Father Edward Pilarskiego: Drunk Preist Dragged From Pulpit

A Polish priest, Father Edward Pilarskiego, was dragged from the pulpit by his own parishoners as he was clutching a bottle of vodka. Father Pilarskiego was notorious for injecting foul language into his sermons as well as dipping into the parish's collection money for...

Irish schools to tackle homophobia

"Irish secondary schools have been given a guide to help them support their lesbian, gay and bisexual students after research showed that four out of five teachers witnessed verbal homophobic abuse but did not know how to handle it. "Homophobia is still a huge problem in...

Catholic Church urges whistleblowers to report sex abuse priests

"The Roman Catholic Church is urging whistleblowers to speak out against bishops, clergy, monks and nuns who they suspect might be guilty of sexual or other abuse. Alleged abusers who do not merit a criminal prosecution are to be subject to independent investigation by a...

Sex abuse rife in other religions, says Vatican

"The Vatican has lashed out at criticism over its handling of its paedophilia crisis by saying the Catholic church was "busy cleaning its own house" and that the problems with clerical sex abuse in other churches were as big, if not bigger." I'm not sure why the Vatican has...

Can Mormonism save America?

"As the world's leading military, economic, and cultural power since World War II, the United States will linger in the global gene pool and influence whatever comes next. But how exactly will Americanness get transmitted to the civilizations that replace us?"This is an...

Catholic bank owned share in pill makers

"A Roman Catholic bank in Germany has apologised after admitting it bought stocks in defence, tobacco and birth control companies. Der Spiegel newspaper discovered the bank had invested... 160,000 euros in American birth control pill maker Wyeth. "Ok, I'm biased against the...

Ireland braces itself for another report on clerical child abuse

"A report into clerical child abuse in Dublin released later today will "shock and horrify" the whole of Ireland, a leading figure in the Catholic church has admitted."I confess that I didn't know that we were expecting another report. And this one, it's predicted, will cause...

Irish church knew abuse 'endemic'

"An inquiry into child abuse at Catholic institutions in Ireland has found church leaders knew that sexual abuse was "endemic" in boys' institutions. It also found physical and emotional abuse and neglect were features of institutions." I don't think it's much of a surprise...

The Catholic Church and women

This follows on from a post I made earlier. The Catholic Church is well-known for imposing restrictions on what women can do with their bodies. According to the rules of the Catholic Church, women cannot take the pill, have an abortion, or do anything to their bodies which...

Pope 'distorting condom science'

" One of the world's most prestigious medical journals, the Lancet, has accused Pope Benedict XVI of distorting science in his remarks on condom use. It said the Pope's recent comments that condoms exacerbated the problem of HIV/Aids were wildly inaccurate and could have...