On AlterNet: vatican

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11 Strange, Horrific, or Just Plain Weird Ways Societies Have Policed Sex Throughout History

Eric Berkowitz, Huffington Post. May 4, 2012.

Lawmakers have always set limits on how people take their sexual pleasures, and they have doled out a range of controls and punishments to enforce them.

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?

Is the Catholic Leadership Trying to Silence Nuns?

Maureen Fiedler, Ms. Magazine. October 27, 2009.

The Vatican's secretive investigations of American nuns is seen by many as attempts to intimidate outspoken, liberal nuns into submission.

"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.

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 Vatican's Perverted Sense of Justice: Pedophiles Stay in the Church, While Priests Who Ordain Women Are Excommunicated

Bill Frogameni, Ms. Magazine. April 9, 2009.

A priest who dared to ordain a woman was told he had 30 days to renounce his actions or face excommunication.