Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

The Freethinker

Home
Nonreligious

Catholicism

Select a Category Archive My Atheism News Opinion Reviews Uncategorized

Select a Month December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 March 2007 April 2006 February 2006

November 2016

November 05, 2016

Forced adoptions: Catholic Church sorry for wrecked lives

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, above, head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has apologised...

October 2016

October 31, 2016

Abuse victims launch lawsuit against Catholic school

Five former pupils at a Catholic school headed by James Carragher, above, who is now...

October 30, 2016

Catholic Church pumps cash into anti-cannabis campaign

A ballot in Massachusetts looks set to have cannabis legalised in the state soon ......

October 28, 2016

God tells Philippine President Duterte to stop swearing

The Almighty apparently frowns on vulgar language, and although he is yet to admonish Donald...

October 26, 2016

RCC lists things not to do with the ashes of the departed

During most of its history, cremation was banned by the Roman Catholic Church. According to...

October 25, 2016

Abortion: Polish Government sparks a fresh wave of fury

A Polish politician's insistence that foetuses that stand no chance of survival should be allowed...

October 25, 2016

Christian horror comic creator Jack Chick is dead aged 92

In 2015, trailing a little-known 2008 indie documentary – God’s Cartoonist: The Comic Crusade of...

October 11, 2016

Archbishop Martin told to butt out of Irish abortion debate

Fine Gael parliamentarian Kate O’Connell has told Archbishop Eamon Martin, above, the Catholic Church Primate...

October 10, 2016

Scottish Humanists demand action over pupils' punishment

The Humanist Society Scotland announced today that it was writing to Education Secretary John Swinney...

October 04, 2016

Lengthy jail sentence imposed on Australian Catholic priest

Robert Patrick Claffey, 73, above, who sexually abused 12 Victorian children over decades in a...

September 2016

September 27, 2016

Small car, big heart?

People still talk sentimental drivel about what a nice man the Pope is. It may...

September 20, 2016

Guam's law change could bankrupt Catholic Church

An archbishop sent to Guam to investigate abuse allegations against a fellow cleric has urged...

September 18, 2016

Priest who pitted himself against Satan's hordes is dead

Veteran Catholic exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth has died at the age of 91. The National...

September 10, 2016

Retired Pope Benedict XVI tried to rid Church of its 'filth'

Paedophile priests, murky finances and corruption were the 'filth' that Joseph Ratzinger, 89, wanted to...

September 08, 2016

NY tabloid accused of 'spewing hatred' against Catholics

This week the New York Daily News reported that the Archdiocese of New York had...

September 07, 2016

Kids as young as 10 choosing atheism over Catholicism

Washington-based researcher Mark Gray, above, has some bad news for the Catholic Church: youngsters are...

September 06, 2016

St Teresa is being asked by this man to cure Stephen Hawking

Newly-sainted Mother Teresa has been called upon by a Catholic professor – Benjamin Wiker, PhD...

September 04, 2016

Quebec old folks' home gets a divine message … from a spud

Catholics are a superstitious bunch, constantly on the look-out for miracles and wondrous signs. So...

September 02, 2016

Vatican staging a 'black magic' ceremony for Mother Teresa

A petition launched in India, demanding that the country should not send a top-level delegation...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

Catholic archdiocese accused of negligence in lawsuit

Parents of a young boy who claim their son was inappropriately photographed by a Roman...

August 20, 2016

Pressure mounts on Ireland to scrap its foolish abortion ban

Two women have travelled from Ireland to the UK in order to get an abortion,...

August 16, 2016

Jail for Christian Brothers school pair who abused boys

John Farrell, 73, above left, and Paul Kelly, 64, have been jailed for a total...

August 14, 2016

Priest sent picture of his penis to a pool maintenance man

Catholic priest Monsignor Larry McGovern, above, is being sued by a pool maintenance contractor for...

August 10, 2016

Lengthy jail term imposed on 'wolf in shepherd's clothing'

Paedophile Catholic priest Philip Temple, 66, above, was today jailed in London for 12 years...

August 07, 2016

In Gibraltar an atheist dad prevents son's baptism

In ruling against a Roman Catholic mother mother who wanted her son baptised, a Gibraltar...

August 06, 2016

Anti-gay Catholic cleric faces lawsuit over abuse in Guam

A while back, Anthony Sablan Apuron, above, then Catholic Archbishop of Guam warned that the...

August 05, 2016

Pirelli and the Catholic Church light up Brazilian monument

My first thought on seeing the picture above was 'Jesus ... Christ the Redeemer has...

August 02, 2016

Hindu fundamentalists spark fresh row over Mother Teresa

An allegation that Mother Teresa's activities in India were primarily motivated by her desire to...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Catholic priest arrested for possessing child pornography

Father Felix David Broussard, above, a priest at St Bernard Roman Catholic Church in Breaux Bridge,...

July 27, 2016

Deluded Pope in denial over religion's role in terrorism

Speaking today in the wake of yesterday's killing of an elderly priest in France by...