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 Jan 29, 2009
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Social justice, wealth redistribution, a new morality for Wall Street -- the pontiff throws down on capitalism
By Andrew Leonard
July 8, 2009
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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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Romney, whose religion may have hurt his chances at the Republican nomination, discreetly mourns his church's president and "prophet" at a Utah funeral as his own campaign's vital signs ebb.
By Mike Madden
February 3, 2008
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That's what Reuters makes it seem like.
By Catherine Price
October 30, 2007
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Pope Benedict XVI has some opinions on the global economy.
By Andrew Leonard
June 27, 2007
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The Roman Catholic Church comes one step closer to loosening its prohibition on condom use.
By Page Rockwell
November 27, 2006
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It's time the powers-that-be took my advice: No more papal Muslim-bashing, no apologies for American cars and a lot more action in Washington.
By Garrison Keillor
September 20, 2006
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Cardinal Ratzinger led the Catholic Church's efforts to quell Latin America's liberation theology movement in the 1980s. Now that he's pontiff, will he soften his stance?
By Mary Jo McConahay
April 20, 2005
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The media's obsessive coverage of the pope's death does not include a discussion of the tragic failures of his reign.
By Arianna Huffington
April 14, 2005
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John Paul II ruled the Catholic Church as an autocrat, and those who crossed him often suffered greatly for it.
By Colman McCarthy
April 8, 2005
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This week marks an unprecedented display of ceremony by President Bush and other U.S. politicians in Rome. Good faith, or good politics?
By Mark Follman
April 7, 2005
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Dying of cancer, my mother was driven away from the church she loved by its doctrinal rigidity. That I can't forgive.
By Joan Walsh
April 5, 2005
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As the cardinals begin their deliberations, they are likely to consider a black or tan pope, but not a progressive one.
By John Hooper and Stephen Bates
April 4, 2005
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The charismatic Pope John Paul II chose not to engage all Catholics, and so leaves a tragic legacy of missed opportunity that has ultimately damaged the church.
By Frances Kissling
April 4, 2005
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With the media's pope marathon in full swing, the White House might want to release any bits of bad news.
By Eric Boehlert
April 4, 2005
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Catholic scholar Mary Segers discusses Pope John Paul II's important role in Eastern Europe, failure to acknowledge women's independence, and belief that real Christianity thrived only in poor countries.
By Julia Scott
April 2, 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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Bush stumbles to Rome in search of Catholic votes -- but the pope may give him a much-needed lecture instead.
By Norman Birnbaum
June 3, 2004
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Madonna hurls grenades at Bush, Meg Ryan bares all, and Richard Gere to open a spa? Plus: Hugh Grant is looking for someone to "breed" with!
By Karen Croft
March 31, 2003
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By utterly failing to address the church's sex abuse scandal this week in Rome, the Catholic aristocracy demonstrated its complete irrelevance.
By Eugene Cullen Kennedy
April 26, 2002
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In a passel of 10 kids, one learns the fine points of foraging, opportunism and guile.
By Paul Donnelly
May 4, 2001
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America's most powerful Catholic was a tough guy, and he was wise to the ways of politics and human beings.
By Stanley Crouch
May 10, 2000
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Fighting Yasser Arafat and a rival branch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Sister Maria Stephanopoulos hopes the pope will help in one of the many religious turf wars in the holy lands.
By Abigail Beshkin and Rob Mank
March 24, 2000
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Pope John Paul's historic visit to Israel is supposed to spread a message of peace, but Israeli and Palestinian spinmeisters are standing by to read in support of their causes.
By Flore de Preneuf
March 22, 2000