Showing posts with label priests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label priests. Show all posts
Monday, March 11, 2013

New week, same church

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As the sacred rituals of conclave week begin, Catholicism reveals its true face in yet another country.  A commission investigating abu...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

The vapid words of priests

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The pope sent the following message to the grieving families in Newton, CT: "I assure the families of the victims, especially thos...
Saturday, December 8, 2012

It finally hit me: PZ is right

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PZ Myers on his blog, Pharyngula: Religions are systematic collections of threats and cajoling lies intended to bully a population into ...
Wednesday, October 24, 2012

The hijab: not just for Muslims?

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This morning, I read an article in the NYT about Amra Babic, the hijab-wearing mayor of central Bosnian town of Visoko. This led me to re...
Monday, August 20, 2012

Then who, pray tell?

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This is the funniest thing I've seen in a while: PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Vatican won a major victory Monday in an Oregon feder...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

But they're mad at Obama over birth control

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Van Handel was a 15-year-old seminarian at St. Anthony's, a prestigious Franciscan boarding school, whe...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

As the 9/11 iconography turns

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This is how legends are created by our intrepid, independent press: NEW YORK (AP) — Cardinal Edward Egan was eating breakfast when then...
Saturday, January 15, 2011

Religious twits running loose in the world

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When I lived in Manhattan, I was once a patient at St. Vincent's Hospital in the Village. While there, I saw an appalling t...