catholicism

So Mother Teresa finally gets there after lots of hurdles. I bet Christopher Hitchens is rolling in his grave. The Catholic Church has tightened up its rules so canonization is not so easy anymore. Just a well I suppose because so many saints have been made over the years Heaven must be...

And that means no sex, not kinky incest fantasies. According to Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia anyway, who's issued his interpretation of Pope Francius's Amoris Laetitia and states that divorced couples who remarry must permanently abstain from sex. Not that the good bish...

[URL="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/god-is-not-a-magician-pope-says-christians-should-believe-in-evolution-and-big-bang/[/URL] It should be noted as enticing as it may seem.

I never cease to be amazed at how incredibly credulous people can be. In the news today is a story about a nun who cured a young boy of an eye disease. The Church is so convinced that it happened this way that they are elevating Sister Demjanovich's status to "beatified," only one step below...

Frontline this week had an excellent expose on the Vatican - Secrets of the Vatican (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/). I'm wondering what other thought. I think for me one of the takeaways was how much control the Vatican Curia exercised despite the Pope technically being an absolute...

Of course, anyone who's read Christopher Hitchens's Missionary Position know this, but it's good that the news is getting out more widely now... http://guardianlv.com/2013/10/mother-teresa-was-no-saint-says-study/

Pope bracket! Just as exciting as the NCAA basketball playoffs - who will be the new Vicar of God, the next man to walk in the footsteps of Peter, in the red Italian leather ballet slippers? Track the candidates from Sweet Sistine to Diocese Duo and on to Supreme Pontiff! Amaze your friends and...

Based on the RedC poll, carried in most newspapers today, there has been a sharp drop in religious belief here over the last seven years. Now less than half the population (47%) describe themselves as "religious" as opposed to 59% in 2005. According to the research, the Republic of Ireland is...

There's an interesting discussion article here at The Society Pages on attempts by NYPriest.com to "re-masculinise" the priesthood in the wake of the various scandals, part of the "The World Needs Heroes" campaign, with the slogan: The Priesthood is tough and it's for real men. You have to a a...

Almost every day we hear about more pedophile Catholic priests and the vast conspiracy to protect them. This has not only damaged the church's reputation, but has led to many lawsuits with very large settlements that have damaged the church financially. The church also has an increasingly...

It's too bad shows like this won't be available anymore: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/25/pope-ousts-loose-monks-rome Pope Benedict, party pooper. :(

Phew, thanks for setting that straight. It's all OK, then. :mad: No, the issue is not homosexuality, it's sexual assault. Source.

An app that helps believers perform a confession has been approved by the Catholic Church: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12403852 I was brought up as a Catholic, but saw the light and became a devout atheist when I was about 15. I always had problems coming up with sins to mention in...

Catholic church gives blessing to iPhone app. I'm sorry but this is just crying out for a spoof version, preferably involving Cardinal Fang.

http://www.littleiapps.com/overview.php http://www.littleiapps.com/images/gallery/iphone5.png Only $1.99 in the App Store.

Wrong Century? :boggled: http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/11/06/16006381.html

During an AIDS prevention campain, the catholic church in Lucerne, Switzerland, is distributing condoms. They suspect the Vatican might be unhappy about it. I really wonder why ... ;) I guess we're in for a pretty funny show between the various dioceses in Switzerland, not to mention the...

Or so says a non-Catholic Harvard scientist named Edward Green. He claims that as a whole, condom education has not been effective, and a more plausible preventative measure is primarily promoting faithfulness and abstinence. If you google: 'liberal academic edward green' and 'edward green...

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0054/0054_01.asp According to Jack Chick who is head of the KJV only organization says the catholics caused the holocost not the nazis. Over a period of time I'm going to have a Jack Chick tract with commentary. Theres hundreds of them so it will be one a...

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http://www.religioustolerance.org/satanis5.htm Just prior to the inquisition a grroup of Catholic leaders decided Satan worship and witchcraft was going on. Apparently they sat around deciding what to look for. They had the idea that the Lords prayer would be said backwards. The decided a black...

Seriously. Mother Teresa's relics are coming to visit Baltimore. Can anyone tell me what's involved in venerating?

From the Des Moines Register: Nurre denies being an atheist, and she denies that she advocated atheism. (There is apparently no hint that she ever advocated any doctrine offensive to the all-wise Catholic Church while actually on the job.) She also questions whether the remarks attributed to...

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL2986418520080529 You got to give it to them, when women are concerned the clergy is really quick to act. I guess women are considered a bigger threat to the Church than child molesters.

Never mind sex, my young mind was given math formulas that didn't compute, for lack of better analogy, from the Roman Catholic Church. I don't think I was ever sexually molested, but I remember some of the poignant details of advice from these authorities: A nun, at catechism class, explained...

Well I never was much into the Simpsons TV show but it got a thumbs up from the Vatican newspaper. http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/faith/2009/12/simpsons_vatican_losservatore.html

Greetings all During a debate about the pope's infallibility and what a crock it is, I was challenged to come up with a single instance of a pope declaring something infallibly (that is, the pope is speaking ex-cathedra, about a matter of faith or religion) and then later being found wrong or...

Bill Donohue, a man with an internet connection who calls himself head of the Catholic League, is getting attention from this latest PR stunt with an ad in Variety: Full: Catholic League Press Release You can read about Penn & Teller's show and see previews at Showtime's website...

In this wonderful, hilarious, and not-at-all-offensive video, Louis CK sets out to learn what Catholicism is all about. Guess what he finds out? :newlol (NSFW) VABSoHYQr6k :D:roll::cs::newlol

The president of Paraguay, fathered at least one child (by his own admission) and perhaps three, by different women while he was a Roman Catholic bishop. It seems like the chastity rules, which go against natural human instinct and physiological needs, are a bit of a problem for the church. Why...