"Big vagina energy: the return of the sheela na gig"
Again, The Guardian (American edition) stands head and shoulders above the rest of the media with a unique article that’s fascinating on a subject most of us have not encountered before. I’ve been a...
View ArticlePope says the Catholic Church can't bless same-sex unions. Should we care?
I grew up Catholic. Went to Catholic grade school and high school, got confirmed, went to confession (at least twice!), received communion, ate ham and potato salad in basements—the whole nine...
View ArticleOn May 10th, German Catholic Churches Defy the Vatican & Bless Same-Sex...
Orthodoxy is the Catholic Church’s cross. Even a Pope with relatively liberal leanings finds it impossible to change the Church’s dogma. He may say some pretty things, but the Church remains clear on...
View ArticleHow quickly can a diary's warning become TRUE?
I wrote a diary a mere 2 days ago:SCOTUS: Religions can discriminate, since it's not prejudice if you call it a religion.I said in the comments that this will get worse, and hey presto:US Catholic...
View ArticleRight Wing Bishops Vote To Deny Communion To Biden
The Republican Party and its conservative allies in the Catholic Church (and evangelical churches) have long used religion as a wedge issue to demonize Democrats and falsely portray them as...
View ArticleFriday Night Beer Blog: Pretzels and Beer Edition
Greetings, beer lovers! Happy Friday, and yes, ‘tis chingchongchinaman once again (or not again, as you may react) as your guest FNBB blogger for this evening, the middle portion of the 3-week “guest...
View ArticleKey member of bishops' group that wanted to deny Biden communion resigns...
Masturbation is still a big no-no, according to the Catholic Church. The catechism calls it “an intrinsically and gravely disordered action.” But it’s only a mortal sin if you’re doing it right. For...
View ArticleConservative vaccine skeptic Cardinal Burke on ventilator after contracting...
Outspoken conservative Cardinal Raymond L. Burke is reportedly on a ventilator after contracting COVID-19 sometime last week. The Washington Post reports that Burke announced that he had tested...
View ArticleUltra-Conservative Cardinal Raymond Burke, a COVID Vaccine Critic,...
American Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke has been placed on a ventilator. A statement issued Tuesday evening said that he was in “serious but stable condition.” Burke, a major critic of Pope Francis -- so...
View ArticleWhy Anti-Abortion Is Anti-Christian: Right to Life = Right to Lie
Imaging a MAGA who thinks Covid is a hoax, masks don’t work, vaccines contain microchips, and horse dewormer is an effective treatment against a virus (a virus that he believes is no worse than the...
View ArticleLarry Elder wants to ban sex-ed in schools, that’s child abuse
Larry Elder, the leading Republican candidate in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recall election, visited the Destiny Christian Church, a conservative evangelical megachurch on Sunday, and gave the congregation...
View ArticleConservative SF Archbishop & Catholic Media Want to Reinstall Serra...
In September 2015, Pope Francis canonized St. Junipero Serra. Six years later, arguments about whether a statue to Serra that was removed from Sacramento last year, should be put back. Conservative...
View ArticlePaedophilia Inc. The Catholic Church
Systematic and protected An investigation into sexual abuse in the French Catholic Church has found that an estimated 216,000 children were victims of abuse by clergy since 1950,...
View ArticleGood: Laïcité Reconfirmed.
Liberté, Égalité, Laïcité!WhoopsFollowing the publication of a report this week about sexual abuse of children by the clergy, Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, who is archbishop of Reims and head of the...
View ArticleCatholic Bishop slams Catholic HHS Secretary Becerra for pro-gay stance
Joe Biden is not the only liberal Catholic politician who has drawn the ire of the American Catholic Church authorities. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Xavier Becerra, is now getting grief...
View ArticleL.A. Archbishop José Gomez Cranks Up Culture Wars: Attacks Biden and Black...
“I believe the best way for the Church to understand the new social justice movements, is to understand them as pseudo-religions, and even replacements and rivals to traditional Christian...
View ArticleCatholic Archdioceses Declare War on Transgender People
The Catholic Church with its history of sexual abuse of children and covering it up, financial shenanigans, shuttered churches and dwindling numbers of parishioners, backing conservative politicians,...
View ArticleLondon: Teachers Strike Over Ban On Gay Author Discussing His Book At...
Teachers at a school in Croydon, South London are on strike. They are protesting a ban on gay author Simon James Green’s visit on World Book Day. He was due to discuss his novel “Noah Can’t Even” which...
View ArticleRep. MT Greene: Satan controls Catholic church & tricks women into...
Not long after a court hearing in Atlanta, Georgia, where Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed she couldn’t “recall” whether or not she called for then President Donald Trump to institute martial law...
View ArticlePope Francis tells Patriarch Kirill to not be "Putin's Altar Boy"
There is an old expression- " Fools rush in where angels fear to tread," so I hesitate to bring up anything to do with the Catholic church on this site. But I, a gay cradle Catholic who has been in...
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