Showing posts with label Catholic church. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Catholic church. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 09, 2016

Before yesterday's election a Catholic priest used an aborted fetus to make a case for choosing Donald Trump.

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 Courtesy of WaPo :   Ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election, the Rev. Frank Pavone took an aborted fetus, laid it upon an altar Sunda...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Pope Francis says that the church needs to apologize to gays, women, and children. Yes it does!

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Courtesy of National Catholic Reporter :   The Catholic church and other Christian communities must apologize to gay people and to many ...
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Thursday, February 25, 2016

St. Louis Archbishop wants to kick the Girl Scouts off of church property because essentially they do not hate on women and gays nearly enough.

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Courtesy of St. Louis Post-Dispatch :   St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson has issued a letter calling on parishes to seek alternatives...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

The Catholic Church's guidelines for newly appointed Bishops is that it is "not necessarily" their duty to report child sexual abuse.

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Courtesy of the Guardian :   The Catholic church is telling newly appointed bishops that it is “not necessarily” their duty to report a...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Catholic church stunned by Ireland's overwhelming vote to embrace marriage equality.

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Courtesy of Yahoo News :   The once-dominant Catholic Church in Ireland was trying to come to terms Sunday with an overwhelming vote in ...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Religious leaders want certain Supreme Court justices to recuse themselves from the gay marriage case because they might "gasp" be FOR marriage equality.

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Courtesy of The Hill :   Religious leaders are calling on members of the Supreme Court’s liberal wing to recuse themselves from the bloc...
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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Ted Cruz calls those who accept that climate change is real "flat earthers," while also demonstrating a complete misunderstanding of science and history.

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Courtesy of Think Progress :   A few days after accusing “global warming alarmists” like California Governor Jerry Brown (D) of ridicul...
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Friday, January 16, 2015

Pope Francis backs ban on contraception and calls gay marriage “ideological colonization of the family.” So much for progress within the Catholic Church.

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"What did you expect? I'm the Pope." Courtesy of Crux :   In points he’s made before in other settings, Pope Francis o...
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Wednesday, January 07, 2015

American cardinal is blaming feminism for shortage of Catholic priests. Wait, what?

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"Get away from me harlots!" Courtesy of International Business Times :   American Cardinal Raymond Burke, a known conservat...
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Saturday, December 27, 2014

Femen "sextremist" is arrested in Vatican City for stealing baby Jesus while topless.

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Courtesy of News.Mic : Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said the woman, Ukrainian citizen Iana Alexandrovna Zhdanova, stands a...
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Bishop of Shrewsbury calls the John Lennon song Imagine "heart chilling."

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Courtesy of the Catholic Herald :   The Bishop of Shrewsbury has described the John Lennon song Imagine as “heart-chilling” in a Christ...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Former teacher wins 1.9 million is damages after Catholic Diocese fires her for using in vitro fertilization in an attempt to get pregnant.

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Courtesy of The Journal Gazette :   Almost every single thing for which Emily Herx asked the jury, she received.  Nearly $2 million in...
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Monday, December 22, 2014

Is the slow motion death of religion in America more the fault of the Republicans than it is the fault of outspoken Atheists? Could be.

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As all of you know the only thing that fascinates me more than politics is religion. And I spend an inordinate amount of time reading abou...
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Monday, December 01, 2014

Bill Maher finds himself disappointed with the new Pope again.

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On his blog (Oh yes, he has one too!) Bill Maher decides that though he likes the new Pope, he simply cannot condone his praise for exorc...
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Sunday, September 28, 2014

Highest ranking Vatican official ever investigated for sex abuse found to have tens of thousands of child porn videos and pictures on his computer.

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Courtesy of the International Business Times :   A former Vatican archbishop accused of paedophilia stored tens of thousands of child po...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Republicans block resolution to congratulate Pope Francis because he is "too liberal" and "sounds like Obama."

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Courtesy of Raw Story : A bipartisan congressional resolution that would honor Pope Francis before his potential appearance in Philadelp...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Not sure if pedophilia is a crime? Just things Catholic Archbishops say.

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Courtesy of Raw Story :   St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson testified last month that he wasn’t sure whether it was illegal for pries...
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Saturday, June 07, 2014

Irish priest says we cannot judge the nuns who dumped the bodies of almost 800 children and babies because it happened in the past.

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I am sure that you all remember the story I posted Thursday about The home for unwed mothers, run by the Bon Secours Sisters that was fou...
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Sunday, May 04, 2014

Exorcisms on the rise. So nice when the 17th century stops by for a visit, don't you think?

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Courtesy of Slate : This spring, a new school for exorcists opened in Illinois. The Pope Leo XIII Institute for the “education & tra...
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Sunday, March 23, 2014

This constantly burns my ass.

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In fact both men used the church to gain power, and Stalin even studied for the priesthood. They used religion to gain power, and once t...
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