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At this point, we have pretty strict measures for keeping track of the whereabouts of convicted sex offenders once they've served their time. But unfortunately there's one large organization that's managed to circumvent these rules and seems to be fine with some 200 suspected child molesters living more or less unchecked and within range of other potential victims: it's the Catholic Church, no surprise. More »
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Sarah, a senior at Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., didn't appreciate being spammed about last month's March for Life on her school email address, so she emailed the sender, an Associate Campus Minister for Women's Ministry and Social Justice, and asked to be taken off the list. "I am a pro-choice Catholic," she wrote. "I am a rape survivor and you have no right to tell me that at 11 years old, I should have kept a baby. Please do not send me emails regarding any anti-choice issues. Thanks." Tough luck, Sarah. More »
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops apparently doesn't understand the meaning of the word "compromise" or that crazy theory known as "separation of church and state." More »
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When Megan Edwards and her fiancée Katie McTurk heard about a Valentine's Day contest for couples who met at their alma mater, St. Joseph's University, they were eager to enter. But then they found out the contest was for straight couples only. More »
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Once again Republicans are accusing the Obama administration of religious discrimination because they believe "freedom of religion" means that they should have the freedom to impose their religious beliefs on every American. Sadly this time they're toying with the health of one of the most vulnerable groups imaginable: the victims of human trafficking. More »
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The Catholic Church is no stranger to preaching one thing and doing another. There are, of course, the recent sexual abuse cases, and who can forget the Crusades? Now we have a new—less egregious but still annoying—violation to add to the list! Here goes: It turns out that the Catholic Church in Germany owns a publishing house that sells pornography, and now that people have found out they're trying to claim it was all a big misunderstanding! Of course it was. More »
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If you're a Catholic woman who's had an abortion and are interested in no longer being excommunicated, you should make your way to Madrid — fast. In a special, limited-time offer, the church is making it easier for those who confess to having an abortion to obtain absolution and rejoin the church. More »
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In the video for Lady Gaga's "Judas," Jesus has cornrows. The disciples are a leather-clad motorcycle gang. Gaga wears a bikini top featuring nipple-hiding crosses, and folks are anointed with holy water and beer. But as Gaga tells E!: More »
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Last week, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced that 21 priests were suspended from ministry after they were cited in a scathing grand jury report as child molestation suspects—in cases that go as far back as the 1990s—involved in a larger cover-up conspiracy by higher-ups in the church. One of the priests on that list, the Rev. Peter Talocci, was at my parish in the late '80s/early '90s (we knew him as "Father Pete") and I can't say I'm at all surprised. My strongest memory of him is of the private time I spent with him outside of school when I was about 9 or 10 years old, during which he made inappropriate sexual comments to me and my girlfriends. More »
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A (brave?) church in London has started holding a special mass for homosexuals. Some are protesting, but Archbishop Vincent Nichols says those, "trying to cast judgment on people who come forward for communion really ought to hold their tongue." Word. More »
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The Vatican issued a "clarification" to comments by Monsignor Rino Fisichella that Brazilian Archbishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho should have tried some compassion in the case of the 9-year-old rape victim who had an abortion. In short: Fuck compassion. [Time] More »
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Our favorite Slate writer, William Saletan, is a reasonable guy. He just wants to masturbate without the soul-crushing guilt associated with disobeying the will of God. As such, he's got a plan to make choking the chicken right with God. More »
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Catholic legal scholar and conservative Obama supporter Douglas Kmiec writes how the Pope's recent statement that Catholic theology obligates legislators and judges to work to undermine abortion law all but requires Justice Scalia to resign. More »
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In a new book, Christopher Jamison, a prominent Catholic cleric in England, has become a vocal critic of Disney and what he sees as the company's encouragement of materialism in children. While Jamison says that the Disney movies often have a moral message of good triumphing over evil, the products that go along with the movies encourage children to think that material objects will give them happiness and a place in the Disney world. Jamison says: "Where once morality and meaning were available as part of our free cultural inheritance, now corporations sell them to us as products." [Telegraph] More »
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Sister Emmanuelle, the Belgian-born nun who became the most popular nun in France, died on Sunday in the French town of Callian. She was 99. Sister Emmanuelle often worked in slums and impoverished areas in Tunisia, Turkey and Egypt, where she would create networks of clinics and schools. Later in her life, she would also often appear on French television where she became popular for speaking out for the needy. Sister Emmanuelle liked to describe herself as "no saint" but "vindictive" and "a little bit feminist." [AFP] More »
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