Panel Exposes Abuse in Irish Catholic Church

Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland have covered up decades of child abuse to protect the church’s reputation, an expert commission has found after a three-year investigation.
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Is belief in marriage equality next on Catholic Church's use of communion as a political weapon?

Merely holding the position that a woman has the right to an abortion puts you in the dog house now -- Rep.
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Must read: Box Turtle on Christian’s new manifesto – ‘a war over religious domination’

On Friday, a group of clerics and political activists released a document that they call “Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience”.
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Friday Legal Updates™ - Catholicism and Reproductive Technologies & Southern Australia Surrogacy Update

IVF, Reproductive Technologies, Catholicism, and Surrogacy in Australia are our updates for today.
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Fig Leaves, Gerasene Swine, and Carpets: Bishops and Clerical Sexual Abuse

A news story from Associated Press yesterday stated that an interim report had been presented to the USCCB meeting on research undertaken for the bishops by researchers from the John Jay College.
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Catholic stink pits religion against equal treatment of DC's gay families and ...

ABC News Catholic stink pits religion against equal treatment of DC's gay families and ...Metro WeeklyA significant portion of the District's public funds come from a population that includes a significant number of gay and lesbian taxpayers.
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After Maine, the Battle Lines Over Gay Marriage Harden

WBZ News Radio 1030 After Maine, the Battle Lines Over Gay Marriage HardenTIMEIn Baltimore, the Church's continuing opposition to gay marriage will be part of a discussion by the bishops as they finish a formal letter on "married .
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Remember when Bishops found 'good sermon' to be enough of a thank you?

There is something wrong with America when a faith-based organization who bankrolled a campaign to rollback legislatively enacted CIVIL rights includes a line like this in their post-election political press release: Bishop Richard Malone of the Diocese of Portland provided.
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Item: Minn. Episcopalians pick Spokane priest as next bishop

   ::: A 50-year-old priest from Spokane, Wash. was selected today to become the next bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota, Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
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Maine Catholics Give $86000 To Fight Gay Marriage

On Top Magazine Maine Catholics Give $86000 To Fight Gay MarriageOn Top MagazineDuring the July to September period, the diocese collected $214000 from 56 dioceses and bishops to be donated to the campaign to end gay marriage.
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The Catholics are Coming to a Law Near You

Here we go again. The tax-exempt “religious” institution of the Roman Catholic church has crossed the line of separation of church and state, and have entered the political arena using their personal religious beliefs to fight to maintain discrimination.
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Open thread - the Maine bishops must learn to prioritize

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I received an email from Mike Ritter, the graphic designer and illustrator at The Southern Voice, and he said: Love the Blend!  Saw you had a little brief about the Catholic Diocese of Maine's budget priorities and I thought you might enjoy a cartoon I did on that topic for SoVo a few weeks ago: Well, when I clicked over, it was brilliant.
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Bishops and gay marriage; Christie an...

Bishops and gay marriage; Christie and the skeleton questionThe Star-Ledger - NJ.comJon Corzine supports gay marriage and Republican Chris Christie favors the current law allowing homosexual couples to join in civil unions only.
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Battle Over Homosexuality in Episcopal Church is Over

Battle Over Homosexuality in Episcopal Church is OverVirtue OnlineSome of our bishops who were most hostile to homosexuality have themselves been gay and when they were discovered in "improper" relationships or with an HIV .
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Mainline Protestant groups weigh policies affecting gay people

KAALtv.com Mainline Protestant groups weigh policies affecting gay peopleThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com5, 2003, and bishops at the triennial General Convention of the Episcopal Church had just voted for the first time to let an openly gay man become a bishop.
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A primer for this week’s Lutheran debate over LGBT ministers and couples

A month ago, the Episcopal Church held a meeting of its national rule-making convention at which church members considered hundreds of issues, but one of the most divisive resolutions they considered dealt with whether LGBT members of the denomination can become clergy – especially whether they could become bishops.
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An Issue of Civil Rights

"It's framed entirely as an issue of civil rights and justice. If you oppose it, you become the person who wants Rosa Parks to sit in the back of the bus.
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Another Anti-Gay Episcopal Church Church Runs for the Heteros-Only Hills

Thanks to those three homos that some in the Episcopal Church want to be promoted to bishops, this isn't terribly surprising: CONTINUED » Permalink | 1 comment | Add to del.
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Righting the Religious Right

“Religious right” is a term we hear all too often. But organized religion is starting to right the wrongs perpetrated by the Jerry Falwells and Pat Robinsons of this world.
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JUSTICE AS RITUALIZED CRISIS: The Necessity for Lesbian Bishops

JUSTICE AS RITUALIZED CRISIS: The Necessity for Lesbian BishopsVirtue OnlineBonnie Perry, a partnered Lesbian, as a candidate for Bishop of the Diocese of Minnesota.
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