Since I get all my information these days from the always reliable Facebook News Service -- basically whatever links my Facebook friends, in their infinite wisdom, decide to circulate and express an opinion about -- I now know the real reason for Pope Benedict XVI's hasty and ...read more
I suppose it would be too much to ask for the Catholic Church to simply close up shop once Pope Benedict officially steps down, eh? The important thing to keep in mind in the wake of the once-and-future Joseph Ratzinger's surprise announcement that he'll be abdicating the ...read more
Bill Donohue won't be pleased. That's a good thing. The Vatican demanded Wednesday that a bishop who denied the Holocaust recant his positions before being fully admitted into the Roman Catholic Church. The Vatican also said in a statement that Pope Benedict XVI didn't know ...read more
Predictable, but still kind of amazing the lengths Bill Donohue and the conservative Catholic League will go to defend whatever the church does, hides, and endorses. From a Catholic League press release: On January 29, nearly 50 Catholic Democratic congressmen sent a letter to ...read more
Image via Wikipedia So, is this what the church does when it isn't covering up for pedophiles? Seriously, come on. Pope Benedict XVI has lifted the excommunications of four traditionalist bishops, including that of a Holocaust denier whose rehabilitation sparked outrage among ...read more
