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Catholic Church
in the name of the father
Nov. 30, 2023
The Catholic Church Is Beefing With Sabrina Carpenter The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are absolutely seething at her music video.
By Danielle Cohen
The Pope Says, for the Love of God, Get Vaccinated Or else he will call out your little anti-vaxx ass!
By Mia Mercado
catholic church
Oct. 21, 2020
What Does the Pope’s Support for Civil Unions Really Mean? It’s unclear whether he’s blurring the line against same-sex marriage or drawing it more clearly.
By Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Oct. 29, 2019
By Ed Kilgore
interesting times
Mar. 1, 2019
Andrew Sullivan: A Radically Moderate Answer to Climate Change Sometimes moderation isn’t just the mushy middle between two extremes; it’s a form of pragmatic and even revolutionary imagination.
By Andrew Sullivan
interesting times
Feb. 22, 2019
Andrew Sullivan: The Corruption of the Vatican’s Gay Elite Has Been Exposed A jaw-dropping new book destroys the remains of the Vatican’s moral authority.
By Andrew Sullivan
catholic church
Jan. 21, 2019
Gay Priests and the Lives They No Longer Want to Hide Thousands of priests are closeted, and the Vatican’s failure to reckon with their sexuality has created a crisis for Catholicism.
By Andrew Sullivan
brett kavanaugh
Sept. 29, 2018
Kavanaugh Saga Uncomfortable for Catholics Amid Crisis Over Sexual Abuse Catholics bombarded with tales of a child sex abuse scandal can’t be happy with allegations of sexual assault by students at an elite Catholic school.
By Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 12, 2018
What You Need to Know About Kavanaugh’s ‘Abortion-Inducing Drugs’ Comment Harris and Clinton may have made a marginally misleading argument against Kavanaugh. But it pales beside the Big Con about his views on abortion.
By Ed Kilgore
Is New York State Going to Have Its Own Clergy Sex-Abuse Scandal? New York’s attorney general is demanding records from Catholic leaders across the state. Is a sex-abuse scandal about to break?
By Nick Tabor
catholic church
Aug. 27, 2018
Archbishop Claims Pope Francis Was Complicit in Cardinal’s Abuses A controversial archbishop has alleged that Pope Francis and other Vatican officials covered up and enabled a cardinal’s sexual misconduct.
By Chas Danner
predator priests
Aug. 16, 2018
What’s Next for the 1,000-Plus Victims of Catholic ‘Predator Priests’? Of 301 Catholic priests named in a shocking abuse report, just two are facing trial. A proposed bill could change that.
By Madeleine Aggeler
women’s rights
May 26, 2018
Ireland Votes Overwhelmingly to Legalize Abortion One of the world’s most restrictive abortion bans is no more, following a landslide vote for repeal in Ireland.
By Chas Danner
Pope Francis Rules All Women Can Be Forgiven for Abortions The announcement comes weeks after Trump won the Catholic vote.
By Catie L'Heureux
reproductive wrongs
Oct. 26, 2016
By Susan Rinkunas
women’s health
Sept. 9, 2016
Michigan Hospital Refused to Treat a Woman’s Miscarriage on Religious Principles And a Michigan court just ruled that the hospital won’t be held legally responsible.
By Claire Landsbaum
international affairs
Sept. 4, 2016
Mother Teresa Is Now Officially a Catholic Saint The megafamous charity worker was canonized by Pope Francis in a ceremony attended by tens of thousands at the Vatican on Sunday.
By Chas Danner
catholic church
June 26, 2016
Pope Says Gays Deserve an Apology From Church He was echoing a comment made by a German cardinal following the Orlando gay-club attack.
By Chas Danner
church and state
June 23, 2016
Catholic Hospitals Must Offer Abortion Referrals A new bill in Illinois seeks to preserve women’s reproductive rights.
By Susan Rinkunas
reproductive wrongs
May 5, 2016
Catholic Hospitals Denying Emergency Repro Care Some miscarriages require medical intervention. A new report says hundreds of Catholic hospitals put women’s health at risk.
By Susan Rinkunas
things that were not very helpful
Feb. 15, 2016
By Susan Rinkunas
pope francis
Sept. 27, 2015
By Chas Danner
Pope Francis’s Revolution Has Left Out Women In both words and deeds, he supports reinforcing traditional gender roles within the Catholic Church.
By Lisa Miller
pope francis
Sept. 19, 2015
Pope Francis Begins Trip to Cuba and U.S. Received as a hero in Havana for his role in improving U.S.-Cuban relations, the Latin American pontiff hopes to reenergize Cuba’s many Catholics.
By Chas Danner
The Wily Political Strategy of Pope Francis The bipartisan pontiff likes to keep them guessing.
By Paul Vallely
How Pope Francis Is Reclaiming the Meaning of ‘Pro-Life’ The pontiff’s climate encyclical invoked the religious — and even radical — origins of a term that had become distorted by politics
By Lisa Miller
puppies!!!!!!
June 4, 2014
By Adam K. Raymond
meeting of the popes
Apr. 27, 2014
By Caroline Bankoff
catholic church
Apr. 5, 2014
By Caroline Bankoff
equal rites
Nov. 30, 2013
By Caroline Bankoff
the vatican
Apr. 13, 2013
Pope Francis Appoints Vatican Reform Board One without any legislative power, but it’s a start.
By John Surico
gay marriage
Mar. 31, 2013
By Delia Paunescu
Boston College’s Anti-Condom Rule Makes No Sense They don’t want people to get any ideas ( as if they don’t already have them).
By Sally Holmes
catholic church
Mar. 23, 2013
By Andre Tartar
pope francis
Mar. 16, 2013
Pope Francis Did a Little Press He asked reporters to “try to better understand the true nature of the Church.”
By Andre Tartar
Mother Guilts Son for Almost Becoming Pope Archbishop Timothy Dolan’s mom is pleased he didn’t win.
By Joe Coscarelli
that’s cardinal dolan to you
Mar. 10, 2013
By Andre Tartar
Vatican Installs World’s Most Watched Chimney for Papal Conclave One billion Catholics will be watching for that white puff of smoke.
By Andre Tartar
sex scandals
Mar. 3, 2013
British Cardinal Apologizes for Those ‘Inappropriate Acts’ Or, as he put it, “times that my sexual conduct has fallen below the standards expected of me.”
By Andre Tartar
Anti-Gay Cardinal Resigns Immediately After Gay Rumors Britain’s top cardinal will not be picking a new pope.
By Joe Coscarelli
the vatican
Feb. 23, 2013
By Andre Tartar
resignations
Feb. 16, 2013
By Andre Tartar
adventures in sex
Sept. 21, 2012
By Anonymous
shut up dude
Aug. 30, 2012
By Joe Coscarelli
cardinal dolan
Aug. 22, 2012
By Margaret Hartmann
catholic church
Aug. 19, 2012
By Andre Tartar
Catholic Church Lobbies Against Allowing More Sex Abuse Suits Cardinal Timothy Dolan: “It would be devastating for the life of the church.”
By Margaret Hartmann
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