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Catholic bishop Richard Williamson says he is willing to "review the historical evidence" about whether the Holocaust occurred, but rejects the suggestion that he visit a concentration camp.
by Peter Wensierski and Steffen Winter
February 11, 2009
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As his embrace of a Holocaust denier and a right-wing sect proves, Benedict just doesn't get it about the church's ongoing problem with anti-Semitism.
By Frances Kissling
January 29, 2009
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"Voting for a pro-abortion politician when a plausible pro-life alternative exits constitutes material cooperation with intrinsic evil," the priest said in a letter to parishioners.
By Alex Koppelman
November 14, 2008
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Piercing a Communion wafer with a nail and throwing it in the garbage, as one crusading biologist recently did, does science no favors.
By Karl Giberson
July 31, 2008
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A Catholic school protects a boys basketball team from being judged by a woman.
By Carol Lloyd
February 21, 2008
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The basketball reformation: St. Louis coach Majerus draws archbishop's wrath by speaking freely. Plus: Congress must investigate cheating beauty queens!
By King Kaufman
January 23, 2008
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An unholy trinity of issues -- abortion, immigration and his messy personal life -- could hurt Giuliani's chances with his key constituency, Catholic voters.
By Thomas F. Schaller
December 10, 2007
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I'm a devoted Catholic and a huge Philip Pullman fan. Can a church that condemns him still embrace someone like me?
By Donna Freitas
December 7, 2007
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According to Newsweek, the ex-mayor's situational ethics derive from his working-class Italian Catholic background. Where's Bill Donohue when you need him?
By Joan Walsh
November 26, 2007
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Women are ordained as Catholic priests in a ceremony some call profane.
By Lynn Harris
November 12, 2007
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The charity group tries to exclude contraceptives coverage for employees and fails, again.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
October 1, 2007
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Vatican ejects six American Catholic nuns for following the Army of Mary.
By Carol Lloyd
September 27, 2007
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A grand jury accused Alan Placa of molestation and his diocese has suspended him, but the presidential candidate continues to employ his lifelong best friend as a consultant.
By Alex Koppelman and Joe Strupp
June 22, 2007
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Catholic officials keep threatening to excommunicate pro-choice politicians and activists like me. I think they're bluffing, and canon law is on my side.
By Frances Kissling
May 21, 2007
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Frances Kissling, head of Catholics for a Free Choice, talks about the right-wing activist who forced the John Edwards campaign to part with one of its bloggers.
By Rebecca Traister
February 13, 2007
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Fifteen years ago, I converted from Catholicism to Islam. My mother still doesn't understand my choice, but there's not a day that I regret it.
By Patricia Dunn
December 18, 2006
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Beyond the failure of Karl Rove, the momentous 2006 elections signaled the emergence of a younger, bluer America that could reshape politics for years to come.
By Sidney Blumenthal
November 30, 2006
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On Monday, a dozen women will be ordained Catholic priests in a forbidden ceremony in Pittsburgh. But can the womenpriests movement ever succeed?
By Angela Bonavoglia
July 31, 2006
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I'm not anti-Catholic. I just don't like the way they smell.
By Garrison Keillor
May 17, 2006
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Jesse, and his two mommies, are embraced by a Boston-area Catholic school.
By Lynn Harris
April 19, 2006
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The novelist and memoirist tells off a roomful of Catholics about abortion.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
February 10, 2006
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GOP Majority for Choice: Judge is "out of step with mainstream Americans."
By Lynn Harris
January 12, 2006
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True Girl magazine for Catholic teens to launch in January.
By Lynn Harris
December 14, 2005
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John Paul II has been appropriated by the American right. But his "culture of life" was not the same as theirs.
By Amy Sullivan
April 2, 2005
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New York's greatest living newspaper columnist says the Catholic Church, corrupted by sexual scandal and creeping right-wing ideology, is dying out in America. And he sheds no tears.
By Andrew O'Hehir
September 11, 2004
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No female refs allowed
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Are you there, God? It's me, Rudy
The accidental heretic
The Giuliani code
Giuliani's loyalty to an accused priest
What does a girl have to do to get excommunicated?
Bill Donohue vs. the world (especially women)
Finding my religion
Generation Dem
"I will disobey this unjust law"
Dear Pope Benedict, I am incensed
Compassionate conservative
The gospel according to Jimmy Breslin
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