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Lowes Bowed to Pressure from Man with THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS

By Sarah Posner

…it has convinced 65 other advertisers to pull their ads, according to the Detroit News. Caton is well-known in his Florida community for using his non-profit, tax-exempt (and therefore taxpayer subsidized) organization (which, according to its most recent tax return, has revenues of less than $200,000) to try to confuse big institutions that his THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS might stop buying their two-by-fours. Lowes looks even more ridiculous for bac…

Archbishop Nienstedt Admits … No Wrong in Sexual Abuse Scandals; Pledges to Keep Doing What He Does

By Patricia Miller

…not safety. In his column and in interviews with local papers, Nienstedt also denied the allegations reportedly made in ten sworn statements that he had engaged in homosexual relationships as he made his way up the hierarchical ladder. He told the Star Tribune, “I’m not gay,” but said, “I made a lot of enemies by the stands I’ve taken in Detroit and here. I assume it feeds into that.”…

God’s Amicus Curiae on Town of Greece v. Galloway SCOTUS Case

By Peter Laarman

…tering on about me without the slightest clue of what I want—and with no consideration at all for my privacy. Oh, well. It is what it is. I will say this much: If somebody asked me (nicely) to spend some time with the folks in Detroit as they sort out that bankruptcy mess, I probably would go. I love my long-suffering Motor City people. And in Greektown, unlike Greece, NY., you can at least get a decent burger with your beer when the meeting is ov…

Week in Religion: More Praying in Texas, First Hindu Chaplain, Modest Muslim Weightlifter

By Michael J. Altman

…American Catholic Council is hosting a conference of liberal Catholics in Detroit this weekend. Army Captain Pratima Dharm is the first Hindu chaplain in the U.S. military. An Oregon faith-healing couple were convicted of felony criminal mistreatment when they chose to seek ritual faith healing for a growth over their daughter’s eye instead of medical care. The rector of a Muslim University in Russia was gunned down. Maksud I. Sadikov sought to r…

Papal Consultant: Cuomo Should Be Denied Communion

By Randall Balmer

…er watch” to see if any cleric actually would turn the Democratic nominee away from the altar rail. Yes, abortion is contrary to church teaching, and it has been since at least the nineteenth century. But there are two things that I found confounding during the days of the “wafer watch.” First, and most obviously, taking a political stand that access to abortion should be legal does not mean, on the part of a politician, that he or she believes th…

Gays Going to Hell According to “Expert” Witness in Michigan’s Gay Marriage Trial

By Darnell Moore

…glas Allen, Canadian economist and expert (*coughs*) witness in Michigan’s gay marriage trial. I would laugh uncontrollably if I didn’t understand the actual adverse effects such violent, punitive and dogmatic theologizing has on LGBTQ people and others. According to the Detroit Free Press, Ken Mogill, the attorney representing Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer who happens to be the lesbian couple challenging the ban, asked, “Is it accurate that you be…

Controversial Mary Statue Weeps Because ‘We’re Killing This World’

By Joseph Laycock

…ply isn’t good enough. At least one woman, who managed to get his unlisted number, screamed at him demanding that he confirm the miracle. While Marian apparitions always bring controversy, this is especially so in urban areas where neighbors rarely appreciate pilgrims blocking traffic and saying the rosaries at all hours of the night. City officials responded by noting that the statue’s enclosure, which was built without a permit, did not meet bui…

Vatican Pitbulls Make Cardinal

By Mary E. Hunt

…State of Michigan through which office funds for abortions were channeled. Detroit’s Cardinal Edmund Szoka ordered her to leave her post, but she resisted with support from her Mercy community. She argued that even though she was personally opposed to abortion she was bound by her job description to do the work the people of Michigan hired her to do. Bevilaqua, an expert in canon law, was allegedly deputized personally by Pope John Paul II to deli…

Vatican Furiously Walks Back Pope’s Understatement of Sexual Abuse Problem

By Patricia Miller

…Sunday that the rate of pedophilia in the church was about two percent (a number that is 50 percent lower than the rate found in the US report of the problem commissioned by the bishops) it seemed a refreshing acknowledgement of the potential severity of the problem—until the Vatican began furiously trying to walk the comments back. A Vatican spokesperson said the interview wasn’t an interview “in the normal use of the word” and that the quote ca…

Civil Rights and Soul: Memphis 2010

By Lauri Lebo

…, which was the grittier, edgier Memphis soul sister to the hit machine of Detroit’s Motown Records. An exhibit there paid tribute to the soul’s gospel roots. It also made a point that I admit I had never considered before about why so many Civil Rights leaders grew out of the church. In the 50s and 60s, politics and other professions were largely closed to black men because of segregation and the terrorism of Jim Crow. Consequently, many of the c…