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    Hope For "Catholic Spring" Eternal

    APRIL 5, 2013 9:19AM

    By Ted Frier


    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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    • 12 Ratings
    • 1276 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    The Clash of Civilizations Over Marriage Equality

    MARCH 26, 2013 10:55AM

    By Ted Frier


    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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    • 6 Ratings
    • 2466 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    German bishops sabotage pedophile sex abuse investigation

    JANUARY 8, 2013 4:54PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: germany, catholic church, christianity, lower saxony, sex abuse, pedophiles, crime

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2728 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Catholic Ryan Needs to do Penance for Sins

    AUGUST 15, 2012 10:30AM

    By Ted Frier


    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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 3474 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Right wing has full bag of tricks to protect the rich

    JULY 17, 2012 3:57PM

    By Ted Frier


    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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 1774 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    Tenderfoot

    JULY 1, 2012 8:39PM

    By Jeremiah Horrigan


    Topics: writing to understand oneself, catholic church, boy scouts, jerry sandusky, sexual abuse, pedophiles

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 6593 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Scalia embodies power corrupt right wing

    JUNE 27, 2012 1:00PM

    By Ted Frier


    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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 4779 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Catholic on Catholic civil war brewing

    MAY 24, 2012 1:16PM

    By Ted Frier


    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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 6775 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Did the Catholic Church castrate abuse whistleblowers?

    MAY 4, 2012 11:41AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: netherlands, holland, child abuse, abuse scandal, catholic church

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 4172 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Romney, GOP Offer Only Empty Slogans

    APRIL 27, 2012 2:49PM

    By Ted Frier


    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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 15970 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Rick Santorum and the Politicization of Religion

    MARCH 15, 2012 8:25AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 5864 Views
    • 132 Comments
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    Bishops' rift with Obama about politics, not religion

    FEBRUARY 8, 2012 1:40PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, catholic church, president obama, conservatism, right wing, birth control, secularism, fox news, theocracy, democracy, religious freedom

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 8599 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    Santorum Dials 911 for Sex Police

    JANUARY 6, 2012 11:53AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, rick santorum, catholic church, birth control, republican party, tea party, radical right, president obama, health care, social compact, john f. kennedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 877 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    iConfession

    JUNE 23, 2011 9:41AM

    By Jerry DeNuccio


    Topics: confession, apps, catholic church, penitence

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2373 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Say it ain't so: Bishop Mixa is back

    JANUARY 21, 2011 12:51PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: walter mixa, germany, catholicism, catholic church, augsburg, bavaria, michael stahl, evangelical christianity

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 25865 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Is nothing sacred? The sad demise of Norway's "sex priest"

    NOVEMBER 22, 2010 1:18PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: pope benedict, catholic church, pope, sex, lutherans, church, norway

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 2044 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    The year in sanity: Fr. James Martin, S.J.

    OCTOBER 19, 2010 5:31PM

    By Max Lindenman


    Topics: glenn beck, stephen colbert, the colbert report, catholic church, fr. james martin, theyearinsanity

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 13670 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    God weighs in on Love Parade tragedy

    AUGUST 10, 2010 7:45AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: love parade, catholic church, salzburg, duisburg, gay rights, homosexuality, islam, atheism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 39 Ratings
    • 3071 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    Father "Her" -- Women in the Priesthood

    AUGUST 2, 2010 7:23AM

    By Donna Carbone


    Topics: second vatican council, priesthood, vatican, catholic church, bridge mary meehan, john o'callaghan, dena o'callaghan, lona o'connor

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 5387 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Bishop's resignation shifts attention to Protestant abuse

    JULY 16, 2010 11:21AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: germany, hamburg, maria jensen, child abuse, pedophilia, catholic church, walter mixa, robert zollitsch

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