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Pope says 'backward' U.S. conservatives have replaced faith with ideology

Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the U.S. Catholic Church, saying they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding of Catholic doctrine allows...

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Are America’s Catholic Bishops Embracing Christian Nationalism?

In the Introduction to her new book, Playing God: American Catholic Bishops And The Far Right (Melville House, 2023), veteran reporter Mary Jo McConahay, writes: “The euphoria with which American...

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Overnight News Digest

Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom....

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How To Fight Back Against MAGA Extremists

I turned on MSNBC about a month ago on a Sunday morning, only to see a show being rebroadcast from a recent previous evening program. It wasn’t a problem, or so I thought, as I hadn’t seen the previous...

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Chaos Agents Everywhere

I received a WhatsApp message the other day asking me to sign a petition demanding the Obama Foundation cancel the scholarship of a student for posting the above commentary on a photo of students...

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Vatican Cardinal sentenced to 5½ years for multi-million dollar embezzlement

Until 2018, Cardinal Angelo Becciu was the Substitute for General Affairs at the Vatican’s Secretariat of State. In plain English, he was at the apex of the Catholic Church’s bureaucratic hierarchy....

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Christian rift widens over pope's altered stance on same-sex couples

When a story appears in the media talking about the views of Christians, it’s almost certain to be focused on conservative evangelical Christians who support Donald Trump. More often than not, that...

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Overnight News Digest: One week down, 51 to go!

Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom....

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NFL kicker's commencement speech slams LGBTQ, feminism, contraception,...

Harrison Butker is a placekicker for the Kansas City Chiefs and a miserable human being. NFL fans will probably know him. Everyone else will likely not. However, after his commencement speech at...

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Pope Francis says America's Catholic Bishops have "a suicidal attitude"

Note: The reader should take nothing in the following essay as a criticism of any individual Catholic and their faith. The Constitution, and more importantly decency and respect, protect every...

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Nancy Pelosi being punished in SF for standing up for women's rights

Ok, This actually happened on May 20th, but I am slow to learn these things.  Thanks for my sometimes checking on the braying of the right wing, I finally found out about this issue today.Let’s example...

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From cultural genocide to the Dobbs decision, religious tyranny is America's...

We think of bullying as a school-age evil. But it does not stop when we grow up. Gerrymandering and voter ID laws are the acts of people with power pushing the powerless around. And much of organized...

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The European Witch Craze

Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion, art, science, food, and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about...

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Overnight News Digest: Friday Night around the world.

Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and  JeremyBloom....

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Preview of Trump's Inauguration Prayer

It is reported that Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York will be leading the opening prayer at the second inauguration of Donald Trump, on January 20, 2025.Cardinal Dolan will be doing the work of the...

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Will Trump and Vance Try to Pick the Next Pope?

A few days ago, Pope Francis was hospitalized for what is turning out to be a complex illness. Pope's health a 'complex clinical situation', Vatican says. Francis is 88 years old and has been having...

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Pope Francis has died

The Pope is Dead. Less than 24 hours after receiving U.S. Vice President JD Vance the 266th bishop of Rome and leader of the Catholic Church has died on Easter Monday (7:35 AM CET), aged 88.Born Jorge...

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The "Golden Age of Greatness"; Ann Telnaes Wins Pulitzer — The Week in...

xThe furthest thing from a Pope, or even a Christian. Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons! See more at GoComics.com/laloalcaraz[image or embed]— Lalo Alcaraz (@laloalcaraz.bsky.social) May 4, 2025 at...

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New Pope Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago. Pope Leo XIV.

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