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OCTOBER 1, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Theocracy Alert: Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, advises new lawyers to use their law career to build the “Kingdom of God.” Barrett made her position clear that lawyers should use their career to build a “Kingdom of God” while delivering an address to the […]
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 BY HENRY KARLSON The annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast will be awarding William Barr the “Christifideles Laici Award” this year at their virtual breakfast meeting (on Sept. 23). The award, the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast says, is given “In Honor and Gratitude for Fidelity to the Church, Exemplary Selfless and Steadfast Service in the Lord’s Vineyard.” […]
BY HEMANT MEHTA AUGUST 31, 2020 In an extremely brief paper (technically a research abstract) that’s getting attention this week because it was presented at a virtual conference, students at Baylor University, using information from the 2017 Baylor Religion Survey, found that atheists sleep better than religious people. If it’s considered healthy to get between 7-9 hours of sleep […]
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 BY FR. MATTHEW P. SCHNEIDER, LC Archbishop Viganò was the papal nuncio in the USA years ago but has recently come to fame for various letters he’s written in retirement. He started by revealing a possible cover-up of clerical sexual abuse. However, has slowly gotten further from mainstream Catholicism in what he writes. […]
AUGUST 3, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Toxic Religion: Hundreds have been forced into quarantine after an irresponsible priest who frequently mocked legitimate fears of COVID-19 was hospitalized with the virus. Before being hospitalized, the priest, Monsignor Charles Pope, would frequently berate Catholics who chose to stay away from mass under the advice of medical professionals and […]
JULY 23, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Thoughts and Prayers: Bishop Henrique Soares da Costa of Palmares, a conservative Catholic bishop from Brazil who claimed COVID-19 was a “sign from God,” is dead from the virus. Catholic News Agency reports: Bishop Henrique Soares da Costa of Palmares, Brazil, became the latest bishop to die of COVID-19 on July […]
JULY 6, 2020 BY MARY PEZZULO I thought it would make bigger news this weekend, when pro-life icon Abby Johnson said that her son isn’t Black after all. In case you just joined us: the Johnsons had an open adoption several years ago. They adopted a baby named Jude whom they’ve spoken and blogged publicly about […]
JUNE 30, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Deplorable: A Catholic Priest in Indiana is in trouble after being caught telling parishioners that Black Lives Matter organizers are “maggots and parasites.” The Hill reports: A Catholic diocese in Indiana is facing calls to remove a local pastor after he compared the Black Lives Matter movement and its demonstrators to […]