On AlterNet: pope

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How FreshDirect Delivers Misery Along With Your Groceries--And How Workers and the Community are Fighting Back

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. March 4, 2012.

The upscale grocery delivery service pays less than $9 an hour, has faced discrimination complaints, and is a union-buster--so why is New York giving it a handout?

Topless Ukrainian Activist Detained in Vatican After Protesting Under Pope's Balcony

Brian Whitmore, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. November 10, 2011.

Ukrainian feminists take their fight for women's rights to the Holy See.

Bishops Are Behind the 'Let Women Die' Act and the Push Against Birth Control--Even As They're Under Fire for Sex Abuse Scandals

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. October 17, 2011.

The first bishop in the US is indicted for child sex-abuse coverup; meanwhile, his colleagues push for laws that will intrude on our sexual freedom.

New Sex Abuse Scandals Plague Catholic Institutions -- Will the Church Ever Change?

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. March 29, 2011.

Why do these abuses keep popping up even after earnest vows of reform from the church?

Pope Says Condoms Acceptable 'In Certain Cases'

Agence France PresseNovember 21, 2010.

Until now, the Vatican had prohibited the use of any form of contraception -- other than abstinence -- even as a guard against sexually transmitted disease.

Is God Irrelevant?

Davidson Loehr, Religion Dispatches. June 14, 2010.

Like it or not, since the 19th century, religion has lost most of its authority as the go-to place for our enduring questions, yearnings, stories and role models.

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.

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."

The Vatican's Dirty Secrets: Bribery, Money Laundering and Mafia Connections

Philip Willan, Comment Is Free. June 5, 2009.

A new book offers an unprecedented glimpse of the inner workings of one of the world's most secretive financial institutions -- the Vatican's bank.

The Pope: Condoms Make AIDS Worse

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. March 17, 2009.

Yet another shining testament to the relevance of organized religion in modern life.

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.

Pope Ignores the War, Gets Free Pass on Sex Abuse

Ray McGovern, Consortium News. April 23, 2008.

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the U.S. last week against a macabre backdrop featuring reports of torture, execution and war. He chose not to notice.

Sanctimonious Monsters

PZ Myers, Pharyngula. April 22, 2008.

Meeting of Bush and the Pope doubles your oppressive fun!

Right Wingers Swoon For Pope

Roy Edroso, Alicublog. April 18, 2008.

Roy Edroso chronicles the fan wankery.

The Pope May Not Want Donohue's Defenses

Clif, Sadly, No!. April 16, 2008.

Clif exposes Bill Donohue of the Catholic League's inept nonsensical rantings.

The Pope at Odds with Workers' Rights

Angela Bonavoglia, TheNation.com. April 16, 2008.

It's a wonder Catholic school teachers can earn a living.

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.

Latin America's Surprising New Eco-Warriors

Marilyn Berlin Snell, Sierra Magazine. August 29, 2007.

As North American companies raze the forests and mountains in Latin America, defense for the land is coming from an unlikely place.