Archive for the ‘Catholic Power’ Category

Christo-Fascism without Tears: Response to Evangelical Writers who Distance the Church from the Nazi Party By Alex Constantine “The prophet seldom has any honor in his own country.” – Adolf Hitler “Today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am [...]

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 [...]

My Take: Catholic bishops against the common good              By Stephen Prothero, Special to CNN (CNN) – The U.S. Catholic bishops who claim, increasingly incredibly, to speak on behalf of American Catholics hit a new low last week when they released a self-serving statement called “Our First, Most Cherished Liberty.” As this title intimates, the [...]

  Is There A War On Religion? No…. But There Is A Religious Right/Catholic Hierarchy Attack On Individual Freedom   Featured By Rob Boston From a posh residence in the heart of New York City that has been described as a “mini-mansion,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan is perhaps the most visible representative of an American church empire of [...]

Santorum Exposes The Real Republican Party [Re-posted from earlier today.] What’s fascinating to me about Santorum‘s outburst yesterday was not its content, but its candor. In fact, one of Santorum’s advantages in this race, especially against Romney, is that we can see exactly where he stands. There can be no absolute separation of church and [...]

Church & State Report Says Religious Right And Catholic Bishops Dominate ‘Faithful’ Lobbying January 2012 People & Events In D.C. A report issued by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life finds that religious advocacy groups in the nation’s capital are growing and that most of the largest organizations are affiliated with the Religious [...]

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 [...]

Rick Santorum: The New Face of the GOP A reactionary, anti-science religious fanatic is now the frontrunner Via:-  Charles Johnson The thing about Rick Santorum is that he’s genuine. He really believes that anti-science reactionary bullshit he spouts. He’s not just saying it to get elected, unlike Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. The reactionary Republican [...]

“Reverend” Donald Spitz from the pro-terrorist anti-abortion group Army of God has been using the Catholic video-sharing site Glora.tv in order to promote his agenda of anti-abortion violence and extreme homophobia. On Boxing Day, Spitz struck again, releasing a film onto the site repeating anti-gay sections of the bible declaring homosexuals to be “sodomites” and [...]

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 [...]

Santorum Signs Pledge Defending Christian Influence Over Society  ‎Today, ‎29 ‎November ‎2011, ‏‎12 hours ago | Zack Ford Right Wing Watch notes that Rick Santorum is so far the only presidential candidate to sign Open Doors Ministry’s “Pledge for Religious Freedom.” The pledge claims that “religious freedom includes the right to employ religious arguments…when contending [...]

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 [...]