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Patricia Miller

Patricia Miller is a Washington, DC–based journalist and the author of Good Catholics: The Battle Over Abortion in the Catholic Church. Her work at the intersection of politics, sex and religion has appeared in The Atlantic, Salon, The Nation, Huffington Post, RH Reality Check and Ms. Magazine.

OMFG, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderNovember 3, 2014

Are “Pro-Life” Hispanic Catholics the Democrats’ Future?

By Patricia Miller

Michael Sean Winters is taking Wendy Davis’ “lackluster” gubernatorial campaign in Texas as evidence that…

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Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderOctober 29, 2014

Catholic College Won’t Reveal Insurer; Yet Another Contraception Accommodation in the Works?

By Patricia Miller

In a twist that shows just how absurd the entire debate over “religious freedom” and…

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OMFG, Patricia Miller, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderOctober 28, 2014

Douthat: Conservatives Will Take Their Ball and Go Home if Francis Changes “Their” Church

By Patricia Miller

In the New York Times, Ross Douthat cheers the conservative rebuff at the recently concluded…

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OMFG, Patricia Miller, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderOctober 21, 2014

Did Pope Francis Win, Lose or Draw at the Family Synod?

By Patricia Miller

How you view the no-consensus outcome of the just-concluded Extraordinary Synod on the Family very…

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OMFG, Patricia Miller, RD BlogOctober 17, 2014

Conservative Bishops Get “Different Translation” Dialing Back Language on LGBT Acceptance

By Patricia Miller

Will the Francis revolution be lost in translation?

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OMFG, Patricia Miller, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderOctober 14, 2014

Bishops More Welcoming To LGBT, But Not to Women

By Patricia Miller

The surprisingly conciliatory tone regarding gay Catholics in the working document for the family synod…

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(A)theologies, OMFG, Patricia Miller, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderOctober 9, 2014

R.I.P. Pope John Paul’s “Contraceptive Mentality”: 1979–2014

By Patricia Miller

The biggest news to come out of the bishops’ synod in Rome so far is…

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(A)theologies, Patricia Miller, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderOctober 6, 2014

Pope Calls Out “Bad Shepherds” as Conservatives Prepare to Fight Change

By Patricia Miller

Just a day before gay marriage in the U.S. received a significant boost from the Supreme…

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OMFG, Patricia Miller, RD BlogOctober 3, 2014

Will the Catholic Church Throw Cold Water on the LARC Revolution?

By Patricia Miller

A consensus is building at an astounding rate that long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) such as…

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OMFG, Patricia Miller, RD BlogSeptember 30, 2014

New Accusations Force the Question: Will Bishops “Be Held Accountable” on Sexual Abuse, as Francis Promised?

By Patricia Miller

It’s been just two months since Pope Francis declared, to the skepticism of victims’ rights…

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