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Hope For "Catholic Spring" Eternal
APRIL 5, 2013 9:19AM
Topics: republican party, humanity, modernity, gary wills, college of cardinals, jesuit restorative justice initiative, ecumenicalism, protestants, muslims, jews, morality, obedience, free will, pope benedict, good friday, humility, catholic right, andrew sullivan, holy thursday, easter, cardinal law, child abuse scandal, vatican, pope francis, conservatism, religion, catholic church
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- 1276 Views
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The Clash of Civilizations Over Marriage Equality
MARCH 26, 2013 10:55AM
Topics: politics, catholic church, supreme court, fundamentalism, gay rights, traditionalism, modernity, andrew sullivan, douglas wilson, law, science, truth, traditions of civility, democracy, personal autonomy, free will, religion, pope benedict, pope john paul ii, birth control, president obama, walter lippmann, secularism, marketplace of ideas, utilitarianism, separation between church and state, biblical morality, new testament, theocracy, taliban, religious freedom, traditional marriate, christianity, republican party. christian nation
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- 2466 Views
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German bishops sabotage pedophile sex abuse investigation
JANUARY 8, 2013 4:54PM
Topics: germany, catholic church, christianity, lower saxony, sex abuse, pedophiles, crime
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Catholic Ryan Needs to do Penance for Sins
AUGUST 15, 2012 10:30AM
Topics: poliitcs, economics, paul ryan, ayn rand, mitt romney, right wing, capitalism free market, catholic church, sin, atheism, immorality, ryan budget, paul ryan, objectivism, conservatism, nuns on a bus, charity, compassion, tea party, christian fundamentalism, christianity, georgetown university, laissez faire, supply side economics, gospel of love, jesus christ, william f. buckley jr., republican party, democratic party, president obama, fiscal conservative, social safety net, tax cuts, food stamps, poverty, free market, atlas shrugged
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Right wing has full bag of tricks to protect the rich
JULY 17, 2012 3:57PM
Topics: economics, politics, arthur brooks, american enterprise institute, wall street, financial crisis, oligarchy, plutocracy, capitalism, supply side capitalism, cronyism, barney frank, elizabeth warren, free enterpise, big government, thomas frank, subprime mortgages, george w. bush, elitism, catholic church, pedophile, ayn rand, poverty, wal mart, entrepreneurs, corporate raiders, laissez faire, jonathan chait, president obama, housing bubble, whigs
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Tenderfoot
JULY 1, 2012 8:39PM
Topics: writing to understand oneself, catholic church, boy scouts, jerry sandusky, sexual abuse, pedophiles
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Scalia embodies power corrupt right wing
JUNE 27, 2012 1:00PM
Topics: politics, economics, antonin scalia, supreme court, citizens united, constitution, arizona immigration law, right wing, conservatism, walter lippmann, catholic church, absolutism, autacracy, dream act, president obama, birth control, salon, fox news, talk radio, roberts court, clarence thomas, bush v. gore, roe v. wade, james fallows, dana milbank, vatican ii, voter id, chris hayes, twilight of the elites, meritocracy, ed schultz, msnbc, oligarchy, plutocracy, democracy, political power, rule of law
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- 4779 Views
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Catholic on Catholic civil war brewing
MAY 24, 2012 1:16PM
Topics: religion, politics, catholic church, bishops, contraception, president obama, republican party, religious right, leadership council of women religious, sister joan chittister, ej dionne, fascism, pope pius xii, us conference of bishops, national catholic reporter, nazism, adolph hitler, religious freedom, first amendment, maureen dowd, health insurance mandate, homosexuality, new ways ministry, catholic charities, caritas, girl scouts, vatican, authoritarianism, papal infallibility, democracy, women's rights, obedience
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- 6775 Views
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Did the Catholic Church castrate abuse whistleblowers?
MAY 4, 2012 11:41AM
Topics: netherlands, holland, child abuse, abuse scandal, catholic church
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- 4172 Views
- 35 Comments
Romney, GOP Offer Only Empty Slogans
APRIL 27, 2012 2:49PM
Topics: stereotypes, public opinion, walter lippmann, allegory of the cave, plato's republic, plato, david frum, planned parenthood, social justice, catholic bishops, catholic church, spending cuts, tax hikes, david brooks, partisanship, ezra klein, frank luntz, jennifer rubin, head start, medicaid, student loans, politico, class warfare, andrew breitbart, thomas frank, divisive, socialism, 2012 election, democratic party, president obama, poverty, lucky duckies, wall street journal, job creators, eric cantor, republican party, ryan budger, paul ryan, mitt romney, economics, politics
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- 15970 Views
- 47 Comments
Rick Santorum and the Politicization of Religion
MARCH 15, 2012 8:25AM
Topics: religious extremism, separation of church and state, pope benedict xvil, father marcial maciel, catholic priest sex scandal, catholic church, regnum christi, legion of christ, opus dei, rick santorum, 2012 republican primary race, religion, politics
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- 5864 Views
- 132 Comments
Bishops' rift with Obama about politics, not religion
FEBRUARY 8, 2012 1:40PM
Topics: politics, religion, catholic church, president obama, conservatism, right wing, birth control, secularism, fox news, theocracy, democracy, religious freedom
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- 8599 Views
- 18 Comments
Santorum Dials 911 for Sex Police
JANUARY 6, 2012 11:53AM
Topics: politics, religion, rick santorum, catholic church, birth control, republican party, tea party, radical right, president obama, health care, social compact, john f. kennedy
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- 877 Views
- 34 Comments
iConfession
JUNE 23, 2011 9:41AM
Topics: confession, apps, catholic church, penitence
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- 2373 Views
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Say it ain't so: Bishop Mixa is back
JANUARY 21, 2011 12:51PM
Topics: walter mixa, germany, catholicism, catholic church, augsburg, bavaria, michael stahl, evangelical christianity
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- 25865 Views
- 37 Comments
Is nothing sacred? The sad demise of Norway's "sex priest"
NOVEMBER 22, 2010 1:18PM
Topics: pope benedict, catholic church, pope, sex, lutherans, church, norway
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- 2044 Views
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The year in sanity: Fr. James Martin, S.J.
OCTOBER 19, 2010 5:31PM
Topics: glenn beck, stephen colbert, the colbert report, catholic church, fr. james martin, theyearinsanity
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- 13670 Views
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God weighs in on Love Parade tragedy
AUGUST 10, 2010 7:45AM
Topics: love parade, catholic church, salzburg, duisburg, gay rights, homosexuality, islam, atheism
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- 3071 Views
- 48 Comments
Father "Her" -- Women in the Priesthood
AUGUST 2, 2010 7:23AM
Topics: second vatican council, priesthood, vatican, catholic church, bridge mary meehan, john o'callaghan, dena o'callaghan, lona o'connor
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- 5387 Views
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Bishop's resignation shifts attention to Protestant abuse
JULY 16, 2010 11:21AM
Topics: germany, hamburg, maria jensen, child abuse, pedophilia, catholic church, walter mixa, robert zollitsch
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