Tag Archives: Roman Catholicism

O’Malley’s Photo Opportunity

Boston’s “Cardinal Sean” pulls a cheap stunt: NOGALES, Ariz. — At a Mass held under the shadow of the border fence this morning, Cardinal Sean O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston called on Congress for comprehensive immigration reform this year. “The … Continue reading

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Connect the Dots

From The Economist: Together with a general migration from the north-east and Midwest towards the sunbelt, the number of people leaving the faith has led to a shrinking of Catholicism in its former heartlands…. This shrinking has been offset by … Continue reading

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A Guide to Getting Your Saints Recognized

US Catholic has a report on Pope Francis’s efforts to clean up the Vatican Bank. It comments that “Francis has repeatedly railed against corruption, and his reforms at the bank are quickly becoming a test case for those efforts”. Fair … Continue reading

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Economical with the Truth

Cross-posted on Ricochet: Religion News‘s David Gibson believes that the current pope’s crude and demagogic attacks (to be clear: that’s not exactly the way that Mr. Gibson appears to see them) on the free market have a useful supporter in … Continue reading

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Devilry Afoot

The Devil (or, more accurately, fear of the old monster) has always been a good recruiting sergeant for clergy looking to fill their pews. It’s thus no great surprise to read that the Roman Catholic church is taking advantage of … Continue reading

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Science Update

The Daily Telegraph reports: Angels exist but do not have wings and are more like shards of light, at least according to a top Catholic Church “angelologist” who says the heavenly beings are now back in vogue thanks to New … Continue reading

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Pope, Rush

One of the many advantages of not being religious is that I don’t have to spend any time wrestling with the “contradictions” of my faith. Christianity has—stretching from its murky beginnings to its wildly syncretic present—quite a few of those. … Continue reading

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The Pope and His Politics

Cross-posted on the Corner: Kathryn, I was interested to read this passage from that new interview with the Pope: Personally I think so-called unrestrained liberalism only makes the strong stronger and the weak weaker and excludes the most excluded. We … Continue reading

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Playing an Old Tune?

Cross-posted on the Corner: There are times, sadly, when the economic pronouncements of Pope Francis have more than a touch of Juan Perón about them. This may be one of them. “We don´t want this globalized economic system which does … Continue reading

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A Numbers Game?

The Economist takes a look at what America’s Roman Catholic church has been saying about immigration: In America Roman Catholic ears are ringing from sermons supporting immigration reform. On September 8th, just before politicians returned to Congress after their summer … Continue reading

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