The Pope’s “Condom Sense”
Benedict’s remarks, clarified today, represent a “big shift.”
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Vatican Pitbulls Make Cardinal
How do you rise to the level of cardinal under Pope Benedict XVI? Two new American cardinals reveal a pattern.
Read MoreChristians are ‘Jerks,’ The New Scopes Trial, Pastafarians’ Rights
RD’s weekly review, nearly as hoary as the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
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Vatican Paper: Simpsons are Catholic
When Fox television aired a new animated show in 1989 about an odd, dysfunctional family from Springfield, no one had any idea how far it would go.
Read MoreWill the Pope be Served…
… in our lifetime?
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Can Mormon Glenn Beck Unite the Christian Right?
Glenn Beck’s efforts to become a religious leader for Tea Party America has a lot of commentators discussing the feasibility of a Mormon convert leading a wary evangelical and Catholic right in a faith-driven cause.
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Vatican Equates Women’s Ordination with Priest Pedophilia?
While Protestant churches like the Presbyterian Church USA have their annual gatherings in the summer, the institutional Roman Catholic Church, with no such meetings to worry about, uses the season to issue documents from on high. According to
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CSI Frombork: The Pope Has a Story to Tell
With reburial and rehab of Copernicus the Pope hopes to flex his modernist muscles.
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Will Sisters Save the Catholic Church?
To turn suddenly to sisters as the rescue workers for a male-led institution is to saddle them with a clean-up operation that would “naturally” be a woman’s job in patriarchy.
Read MoreDear Pope: Call Me—10 Steps to Fixing the Sexual Abuse Crisis
Some unsolicited advice for the Holy Father.
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