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10 Catholic Teachings Conservatives Reject While Obsessing About Birth Control

Juan Cole, JuanCole.com. February 13, 2012.

Santorum and Gingrich are both Catholics, and wear their faith on their sleeves, but they are hypocritical in picking and choosing when they wish to listen to the bishops.

Why New Birth Control Benefits are the Right Choice and Why Religious Conservatives Have it Wrong

June Carbone, Naomi Cahn, AlterNet. January 29, 2012.

In a country of alarmingly high unplanned pregnancy, American women need access to affordable birth control for economic and health reasons.

Should People and Governments Shun the Totalitarian Catholic Church?

David Morris, Defending the Public Good. January 5, 2012.

When a totalitarian regime aids and abets the rape of tens of thousands of children one would expect it to be shunned by governments and citizens alike.

Will Obama's Thanksgiving Gift to Catholic Bishops Be a Tax on Women's Health Care?

Jodi L. Jacobson, RH Reality Check. November 23, 2011.

As early as this weekend, Obama may cave to demands by Catholic bishops that they not be required to cover contraception under health-care plans for women employees.

Child Rape, Penn State and the Catholic Church: Is Religion Especially Bad?

Greta Christina, AlterNet. November 22, 2011.

The child rape scandal at Penn State raises inevitable comparisons with the Catholic Church. Does religion make these kinds of abuses worse?

Blame the '60s? The Catholic Church's Latest Shameless Ploy

Jim Hightower, AlterNet. June 6, 2011.

Pedophilia isn't a social habit that one adopts. It's a sickness. Deal with it. Honestly.

My Catholic Conscience Tells Me Congress Is Wrong to Take Family Planning From Poor Women

Jon O'Brien, The Revealer. April 8, 2011.

My Catholic conscience tells me that my pro-choice position is worth fighting for -- and that family planning shouldn’t be a point of contention at all.

Pulitzer Prize Winner Seymour Hersh And The Men Who Are Trying to Paint Him as Crazy

Matthew Phelan, WhoWhatWhy.com. March 4, 2011.

Hersh cited ties between U.S. Military’s Joint Special Operations Command and a secretive Catholic order called the Knights of Malta, and now he's under attack.

What's Really Behind the Catholic Church's Sexual Abuse Problem?

Harriet Fraad, Tikkun. May 19, 2010.

Why has the Church been plagued by so much pedophilia – predominantly homosexual? And why has a scandal regarding this situation erupted only now?

Why Is Anyone Still Catholic?

Greta Christina, AlterNet. May 15, 2010.

If your softball league or your children's school did what the Catholic Church is doing, you'd quit in outrage. So why haven't you?

Religious Institutions Are Ruled By the Morally Bankrupt -- But Should We Be Cheering Religion's Demise?

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. May 10, 2010.

As we devolve into a commodity culture, in which celebrity, power and money reign, the older, dimming values of another era are being replaced.

Catholic Church Tries to Quiet Pedophilia Scandal with New Policy, While Atheists Push for Pope's Arrest in the UK

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. April 12, 2010.

The church drops its defense posture, edits its guidelines to read that church leaders should report clerical sex abuse to civil authorities.

Why the Pope Should Take Responsibility and Meet with Victims of Pedophile Priests

Michael Scahill, AlterNet. April 9, 2010.

Instead of resigning, the Pope should clear his calendar for the next six months and meet with the countless victims of sexual abuse who had their childhoods stolen.

Why Are Pedophilia-Hiding, Child-Abusing Church Fathers Allowed to Write Laws About Women's Bodies?

Katha Pollitt, The Nation. April 3, 2010.

The moral authority granted the Catholic Church in the secular world is the most repellent aspect of the current crisis.

The Catholic Church's Dirty Little Secret Is Out: Now What?

Blase Bonpane, New America Media. March 31, 2010.

Sexual abuse, which was allowed to continue for decades, has burst into the open. Can anything be done to restore the Vatican's credibility?

Dissident Catholic Bishop Calls for Pope to Resign over Sex Abuse Scandal

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. March 31, 2010.

Prominent Catholics say the Pope must be ready to answer questions about “the largest institutional crisis in centuries, possibly in church history."

Irish Commission:

Irish Commission: "No Doubt" Catholic Church Covered Up Child Sex Abuse for 30 Years

Staff, AlterNet. November 26, 2009.

The welfare of the children "was not even a factor to be considered" as complaints came in against clerics.

Conservative Bishop Denies Kennedy His Holy Cracker*

Joshua Holland, November 23, 2009.

Is God cool with us picking and choosing Her teachings?

Catholic Church Threatens to Stop Taking DC's Money if Officials Don't Bow to its Demands on Same-Sex Marriage

Catholic Church Threatens to Stop Taking DC's Money if Officials Don't Bow to its Demands on Same-Sex Marriage

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville. November 12, 2009.

Quite the threat.

Nobel Laureate Slams the Bible, Calls It

Nobel Laureate Slams the Bible, Calls It "A Catalogue of Cruelties"

Mario de Queiroz, IPS News. November 9, 2009.

The holy book is a "manual of bad morals," according to José Saramago.

Anti-Woman Amendment to Health Care Passes House

Anti-Woman Amendment to Health Care Passes House

deleted, November 7, 2009.

The Stupak amendment -- an anti-choice measure that could virtually eliminate insurance coverage for abortion -- will be attached to the health-care reform bill.

House Takes Up-or-Down Vote on Stupak Amendment, Threatening Women's Rights

House Takes Up-or-Down Vote on Stupak Amendment, Threatening Women's Rights

RH Reality Check, RH Reality Check. November 7, 2009.

The House leadership bows to anti-choice congressmen, allowing them a vote on an anti-choice amendment to the health-care bill.

How Does a Religious Cult Have the Clout to Delay Health Care Vote?

How Does a Religious Cult Have the Clout to Delay Health Care Vote?

deleted, AlterNet. November 6, 2009.

To keep House vote on track, Pelosi struggles to appease the Catholic church and The Family cult on abortion language.

Catholic Church Delivers Astonishing Pedophilia Rationalization in Geneva

Catholic Church Delivers Astonishing Pedophilia Rationalization in Geneva

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville. September 30, 2009.

The statement claimed that only 1.5 to 5 percent of Catholic Clergy were involved in child sex abuse. Reality check: that's still 22,500 sex predators.

"Deliver Us From Evil": The Amorality of the Catholic Church

Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog. July 4, 2009.

The basic hierarchy and theology of the Catholic Church is a recipe for the abuse of power.

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