Roman Catholic Church

Cardinal Dolan's Blackmail For Jesus: The Empire Strikes Back

Michele Somerville | Posted 05.31.2012

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If Timothy Dolan is to be believed, he's ready to sacrifice the poor -- many of whom are elderly, juvenile, disabled and infirm -- in Christ's name, for the greater good of wining the war against contraception.

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D.C. Catholic Coalition Files Health Care Reform Lawsuit

Posted 05.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A coalition of Roman Catholic entities in the nation's capital has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Servi...

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College Suing Obama Administration Over Birth Control Mandate

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 05.21.2012

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NEW YORK — Roman Catholic leaders opened a new front against the Obama administration mandate that employers provide workers birth control cover...

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United States Catholics: A Church Divided

Michele Somerville | Posted 05.17.2012

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So rogue are most Roman Catholics when it comes to papal teaching, that Catholic dissidence often seems the norm.

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Pope Benedict Praises Predecessor As Model For Polish People

AP | Posted 05.02.2012

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has praised his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, as a model for the Polish people on the first anniversary of his bea...

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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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The True Radicalism Of Catholic Sisters

Patricia McGuire | Posted 04.26.2012

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Whatever the sisters might have done to cross invisible lines of vowed obedience according to Church rules, they have done so with courage and conviction. They deserve reverence, not retribution.

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Gunning For The Nuns

Michele Somerville | Posted 04.23.2012

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The Vatican is losing the war of public opinion in the pews. It needs to flex its muscles. It needs to create fresh fear.

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Radical Disobedience: Why Roman Catholics Won't Heed The Pontiff's Call For 'Radical Obedience'

Michele Somerville | Posted 04.16.2012

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There's not a thing Joseph Ratzinger can do to stop Roman Catholic women from becoming Roman Catholic priests. Alleluia. Alleluia.

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Gambling Vegas Preacher Man Goes To Prison

AP | KEN RITTER | Posted 04.14.2012

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LAS VEGAS -- A Roman Catholic priest from Las Vegas surrendered Friday at a federal prison in Texas to serve his sentence for siphoning $650,000 from ...

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Religion and Politics Are Inseparable: Get Over It

Bishop Pierre Whalon | Posted 04.09.2012

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The separation of church and state is certainly a major advance in human history and political theory. That said, all of us, even us bishops, have a duty and a right as citizens to engage in politics, at least by casting a vote.

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Pope Cannot See What Is Good & Evil

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 04.09.2012

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In today's overpopulated world, in which sexually-transmitted diseases are a scourge, few points about good and evil can be plainer than that contraception is good and opposition to contraception is evil. Yet the Pope remains willfully blind to this.

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PHOTOS: Pope Benedict At Easter Vigil: "Life Is Stronger Than Death"

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 04.07.2012

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI, carrying a tall, lit candle, ushered in Christianity's most joyous celebration with an Easter vigil service Sa...

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Catholic Quits Over Cardinal Dolan's Stance On LGBT Youth

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 04.07.2012

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NEW YORK — A day before Easter, the head of New York's Roman Catholic archdiocese faced a challenge to his stance on gay rights: the resignation...

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PHOTOS: Pope Washes Feet At Mass Of Last Supper

Reuters | Posted 04.05.2012

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(Reuters) - Pope Benedict washed and dried the feet of 12 men at a traditional Holy Thursday service commemorating Christ's gesture of humility to his...

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Pope Slams Priests Who Question Celibacy, Ordination Of Women

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 04.05.2012

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has denounced priests who have questioned church teaching on celibacy and ordaining women, saying Thursday they...

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PHOTOS: Pope Celebrates Palm Sunday

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 04.01.2012

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VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has kicked off the Catholic Church's Holy Week celebrations with Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square and good new...

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The Pope in Cuba: The Wind, the Sheep and the Shepherd

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.26.2012

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With that ancient wisdom that the Church calls on before every obstacle, the Pope should know that on this visit a part of the presence and influence of the Catholic faith in the national future is decided.

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Sex Abuse Book Stirs Controversy Before Pope's Mexico Trip

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 05.21.2012

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MEXICO CITY — Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Mexico this week to a very public reminder of one of the Catholic Church's most egregious sex abuse s...

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Dutch Roman Catholic Church Castrated Boys 'To Get Rid Of Homosexuality'

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.22.2012

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Shocking reports have surfaced that reveal at least ten teenage boys were castrated in the 1950s by the Dutch Roman Catholic Church as a "treatment" f...

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Do You Belong To A Religious Or Secular Gym?

Nancy Wurtzel | Posted 05.14.2012

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I guess that I shouldn't have been so surprised when the church made its presence known recently at my gym. In unison, everyone began genuflecting and responding to the priest's greeting and prayers.

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Is Birth Control Coverage Motivated By Religious Freedom Or Religious Bullying?

Danielle Tumminio | Posted 03.13.2012

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Presumably Catholics would not want birth control -- it's all the other folks who do. Which makes this a debate not about religious freedom but about how people of one faith care for those who do not share their beliefs.

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Casting Stones And The Top 10 Catholic Teachings Rick Santorum Rejects

Bruce Reyes-Chow | Posted 05.07.2012

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I am calling on those of us Christians who vigorously disagree with the folks like Santorum, to do so with a little more care than others might.

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Home of the Irish Immigrant Girls in Lower Manhattan

Alan Singer | Posted 05.02.2012

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During the Ellis Island era, millions of immigrants arrived in the United States. Our Lady of the Rosary and the accompanying Watson House provided greetings and safe haven for more than 100,000 young Irish girls who came to NY.

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Why I Couldn't Be Catholic And A Woman

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 04.29.2012

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Either you are willing to support and participate in a culture in which men, refusing to accept women as equals, use a perverted claim of divine right to control women and their bodies, or you don't.

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