http://dir.salon.com/topics/catholicism/?source=rss&aim=catholicism en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST Carol Lloyd Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/21/referee/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/02/21/referee/index.html?source=rss A Catholic school protects a boys basketball team from being judged by a woman. By King Kaufman Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/01/23/wednesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2008/01/23/wednesday/index.html?source=rss The basketball reformation: St. Louis coach Majerus draws archbishop's wrath by speaking freely. Plus: Congress must investigate cheating beauty queens! By Thomas F. Schaller Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/10/rudy_catholics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/12/10/rudy_catholics/index.html?source=rss An unholy trinity of issues -- abortion, immigration and his messy personal life -- could hurt Giuliani's chances with his key constituency, Catholic voters. By Donna Freitas Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2007/12/07/freitas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2007/12/07/freitas/index.html?source=rss I'm a devoted Catholic and a huge Philip Pullman fan. Can a church that condemns him still embrace someone like me? Joan Walsh Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/election_2008/2007/11/26/giuliani/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/election_2008/2007/11/26/giuliani/index.html?source=rss 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? Lynn Harris Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/12/women_priests/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/12/women_priests/index.html?source=rss Women are ordained as Catholic priests in a ceremony some call profane. Tracy Clark-Flory Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/01/repro_rights/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/10/01/repro_rights/index.html?source=rss The charity group tries to exclude contraceptives coverage for employees and fails, again. Carol Lloyd Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/27/heretical_nuns/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/27/heretical_nuns/index.html?source=rss Vatican ejects six American Catholic nuns for following the Army of Mary. By Alex Koppelman and Joe Strupp Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/22/placa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/06/22/placa/index.html?source=rss 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 Frances Kissling Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/21/excommunication/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/05/21/excommunication/index.html?source=rss 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 Rebecca Traister Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/13/kissling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/13/kissling/index.html?source=rss 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 Patricia Dunn Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/12/18/converting_islam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/12/18/converting_islam/index.html?source=rss 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 Sidney Blumenthal Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/11/30/2006_election_trends/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/11/30/2006_election_trends/index.html?source=rss 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 Angela Bonavoglia Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/07/31/women_priests/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2006/07/31/women_priests/index.html?source=rss On Monday, a dozen women will be ordained Catholic priests in a forbidden ceremony in Pittsburgh. But can the womenpriests movement ever succeed? By Garrison Keillor Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/05/17/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/05/17/keillor/index.html?source=rss I'm not anti-Catholic. I just don't like the way they smell. Lynn Harris Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/19/jesse_has_two_mommies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/19/jesse_has_two_mommies/index.html?source=rss Jesse, and his two mommies, are embraced by a Boston-area Catholic school. Katharine Mieszkowski Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/02/10/lamott/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/02/10/lamott/index.html?source=rss The novelist and memoirist tells off a roomful of Catholics about abortion. Lynn Harris Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/12/gop_for_choice_against_alito/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/12/gop_for_choice_against_alito/index.html?source=rss GOP Majority for Choice: Judge is "out of step with mainstream Americans." Lynn Harris Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/14/true_girl_magazine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/14/true_girl_magazine/index.html?source=rss True Girl magazine for Catholic teens to launch in January. By Amy Sullivan Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/02/pope/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/02/pope/index.html?source=rss John Paul II has been appropriated by the American right. But his "culture of life" was not the same as theirs. By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/09/11/breslin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2004/09/11/breslin/index.html?source=rss 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. Compiled by Salon staff Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/07/26/dnc_values/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/07/26/dnc_values/index.html?source=rss Rep. Barney Frank, Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, Alan Wolfe, Thomas Frank, Andrew Greeley and others weigh in on how Kerry should define America -- and defeat Bush's morality crusade. By Laura Miller Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/05/06/miracles/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2004/05/06/miracles/index.html?source=rss A journalist's investigation of holy Christian visions turns into a tortured spiritual quest. Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2004/04/01/mideast_catholic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/letters/2004/04/01/mideast_catholic/index.html?source=rss Readers weigh in Gary Kamiya's "A Tale of Two Miseries," Catholics' view of the presidential election, and Sen. Zell Miller's recent attack on Bush's critics. By Andrew Greeley Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/03/27/catholics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/03/27/catholics/index.html?source=rss Will John Kerry's fellow Catholics turn out for him the way they did for the last JFK?