I like Frankie
Video of Frankie laying in to Congress.I like Pope Frankie. I agree with Matt Taibbi that "His arrival has spawned a Drake/Meek Mill-style diss battle within the pundit class, pitting conservatives...
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Where Would England and America be Without the Influence of the Pope?
The adoration and pomp that Americans have shown Pope Francis is rivaled only by visits from British Royal family – especially the queen. The Pope’s historic first visit comes at a time when America...
View ArticleIs the Catholic Church Christian?
The Pope’s visit was all pomp and ceremony, non-stop coverage, and mostly uncritical media observations of the all-male spectacle. One commentator even called the Pope the closest thing to God on...
View ArticleUpdate: Vatican Confirms the Pope Met With, and Thanked Kim Davis
The Vatican on Wednesday confirmed that controversial Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis met with Pope Francis on Thursday during his U.S. visit. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said he would...
View ArticleThe Pope's Still Catholic
Well, the Pope's plane lifted off and I swear one of the networks followed the flight on LIVE! TV in order to document the dumping of the toilets over the Atlantic.Okay, maybe I imagined that. But...
View ArticleThe Pope, from an Atheist ex-Catholic's POV
Many people were chagrined that Pope Francis met personally with Kim Davis, lending a patina of spiritual credibility to her odious mission of exclusion and bigotry. A close friend of mine found this a...
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The Vatican publicly announces that Kim Davis meeting should not be...
I can't recall the last time the Vatican so publicly distanced itself from an individual visitor to the Pope.Francis’ meeting with Kim Davis “should not be considered a form of support of her position...
View ArticleHow This Jewish Service Provider Learned To Love His Great Ally..The Catholic...
Yes,of course i am aware of the sometimes dubious history of the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. How could i not be? As a student of history,and a lover of freedom..the Catholic Church has time and...
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Priest suspended after saying pedophilic priests understandably give in to...
Saint Peter's dome (Basilica di San Pietro) Vatican City, Rome, Italy. An Italian priest has been suspended after an interview with an Italian news crew in which he said that priests sometimes give in...
View ArticleCommune you not!
Catholic Church Archbishop John Myers of Newark has recently issued guidelines for denying communion to those whose ideas differ from his.Archbishop denies communion unless you think like himHere's the...
View ArticleEmpathy and the "Pact of the Catacombs" Amidst Processed Food and Jingoistic...
As the vast majority get a day's reprieve from the work life and prepare to bunker down for a holiday that has been transmuted into slothful gorging of processed food and jingoistic sports, there won't...
View ArticleCatholic Archbishop Of Santo Domingo Calls U.S. Ambassador A "F*ggot"
The latest from the Religion of Respect, Compassion and Sensitivity:A Catholic cardinal from the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo has described the US ambassador to the Dominican Republic as a...
View ArticleMovie 'Spotlight' and Church Doctrine
We went to see the feature film Spotlight, in my opinion the best American movie of 2015. Spotlight is about the team of investigative reporters at the Boston Globe who wrote a series of articles that...
View ArticleCatholic Church lifts ban on priest convicted of sexually assaulting teen
Minnesota Catholic Rev. Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul served about one year for the sexual abuse of two 14-year-old girls back in 2005. He pled guilty to one sexual abuse, with the other being dropped as...
View ArticleCatholic bishops have to report abuse. No, for real. They do
Catholic bishops have to report sex abuse. Yep. They do. Just in case any of y’all (or your friends or associates, or any priests or bishops you may happen to know) thought differently the answer is...
View ArticleWith Abortion Banned in Zika Countries, Women Beg Online For Abortion Pills
This is what happens when a country outlaws safe abortion for women:The emails arrive at an accelerating pace. Once sporadic, they now come in an incessant stream of 40, 45 or 50 per day....All of them...
View ArticleWas Pope John Paul’s Love Affair Holy or Unholy?
Popes have always been perceived to be not just representatives of God but also the holiest person on the face of the earth. Catholics and non-Catholics don’t envision the Pope engaging in any...
View Article"Spotlight," pedophile priests, and Wisconsin's own cone of silence
I was pleasantly surprised when the 2016 Best Picture Oscar went to "Spotlight." As a veteran journalist, I thoroughly enjoyed the understated verisimilitude of the film. As a former movie critic, I...
View ArticleSaturday Night Loser's Club, Vol. DVIII: Post-2015 Oscars Edition
Well, that was a surprise at the very end of the Oscars last Sunday, wasn't it? After processing the (pleasant, if such a word is appropriate) shock news that Spotlight won the 2015 Best Picture...
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A Catholic archbishop's condemnation of the Girl Scouts turned into their...
St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson sent parishioners and fellow priests a letter condemning the Girl Scouts. He encouraged parents to seek alternatives to the more than 100-year-old organization...
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