might as well love it.

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Whom Not to Marry

Christine Whelan | Posted 03.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Catholic Church, Christine Whelan, Maureen Dowd, Catholic, Relationship Advice, Love, Priest, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day Ideas, Marriage, Relationships, Romance, Engagement, Style News
Christine Whelan

Last summer Maureen Dowd wrote a column entitled "An Ideal Husband" featuring love advice from Fr. Pat Connor, a 79-year-old Catholic priest based in Bordentown, NJ.

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