Pope Francis, Breeding Bunnies and Ideological Colonization
Pope Francis confounds me. How can a man who is so eloquent and obviously heartfelt…
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How Mario Cuomo Made the World Safe for Pro-Choice Catholics
Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, who passed away yesterday at 82, is being remembered…
Read MoreWinners and Losers in the “Visitation” of American Nuns?
Pope Francis: Winner When not busy sending dogs to heaven (oops, not really) or brokering the…
Read MorePope Francis vs. the Bishops: An “Overblown” Narrative?
Writing in Crux, associate editor John Allen cautions against the “overblown” narrative of “perceived resistance from…
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WaPo OpEd: Pope Francis and the Koch Bros Love and Serve the Poor Together
In case you were worried that the Koch Brothers were just money-grubbing industrialists hell-bent on…
Read MorePope, Christian Conservatives Team Up to Promote Patriarchy
The Vatican held an interfaith conference this week on the promotion of the “traditional”—that is,…
Read MoreCircuit Court Rejects Priests for Life Contraception Challenge
As if further proof were required that challenges to the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable…
Read MoreUS Bishops Meeting: Pope Who?
The U.S. bishops’ semi-annual meeting, which concluded in Baltimore on Thursday, was one giant raspberry…
Read More“De-Ratzingerization” Continues as Pope Francis Removes Conservative Cardinal Burke
Pope Francis finally dropped the long-expected axe on Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of the curia’s…
Read MoreThe Duck Dynastization of the Bishops’ “Religious Liberty” Meme
What, exactly, have the Catholic bishops wrought by inflaming the religious right with the idea…
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