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Truth Is Indeed One of the First Casualties of War

Jon O'Brien | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pro Choice, Catholics, Abortion, Catholics for Choice, Pro-Choice, Jim Wallis, Abortion Rights, Politics News

Despite his carefully nuanced positions, we know that Jim Wallis is anti-choice and opposes access to comprehensive reproductive health services for women.

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The Health Care-Abortion Issue: An Open Letter To The Catholic Bishops

Valerie Tarico | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Stupak, Reproductive Rights, Birth, Pro Choice, Catholicism, Children, Pregnancy, Catholic Bishops, Pro-Life, Babies, Catholics, Religion, Morality, Health Care, Pro-Choice, Spirituality, Politics News

Dear Bishops: In our struggle to get health care for all, you saw an opportunity to make sure that American women can't afford abortions, a way to be the deciders for all of us.

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2012 Offends Catholics, Dimwits, Ex-Cons

Chris Kelly | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Catholics, 2012 Catholics, 2012 Film, 2012 Movie, 2012, Entertainment News

The images of disaster in 2012 have offended the usual people in the I'm Offended Industry, but not for the reason you'd think. The offense takers are offended because the film forgot to offend any Muslims.

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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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Crucifix Banned From Italy's Schools By New EU Court Ruling

AP | ALESSANDRA RIZZO | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Public Schools, Islam, Crucifixes Banned, Atheism, EU Courts, Catholicism, Italy Schools, Immigration, Italy, Eu, Catholics, Religion, Education, Italian Schools, Courts, Vatican, Pope, Separation of Church and State, Faith, World News

ROME — The Vatican on Tuesday denounced a ruling by the European court of human rights that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public sch...

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What Catholics Want in Healthcare Reform

Jon O'Brien | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Catholics, Social Justice, Ethics, Contraception, Catholics for Choice, Poll, Healthcare Reform, Pro-Choice, Healthcare, Politics News

American Catholics can picture themselves as patients, and want to be able to get birth control and condoms at their doctor. They also think they can speak for themselves.

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Why The Catholic Bishops Matter on Health Care Reform

Steven Waldman | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Catholics, Abortion, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Obama Health Care, Politics News

While some have chided me for caring too much about what the Bishops think, Bishops matter a great deal politically when it comes to the abortion-and-health care debate.

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US Jews protest Catholic document on salvation

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 09.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Religion, Jews, U.S. Bishops, Covenant and Mission, Orthodox Judaism, Catholicism, Catholics, Statement on Salvation, American Jewish Committee, Roman Catholic, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Anti-Defamation League, Judaism, Pope, Home News

NEW YORK — Major Jewish groups and rabbis from the three largest branches of American Judaism said Thursday that their relationship with Roman C...

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This Little (Coal-Fired) Light of Mine: Will President Heed 45 Million Prayers?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Catholics, Jews, Christians, President Barack Obama, Dirty Coal, Big Coal, Mountaintop Removal, National Council of Churches, Coal, Protestants, Eco-Justice, Mountaintop Coal Removal, Mountaintop-Removal Mining, O, Green News

August 3rd should be a national day of atonement for our sins against the American mountains and mountaineers.

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Just the Facts, Sir: The False Dichotomy of Catholics vs. "Pro-choice" on Common Ground

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholics, Abortion, Access, Contraception, Anti-Choice, Common Ground, Pro-Choice, Choice, Politics News

The assertion that unless Obama bows to the most conservative Catholic position he will lose widespread support is a scare tactic of the right.

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In Which I Extend An Olive Branch to White Supremacists

Patrick Sauer | Posted 07.20.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Catholics, Politics, White Supremacists, Nazis, Rahm Emanuel, Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazis, Barack Obama, Right-Wing Extremism, Vanguard News Network, Jewcy, Comedy News

I found out that I too had been the discussion amongst the Hitler-loving crowd. I've decided to do something about it: start a dialogue, bridge the gap, and find common ground.

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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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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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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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Preaching Basketball Without the Baggage

Danny Groner | Posted 06.10.2009 | World

Read More: Espys, Belfast, Full Court Peace, Funding Non-Profits, Children, Optimism, Espn, Non-Profit, Non-Profits, Violence, Struggle, Basketball, Peace, Teenagers, Catholics, Northern Ireland Violence, Northern Ireland, Harmony, Dave Cullen, Teenager, Conflict, Protestants, Irish, World News

While trying to downplay differences in the world, Dave Cullen is doing his part to make a world of difference. The founder of Full Court Peace (FCP),...

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Pope Mideast Trip Begins In Jordan

AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

AMMAN, Jordan — Pope Benedict XVI began his first trip to the Middle East on Friday, expressing his "deep respect" for Islam and hopes that the ...

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Laetare Medal: Glendon is the Wrong Recipient

Suzette Standring | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholics, Obama Commencement Address, Abortion, Mary Ann Glendon, President Obama, Glendon Rejection, Glendon Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Obama Catholics, University of Notre Dame Laetare Medal, Politics News

Faith is not an exclusive club membership. Yet this is the message that Mary Ann Glendon, former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, sent when she rejected the University of Notre Dame's Laetare Medal.

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Catholics Fine With Obama's Notre Dame Appearance: Poll

Salon | Posted 06.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholics, Obama Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Barack Obama, Politics News

Conservative Catholics have mounted a campaign against the University of Notre Dame's decision to have President Obama give this year's commencement s...

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West Side Story: The Original Spanish Version

Louise Mirrer | Posted 05.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jews, Hispanics, Religion, Musicals, Latinos, Ghettos, Spring, Obama, Rebirth, New York City, Seder, Easter, Catholics, West Side Story, Last Supper, Muslims, Inquisition, Passover, Renewal, Spanish, Entertainment News

The opening of the current hit revival of West Side Story so close to Easter and Passover is a good reminder of the twists and turns of both theatrical and world history.

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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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Catholics Urged To Give Up Texting For Lent

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 04.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Text Message, Text Messaging, Text Messages, Catholics, Lent, Living News

ROME — Roman Catholic bishops in Italy are urging the faithful to go on a high-tech fast for Lent, switching off modern appliances from cars to ...

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Pope's Scandals Threaten To Alienate Mainstream Catholics

New York Times | RACHEL DONADIO and NICHOLAS KULISH | Posted 03.20.2009 | World

Read More: Holocaust Bishop, Katrina Pope, Pope Scandals, Richard Williamson, Austrian Bishops Vienna, Vatican, Rev. Gerhard Maria Wagner, Pope, Pope Controversy, Bishop Richard Williamson, Catholics, World News

ROME -- Close on the heels of the pope's rehabilitation of a group of schismatic bishops, including one who denied the Holocaust, a second scandal has...

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The Jewish Reaction to the Pope's Welcoming Back Holocaust Denying Bishop: Disproportionate!

Rabbi Irwin Kula | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

How is it that the view of some cranky powerless bishop evokes calls of a crisis in Catholic -Jewish relations, despite the revolutionary changes in Church teachings regarding Jews since Vatican II?

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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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