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Rick Santorum has stated for the record that John F. Kennedy's address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association makes him want to, quote "throw up." I wonder if he remembers, understands or appreciates the position that Catholics occupied in America in 1960. I do, and I believe that...

Those of you who have been following the tempest in a teapot that is the U.S. Bishops (egged on by the G.O.P.) attacking the administration for being at "war" with religion might be interested in the story linked to below. In essence, the Bishops now have decided that President Obama's...

Chicago's Cardinal George has publically compared a Gay-pride parade to a march by the Ku Klux Klan. Cardinal's comparison is nonsensical | National Catholic Reporter I believe that the clerical elites in the Roman Catholic hierarchy live in a world of their own, but this whopper...

In Belgium, a country with a centuries-old heritage of practicing Catholicism, the desire for genuine reform is brewing. Sooner or later, the Pezzanovante in the Church are going to have to do something other than wag their fingers at such Catholics and toss out the term "heresy."...

This report is from the National Catholic Reporter. Kansas City, MO Bishop Finn has been charged by prosecuters with failing to report a child sex abuse case in his diocese. Perhaps getting the legal authorities involved is the only way to get this very exclusive men answerable to somebody...

This is an interesting and I think insightful piece from the National Catholic Register: http://ncronline.org/news/justice/capital-punishment-conundrum-catholic-politicians I wonder how many U.S. Bishops will advocate witholding Communion from pro-capital punishment Catholic politicians for...

This is the link to a National Catholic Reporter story on Father Roy Bourgeois, the Maryknoll priest who was recently excommunicated for publically advocating womens' ordination. The article also compares the punishment meated out to Fr. Roy to that given to convicted clerical pedophiles...

I'm just looking for peoples' thoughts. During the interim state between individual death and the general resurrection, is the soul able to see, taste, touch, smell and touch? Or do you think it's dorment like a powerful battery, full of energy, but with no mechanism to animate? Or perhaps do...

Irish Prime Minister Edna Kenny, a Catholic, has reacted to the Vatican's response to the Cloyne Report on clerical sexual abuse in Ireland. It's very telling. Irish PM: Vatican has 'calculated, withering' abuse stance | National Catholic Reporter

Sister Elizabeth Johnson, a noted Catholic scholar and theologian, came under fire from the USCB last April over passages from her book Quest for the Living God. Conservatives sided with the Bishops as the source of moral authority. Progressives argued that the Bishops' own statements gave...

American Catholic Bishops all over the United States have gone on the attack following the passage of a New York state secular law recognizing gay marriage. According to this article (and I concur) the Bishops may have more than one problem on their hands..... Gay marriage, bishops and the...

The link below is to an NCR story regarding the findings of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity regarding John Corapi.... Corapi and hypocrisy | National Catholic Reporter

President Obama's current position is very similar to that of Harry Truman's running up to the 1948 presidential election. Truman's numbers were low and nearly everyone expected him to be defeated when he stood for re-election. Then the Republicans nominated someone (Thomas Dewey) whom...