Catholicism

Abortion & Catholicism: Can't You Find Something Better To Do?

Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Obama Administration, Family Planning, Women's Issues, Catholicism, International-Family-Planning, Politics News

Forcing a woman who's been victimized by rape or incest to carry a child to term demonstrates Catholicism's blatant disrespect for the plight of women.

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Newt Gingrich: "Part Of Me Is Inherently Medieval"

U.S. News and World Reports | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Newt Gingrich, Gop, Pope John Paul II, Catholicism, Callista Gingrich, Politics News

Former House speaker and Republican überstrategist Newt Gingrich is off to Europe next week to shoot a documentary on Pope John Paul II's 1979 trip t...

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The Real Idea of a University

Jon O'Brien | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholics, Abortion, Obama Notre Dame Protests, Obama Notre Dame Graduation Speech, Catholicism, Notre Dame, Notre Dame Commencement, Obama Notre Dame, Pro-Choice, Obama Notre Dame Commencement, Politics News

When President Obama speaks to the new graduates at Notre Dame on Sunday, he will do so knowing that the vast majority of Catholics support him being there.

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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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Archbishop Rembert Weakland, Former Catholic Bishop Of Milwaukee, Says He's Gay

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 06.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Religion, Gay Bishop, Catholicism, Roman Catholic Archbishop Gay, Archbishop Rembert Weakland, Rembert Weakland, Gay Marriage, Book by Rev Weakland, Archbishop Rembert Weakland Photo, Bishop Weakland, Bishop of Milwaukee, Home News

NEW YORK — A Roman Catholic archbishop who resigned in 2002 over a sex and financial scandal involving a man describes his struggles with being ...

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

AP | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Catholicism, Catholic Love Affair, Alberto Cutie, Miami Priest, Reverend-Alberto-Cutie, Priest, Father Oprah, Politics News

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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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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Pope Benedict Names 5 New Saints

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.27.2009 | World

Read More: Pope Benedict, Vatican New Saints, Catholicism, Pope Benedict Names New Saints, Christianity, Vatican, World News

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI named five new saints Sunday, including Portugal's 14th century independence leader and a priest who ministered...

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

Ron Howard | Posted 05.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Catholic Church, Religion, Ron Howard, Angels and Demons, Catholic League, Angels and Demons Controversy, Ron Howard Angels and Demons, Angels & Demons, Catholicism, Ron Howard Catholicism, Bill Donohue, Angels and Demons Movie, William Donohue Angels and Demons, Dan Brown, Entertainment News

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

Read More: Pope Israel Trip, Catholicism, Foreign Affairs, Pope Israel, Pope Benedict, Pope Benedict XVI, Catholic Church, The Vatican, Gaza Catholics, Pope Gaza, Vatican, Israel, Israel Gaza, Pope, Pope Visit, Gaza Christians, The Pope, Advocacy, World News

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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Top 5 Easter Traditions From Around The World

Huffington Post | Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.13.2009 | World

Read More: Easter Saturday, Easter Holiday, Holidays, Easter Week, Easter, Palm Sunday, Catholicism, Easter Sunday, Bermuda Kites, Holy Week, Bermuda, Norway, Good Friday, Easter Traditions, Jesus Christ, Haiti, Easter Holy Week, Jesus, Christianity, Europe, Sweden, Easter Fires, Easter Traditions Around the World, Traditions of Easter, Easter Celebration Around the World, Easter Monday Traditions, Easter Sweden, Fun Easter Traditions, Easter Photos Around the World, World News

Easter is upon us! Easter Week began this past weekend with Palm Sunday and culminates in weekend commemorations of Good Friday, Easter Saturday, Eas...

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Green Lent Going Strong Around US

AFP | Virginie Montet | Posted 05.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green Living, Green Lent, Catholicism, Giy, Lent, Green News

The idea of a "green" Lent was launched last year by two British Anglican bishops, who called for a "carbon fast," Bingham told AFP. "We sent an em...

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Newt Gingrich: My Third Wife Wants Me to be a Good Catholic

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Catholics, Newt Gingrich, Catholicism, Barack Obama, Notre Dame, The Pope, Newt Gingrich Catholic, Religious Right, Politics News

Religion has been turned into a political farce in this country. Nobody gives a damn what the Bible actually says or what the religions are supposed to stand for.

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Notre Dame is Right to Welcome Obama

Tom Matzzie | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholics, Catholic Church, Commencement Speeches, Obama Catholics, Catholicism, Notre Dame, Barack Obama, South Bend, Newt Gingrich, Politics News

These Obama and Notre Dame critics are not speaking for a serious number of the tens of millions of American Catholics who voted for Obama -- nor even probably most of those who voted for John McCain.

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The Pope Reiterates Stance on Condoms and Loses Another Lapsed Catholic

Marcia DeSanctis | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

Read More: Population, Easter, HIV/AIDS Africa, Pope Condoms, Catholicism, Condoms, Pope Benedict XVI, Africa, World News

How nice it would have been for those of us who can't help the fact that we were born Catholic, to see the church listen and respond to the world we inhabit.

