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

Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. 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, AlterNet: Politics. 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

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 12, 2009.
Quite the threat.

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

Adele Stan, AlterNet: PEEK. 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

RH Reality Check, RH Reality Check AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. 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?

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. 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

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Belief. 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.

Grim Tales of Abuse Emerge from the Irish Catholic Church

PZ Myers, Pharyngula AlterNet: PEEK. May 21, 2009.
Can we stop equating religion and morality now? They never seem to have much to do with one another.

Catholic Church too Busy Protecting Pedophiles to Fight Gay Marriage

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. May 20, 2009.
New York may be the next state to embrace marriage equality for gays and lesbians.

This Week in God: Losing Religion, Catholic Mistakes, and the Baha'i Faith

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. March 14, 2009.
A look at what went down in religious circles this week.

The Religious Right Has Been Busy: This Week in God

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 13, 2008.
"The Vatican issued the most authoritative and sweeping document on bioethical issues in more than 20 years on Friday."

A Catholic Priest is About to be Excommunicated -- Guess Why

Stephanie Salter, Tribune Star News. December 13, 2008.
Father Ray Bourgeois has been a public advocate for the ordination of women priests, attracting the ire of Church authorities.

Men of the Cloth: The Vatican Isn't So Far From Fundamentalist Mormonism

Katha Pollitt, The Nation. April 26, 2008.
When it comes to keeping women in their place, polygamous Mormon fundamentalists and the Pope have a lot in common.

Vicar of Scorched Earth: Ratzinger Coming to U.S. to Preach Homophobia

Molly Ivors, Whiskey Fire AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. April 14, 2008.
The Church had a chance to turn away from hatred, to rediscover its moral compass. But it didn't.

About Those New Seven Deadly Sins

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. March 15, 2008.
The Vatican's talk of "social sins" may indicate progress. But before it speaks for social responsibility, the Church has to have to take some itself.

Vatican Releases New Mortal Sins, Includes Stem Cell Research

William K. Wolfrum, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. March 10, 2008.
Hey, kids, gather around! The Vatican has come up with some more stuff we can't do!

Catholic School Fires Teacher for Being Single and Pregnant

Richard Blair, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. February 13, 2008.
The Catholic Church would rather have a single mother become unemployed than either have an abortion or a job to provide for her child.

Giuliani Defends, Employs Priest Accused of Molesting Teens

Howie Klein, AlterNet: Video. October 24, 2007.
Howie Klein: If he isn't hiring mafia criminals, cocaine dealers, whoremongers and closet queens, he's not letting go of a child molester.

Suspended Monsignor Says He Has Secret "Vatican Gay List"

Pam Spaulding, AlterNet: PEEK. October 23, 2007.
Pam Spaulding: My, my, my…are we about to see a papal outing?

Vatican Official Caught Soliciting Sex From Young Man On Hidden Camera, Insists He's Not Gay

John Aravosis, AlterNet: PEEK. October 15, 2007.
John Aravosis: How do you say "wide stance" in Italian?

Renegade Ex-Nuns Raise Hell In Poland

Zuzu, AlterNet: PEEK. October 11, 2007.
Zuzu: God forbid that a bunch of nuns might have some opinions on who to follow.

Church Organist Fired for Selling Sex Toys

Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 8, 2007.
Jessica Valenti: A 50-year-old Ohio woman is kicked out of her church for selling sex toys, but at least she has the choir on her side.

A Pedophile Priest Speaks Out

Jesse Hamlin, San Francisco Chronicle. October 26, 2006.
The notorious Catholic priest Oliver O'Grady -- who sexually abused children for 20 years, including a 9-month-old baby -- is the subject of a chilling new documentary, 'Deliver Us From Evil.'

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