Religion Dispatches
The Vatican has thus far given the thumbs down on the Obama admin’s first couple of candidates for ambassador. One wonders whether the U.S. routinely allows countries to decide who our ambassador should be?
Read MorePope Benedict’s revision of the controversial Good Friday prayer is…still controversial.
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At a time when the Pope isn’t doing much to help Jewish-Catholic relations, the Boston Diocese reaches out.
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While some Bishops attempt to spread their views on the denial of communion beyond their fiefdoms, there’s no theological demand for doing so.
Read MoreAn Israeli late show host’s skit denying the virgin birth caused a furor among evangelicals and the Vatican. He had his reasons.
Read MoreMen sin with sex, food, and laziness; women are vain, jealous, and filled with rage. But this has nothing to do with culture, of course.
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It has been written of her that “in a truly just world, she would be Pope.” Rosemary Radford Ruether calls for an inclusive, even prophetic church in her latest book, Catholic Does Not Equal The Vatican.
Read MoreThe Portuguese Cardinal’s warning manages to be a cocktail of Islamophobia, racism, sexism, xenophobia…
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LBGT folks are like the rainforest, says Pope. Endangered by logging? Or just needing to be saved from themselves?
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Is the Catholic Church upset at the depiction of the Virgin or just at its association with sex?
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