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Walking The (Catholic) Plank

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 04.27.2012

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Why doesn't my Catholic Church get its own house in order first? Get the plank/log/boulder/semi truck/elephant out of its own eye before it tries to remove a speck from another's eye?

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End the 'Witch Hunt' Approach at Catholic Community-Organizing Fund

Pablo Eisenberg | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Catholic Charities, Catholics, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Religious Charities, Catholic Bishops, Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Charity, Catholicism, Impact News

It is one thing to demand fealty to Catholic church principles from grant recipients; it is quite another to insist that these groups cannot in any way be associated with other organizations that do not adhere to the church's teachings.

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WATCH: Jason Segel Has A Jewish Drawer

Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Catholics, Jews, Video, Five-Year Engagement, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel Five-Year Engagement, Jason Segel, Comedy News

In the upcoming comedy "The Five Year Engagement," Jason Segel and Emily Blunt are two people who can't wait to get married, but unfortunately life ge...

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Voices Of The Faithful: Belief In Resurrection At Core Of Christian Identity

David Briggs | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Catholics, Religion, Christianity, Mainline Protestants, Beliefs, Resurrection, Vatican, Evangelicals, Gospels, Catholic Church, Easter, Religion News

Even as U.S. Christians have changed their views dramatically on issues such as same-sex marriage and women clergy, they have overwhelming held fast with the traditional view of the resurrection.

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Catholic College Snubs Kennedy Over Political Views

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.02.2012

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Anna Marie College decided they no longer want Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of the late-Sen. Ted Kennedy, to deliver a commencement speech in the sp...

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Rick Santorum Is Blowing the Election by Losing Catholic Vote to Romney

Niall O'Dowd | Posted 05.08.2012

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Santorum is throwing the election away by failing to appeal to his core audience, those who share his conservative Catholic faith.

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Fellow Catholics Leave Santorum At The Altar

Posted 03.08.2012

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By Andy Sullivan Rick Santorum has put his Catholic faith front and center as he courts religious conservatives in his bid for the Republican p...

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The State Of Anti-Shari'a Bills

Robert P. Jones, Ph.D. | Posted 05.08.2012

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Despite early momentum, the sponsors of anti-sharia legislation may have an uphill battle ahead of them.

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A Fury of Bigotry in an Unhinged Primary Season

Hamilton Fish | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Catholics, Contraceptives, Gloria Steinem, Fox News, Bigotry, Rush Limbaugh Slut, Election 2012, Santorum Election 2012, Politics News

Political campaigns at their best are a kind of morality play, and now a primary season that was supposed to be about the economy has suddenly erupted into a fury of bigotry and religious zealotry.

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Loss Of Catholic Vote Big Surprise For Santorum

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 02.28.2012

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Rick Santorum spent the past week adamantly sticking up for the Roman Catholic church in its showdown with the Obama administration over contraception...

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Catholics and Muslims In NYC And Beyond Work Together To Help The Neediest

Sarah Sayeed, Ph.D. | Posted 04.28.2012

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Both Islam and Catholicism share a deep commitment to service, and Catholics and Muslims can benefit the wider society by working together.

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Santorum Benefits From Mistaken Identity

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 04.26.2012

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Rick Santorum's political good fortune in the Republican presidential primaries has come about in large part because of his appeal to evangelicals. A ...

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The Catholicization of the American Right

Howard Schweber | Posted 04.24.2012

At the national level, Catholic politicians have emerged as leading figures in the GOP... and evangelical Protestants are flocking to follow their lead. Why?

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Contraception Wars and Woes

William O'Rourke | Posted 04.24.2012

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Religion may no longer be the opiate of the people, but it is certainly the father -- not the mother -- of all political wedge issues.

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Newsflash: Santorum Out of Touch With Catholic Theology

Roger S. Gottlieb | Posted 04.23.2012

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Santorum's virtual ignoring of environmental issues may be correct or incorrect, depending on your point of view. But it is not orthodox Catholicism -- at least not the morally, politically and spiritually serious Catholicism of 2012.

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Contraception: What the Doctor(s) Ordered

Steve Heilig | Posted 04.18.2012

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I respectfully wonder if the church and political leaders opposed to contraception could meditate on that for a moment, and instead of fulminating against one of the only solutions we have, devote their time and energy towards alleviating this ongoing tragedy of suffering in the world.

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Rationing Our Rights

Ken Blackwell | Posted 04.18.2012

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They said it would never lead to rationing. But rationing is already here. Under the latest assault by the Obama administration, they are rationing ou...

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Can the Not Crazy Christians Please Speak Up?!

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 04.17.2012

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Please, my moderate, loving Christian brothers and sisters, will you take the stand to assert that true Christianity embraces ALL members and supports equality for everyone, including non-Christians, homosexuals in their quest for marriage, and women for reproductive freedom?

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GOP Candidates Out Of Step With Catholic Church On Unemployment

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 02.14.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential candidates have leaped to the defense of the Roman Catholic Church in its birth-control battle against President...

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Human Rights Invisible to the Right

Mark Olmsted | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Abortion, Human Rights, Catholics, Constitution, Romney, Contraception, Obama, Pro-Life, Republicans, Conservatives, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice, Santorum, Gingrich, Obamacare, Politics News

When is America going to stop fetishizing a document written by rich white men 230 years ago who owned slaves and didn't think woman were worthy of the vote?

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The Catholic Church's Game With Women's Health

Madeline Walsh | Posted 04.11.2012

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In my 15th year of Catholic education, I am very familiar with the Catholic Church's opposition to birth control despite the fact that 98 percent of Catholic women have used contraception. This underscores the huge gap between the views of the Church and practicing Catholics.

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The Bob & Chez Show 2/9/12

Bob Cesca | Posted 04.11.2012

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This week's topics include contraception and Catholics; the new Obama-Muslim meme; the Republican war against women; feminism Twitter war; Roland Martin suspended and Erickson still employed; homophobia; and more.

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Do Republicans Have Sex?

Ellen R. Shaffer | Posted 04.09.2012

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Members of Congress love to talk about their families. So we should be able to tell whether or not members who say they don't believe that contraception is an essential aspect of health care, especially for women, are likely users of contraception.

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Queen of Angels' Condoms

Greg Palast | Posted 04.09.2012

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If a religious organization abjures condoms or The Pill or blood transfusions, that's their right. It should not be their management's right, even if the managers wear vestments, to impose those religions strictures on the bodies of their workers.

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Republicans Vow To Stop 'Attack' By Obama

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 04.09.2012

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WASHINGTON — Republicans vowed Wednesday to reverse President Barack Obama's new policy on birth control, lambasting the rule that religious sch...

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