Showing posts with label Catholic Charities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Catholic Charities. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Robert P. Jones's Commentary on the "Historical Record of Lived Christianity in America," White Supremacy, and the Recent Sojourners Débacle

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An important contribution (and subtext) of Robert P. Jones's new book White Too Long is its focus on how white Christianity is lived in...
Friday, October 7, 2011

Footnote to Catholic Charities Story in Illinois: Peoria Group Continues Mission, Drops Catholic Designation

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A quick footnote to a story I've discussed several times on this blog: as I've noted in a number of postings, the Catholic ...
Sunday, October 2, 2011

Still Going On: Catholic Charities in Houston under Federal Investigation for Failure to Report Sexual Abuse of Minor

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And just when I think I can't read anything more stomach-churning about the cover-up of sexual abuse of minors in Catholic institution...
Thursday, September 8, 2011

Tom Roberts on Illinois Catholic Charities Decision as Setback for Church: Critical Questions

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Something I've been mulling over: I wonder if anyone besides me finds the headline that National Catholic Reporter editor Tom Roberts...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Also in the News: Government Funding of Faith-Based Groups, Polarization of American Catholics

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And in specifically religious news in the past week, here's what drew my attention:
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Illinois Bishop Says State Is at War with Catholics

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Bishop Daniel Jenky   And talk about ratcheting things up (I'm piggy-backing on a remark I just made in my post about Wayne Besen): t...
Sunday, June 12, 2011

Quote for Day: Wanda Sykes on Defense of Tracy Morgan's Homophobic Rant--"Break Me Off an Evolved Country"

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Quote for the day: Wanda Sykes responding to Chris Rock's (initial: he's now changed his mind ) defense of Tracy Morgan's rec...
Friday, May 27, 2011

Catholic Charities of Rockford Ends Foster Care Services, Claims Right to Discriminate in Name of Faith

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Now that the state of Illinois recognizes the civil unions of same-sex couples--granting those couples rights enjoyed by heterosexual citi...
Friday, February 25, 2011

U.S. Catholic Bishops' Response to DOMA Decision: Continued Demands for the "Right" to Discriminate

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Yesterday, I noted that the immediate response of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to the Obama administration's announcement th...
Monday, March 15, 2010

More Double Standards: D.C. Catholic Charities Implements New Hiring Standards

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The double standard in how the Catholic church treats its heterosexual sinners and its gay ones grows ever grosser and more evident--even ...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Exclusionary Politics or Care for the Poor?: Reflections on the Eroding Moral Authority of the U.S. Catholic Bishops

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I appreciate the discussion that followed my posting two days ago about the latest Catholic hall of shame—the list of Catholic dioceses acr...
Thursday, June 19, 2008

Concerned Women of America Are Concerned!

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I've just listened to an audio clip of an interview with Wendy Wright of Concerned Women for America. Christian Broadcasting Network (C...
Sunday, February 3, 2008

Compendium of Recent Catholic Anti-Gay Initiatives

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The following chronicle captures significant events in what commentators are seeing as an unprecedented attempt of the Catholic church to in...
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