Religion Dispatches
“There are some among you,” the pope wrote, “who conceive of and desire a Church in America different from that which is in the rest of the world.” Apparently unconcerned that on this side of the ocean the word might have a more positive ring than he intended, he used the name by which this heresy had become known in Europe: Americanism.
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The egregious breach of decency that led a Catholic parish priest to deny communion to a lesbian woman at her mother’s funeral has received widespread and well-deserved condemnation. Even the Archdiocese of Washington DC admitted that the priest had violated their policy.
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Read MoreNon-Catholics loving Catholicism, from Congressional hearing rooms to GOP primaries.
Read MoreThe latest Bloggingheads.
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Efforts by the hierarchical institution to spin the current controversy as a matter of religious liberty are unconvincing. After all, it is not the Catholic Church whose liberty is impinged upon. Members, even bishops, can still teach and believe what they wish. No one forces them to use contraception. Rather, it is employees of Catholic institutions, including janitors and housekeepers, whose rights to make their own decisions about health care are impinged upon. Blaming the victim is an old trick, but, in this case, few people are buying it.
Read MoreThe candidate’s misleading statements on Title X.
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What propelled a ginned up controversy into a media frenzy wasn’t that the Bishops opposed Obama—again; it was that “even progressive Catholics” were up in arms about it.
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