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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, RD BlogJune 6, 2014

Abuser Priests Were “Off Duty,” Lawyer Argues

By Patricia Miller

A central contention of the Catholic bishops’ “religious liberty” argument is that Catholics shouldn’t have…

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(A)theologies, Archive, StoriesJune 5, 2014

The Story Behind the Catholic Church’s Stunning Reversal on Contraception

By Patricia Miller

Years later, when the remembrance of so many other things had faded, the memory still…

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OMFG, Patricia Miller, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderJune 4, 2014

Bishops Rile Up the Religious Right, Then and Now

By Patricia Miller

There’s been a lot of discussion lately of the ideological roots of the Christian Right….

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OMFG, Patricia Miller, RD BlogJune 2, 2014

Kudlow Brags on Twitter About Helping Card. Dolan Write “Free Market” Oped

By Patricia Miller

CNBC host Larry Kudlow is bragging on Twitter that he helped Cardinal Timothy Dolan with…

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Patricia Miller, RD BlogMay 29, 2014

Cardinal Dolan Softens Pope’s Anti-Capitalism Rhetoric

By Patricia Miller

He may not be railing against gay marriage anymore, but the affable Cardinal is still doing his thing.

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Patricia Miller, RD BlogMay 21, 2014

Why Can’t the Vatican Hear Women?

By Patricia Miller

Progressive Catholic orgs petition the Pope to lay off the nuns. Not bloody likely.

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Patricia Miller, RD BlogMay 13, 2014

The ObamaCare “Abortion Fee” Hoax

By Patricia Miller

in which they file lawsuits…

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Patricia Miller, RD BlogMay 9, 2014

LCWR Nuns Respond, Acknowledge Severity of Vatican Mistrust

By Patricia Miller

PR battle with Vatican heats up.

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Patricia Miller, RD BlogMay 7, 2014

Vatican Takedown of Nuns No Laughing Matter

By Patricia Miller

The “pope’s theologian” laughs off rebuke of LCWR, suggests “dialogue.”

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Patricia Miller, RD BlogMay 5, 2014

Vatican Accuses Nuns of “Open Provocation”

By Patricia Miller

Tightens grip on the LCWR.

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