Archive for the ‘Catholic Inquisition’ Category

FIR against rationalist for questioning ‘miracle’ Man files complaint against Sanal Edamaruku who dismissed water dripping from Jesus statue as due to capillary action, saying he had made statements against the Church Jyoti Punwani Mumbai was the birthplace of the Indian   Rationalist Association (IRA), founded in 1930 by Mumbaikar R P Paranjpe.   Almost [...]

The Catholicization of the American Right Howard Schweber Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison In the past two decades, the American religious Right has become increasingly Catholic. I mean that both literally and metaphorically. Literally, Catholic writers have emerged as intellectual leaders of the religious right in universities, the punditocracy, the press, and the courts, promoting an [...]

Gingrich Promises Presidential Commission On Ending The Separation Of Church/State Catholic Crusader Newt Gingrich has published a document vowing that “on Day One” of his presidency he will create a commission to investigate any attempt to enforce the separation of church and state. He also promises that he will thwart any attempt to stop the [...]

Catholic Power vs. American Freedom by George La Piana & John W. Swomley. edited by Herbert F. Vetter. Published by: Prometheus Books. The role of Catholicism in American society has long been a matter of some debate. Catholicism developed in a Europe controlled by monarchial, aristocratic, and even dictatorial political systems, and the Roman Catholic [...]