Economy Bankrupting the Culture War?
The downturned economy has momentarily taken the heat off LGBTQ Americans. The rub: they can be poor too.
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Vatican Official Challenges Excommunication in Brazil
Archbishop says that in the case of the nine-year-old girl who was excommunicated for her life-saving abortion, the first concern of the Church should have been pastoral, not punitive.
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Why David Brooks Doesn’t Get the Outrage Over AIG
Despite the fact that the AIG bonuses represent only a fraction of the crisis there’s more to economics than number crunching.
Read MoreEgyptian Fatwa Gives Neighbors Right to Dissolve Marriages
Worried about what the neighbors think? Egyptians now have a serious reason to.
Read MoreTeen Births Rise; Can Faith-Based Leaders Help?
Only a minority of Obama’s faith-based leaders have any expertise on the topic and most are far more philosophically attuned to abstinence-only sexuality education
Read MoreFearful Saudi Conservatives Flexing Muscles
As the Saudi leadership makes motions toward liberalizing the state a conservative leader makes an interesting argument.
Read MoreAIG: On Charisma and Routinization of Greed
Why exactly are these prophets receiving even more bonus money and what happened to Obama the prophet candidate?
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Abstinence, Not Condoms, Says Pope Upon Leaving for Africa
The Pope sticks to a failing position as he heads to Africa. More then simply correct information we need to change attitudes toward the basic goodness of human sexual relations as part of preventing the spread of AIDS.
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‘Miracle’ in Manila
How the Catholic Church helped transform an accomplice to government corruption into a man of the people and leader of a movement to oust a corrupt administration.
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Denying Communion to Prochoice Politicians
While some Bishops attempt to spread their views on the denial of communion beyond their fiefdoms, there’s no theological demand for doing so.
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