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It seems like a divine coincidence that two separate juries in the state of Pennsylvania rendered guilty verdicts yesterday in cases related to the sexual abuse of children in the Catholic Church and at Penn state. The Catholic Church A few years ago, revelations about the nature and scope of sexual abuse by priests gave… Read more.
A few years ago, revelations about the nature and scope of sexual abuse by priests gave the impression that the Catholic Church in America was being run by a syndicate of pedophile enablers. By contrast, the moral indignation European priests cast at their brethren in America back then gave the impression that the Catholic Church in… Read more.
The crusade the Catholic Church launched recently to convert disaffected Anglicans should disabuse anyone of any doubt that the mission of organized religion is more about amassing power than saving souls. Why else would Benedict XVI, the most conservative and doctrinaire pope in modern times, implement liberal reforms just to make it easier to increase… Read more.
