On AlterNet: catholicism

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How Zealous Clergy and Their Media Enablers Are Manufacturing a Controversy Over Birth Control Coverage

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. February 8, 2012.

The real opposition here isn't about conscience, it's about women and sex.

How We All Pay For the Huge Tax Privileges Granted to Religion -- It's Time to Tax the Church

Adam Lee, AlterNet. December 14, 2011.

By some estimates, the property tax exemption alone removes $100 billion in property from U.S. tax rolls, and that's only the tip of the iceberg.

Authoritarian Institutions Have No Place in a Democratic Society

Frank L. Cocozzelli, Talk To Action. April 18, 2011.

A key debate in the Catholic Church tracks with a larger question facing American society: whether to cede freedom to a central power that wants less accountability.

Women Fight Exclusion In Catholic Priesthood

Angela Bonavoglia, On The Issues Magazine. August 25, 2010.

The church excommunicates women priests and those who ordain them -- a punishment never once doled out to any child-abusing priest, nor the bishops who protected them.

Letters from an Abu Ghraib Interrogator

Aaron Glantz, IPS News. September 10, 2008.

How an interrogator working for the U.S. Army had a spiritual awakening at Iraq's most notorious prison.

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.

Catholics and Contraception

Kathryn Joyce, RH Reality Check. April 24, 2008.

The Catholic church's anti-contraception stance continues to harm women around the world, even while the majority of Catholics reject it.

Vatican Releases New Mortal Sins, Includes Stem Cell Research

William K. Wolfrum, Shakesville. March 10, 2008.

Hey, kids, gather around! The Vatican has come up with some more stuff we can't do!

McCain Can't Quit John Hagee: Right Wing Televangelist Blames Hurricane Katrina on Gay Pride and More [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet. March 5, 2008.

Horrible Hagee highlights, like saying God will send terrorists to attack America for supporting a two state solution in Israel/Palestine.

Pope Begins New Year With Assault On Gays, But How Many Homosexuals Are in His Midst? [VIDEO]

GottaLaff, Cliff Schecter's Blog. January 2, 2008.

According to the Pope we better duck and cover! True love increases the threat of a nuclear holocaust!

One Man’s Religion Is Another Man’s Mainstream Cult

Richard Blair, The All Spin Zone. December 31, 2007.

Some cults, however, view other cults as, well, more "cult-ish". Mormons and Catholics are two examples.

Pope Benedict Argues Catholic Church 'Purified' Indigenous Peoples

David A. Love, The Black Commentator. June 18, 2007.

During his recent trip to Latin America, Pope Benedict XVI offended millions when he arrogantly suggested that Catholicism had purified indigenous populations, and called the resurgence of indigenous religions a step backward.

Neoconservatism, the Catholic Church And Stem Cells

Guest Blogger, April 12, 2007.

Frank Cocozzelli: Stem Cell therapies are consistent with Christian thought...

Where Mel Gibson Got His Anti-Semitism

Heidi Beirich, SPLC Intelligence Report. January 27, 2007.

Numbering near 100,000, radical traditionalist Catholics, who reject the teachings of the modern papacy, may form America's largest group of anti-Semites.

Catholic Bishops Threaten to Sue for Their Right to Hate Lady Parts

Kaili Joy Gray, December 31, 1969.

Should Organized Religion Have More Rights Than Women?

Georgia Platts, December 31, 1969.