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Women vs. the Catholic Church, Round 2
Just whose rights was the Constitution written to protect? It is women, not institutions, who are at the center of this debate. By Marilyn Katz | The Rag Blog | January 20, 2014 Exactly whom — or what — do … Continue reading
Jonah Raskin : Lay Monk Tolbert McCarroll on the Pope, the Church, and the Crisis in Catholicism
Brother Toby at Starcross Community. Interview with Brother Toby:Author, heretic, and spiritual pilgrim at Starcross Community “The Catholic Church today is an absolute monarchy and an absolute patriarchy that puts you right back in the Medieval Ages.” — Tolbert McCarroll By … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, Catholic Church, Interview, Jonah Raskin, Pope Francis I, Religion, Starcross Community, Tolbert McCarrol
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Daniel Samper Pizano : Here Come the Nuns!
Image from the Brisbane Times.Here come the Nuns! They do not preach it from a pulpit, but live it with their example, in miserable hospitals, in shanty towns, schools, jungle dispensaries, and in places of conflict. By Daniel Samper Pizano … Continue reading
BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : The Faith and Resistance of the Catonsville Nine
Faith and resistance: The story of the Catonsville Nine: Peters’ compelling narrative renders the Catonsville Nine not as saints or as villains, but as human beings who could no longer be silent in the face of injustice and war. By … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Catholic Church, Catonsville Nine, Direct Action, Peace Movement, Ron Jacobs, Sixties
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BOOKS / Ken Wachsberger : ‘Second Chances’ is Pro-Choice Novel
The pro-choice novel:‘Love Means Second Chances’ By Ken Wachsberger | The Rag Blog | May 3, 2012 [Love Means Second Chances by Susan Elizabeth Davis (2011: Bread and Roses Collaborative); Paperback; 256 pp.; $16] Susan Elizabeth Davis has written a … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion, Books, Catholic Church, Fiction, Ken Wachsberger, Pro-Choice, Reproductive Rights
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Lamar W. Hankins : A Week of Invective over Birth Control and Women’s Health
New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The group was infuriated by Obama’s decision. Photo by Seth Wenig / AP.A week of invective:The Catholic bishops, women’s health,and American politics By Lamar W. Hankins | … Continue reading
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Tagged Birth Control, Catholic Church, Lamar W. Hankins, Women's Health
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IDEAS / Bill Meacham : Birth Control and the ‘Goodness’ Paradigm
Image from Dippity.‘Goodness’ Vs. ‘Rightness’:The ethics of birth control There is a systematic way to find out what the benefits and harms are: observe reality carefully. By Bill Meacham | The Rag Blog | January 31, 2012 A current New … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Meacham, Birth Control, Catholic Church, Ethics, Philosophy
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Lamar W. Hankins : When Religion Restricts Our Freedom
Image from Crooks and Liars.When religion restricts our freedom:Catholic bishops and aid in dying By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / June 22, 2011 The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops recently revised its policies concerning the care … Continue reading
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Tagged Assisted Suicide, Catholic Church, Lamar W. Hankins, Right to Die
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James Noland : Sarah Palin and JFK’s Houston Speech
John F. Kennedy, then a candidate for president of the United States, speaks before a group of Protestant ministers at Houston’s Rice Hotel, September 12, 1960. Photo from AP.Palin wrong about JFK:Kennedy’s famous speech on church and state As the … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Catholic Church, Houston, James Noland, JFK, Presidency, Religion, Sarah Palin
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Larry Ray : BP Means You ‘Better Pray’
Time warp photo montage by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Blessing of the Fleet:Oil spill anxiety accompanies annual ritual By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / June 2, 2010 GULFPORT, Mississippi — The uncertainty of the huge BP oil … Continue reading
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Tagged Biloxi, British Petroleum, Catholic Church, Ecology, Environment, Gulf Coast, Larry Ray, Mississippi, Oil Spill, Ritual
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Ray Mungo : The Pope is Toast
Pope Benedict on Palm Sunday. Photo from AP / examiner.com.Pope is Toast, Boy Diddley, and Me By Ray Mungo / The Rag Blog / May 26, 2010 The ongoing circus of revelations pinning responsibility for covering up boy-diddling by priests … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, Child Abuse, Pedophilia, Pope Benedict XVI, Ray Mungo, Sex Scandals
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Leonardo Boff : The Church, Celibacy, and the Criminal Sinners
Why the Church neither can nor wantsTo abolish the law of celibacyBy Leonardo Boff / The Rag Blog / April 13, 2010 The surge of cases of pedophile priests in almost every Catholic country persists, revealing the magnitude of this … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, Celibacy, Child Abuse, Leonardo Boff, Pedophilia, Pope Benedict XVI, Sexual Abuse, Theology
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