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"Carbon Fast" Called For By Bishops Of Liverpool And London

guardian.co.uk | Adam Vaughan | Posted 03.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Religion, Carbon Fast, Pollution, Carbon Emissions, Catholicism, Lent, Green News

The UK's energy and climate change minister Ed Miliband has joined church leaders by calling for a "carbon fast" this Lent. Along with the Right Rev J...

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Indulgences Make A Catholic Comeback

nytimes.com | PAUL VITELLO | Posted 03.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Confession, Sins, Indulgences, Absolution, Catholicism, Living News

The announcement in church bulletins and on Web sites has been greeted with enthusiasm by some and wariness by others. But mainly, it has gone over th...

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People of the Book are one Another's Trusted Friends

Harun Yahya | Posted 02.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Koran, Jews, Islam, Bible, Catholicism, Judaism, Understanding, Catholic, Tolerance, Religious Tolerance, Friendship, Islamophobia, Catholic Church, Catholics, Torah, Quran, Christians, Good Deeds, Muslim, Living News

Islam is the religion of peace, love and tolerance. However, nowadays certain circles are trying to give Islamic morality the wrong image. The religio...

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A Journey to Heal and Forgive

Tim Giago | Posted 02.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Indian Boarding Schools, Catholics, Catholic Church, Exposes, Kevin Gover, American Indians, Catholicism, Books, Secretary of the Interior, Native Americans, Catholic, Indian Mission Boarding Schools, Religion, Living News

I urge every Native American that has ever felt the repercussions of the boarding school experience to go to info@whitebison.org and find out about the CD, The Road to Wellbriety.

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The GOP's White Supremacy

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Supreme Court, Mckinsey, George W. Bush, Lyn Westmoreland, Clarence Thomas, Sarah Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, Redistricting, Virginia, Condoleezza Rice, Mel Martinez, Republican Party, Minneapolis, Agnosticism, North Carolina, African-American Issues, Michael Steele, Colin Powell, Bobby Jindal, Alabama, Congress, Catholicism, Christian Issues, Midwest, Kansas City, JC Watts, Tennessee, Christianity, Senate, New Orleans, Gop, Palm Beach, Kkk, Cuban-American Issues, Maryland, Mel Watt, Arizona, Democratic Party, California, Evangelicals, Ken Blackwell, Jewish Issues, Ahn Cao, Ohio, Latino Issues, Islam, John McCain, Florida, Appalachia, House, Asian-American Issues, White Supremacists, Sanford Bishop, Hispanic Issues, Milwaukee, Deep South, Memphis, Religion, Segregation, Georgia, Southern Issues, Charles Barkley, David Duke, Gay Issues, White Voters, Lousiana, Barack the Magic Negro, Gop White Supremacy, Politics News

Like a restricted country club that would rather die than change, the Republican Party is marginalizing itself for the sake of the white men who run it.

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Mr. Obama Disagrees

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Hate Crimes, Chicago, Incest, Brooklyn, Washington, Ron Kirk, White Supremacy, Same-Sex Marriage, California, Jewish Issues, Bailout, Inauguration, Rick Warren, Ohio, Nation of Islam, African-American Issues, Bill Clinton, Islam, Rape, Campaign Finance, Colombia, Pennsylvania, Pedophilia, Jeremiah Wright, Catholicism, New York, Sister Souljah, Religion, Labor, Cnn, Hilda Solis, Orange County, Aryan Nation, Ethanol, Bestiality, Gay Issues, Rick Warren Invocation, Rick Warren Saddleback Church, Obama Invocation, Barack Obama Rick Warren, Obama Inauguration, Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Invocation, Politics News

Obama's choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration is dreadful. His explanation is even worse. He shrinks Warren's statements about gay people down to a "disagreement," as if we're talking about ethanol subsidies.

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A Cell Phone Call During Mass (Remembering the Anti-Catholic Smears of the 1928 Election)

David Quigg | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

"Great-great-grandma Frances will set you straight. By the time I'm done with you, you'll vote for who you want to vote for. You won't let anybody scare you out of it. That's the lesson of Al Smith."

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Pope John Paul II Was Stabbed By Priest, Aide Reveals

AP | DANIELA PETROFF | Posted 11.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Catholic Church, Pope Stabbed, Pope John Paul I, Religion, Catholicism, Foreign Affairs, Pope, Home News

VATICAN CITY — The longtime private secretary of the late Pope John Paul II revealed in a film screened Thursday that the pope was lightly wound...

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Change

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 10.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Religion, Being Catholic, Change, Frank Mccourt, Catholicism, Ariane De Bonvoisin, Kerry Kennedy, Media News

Last night I was at a book party here in New York for Kerry Kennedy's new book, Being Catholic Now: Prominent Americans Talk About Change in the Churc...

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My Spiritual Journey: Thoughts On Sin

Verena von Pfetten | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Sacrament Confession, Catholic Confession, Spiritual Journey, Catholicism, Seven Mortal Sins, Seven Sins, Vatican New Sins, Seven Deadly Sins, Updated Sins, Living News

So, the Vatican updated their seven deadly sins to include some present-day trespasses that fall a little more in line with the issues facing us in th...

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