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Patricia Miller

Patricia Miller an award-winning author and journalist who writes about issues at the intersection of religion, sex and politics. She is the author of Good Catholics: The Battle over Abortion in the Catholic Church and her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Salon, The Nation, and Huffington Post.

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I Agree With Douthat, Church Can’t Accept Gay Marriage

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will decide whether to renew the Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty for another three-year term when they meet in New Orleans later this week for their semi…
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Abuser Priests Were "Off Duty," Lawyer Argues

A central contention of the Catholic bishops’ “religious liberty” argument is that Catholics shouldn’t have to “check their faith at the door” when it comes to religious objections to contraception or…
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The Story Behind the Catholic Church's Stunning Reversal on Contraception

Years later, when the remembrance of so many other things had faded, the memory still remained crisp in her mind. She saw herself lying in the hospital bed, bleeding, writhing in agony. She remembered…
Patricia Miller
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