School of the Americas

A Frock Does Not A Priest Make

Michele Somerville | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Women's Ordination, SOA Watch, Roman Catholic Church, School of the Americas, Defrocking Priest, Maryknoll Order, Roy Bourgeois, Catholic Church, Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal, Women's Ordination Statement, Catholic Women Priests, Vatican Sex Abuse Response, Religion News
Michele Somerville

According to the Vatican's own doctrine, it is God who turns men into priests. "Defrocking" Father Roy Bourgeois will not render him any less a priest. The dress does not make the man a priest.

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Why Torture Is A Moral Issue

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Icrc, UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Juan Mendez, Guantanamo, 9/11, Anti-Muslim Bias, National Religious Campaign Against Torture, Bradley Manning, Water Boarding, Eric Holder, Osama Bin Laden, Human Rights, School of the Americas, General Petraeus, Rev. Richard L. Killmer, Torture, Nrcat, Impact News
Marcia G. Yerman

June 26 was United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. In the United States, both human rights and religious organizations had...

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Christian Sacrifice And The Unholy Crusade To Defrock Roy Bourgeois

Michele Somerville | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Whinsec, Catholic Church, Maryknolls, School of the Americas, Via Crucis, Archbishop Romero, Jesuits, Vatican, Roy Bourgeois, Women's Ordination, SOA Watch, Vatican Sex Abuse, Christian Sacrifice, Female Clergy, Religion News
Michele Somerville

What is Father Bourgeois' transgression? Did he travel the world with a pet altar boy in tow? No. He committed a truly grave sin. One the Vatican deems intolerable.

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Campaign to close down School of The Americas

The Real News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Chile, El Salvador, Jesuit Priests, Latin America, School of the Americas, Terrorism, Archbishop Romero, Augusto Pinochet, Torture, Soa, Montt, Banzer, Galtieri, Noriega, Foreign Policy, Politics News
The Real News

Since 1946, the US Pentagon has operated a military training center for Latin American soldiers and policemen known as the School of the Americas. The...

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