God May Weep For Church Sexual Abuse, But Bishop Chaput Prefers to Bark
When Pope Francis met with five victims of sexual abuse this past weekend it made headlines,…
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Deifying Pope Francis Obscures Where He’s So So Right, So So Wrong
We are compulsive god-makers. And this penchant was in florid display this past week as…
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The Question is: What Kind of Football Does God Fancy?
After leading his team to victory over the Seattle Seahawks last Sunday, Green Bay Packers quarterback…
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Serra’s Actions Aren’t the Only Reason to Lament His Canonization
The only good that I find in a St. Serra is that it could force us all to meditate on the ambivalence that haunts Christianity in this hemisphere.
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Is the Pope’s Concern for Immigration Just a “Numbers Game”?
Pope Francis may differ greatly in tone from Pope Benedict, but on many social issues…
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What NOT to Expect from the Pope’s US Visit
America has reached peak papal madness. Twitter has created emojis to go along with hashtags like PopeinUs, PopeinDC,…
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Protocols of the Elders of Mecca: Hints of Anti-Semitic Playbook in Glenn Beck’s Islamophobia
The Plaintiff Haroon Moghul. Called, by Robert Spencer, the “Alfred Rosenberg” of Islam; by Ayaan…
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Francis Visits the Church that John Paul Broke
Nearly two and one-half times as many current Catholics think Francis is “more liberal” than…
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Why Scientists Should Be Agnostic: Or, Why Lawrence Krauss Is Still a Windbag
A few months ago, one of us (okay, Andrew), referred to the esteemed physicist and…
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Can You Become Un-Autistic?
You could read this as a straightforward narrative of medical recovery. Or you could read…
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