Archive for the 'Roman Catholics' Category

How many recall when the Roman Catholic Church was at the vanguard of the labor movement?

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

 When viewed against what passes for televised theology today,
Fulton J. Sheen was was Thomas Aquinas.

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Image: (Bishop Sheen) bishopsheen.excerptsofinri.com; (hot dog) deusterco.com;(SEIU) 2.bp.blogspot.com via thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com

Does this mean Pluto and Limbo are back in play?

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

he Appendix: Useful and in Fact Promising
LiveScience.com
Charles Q. Choi
Special to LiveScience
Mon Aug 24, 10:30 am ET
The body’s appendix has long been thought of as nothing more than a worthless evolutionary artifact, good for nothing save a potentially lethal case of inflammation.
Now researchers suggest the appendix is a lot more than a useless remnant. Not only […]

Pope Benedict XVI Tells Cameroonians: “Condoms Not The Answer To Aids”–Huffington Post headline

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

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According to Benedict, these won’t cut the mustard.

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But…these Condo-Sized Body Rubbers Will Do The Trick.

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Images: (Main photo of Pope) Associated Press via Huffingtonpost.com; (Trojans) via peoplejam.com; (Body Rubber) via realityme.net; (Pinkie ring) via newsimg.bbc.co.uk; (umpire) nynpa.com; (Mitre) newliturgicalmovement.org via img254.imageshack.com;

Repent?! Didn’t Bernard Cardinal Law get a plum job in the Vatican?

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Protest against priest who said Obama voters must repent
David Edwards and Muriel Kane
Published: Monday November 17, 2008
Several dozen protesters and counter-protesters lined up on Sunday outside a Greenville, SC Catholic church where the pastor has stated that any of his parishioners who voted for Barack Obama should repent(CNN video also) before receiving communion.

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It’s not all gold and frankincense.

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

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Images: (pope) img.timeinc.net;(cigarette) via image.cbsnes.com via blogspot.newsweek.com; (smoke) via answers.com

SC Priest: No Communion For Obama Supporters–AP headline

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

HOW ABOUT NO TAX EXEMPTION FOR JAY SCOTT NEWMAN’S PARISH?
 
Does this Newman feller withhold Communion from those who believe in capital punishment, unjust war and contributing to the increased poverty of the country. These three areas are a special question from a pal in Scranton, where the Bishop would not allow Joe Biden to receive […]

Priests Should Not Wrestle Children!–Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Monday, August 11th, 2008

What about an alligator?

Russian bear?

A conscience?

AP.

The 21st century American answer to poll taxes…

Friday, May 9th, 2008

May 7, 2008 8:22
UPDATE: Nuns strike back.
Posted by Karen Tumulty
Surely, our majority-Catholic Supreme Court should have known better than to get on the wrong side of the Sisters. As we wrote earlier, the first victims of the new ruling on Voter ID were elderly nuns in Indiana. This just in, in my emailbox: The nuns […]

Only a Prince of the Church could make me side with Rudy G.

Monday, April 28th, 2008

NY cardinal criticizes Giuliani for taking Communion
41 minutes ago
NEW YORK - New York Cardinal Edward Egan says Rudy Giuliani should not have received Holy Communion during the pope’s visit because he supports abortion rights.
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Egan says he had “an understanding” with the former presidential candidate and New York mayor that he is not to receive the […]

“…an’ I get a one-way ticket to Vaticanville.”

Monday, April 21st, 2008

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