June 1, 2012

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

Michele Somerville | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Campaigning for Mitt, Usccb, Timothy Dolan, Cardinal Dolan, Catholic Charities, Catholic Church, Poverty, Roman Catholic Church, Catholic Social Justice, Contraception, Vatican, Religion News

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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Catholic Bishops Differ On Religious Liberty Tactics

National Catholic Reporter | Michael Sean Winters | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Video, Catholic Bishops, National Catholic Reporter, Usccb, Catholic-Church, Religion News

By Michael Sean Winters National Catholic Reporter Yesterday, the dam broke. In comments made to Kevin Clarke at America magazine, Bishop Stephen ...

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Catholic Bishops Support Republicans

Fred Rotondaro | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Catholic Church, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Timothy Dolan, Usccb, Catholics and Republicans, Vickie-Kennedy, Catholic Bishops, Obama Contraception, Republican Catholics, Catholic Church Contraception, Vickie Kennedy, Religion and Politics, Religion News

The bishops would of course never tell their parishioners to vote Republican, but they left little to the imagination. Priests would preach at mass about the necessity of voting only for pro-life candidates.

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The Essence of Immorality

Cristina Page | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Obama Birth Control, Bishops, Affordable Care Act, Contraception, Usccb, Politics News

If the Bishops insist there's no firewall great enough to protect them from our contraceptive activities, then they also must admit there's no firewall great enough to protect us from their religious activities.

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Dem Lawmaker Blames Catholic Bishops For 'Confusion'

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Obama Birth Control, Video, Catholic Bishops Birth Control, John Boehner, Jan Schakowsky, Usccb, Usccb-and-Contraception, Catholic Bishops, Diana DeGette, Birth Control Rule, Obama Birth Control Mandate, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Diana DeGette, co-chair of the Congressional Pro Choice Caucus, said that at least three of her progressive colleagues, whom she de...

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GOP Defends Bishops Over Grant For Sex Trafficking Victims

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 12.01.2011

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House lawmakers sparred bitterly on Thursday over the Obama administration's decision to deny a group of Catholic bishops a lucrative grant because th...

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25 Years After Historic Statement On Poor, Bishops Quiet On Economic Turmoil

Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Economic Justice for All, Catholic Church, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Economic Policy, Video, Catholic Economics, Usccb, Economic Crisis, Catholic Social Teaching, Catholic Bishops, Religion News

By David Gibson Religion News Service BALTIMORE (RNS) Twenty-five years ago, as the U.S. faced an economic crisis and a fierce debate over cutting...

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Catholic Bishops Up The Ante In Fight With Obama

Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Committee for Religious Liberty, Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, Video, Catholic Bishops Establish Committee for Religious Liberty, Catholic Bishops Establish Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, Usccb, Catholics Establish Committee for Religious Liberty, Barack Obama, Catholic-Church, Catholic, Religion News

By David Gibson Religion News Service (RNS) U.S. Catholic bishops, concerned about Obama administration policies on birth control and gay rights t...

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The Moral Imperative For Taxing Our 'Superfluous' Wealth

Frank G. Kirkpatrick | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Debt Ceiling, Religious Ethics, Model of Christian Charity, Superfluous Wealth, Moral Issues, Aquinas, Religion and Politics, Usccb, Christianity, Thomas Aquinas, Moral Budget, Winthrop, Religion News

Aquinas argued that we have no right to goods which are not needed to support our station in life when others are in need. In such situations their need trumps our superfluities.

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Catholic Political Operatives Follow the Bishops

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Bill Donohue, Assisted Suicide, Mccarthy, Usccb, Bishops, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Thomas Lynch, Patrick Reilly, John Hardt, Lisa Fullam, Aid in Dying, Catholic Bishops, Politics News

As I wrote last week, Compassion & Choices welcomes the affirmation by the United States Council of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) that religious objec...

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Dogma vs. Dignity

Barbara Coombs Lee | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Gallup Poll, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Assisted Suicide, Usccb, Death With Dignity, Aid in Dying, Politics News

The choice of how to address suffering in a terminal illness must be the province of dying individuals themselves in consultation with their doctors, families, clergy and conscience.

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Weekly Pulse: The Religious Right vs. Birth Control

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Heritage Foundation, General Services Administration, The American Prospect, Department of Health and Human Services, RH Reality Check, Usccb, Pregnancy, Obama Administration, Kathleen Sebelius, Fema, Religious Right, Tapped, Birth Control, Colorlines, Conscience Clause, Mother Jones, Reproductive Health, Health Care Reform, Contraception, National Abstinence Education Association, Working in These Times, Anti-Choice, Pro-Choice, Health Care, Home News

Weekly Pulse: The Religious Right vs. Birth Controlby Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Does health care reform's promise of preventive car...

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Biblical Social Justice and Glenn Beck

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human, Social Justice, Mosaic, Jubilee, Teachings of Jesus, Media, Campaign, Hebrew, Evangelicals, American, Mainline, Black, Prophet, Pastors, Protestant, America, Government, Theology, Pentecostal, Christ, Teaching, Justice, Congregations, Code Word, Hispanic, Catholic, Christians, Church, Prophets, Jesus, Pentecost, Usccb, Nae, Biblical, Pastor, Evangelical, Black Churches, Context, Pornography, Communism, Catholic Church, Jesus Christ, National Association of Evangelicals, Churches, U S Conference of Catholic Bishops, Nazi, Glenn Beck, Black Church, Glenn Beck Social Justice, Glen Beck Social Justice, Glenn Beck Jim Wallis, Jim Wallis Glenn Beck, Jim Wallis, Glenn Beck Social Justice Church, Beck Social Justice, Glenn Beck and Social Justice, Jim Wallis Beck, Jim Wallis Glen Beck, Glenn Beck Church, Religion News

Glenn Beck says Christians should leave their social justice churches, so I say Christians should leave Beck. Beck attacks the very heart of our Christian faith, and Christians should no longer watch his show.

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The Bishops and the "Right to Life"

Lynn M. Paltrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, United States Catholic Conference of Bishops, Notre Dame, Usccb, Obama Notre Dame, Terry Schiavo, Politics News

According to the Catholic Conference of Bishops, eight years of due process is not enough for someone in a vegetative state, but less than a day of due process is plenty for a pregnant woman.

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A Fairness Issue

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

"Without justice, what are kingdoms but bands of robbers?" - St Augustine. I was surprised when Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) opened up his remarks before ...

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