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Anger is an Energy - Christina Patterson, Commentators - The Independent »
Posted by: gamahuche 4 weeks ago in Political Opinion
"Haven't you," said a man who had just taken my heart and snapped it in two, "ever heard of forgiveness?" I was so shocked ...
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Cardinal Mahony under federal investigation over abusive priests »
Posted by: berkeley 11 months ago in Religion
The U.S. attorney in Los Angeles has launched a federal grand jury investigation into Cardinal Roger M. Mahony in connection with his response to ...
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Next Pope Black? »
Posted by: newsguy2005 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Religion
Forget communion wafers and wine. It could be chitlins and Colt 45 at your local Catholic mass in the future, as a prominent African cardinal ...
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We’ve Come a Long Way: John Calvin and the Condemnation of Michael Servetus »
Posted by: pacodecabra 2 months ago in Religion
There was a time when we didn’t have polite, anonymous conversations via message boards over issues of doctrine. Less than 500 years ago, a ...
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A Look at the Council of Trent »
Posted by: pacodecabra 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Religion
Most people have at least some awareness of the Protestant Reformation; far fewer know anything about the Council of Trent, an equally important event in ...
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Italy: government battles over right-to-die case - AP »
Posted by: gamahuche 10 months, 3 weeks ago in Family
Italy's government issued an emergency decree Friday to prevent a woman in a vegetative state from having her feeding tubes disconnected but the president ...
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An abuse too far by the Catholic church »
Posted by: berkeley 7 months, 1 week ago in Religion
This could not be worse. The Ryan report is the stuff of nightmares. It's the adjectives which chill: systemic, pervasive, chronic, excessive, arbitrary, endemic ...
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Catholic Priest Wants Saintly Obama Candle Removed From Gift Shop »
Posted by: Shana4Liberty 10 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
He may be the Second Coming to many San Franciscans - but one local Catholic priest wants a popular prayer candle with President Obama's picture ...
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43 Alaskan Native Americans File Suit Against Jesuits for Rape »
Posted by: idyll 11 months ago in Religion
The suit alleges that officials in the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church knew the priests it was sending to Alaska were child rapists and ...
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The SSPX Wound Festers »
Posted by: bruhaha 10 months, 4 weeks ago in Religion
In the part Seventy-five of this series on the Catholic Right I expressed outrage over Pope Benedict XVI impolitic decision to reinstate four schismatic bishops ...
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Cheer, Cheer for Old Notre Dame: A War of Words That Folds Neatly Into the New Century's War of Weapons »
Posted by: bruhaha 7 months, 1 week ago in Religion
President Obama goes to Notre Dame University this Sunday to deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary degree, the ninth U.S. president to ...
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A consistent but harsh Catholic Church »
Posted by: bruhaha 9 months, 1 week ago in Religion
When a 9-year-old girl in Brazil was recently found to be pregnant with twins, doctors performed an abortion. In Brazil, the procedure is legal only ...
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Pope's decision is an affront to Jews »
Posted by: bruhaha 11 months ago in Religion
Last weekend's announcement by the Vatican that Pope Benedict XVI has lifted the excommunication order his predecessor imposed on four so-called traditionalist bishops has ...
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"Deliver Us From Evil": The Amorality of the Catholic Church »
Posted by: bowsnumba1 5 months, 3 weeks ago in Religion
The basic hierarchy and theology of the Catholic Church is a recipe for the abuse of power.
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Pope Shatters John Paul II Record for Mosque Visits »
Posted by: bowsnumba1 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Religion
In just four short years, Pope Benedict XVI has bested his predecessor.
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