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ACM: Not the Church! Not the State! Women Must Decide Their Fates! Redux ad...
"Last I checked, we don’t have a rubber shortage in America. Look, when I was in college, we had a machine in the bathroom, you put 50 cents in and voila. So, yes, anyone who wants contraceptives can...
View ArticleI'm Really Starting to Wonder
This is a story about something that’s been in my head for a long, long time now. But after watching the superb movie ‘Spotlight’, I decided it’t time to write what I’ve been thinking. My older...
View ArticleExplaining Black Lives Matter to White People
I recently saw the film, “Spotlight” with my wife. It detailed how the Boston Globe chronicled the coverup of ecclesiastical abuse in the Boston Archdiocese. The thrust of the series was that sexual...
View ArticleCatholic editor posts tweet; gets fired by bishops.
Tony Spence was the editor of Catholic News Service, an “arm” of the Catholic Bishop’s Conference. He has had a long distinguished career as a journalist.On March 24th he tweeted: "LGBT protections...
View ArticleWith little warning, Cleveland Catholic Diocese more than doubles rent for...
Bishop Richard Lennon is known for going in and fixing Catholic diocese problems. He began in Massachusetts and was promoted to Apostolic Administrator after Cardinal Bernard Francis Law resigned his...
View ArticleNew discussions taking place in Rome for women priesthood
Though Pope Francis is somewhat of a “rock star” to some on the Left, there are others who feel he would need to do a great deal more in order to fall under a liberal umbrella. One area in which he and...
View ArticleThree news stories from Argentina that seem too bizarre to be true
This month one would be hard pressed not to believe that Argentina is doing its best to put the The Onion out of business. Our roundup of three absurdly preposterous tales—based on actual fact—is...
View ArticleThe Archbishop of Montreal issued a decree forbidding priests from being...
The Archbishop of Montreal is getting serious about child abuse at the hands of Catholic priests. Archbishop Christian Lepine issued a decree forbidding all workers and volunteers, including priests,...
View ArticlePope Francis: Catholic Church 'must ask forgiveness' of gay people: 'Who are...
Pope Francis made a historic statement Sunday, saying that Christians and the Catholic Church should not only "apologize" for mistreatment of gay individuals, but also "ask for forgiveness" from them,...
View ArticleSNLC, Vol. DXLV / UDKCJ 51: Doubt (the opera) Edition
Disclaimer: if you have never read or seen the play, or seen the movie, of John Patrick Shanley's Doubt, be warned that this diary contains major spoilers.There is a line from a novel that 3CM the...
View ArticleHow much could this hurt votes in Philly and elsewhere?
Wikileaks Dem emails criticize Catholic Church and Philly Cardinal responded. This is being covered by local TV station.There is a large Catholic populations in this area. Here's the Cardinal’s...
View ArticleA Catholic Pastor Reaffirms Progressive Values in the Wake of the Election
The Catholic vote went for Donald Trump by a margin of 52% to 45%, no doubt in large measure because some very vocal Catholic leaders painted Hillary Clinton as a morally unacceptable choice, due to...
View ArticleA Cardinal who rewarded sexually abusive priests with $20,000 & a Con...
Six prominent clergy members — including Catholic cardinal, black and Hispanic Protestant leaders and a rabbi — will pray at Donald Trump’s inauguration and of course many are controversial.Timothy...
View ArticleArchdiocese deeply disturbed
The paragraph made me chuckle a bit:The Archdiocese of St. Louis is deeply saddened and disturbed by the Boy Scouts of America’s announcement that the organization will allow transgender youth into its...
View ArticlePresident Bannon is plotting a coup—in the Vatican
Sure, subverting the government of a superpower sounds fun, and Steve Bannon has definitely been enjoying it. He lets the man-child in the next room rant, and occasionally slides something in front of...
View ArticleThe pope seems to be defending Indigenous people's rights regarding Dakota...
Pope Francis met with Indigenous people at the Vatican today to mark the 40th anniversary of the International Fund for Agricultural Development. During the meeting he had some strong statements to...
View ArticlePope Francis: Better to be an Atheist than A Catholic Who Does Not Live Faith
I found this interesting.The subject of Francis’s homily at the daily Mass was hypocrisy. He criticized the “scandal” of “saying one thing and doing another.”Many of these hypocrites, Francis implied,...
View ArticleComing Apart: Charles Murray, the White Working Class, and the Middlebury...
Dear Citizens and Elected Officials:Introduction: I came across this harrowing account by Professor Allison Stanger of Middlebury College, who was injured in the tumult following Murray’s attempt to...
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Anthropocentric Blinders Can't Be Shed By the Pope
I recently looked at a document that got buried in my in-box put out by the Vatican a while back. It got me thinking once again about a prior encyclical Pope Frances released concerning climate...
View ArticleIllinois Bishop says same-sex couples can't receive communion or last rites
Biphop Thomas Paprocki has decreed that last rites and communion should be withheld from same-sex couples. Unless of course they repent their sins. NPR has the story as well as a copy of the “Decree.”...
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