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Good News/Bad News, Mixed Messages & Blessings in Jesuit Takeover of Vatican

Ken Atchity | Posted 05.14.2013 | Religion
Read More: Pope Francis, Christian Origins, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Empire, Argentina, Augustus Caesar, Pope Emeritus, Ratzinger, Vatican, New Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, Spirituality, Jesuits, Fundamentalists, Religion News
Ken Atchity

He has a debatable track record vis-à-vis the Argentine church's relationship with the junta in the 1970s Dirty War, which strained his relations with many liberal Jesuits worldwide. I don't like this story. What's really going on here?

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Dharma And The New Pope

Rajiv Malhotra | Posted 04.26.2013 | Religion
Read More: Nicene Creed, Christendom, Catholicism, History-Centrism, Jainism, Vatican II, Hinduism, Sikhism, Lumen Gentium, Dominus Jesus, Abrahamic Religions, Christianity, Vatican, Dharma, Buddhism, Ratzinger, Pope, Gorbachev, Rajiv Malhotra, Interfaith, New Pope, Next Pope, Religion News
Rajiv Malhotra

If the Vatican would drop claims of exclusivity over religious truth, and reexamine dogmas such as the Nicene Creed, it would pressure other denominations of Christianity to follow suit.

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The Time I Called Pope Benedict 'The Devil' To His Face

Michelangelo Signorile | Posted 03.27.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Manhattan, How to Survive a Plague, The Vatican, Benedict, AIDS Activism, ACT UP, United in Anger, Aids, Anti-Gay, Homophobia, The Catholic Church, Cardinal Ratzinger, Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, New York City, New York, Michelangelo Signorile, Depressing, Gay Voices News
Michelangelo Signorile

After seeing Benedict's latest attacks a few weeks ago, calling gay marriage a "threat to the future of humanity," I thought of my upcoming 25th anniversary of calling him out and how it changed my life. Was it wrong to do? Immature? Unproductive? I don't think so.

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10 Reasons To Believe That The World Actually Did End When Health Care Passed

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Russia, Michael Steele, House of Representatives, Gop, Rush Limbaugh, American Exceptionalism, Ford, Toyota, Pope Benedict, Democratic Party, Don't Tell, Barak Obama, Muslim, Apocalypse, Robert Gates, Kenya, Don't Ask, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Nuclear Weapons, Ratzinger, Hillary Clinton, Republican Party, Comedy News
Michael B. Laskoff

If you listen to the god-fearing, unreconstructed defenders of American exceptionalism, then you already know that world ended when health care reform passed. But why do things seem the same?

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The Pope Can't Get Away With This

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Pope and AIDS, Cutbirth, Pope's Trip to Africa, Joe Cutbirth, Pope and Condoms, Ratzinger, Aids, Condoms, Pope, Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, Media News
Joe Cutbirth

If Ratzinger wants to stay in Italy and scare school kids by telling them God is watching when they French kiss or masturbate, that is his sexual silliness. But this is a matter of life and death.

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Jenna Bush Tries Not To Flash Pope Benedict XVI: Video

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Pope Benedict, Video, Pope US Visit, Jenna Bush, George Bush, Pope US Arrival, Ratzinger, Pope, Jenna Bush Pope Flash, Pope Benedict XVI, Home News

Pope Benedict XVI was greeted with loud cheers as he stepped off the plane today, marking his first official visit to the US since he became Pope. Pr...

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Vatican: Pope Will Speak on Abuse Crisis

AP | VICTOR L. SIMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Pope, Vatica, Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, Clergy, Clergy Abuse, Catholic Church, Catholic Church Abuse, Church Molestation, Priests Abuse, Prist Child Abuse, Home News

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI recognizes the damage and pain caused by the clergy sex abuse crisis and will seek to heal wounds during his U....

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