1997 letter from Vatican is “smoking gun” on pedophile priest cover up.

By , on 19 January, 2011
Pic of stained glass window.

In retrospect, it should have been obvious.

From the beginning of the Catholic pedophile priest scandal the Vatican has maintained that it had no knowledge of the problem and was not involved in any official cover up. More than a few people believed that claim to be an outright lie.

It appears they may . . . → Read More: 1997 letter from Vatican is “smoking gun” on pedophile priest cover up.

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[SEB Guest Post] Catholic website encourages “death panel” myth in order to scare readers into opposing health care reform.

By , on 18 January, 2011

With the Republican Party still gloating over its recent election victories, claiming it has a mandate to repeal health care reform, we can see on religious websites just how they came to this supposed success. They relied, in part, on their old friend the Religious Right.

In this link you will see a questioner, Linda, . . . → Read More: [SEB Guest Post] Catholic website encourages “death panel” myth in order to scare readers into opposing health care reform.

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Pope warns of misuse of religion.

By , on 9 May, 2009

Does anyone know where I can get my Irony Meter repaired or replaced? I read this article and almost fell off my chair:

Pope warns of misuse of religion – BBC News

Pope Benedict XVI has warned against the misuse of religion for political ends, in a speech to Muslim leaders on the second . . . → Read More: Pope warns of misuse of religion.

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