Reading Time: 9 minutes American hardliners in Catholic leadership are dragging their religion closer and closer to schism. They absolutely despise Pope Francis, and lately they’ve been ramping up their defiance of him. The hardliners’ defiance hit a fever pitch last month at a big conference, which makes schism even more of a possibility. Meanwhile, the rank-and-file Catholics in […]
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Posted inViolence
Blaming the victims: Revisiting one of the lowest moments of Francis’s papacy
Reading Time: 4 minutes One of the greatest failures of Western journalism has been the refusal by major news outlets to hold religious leaders accountable for their harmful actions. The men who claim to speak for the divine are too often taken at their word, and too rarely challenged when their word contradicts reality. This bias has not served […]
Posted inReligious News
Pope Francis is lying about having ‘zero tolerance’ for sexual abuse
Reading Time: 3 minutes In a lengthy interview with CNN Portugal, Pope Francis insisted, falsely, that he had a “zero tolerance” policy when it came to the sexual abuse of children. In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview in Rome last month, the Pontiff said the church had “zero tolerance” for abuse and said that “a priest cannot remain a priest […]
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Nancy Pelosi and Communion: Revealing a rift in Catholicism
Reading Time: 7 minutes Communion is a big deal to Catholics in America. But about a month ago, a Catholic archbishop in America barred Nancy Pelosi from being able to take Communion because of her vocal position on abortion rights. The Vatican clearly didn’t agree with this decision, and she herself clearly didn’t either.
Posted inCritical thinking
Discernment: The Pope keeps giving Christians this awful advice
Reading Time: 10 minutes Across the length and breadth of Christendom, discernment means the ability to tell if something is divine, earthly, or demonic in nature. As one might expect in an ideology consisting of nothing but false claims, Christian leaders all have their various ways of teaching this system to their followers. Pope Francis is no exception to […]
Posted inSatire
Pope dreams God is a standup comic
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s unusual for a Pope to share one of his dreams. In fact, it has never happened before. But what a dream he had: God as a standup comic! As the Vatican relates it, in a dream, the Pope sat with leaders of all religions in a large, darkly lit ballroom. A thousand were present. […]
Posted inReligion
Joseph Ratzinger, God’s own monster: An obituary before the fact
Reading Time: 13 minutes OnlySky · Joseph Ratzinger, God's own monster: An obituary before the fact | Daniel James Sharp When Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, formerly Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, boarded the plane at Ciampino Airport, Rome, he wondered if he would be greeted by stern-faced German policemen when he landed in Munich. Since giving up his job as God’s […]
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The Ongoing Catholic Scandal: What the New CIASE Report Means
Reading Time: 9 minutes Catholic morality is nothing but a smokescreen to keep the flocks’ attention away from Catholic hypocrisy. It may sound very pretty. It’s meant to. But its beauty is barely skin-deep. Those high-falutin’ ideals dissolve on contact with a priest collar.
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Catholic Leaders: Totally Corrupt Financially, Too!
Reading Time: 8 minutes As if one huge, long-running, top-level scandal wasn’t enough for Catholics, they’ve now got a new one to contend with. And it’s exposed at the worst time possible for their leaders. Join me today for a look at Catholicism’s newer scandal, and how hardline Catholics are reacting to the news.
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Op-ed: Vatican abuse summit was an exercise in arse-covering
Reading Time: 4 minutes BARRY Duke has pointed out the cowardice and uselessness of the Vatican’s latest bafflegab on priestly child rape, but it’s a subject that frankly requires a lot of hostile commentary, and I want to dig into the theology of it all. The Holy See Press Office (yes really, that’s what it calls itself) has kindly […]