How a modern Inquisition, with the help of Pope Francis, stifled the movement protecting the poor. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th March 2013 “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call …
America’s war on Iraq started ten years ago on March 19 Some four thousand Americans and well over a hundred thousand, possibly close to a million Iraqis died. On part one, journalist Greg Barrett talks about what he witnessed among Americans and Iraqis on the ground, and what he calls …
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This weekend, NPR’s Scott Simon invited Mary Eberstadt, a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, to discuss what lies ahead for the Catholic Church under Pope Francis. Eberstadt used the opportunity to promote the thesis of her forthcoming book,How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of …
Clay had work in NYC so Bear had to operate the board and fucked up the mics among other things. Bear then talks about how the NYPD cant stopping killing kids, and violating your Civil Liberties. Clay comes back from work and tackles Bear. Ren calls in and we talk …
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Of all the theories advanced explaining why the Catholic priesthood attracts so many young gay men, this is the most valid: it is a direct consequence of the church’s official attitude to homosexuality and the way that this has insinuated itself into the fabric of what we might call …
Despite Vatican efforts to keep the public eye focused on pomp and circumstance, speculation about the real reason for Pope Benedict’s resignation dominates conversation about the papal succession: Is it the Vatileaks money laundering? Is it the pedophilia scandal? Might it have something to do with criminal charges filed in European courts? How about …
Will the next pope embrace liberation theology? The conventional answer would be: fat chance. However, without going too far out on a limb, one could also answer in the affirmative. In their own ways, both responses will likely be correct. The chances that a true radical will be …
A Church with a “disfigured” face. That is Pope Benedict XVI’s description of how the Catholic Church sometimes is seen because “of sins against the unity of the church.” He said this in his last public Mass, but he offered no reflections on the role he himself played in this …
Perhaps to lead a more stress free life, we need to embrace a zen philosophy. Yet this might mean we have to be less ambitious and live more in the now with fewer expectations. To dispell this idea, I’m interviewing Marc Lesser, the author of “Know Yourself, Forget Yourself”. Marc …
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Ordinarily, the prelates of the Roman Catholic Church like a good spectacle. If you’ve ever witnessed the pomp and regalia of a bishops’ procession, you know what I mean: the robes rendered in luxurious fabrics, the exotic millinery, the swinging brass chancer billowing clouds of fragrant smoke. But as …
February 28, 2013, New York and Rome – Today, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) and the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed an alternate report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child documenting the ongoing worldwide sex abuse crisis in the …
Joseph Ratzinger made his last appearance as Pope Benedict XVI Wednesday, delivering a farewell oration to tens of thousands of people crowded into the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square. The 85-year-old German-born pope, who as a young seminarian passed through the Hitler youth movement, is stepping down today as head …
Pope Benedict XVI , aka Joseph Ratzinger, announced on February 11 th that he would be resigning early as the leader of over a billion Catholics worldwide. The reason for the surprising decision by the pontiff was due to “deterioration, and incapacity”, and “advanced age”, as stated by the Vatican spokesperson …
Pope Benedict XVI today stunned the Roman Catholic Church — and the world — with his announcement that he would turn in his sceptre, effect February 28. To find a precedent for Benedict’s action, one needs to go back through six centuries of history to Pope Gregory XII’s resignation …
As we head into a new year, the guardians of traditional religion are ramping up efforts to keep their flocks—or in crass economic terms, to retain market share. Some Christians have turned to soul searching [3] while others have turned to marketing. Last fall, the LDS church spent millions on billboards, bus banners …