File under “Doubling Down — In The Vain Hope That The Tide of History Will Turn Back The Clock.”
Benedict promoted traditional marriage in his annual ‘State of the Church’ speech at the Vatican and added posts lauding truth, faith
Vatican Police Stop Protesters Carrying Signs: ‘Gay Unions Don’t Harm Peace – Weapons Do’
A peaceful protest by pro-equality advocates at the Vatican against the Pope’s recent statements that same-sex marriage offends “human truth” and threatens peace and justice is disrupted by Vatican police. They removed the protesters and the signs, which read, “Gay … Continue reading
Vatican disciplines Austrian dissident priest
File under … “Oh Snap!”
Apparently someone’s got his white cassock in a twist. The pettiness of these “holy” men is absolutely astounding.
By Philip Pullella
The Vatican has cracked down on a prominent Austrian Roman Catholic priest who has
50 Reasons to Boycott the Catholic Church
The Church uses its resources to oppose social progress and positive change all over the world.
By Adam Lee
Last month in Ireland, Savita Halappanavar died, and she shouldn’t have. Savita was a 31-year-old married woman, four months pregnant, who
For Gay Catholics, an Alternative to the Collection Plate
By donating gift cards to local priests, churchgoers can support their parishes without accidentally funding political causes.
Salvatore Cordileone is the archbishop of San Francisco. Although — or, perhaps, because — he lives in the American city most identified with
The Vatican Implosion
Robert C. Mickens, Vatican correspondent and columnist for “The Tablet,” speaks about The Vatican’s implosion and what it means for Catholics.
Film defrocks church hierarchy over handling of sex abuse
By Andrea Burzynski
Four deaf Wisconsin men were some of the first to seek justice after suffering childhood sexual abuse at the hands of a priest, and a new documentary about the Catholic Church’s poor handling of such cases stemming
Quote of the Day
“When you rape children, cover it, rape them again, cover it up, rape them again, finally get caught, still cover it up, apologize, recant your apology, then blame the victim, you have zero moral authority to lecture others about their
MEA MAXIMA CULPA SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD
Alex Gibney, an award-winning documentary maker whose work has focussed on Lance Armstrong, Julian Assange, and Enron, has found his most contentious topic yet.
His Oscar-touted exposé, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, traces a sex-abuse scandal … Continue reading
MEA MAXIMA CULPA SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD
Alex Gibney, an award-winning documentary maker whose work has focussed on Lance Armstrong, Julian Assange, and Enron, has found his most contentious topic yet.
His Oscar-touted exposé, Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, traces a sex-abuse scandal … Continue reading