Tag Archives: Catholic Church

In an unprecedented case, Philadelphia Catholic Archdiocese Monsignor William Lynn is on trial for shielding pedophile priests. Yesterday jurors heard some of the most repulsive testimony yet. In the day’s most startling testimony, a detective read internal church memos about a priest who allegedly “joked about how hard it was to have sex with three boys in one week.” His …

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan has responded to Ali Forney Center founder Carl Siciliano, who last month published a blistering takedown of Dolan’s relentless campaign to rip apart families and send LGBT youth careening into despair, self-harm, and homelessness. As you can see, Dolan essentially tells Siciliano to watch his mouth. (Or else?) Read Siciliano’s response to the above letter …

TIME Magazine wants to know if Cardinal Timothy Dolan should be on their 2012 TIME 100 list. As with their Person Of The Year, making the list doesn’t necessarily mean you are a good person, as also nominated is Kim Jong Un. Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, innovators, icons and heroes that you think are the most influential …

“She is what she is. Which means she is more than obscene—she’s a Catholic basher. Girl Gone Wild begins with Madonna reciting the first few lines of The Act of Contrition. She must know it’s Lent. Then she prances around to the backdrop of a light-show configured to resemble a cross. The guy who is shown wearing a crown of …

“The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) was formed in 2007 and has worked extensively with supporters of traditional marriage from every color, creed and background. We have worked with prominent African-American and Hispanic leaders, including Dr. Aveeda King, Bishop George McKinney of the COGIC Church, Bishop Harry Jackson and the New York State Senator Reverend Rubén Díaz Sr., all of …

A defrocked Catholic priest about to begin trial on molestation charges in Philadelphia abruptly changed his plea to “guilty” on Friday. As part of his confession, Father Edward Avery declared that his diocese had been aware of his crimes, but had allowed him to keep his job. In a statement of facts read as part of the guilty plea, Assistant …

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“In a sign of their growing intolerance of people who hold positions other than those of the Homosexual Cultural Revolution, the Media Watchdog Organization which calls itself GLAAD has issued a blacklist of commentators. The effort recruits likeminded parties to ‘spy’. They are asked to send reports in to GLAAD if these commentators are featured in local media. GLAAD will …

“Cardinal Dolan, I pray that you might be able to open your eyes and your heart to the cruel suffering LGBT youths endure when their parents reject them. I invite you to visit the Ali Forney Center, only 30 blocks from St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and meet with youths whose Catholic parents drove them from their homes. I want you to …

“God created two different genders for a reason – so that males and females could come together, complement one another, procreate, and continue the species. And be very clear about this – same-sex marriage isn’t about procuring civil rights for beleaguered homosexual persons. The recently adopted civil-unions legislation, as ill-advised as it was, it provided the legal protections activists have …

“If a Quaker, a Lutheran or a Buddhist, desiring communion had introduced himself as such, before Mass, a priest would be obligated to withhold communion. If someone had shown up in my sacristy drunk, or high on drugs, no communion would have been possible either. If a Catholic, divorced and remarried (without an annulment) would make that known in my …

As part of their defense for priests accused of child molestation, lawyers for the Catholic Church have subpoenaed SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, demanding to see more than 20 years of their emails even though they are not party to either side in the lawsuits. A judge in Kansas City ruled that the network must comply …

The Catholic priest who refused communion to a lesbian at her mother’s funeral has been suspended by the his diocese. But according to a spokesperson, the suspension is not directly related to the communion controversy. Specific details about why the Rev. Marcel Guarnizo was barred from ministry – a severe penalty – were not immediately available. The Post learned of …

“We got burned last year when we were told the redefinition of marriage didn’t have much of a chance — and of course it did. Our Senate leaders, we highly appreciated them being with us all along. When they kind of assured us it didn’t have much of a chance, not that we let up, but we probably would have …

Emperor Palpatine hates the eeeevillle of gay marriage. Pope Benedict XVI on Friday condemned gay marriage in a speech to bishops from the United States after Maryland last week became the eighth US state to legalise same-sex unions. “Sexual differences cannot be dismissed as irrelevant to the definition of marriage,” the pope said, warning against “the powerful political and cultural …

“Never has there been a more vicious anti-Catholic advertisement in a prominent American newspaper than the one in today’s New York Times by Freedom From Religion Foundation. The demonization of Catholicism is palpable. [snip] Not a single Catholic who reads this ad will be impelled to leave the Church. That is not the issue (Catholicism, unlike many other religions, is …

The Freedom From Religion Foundation asks: “Can’t you see how misplaced your loyalty is after two decades of sex scandals involving preying priests, church complicity, collusion and cover-up going all way to the top? Apparently, you’re like the battered woman who, after being beaten down every Sunday, feels she has no other place to go. There’s a more welcoming home …

In the Catholic Church’s national campaign to make themselves ever more repulsive to the average American, the Diocese of Sacramento has cut off their funding of a local homeless shelter because its new director supports marriage equality. In a letter last month, the diocese’s director of social services said the Rev. Faith Whitmore’s public statements on the issues clash with …