The First Year Was HELL

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A marriage to the romantic and dreamy teenaged girl next door.

Papal Happy Hour Edition of Church Sign Epic Fails

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Don’t forget to wash your hands!

Why Are Priests Really Celibate? (And Will It Change with a New Pope?)

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Catholic priests weren’t always celibate, and some believe the matter is not a closed issue.

Will Catholic Priests Soon Be Allowed to Marry?

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Britain’s top Catholic cleric thinks the church should lift the ban on Roman Catholic priests marrying.

Why the Next Pope Should be a Poor Woman of Color

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Christian Piatt asserts that the church needs to prove its commitment to the poor and the marginalized.

BREAKING: Pope Benedict to Resign February 28

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Benedict XVI will be the first pope in centuries to step down from the Throne of Peter.

Mass Protest in Paris Over Same-Sex Marriage Legislation

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Organizers insist they are not homophobic.

Pope Attacks LGBT Equality in Christmas Speech

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When someone like Pope Benedict scorns the very basis for the conversation about LGBT equality (and during an address that is meant to focus on Christmas), I have little hope that we’re making significant progress in the effort to heal.

Book of Job

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My dad once had me prove I went to church by explaining that Sunday’s sermon.

Highest-Ranking Catholic Cleric Convicted in Child Sex Abuse Scandal

About freaking time. Father Robert W. Finn was convicted of failing to report child sexual abuse since he did not report a priest, Reverend Shawn Ratigan, who had hundreds of lewd pictures of young girls, many of them taken with a personal camera. As a bishop, he is the highest-ranked US cleric ever convicted of [...]

Where the F**k Do I Surrender?

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A family history of addiction and recovery.

Priest Blames Child Victims of Rape By Priests

TW for victim-blamey rape culture bullshit? I mean, duh.  Yes. Really. Father Groeschel, a founder of the Catholic ex-gay group Courage and director of the Office of Spiritual Development for the Catholic Archdiocese of New York, had the following to say about the subject of child abuse: People have this picture in their minds of [...]

Priest and Publication Apologize for Comments About Victims Seducing Priests

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Rev. Benedict Groeschel explains that he did not mean to imply that the victims of child sex abuse are to blame, and the publication which printed the words apologized for letting the statement go unchallenged. Who’s to blame? What should be done next?

It’s All Just A Little Bit Of History Repeating …

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Seán Flynn on the end of American Empire, and how the internet is more like the Catholic Church than you imagined.

Death Penalty Now

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Mark Ellis believes that in the case of those who sexually abuse or murder children, there should be no mercy for “good behavior,” no cover-ups, and no reassignments.

Abortion: 7/28

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Men have abortion stories, too. Call for submissions.