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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.

Beyond Belief: Election 2016, OMFG, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Remapping American Christianities, Sexuality/GenderMarch 9, 2016

Conservative Catholic Elites Oppose Trump… as He Rides Catholic Vote to Victory in Michigan

By Patricia Miller

Much ink has already been spilled trying to parse Donald Trump’s appeal to evangelicals. Are…

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Archive, Culture, Patricia Miller, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderMarch 2, 2016

How the Catholic Church Changed the Movies

By Patricia Miller

With this week’s big Oscar win for Spotlight, an unsparing look at the Catholic Church’s cover-up…

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016, OMFG, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderFebruary 26, 2016

The “Batsh*t Crazy” Party’s Candidates Assume Their “Religious Liberty” Stances

By Patricia Miller

If last night’s debate revealed anything beyond the fact that, in the words of Lindsey Graham,…

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OMFG, Patricia Miller, RD BlogFebruary 23, 2016

Are the Girls Scouts Evil? And What About Thin Mints?

By Patricia Miller

In the latest example of a high-ranking Catholic prelate who hasn’t gotten the memo from…

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Beyond Belief: Election 2016, OMFG, Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, RD BlogFebruary 18, 2016

Pope Calls Trump “Not Christian”…But What’s So Different About Trump?

By Patricia Miller

Is Bernie the only viable Christian?

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Patricia Miller, Politics/Law, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderFebruary 16, 2016

Scalia’s (Not Very Catholic, Right Wing) Originalism

By Patricia Miller

The late Antonin Scalia is rightly being remembered for almost single-handedly creating and promulgating the…

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OMFG, Patricia Miller, RD Blog, UncategorizedFebruary 10, 2016

Is Pope Francis’ Abuse Commission A Fail?

By Patricia Miller

Pope Francis’ formation of a committee to advise him on long-term policies to stem clerical…

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OMFG, Patricia Miller, RD BlogFebruary 4, 2016

Does Donald Trump Have a Catholic Problem?

By Patricia Miller

And apparently he cheats at golf.

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OMFG, Patricia Miller, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderFebruary 2, 2016

Another Guardian of Catholic Orthodoxy Accused of Protecting Sexual Abusers

By Patricia Miller

Fast on the heels of the news that a Bavarian boys choir directed by Pope…

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OMFG, Patricia Miller, RD Blog, Sexuality/GenderJanuary 21, 2016

What Did Pope Benedict Know and When Did He Know It?

By Patricia Miller

In the wake of the startling revelation that well over 200 boys were abused over…

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