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Tag Archives: Religious Left
Leftists Attack “Speculators”
Via The Independent: The G20 was under growing pressure to call an emergency summit on global food prices last night as the Vatican accused grain speculators of “hampering the poorest and neediest… Yesterday the Vatican’s permanent observer at the UN … Continue reading
Biter Bit
Anthony Davies and Kristina Antolin, writing in the WSJ: The bishops dance with the devil when they invite government to use its coercive power on their behalf, and there’s no clearer example than the Affordable Care Act. They happily joined … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State
Tagged abortion, contraception, Obamacare, Religious Left, Roman Catholicism
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When Roman Catholic Bishops are Useful (to the New York Times)
Reason cites a New York Times editorial discussing Paul Ryan’s budget proposals: These cuts are so severe that the nation’s Catholic bishops raised their voices in protest at the shredding of the nation’s moral obligations. Mr. Ryan’s budget “will hurt … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State
Tagged 2012 Elections, Paul Ryan, Religious Left, Roman Catholicism, The New York Times
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Defiling the Public Square
Some nun has been busy proclaiming her moral superiority: The Daily Telegraph reports: The under-fire Olympics security firm G4S is facing further embarrassment after an 82-year-old nun broke into a US nuclear facility, forcing it to shut down. Sister Megan … Continue reading
The Placenta of the Earth has been Ruptured!
From the Baccalaureate address at Stanford University by Joan Chittister, the Benedictine Catholic sister, author and (to quote the God’s Politics blog) “social justice stalwart”: The ozone layer, the placenta of the earth, has been ruptured. The polar ice cap … Continue reading
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Tagged Joan Chittister, Religious Left
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For Thee But Not For Me (Ctd)
Cardinal Séan O’Malley , one of the leading figures in the US Roman Catholic hierarchy, blogs: The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this week upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s “mandate” requiring adult Americans to purchase health care. The … Continue reading
Fool or Knave?
Scottish Cardinal Keith O’Brien is at it again: Via the Guardian: One of Britain’s most prominent religious figures, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, has accused David Cameron of immoral behaviour and of favouring rich City financiers over those struggling on lower incomes. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cardinal O'Brien, Religious Left, Roman Catholicism, taxes, UK
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A Voice for Fundamentalism?
One of life’s minor pleasures is the spectacle of ‘progressives’ calling for Christians to pay more attention to the Bible. Here’s David Sirota writing in Salon: As the Pew Research Center recently discovered, “Most people who agree with the religious … Continue reading
For Thee But Not For Me
Amy Sullivan grumbles in the Atlantic: Without the work of women like Sister Carol Keehan, president of the Catholic Health Association, and Sister Simone Campbell of the Catholic social justice group NETWORK, there would be no health reform and therefore … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State, culture
Tagged contraception, Religious Left, Roman Catholicism
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Well?
We’ve heard a lot recently from the Vatican on the “social justice” front, most of it the usual leftish sanctimony garnished with the distaste for the free market that has long been an important strand of Roman Catholic thought. Well, … Continue reading