Showing posts with label Frank Cocozzelli. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frank Cocozzelli. Show all posts
Monday, September 28, 2020

Commentary on the Discussion of Amy Coney Barrett's Religious Views and Their Pertinence to Her Supreme Court Nomination

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Robert Ellsberg on Twitter, 27 September 2020   Frank Cocozzelli, " A Catholic’s Case Against Amy Coney Barrett ": The issue with ...
Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Opus Dei Reveals It Paid Nearly $1 Million to Settle Suit vs. D.C. Superstar Priest John McCloskey: Questions We Should Ask

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One of today's big stories: Opus Dei has revealed that it paid nearly $1 million in 2005 to settle a sexual misconduct lawsuit ...
Thursday, December 31, 2015

Frank Cocozzelli Presents His Annual Coughie Award: And the Winners Are . . . Maureen Mullarkey and Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone!

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It's that time of year — Coughie time! I have come to look forward to Frank Cocozzelli's annual announcement of his Coughlin ...
Thursday, October 1, 2015

Why the Pope's Meeting with Kim Davis Is the Last Straw for Me: With Commentary on Father James Martin's "Points to Keep in Mind" About the Meeting

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Several days back, I received an email from America Magazine  asking me to contribute financial support to America  as a member of th...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

And This Year's Coughie for Best Exemplifying an Exclusionary, Strident Interpretation of the Catholic Faith Goes To . . . .

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As the year turns, I now look forward every year to Frank Cocozzelli's annual Coughie award. As Frank explains , 
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Pope Francis in the News: Media Memes and Informed Commentary (There's a Difference)

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Perhaps you haven't noticed, but Pope Francis has been in the news lately. A lot. Headlines yesterday about his scolding of the ...
Monday, October 6, 2014

Pope Francis and Synod: Coercive Top-Down Model of Church, or Consensual Bottom-Up Lay-Dominated Model? Recent Analysis Worth Reading

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The synod on the family opened in Rome yesterday, and as this gathering begins, journalist Robert Mickens states, in an interview with ...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Frank Cocozzelli on Opus Dei Ties of Supreme Catholic Men: "I Am Concerned about the Strong Influence of an Ultra-Traditionalist Catholic Mindset on the U.S. Supreme Court"

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In light of the recent Hobby Lobby  ruling of the five Supreme Catholic men, Talk to Action has chosen to republish an outstanding se...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Jerry Slevin on Jennifer Haselberger's Affidavit: "Underscores That Francis' Calculated and Ineffective Approach to Facing the Catholic Church's Greatest Challenge in Centuries Will Likely Be a Failure"

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In response to Brian Roewe's report today at National Catholic Reporter  about Jennifer Haselberger's affidavit in the sexua...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Frank Cocozzelli on Continuing Spectacle of Convicted Criminal Bishop Robert Finn: "He Has Become the Symbol of Ongoing Institutional Intransigence"

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Frank Cocozzelli on the continuing spectacle of convicted criminal Bishop Robert Finn, who refuses to relinquish his bishop's ...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Frank Cocozzelli on Slaveholders' "Mudsill" Theory and Applications to Contemporary Political and Economic Debates

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At Talk to Action, Frank Cocozzelli discusses the mudsill theory of economics that originates with an 1858 defense of slavery by So...
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

In the News: Little Sisters of Poor vs. Obama, Frank Cocozzelli's Coughie Award, Fred Clark's "Daily Blog of the Day," John Allen Leaving NCR

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The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes , The Daily Show on Facebook Now a grab-bag of news items and articles that hav...
Saturday, October 5, 2013

The Shutdown and the Dominance of the GOP by White Southerners: A Growing Meme

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One of the important trends in analysis of the current situation of American democracy as the Republican party shuts down the federal ...
Monday, September 30, 2013

As Pope's Advisory Council of Eight Cardinals Meets, People of God Bombard Rome with Appeals for Reform

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This is an important week for the Catholic church: as Fr. Thomas Reese explains in this recent National Catholic Reporter  article , ...
Sunday, September 1, 2013

Kiva, Strathmore University, and Opus Dei: The Rest of the Story (Up to the Present)

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So here's an update about what has been happening in the discussion of the choice of Kiva, a charitable non-profit that claims to s...
Thursday, August 8, 2013

Frank Cocozzelli's Critique of the Neo-Confederate Views of Thomas E. Woods: A New Installment in the Series

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As a footnote to what I just posted  about the seeming rise, in many places of the world, of overtly racist and homophobic movements that...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Frank Cocozzelli's Critique of Catholic Neo-Confederate Fantasies: The Pertinence of the Discussion

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More indicators come out that libertarian darling and possible presidential contender Rand Paul is more than a little taken with neo-Con...
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Recent Commentary on Nation-Dividing Tactics of GOP: Charles Blow, Robert Reich, Frank Cocozzelli

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In his op-ed piece for the New York Times  today, Charles Blow provides some strong reminders about why the self-defeating game of i...
Monday, May 27, 2013

A Personal Reflection on Neo-Confederate Clownery

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A brief personal footnote about the neo-Confederate nonsense of the folks Frank Cocozzelli is studying (and I'm very glad Frank ...

Frank Cocozzelli on Neo-Confederate Catholic Ideologues and the Fantasy of Nullification: Memorial Day Reflection

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Early in May, I recommended  an article by Frank Cocozzelli on the rising strand of neo-Confederate ideology in some sectors of the...