Lame Apologies for Un-Excommunicated Lefebvrites
When is an apology not an apology? When it’s just part of a public relations campaign.
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Pope Un-Excommunicates Four Bad Apples, Including Holocaust Denier
Benedict decides to rescind the excommunications of four bishops, all of whom are antagonistic toward Judaism, and one of whom is a holocaust-denier.
Read MorePresident Receives Mixed Messages from Catholic Hierarchy
In a jolly pope-a-gram, Benedict welcomes the new president; the head US Cardinal is not so friendly in his welcome.
Read MoreRick Warren and The (Necessary) Narcissism of Faith
Warren’s prayer began with all of us, narrowed itself to the Judeo-Christian monotheist, then more narrowly still on the Christian, then more narrowly still on that faith as experienced by Rick Warren himself. A stunning rhetorical achievement.
Read MoreHe Changed Bush’s Heart, Yet Destroyed the Faith of a Nation!
The outgoing president’s much-vaunted faith may have given religion a bad name.
Read More“I Am Pro-Choice and Pro-Life”
While the decision for any individual to abort or not is a delicate and fraught one, the desire for state control women’s bodies comes down to good old fashioned misogyny.
Read MoreCardinal Warns Women Against Marrying Muslims: Would Bring “A Pile of Trouble”
The Portuguese Cardinal’s warning manages to be a cocktail of Islamophobia, racism, sexism, xenophobia…
Read MoreInauguration Captures US Patchwork
The door is not just open to Muslim Americans; we are not sitting in the living room; there is a room for us in the house now.
Read MoreWarren Continues “Aggressively Christian” Tradition
While calling for all Americans to unite and work together, Warren used his “aggressively Christian” prayer to perpetuate and deepen the religious divide in our country.
Read MoreEqual Opportunity Apocalypse or: Our Psycho-Sexual Brouhaha
What can the strange juxtaposition of Warren and Robinson teach us about the current state of the religion-and-culture wars?
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