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    Catholic on Catholic civil war brewing

    MAY 24, 2012 1:16PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: religion, politics, catholic church, bishops, contraception, president obama, republican party, religious right, leadership council of women religious, sister joan chittister, ej dionne, fascism, pope pius xii, us conference of bishops, national catholic reporter, nazism, adolph hitler, religious freedom, first amendment, maureen dowd, health insurance mandate, homosexuality, new ways ministry, catholic charities, caritas, girl scouts, vatican, authoritarianism, papal infallibility, democracy, women's rights, obedience

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 4858 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Did the Catholic Church castrate abuse whistleblowers?

    MAY 4, 2012 11:41AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: netherlands, holland, child abuse, abuse scandal, catholic church

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2931 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    Romney, GOP Offer Only Empty Slogans

    APRIL 27, 2012 2:49PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: stereotypes, public opinion, walter lippmann, allegory of the cave, plato's republic, plato, david frum, planned parenthood, social justice, catholic bishops, catholic church, spending cuts, tax hikes, david brooks, partisanship, ezra klein, frank luntz, jennifer rubin, head start, medicaid, student loans, politico, class warfare, andrew breitbart, thomas frank, divisive, socialism, 2012 election, democratic party, president obama, poverty, lucky duckies, wall street journal, job creators, eric cantor, republican party, ryan budger, paul ryan, mitt romney, economics, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 12324 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Rick Santorum and the Politicization of Religion

    MARCH 15, 2012 8:25AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: religious extremism, separation of church and state, pope benedict xvil, father marcial maciel, catholic priest sex scandal, catholic church, regnum christi, legion of christ, opus dei, rick santorum, 2012 republican primary race, religion, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 4959 Views
    • 132 Comments
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    Bishops' rift with Obama about politics, not religion

    FEBRUARY 8, 2012 1:40PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, catholic church, president obama, conservatism, right wing, birth control, secularism, fox news, theocracy, democracy, religious freedom

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 7695 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Santorum Dials 911 for Sex Police

    JANUARY 6, 2012 11:53AM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: politics, religion, rick santorum, catholic church, birth control, republican party, tea party, radical right, president obama, health care, social compact, john f. kennedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 22 Ratings
    • 728 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    iConfession

    JUNE 23, 2011 9:41AM

    By Jerry DeNuccio


    Topics: confession, apps, catholic church, penitence

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2021 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Say it ain't so: Bishop Mixa is back

    JANUARY 21, 2011 12:51PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: walter mixa, germany, catholicism, catholic church, augsburg, bavaria, michael stahl, evangelical christianity

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 24710 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Is nothing sacred? The sad demise of Norway's "sex priest"

    NOVEMBER 22, 2010 1:18PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: pope benedict, catholic church, pope, sex, lutherans, church, norway

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1789 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    The year in sanity: Fr. James Martin, S.J.

    OCTOBER 19, 2010 5:31PM

    By Max Lindenman


    Topics: glenn beck, stephen colbert, the colbert report, catholic church, fr. james martin, theyearinsanity

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 12334 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    God weighs in on Love Parade tragedy

    AUGUST 10, 2010 7:45AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: love parade, catholic church, salzburg, duisburg, gay rights, homosexuality, islam, atheism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 39 Ratings
    • 2782 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    Father "Her" -- Women in the Priesthood

    AUGUST 2, 2010 7:23AM

    By Donna Carbone


    Topics: second vatican council, priesthood, vatican, catholic church, bridge mary meehan, john o'callaghan, dena o'callaghan, lona o'connor

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 4003 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Bishop's resignation shifts attention to Protestant abuse

    JULY 16, 2010 11:21AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: germany, hamburg, maria jensen, child abuse, pedophilia, catholic church, walter mixa, robert zollitsch

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1161 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Bishop strikes back

    JUNE 16, 2010 8:06AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: augsburg, walter mixa, abuse scandal, catholic church, religion, germany

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 5574 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Popes, Horses, Sex, Poison and "Mysteries"

    APRIL 20, 2010 9:52AM

    By Mary Ann Sorrentino


    Topics: news, catholic church, mysteries, horses, poison, scandal, sex, pope

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1702 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    "My heart is pure": Bishop Mixa confronts an abusive past

    APRIL 19, 2010 1:51PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: walter mixa, germany, bavaria, augsburg, catholic church, abuse scandal, pedophile scandal, child abuse, religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 9293 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    The other Catholic scandal: Bishop Williamson loses his case

    APRIL 16, 2010 11:40AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: richard williamson, anti-semitism, religion, catholic church

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 4688 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    Malta to remove "embarrassing" monument before papal visit

    APRIL 13, 2010 7:58AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: malta, pope benedict, joseph ratzinger, catholic church, pedophile scandal, religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 13343 Views
    • 56 Comments
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    Chutzpah: Bishop blames "the Jews" for pedophile scandal

    APRIL 12, 2010 9:40AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: catholic church, pedophile scandal, jews, anti-semitism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 5057 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Germany's Catholic sex abuse scandal reaches Pope Benedict

    MARCH 15, 2010 5:27PM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: christianity, religion, bad tölz, berlin, munich, joseph ratzinger, pope benedict, abuse, sex scandals, pedophilia, catholic church

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