Showing posts with label Opus Dei. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Opus Dei. Show all posts
Sunday, December 18, 2022

Recent Religion + Politics Commentary: "Pro-Life" Movement, Christian Nationalism, Southern Baptists and United Methodists, Leonard Leo and New USCCB President

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Here are some valuable articles I've read in the past week or two about religion and politics and their intersection:
Thursday, January 17, 2019

On McCloskey's & Opus Dei's "Outsize Impact on Policy & Politics," & Attempt of Right-Wing Religionists & Journalists to Veil That Influence

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In the statement by Terry Mattingly to which I linked yesterday, a statement which argues that the media have been much more focused...
Wednesday, January 16, 2019

McCarrick Story Continues to Chug Along, While McCloskey Story Loses Steam: Why?

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Number of articles Religion News Service has posted featuring the McCarrick story: at least 20, by my count. Number of RNS articles featur...

Two More Valuable Resources re: Opus Dei: Betty Clermont's and Penny Lernoux's Books

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I'd like to add two valuable resources to the primer of books and articles about Opus Dei I posted this past weekend . That primer ...
Monday, January 14, 2019

This Has Happened: What to Make of Recent Chain of Events from Opus Dei-McCloskey to Cardinal Burke to Peter Steinfels to Archbishop Viganò?

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So this has happened: 1. Jan. 7: Washington Post breaks Opus Dei-McCloskey story. 2. Jan. 8: Cardinal Burke mounts an attack on Pope F...
Saturday, January 12, 2019

Opus Dei, Its Wealth, Power, and Widespread Hidden Influence: A Primer of Informative Resources

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I'd like to propose the following — an intuition of mine, rather than a proven conclusion:
Friday, January 11, 2019

News Continues to Break re: McCloskey + Opus Dei: "Catholic Right … Does Not Want to Grasp the Gravity" of Catholic Church's Sex-Abuse Crisis

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The Opus Dei-Rev C John McCloskey story is turning into an emblem for the covering-up of clergy sex misconduct https://t.co/Ky3GApWNUi — ...
Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Catholics Who Have No Problem with a President Boasting About Grabbing Women's Genitals Appear to Find It Refreshing When a Priest "Only" Assaults a Woman

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Isn't it interesting that the same set of Catholics who have no problem with a president boasting about how he likes to grab women...
Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Addendum to McCloskey Story: Opus Dei Priest Speaks Out: "He Was Around for a Year After We Were Informed. … It's Not Good. But We May As Well Own It"

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More is coming out now about the McCloskey story. A few minutes ago, Michelle Boorstein tweeted out a link to a new Washington Post a...

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 ...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Crux on Cardinal McCarrick's "Sexually Deviant Behavior": U.S. Catholic Church Continues to Be Unsafe for LGBTQ People

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I went to bed last night more than a little troubled by something Crux  reporter Christopher White states in his report on a presentatio...
Monday, April 4, 2016

With Knights of Columbus Funding and Strong Connections to Well-Heeled Right-Wing Catholic Elite Groups, Crux Promises No Good New for LGBTQ Catholics

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Last week, I commented on a recent statement by Kaya Oakes at Religion Dispatches raising critical questions about the choice of Jo...
Saturday, May 16, 2015

A Week Out from Irish Marriage Equality Referendum, NOM's Behind-the-Scenes Work to Assure a No Vote Receives Increasing Scrutiny

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In his weekly recap this week of global LGBT-and-religion news at Religion Dispatches, Peter Montgomery points to a BuzzFeed article...
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...
Thursday, June 19, 2014

New "Secret, Shadowy Version of NOM" Formed: Continuing Thick Ties of National Organization for Marriage to Secret, Shadowy, Rich and Powerful Catholic Group Opus Dei

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Interesting news about the National Organization for Marriage, which is staging the "March for (Some People's) Marriage...
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Cardinal Dolan's Recent Paean to Free-Market Capitalism Ghost-Authored by Former Reagan Administration Official Larry Kudlow

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At Religion Dispatches, Patricia Miller writes , 
Saturday, April 26, 2014

Colleen Baker on Opus Dei's Spin-Doctoring of John Paul II's Record, Father Tom Doyle on What John Paul Knew When

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At her Enlightened Catholicism site , Colleen Baker points out that the Vatican spin doctors who are now trying to spin Pope John Pau...
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 ...
Monday, February 24, 2014

John Corvino, What's Wrong with Homosexuality?: "Man on Man, Man on Dog, or Whatever the Case May Be"

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I was reminded of  John Corvino's book   What's Wrong with Homosexuality? (NY: Oxford UP, 2013) as I read Erik Eckholm's ...
Friday, February 21, 2014

End-of-Week News Roundup: Archbishop John Myers Back in News, Now for Bling-Bling Retirement House

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Archbishop John Myers As this work week ends, an offering of observations from news of the week that will, I hope, inspire you to r...