Tag: Roman Catholic Church
Junipero Serra needs just one more miracle
Steve Chawkins August 27, 2009.
Print: Los Angeles Times
To be named a saint, the founder of California’s missions has to be credited with a final marvel. One possibility: an artist who is still alive after losing a third of her skull in 14 brain surgeries.
Why Newt Gingrich Converted to Catholicism
Amy Sullivan August 14, 2009.
Print: Time
New Gingrich was never one for public religiosity. That’s why many think his new-found Catholicism may be political posturing to make him more acceptable to the Republican religious right in advance of a bid for the 2012 GOP Presidential nomination.
Westboro Baptist Church releases ‘God hates the world’
Tim Barello July 22, 2009.
Print: Examiner
The Westboro Baptist Church, famous for its open condemnation of Christians, Jews, and Muslims – as well as just about everyone else under the sun – is up to its old tricks, once again. In their latest act of absurdity, members of this de facto cult have posted an interpolation of the 1985 hit “We are the World”, entitled “God Hates the World” on YouTube.
US Nuns Facing Vatican Scrutiny
Laurie Goodstein July 3, 2009.
Print: New York Times
The Vatican is quietly conducting two sweeping investigations of American nuns, a development that has startled and dismayed nuns who fear they are the targets of a doctrinal inquisition.
For Ireland’s Catholic Schools, a Catalog of Horrors
Bryan Coll May 21, 2009.
Print: Time
A report released in Ireland reveals endemic child abuse in schools and institutions run by the Roman Catholic Church
New Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols Attacks Secularists
Jonathan Wynne-Jones May 21, 2009.
Print: Telegraph
The new Archbishop of Westminster has launched an attack on secularists, warning that they threaten to undermine society in Britain.
Catholic divide over Obama at Notre Dame
Associated Press May 10, 2009.
Print: msnbc
The outrage highlights gulf between church and backers of abortion rights
‘Losing My Religion’ by William Lobdell
Heather King March 7, 2009.
Los Angeles Times
Book Review:Losing My Religion
How I Lost My Faith Reporting on Religion in America—and Found Unexpected Peace
William Lobdell
Collins: 292 pp., $25.99
Vatican can be sued for clergy abuse, judges rule
Manya A. Brachear March 4, 2009.
Los Angeles Times
An Oregon man who alleges he was molested in the 1960s by a priest can pursue a civil lawsuit against the Holy See, a federal appeals court says.
Vatican Radio says Pius XII helped Jews
Associated Press March 4, 2009.
msnbc.msn.com
Broadcaster cites 1943 document found in Rome convent as evidence
