Exactly 30 Years Before Illinois AG’s Devastating Sexual Abuse Report, a Plan for Prevention was Implemented, Then Scrapped
“Way too damned little and way too damned late.” That’s what one life-long Illinois Catholic…
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As Problems for Pregnant People Increase, Catholic Bishops Claim They’re Heroes For Ending Abortion Rights
Now that Roe and Casey have been overturned, the roles of the institutional Roman Catholic…
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As Catholic Bishops Punish Dissent, Rosemary Radford Ruether’s Life and Legacy Show the Way Forward
Theologians will tell you that Catholic theology almost always favors both/and scenarios, yet the U.S….
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It’s the Catholic Bishops, Not Those Who Toppled Junipero Serra Statues, Who Have Failed the Test of History
Apologies are not enough. As protesters have taken to the streets throughout the world in…
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Do the Arguments Against Bathroom Equality Hold Water?
Let the backlash begin. The arguments against President Obama’s historic directive that public schools allow…
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Protesting the Pope’s (Not Yet Released) Environmental Encyclical? Check Your Doctrine
Observers expect that Pope Francis’s environmental encyclical—supposedly titled Laudatio sii, or “Praised Be”—will be released…
Read MoreNightly News Turns to Bishops About Contraception More Often Than Docs
The big nightly network news shows are more likely to turn to the Catholic hierarchy…
Read MoreRepublicans “Evangelizing” Catholic Voters
Sarah Posner’s excellent analysis of the evangelical schism over the far-right rhetorical fork in the road—Christian…
Read MoreAnti-Gay Forces On Offense in Europe; ‘African Islam’ Challenged by Extremists; Irish Marriage Foes & ‘Sounds of Sodomy’; Global LGBT Recap
In our precap of global LGBT stories we expect to follow in 2015, we discussed…
Read MoreChris Matthews Claims We Don’t Know What Contraception Means
Speak for yourself, Chris.
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