Since taking office, President Barak Obama and his allies in Congress have careened into the headlines and pummelled Republicans still reeling from defeat and dissent within their own...
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"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 to...
Honestly, I think that Dan Brown's novels are some of the worst books ever to grace our shelves. In short, I think they're poorly written, self-indulgent nonsense. Their singular redeeming quality is that they...
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...
The fallout from the Pope's words on condom use last week is starting to reach across the globe. I wonder if the Pope realizes how his words can devastate public health worldwide, and fuel more HIV...
" 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...
I'm a day late posting this article, because I just found it! I did post an article on the Letters of Beckett, because I prefer to think of Beckett's struggle for authenticity, –rather than all that St. Pat...
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"In a move that is outraging pro-choice groups, a Catholic group has made a television commercial that turns Barack Obama's life story into an anti-abortion ad."Why doesn't this surprise me? Some Catholics (and I used to be one so I know this) who are anti-abortion will stop...
Midnight mass is a Catholic tradition and every year the Pope speaks out for a cause or group as part of the ceremony. Just days after denouncing the gay communities of the world as a threat akin to global...
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Another sad side of Brazilians come to surface. This time it is a serial killer who is supposed to be targeting gay people in Sao Paulo. Urban violence in Brazil is rather high for world standards. According to...
Historian Claudio Sanchez-Albornoz concludes that the Spanish civilization is Catholic and other influences.However others such as the biologists in this case states that Spain have been enriched by 3 historical cultures; Catholic,Jewish and Muslim.Test conducted by...
After confronting criticism for his vetoing a bill on abortion - which had been approved by local Parliament - Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez resigned as Chief of the Socialist Party. The bill...
For three days, scholars and leaders representing both Catholicism and Islam have made this announcement. This could be deemed as historic and symbolic. It could forge an interesting bond and alliance between those of the Catholic faith and those of the Islamic faith. After...
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Apparently, there is still fallout coming out from the religious side of the political spectrum after Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama of Illinois became the United States President-elect on November 4. Apparently, Reverend Jay Scott Newman of St. Mary’s Catholic...
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"By Fatos Bytyci KLINA, Kosovo (Reuters) - Hundreds of Kosovar Albanians gather on Sundays to attend religious services in a still unfinished red-brick church in the Kosovo town of Klina. Turning away from the majority Muslim faith imposed by the Ottoman Turks centuries ago,...