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AIG: On Charisma and Routinization of Greed

Why exactly are these prophets receiving even more bonus money and what happened to Obama the prophet candidate?
Louis A. Ruprecht
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Too Little, Too Late?

The Pope has backtracked a bit on his reinstatement of a Holocaust-denying bishop, but that doesn’t change his fundamentally anti-Modern perspective.
Louis A. Ruprecht
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Pope Un-Excommunicates Four Bad Apples, Including Holocaust Denier

Benedict decides to rescind the excommunications of four bishops, all of whom are antagonistic toward Judaism, and one of whom is a holocaust-denier.
Kate Childs Graham
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President Receives Mixed Messages from Catholic Hierarchy

In a jolly pope-a-gram, Benedict welcomes the new president; the head US Cardinal is not so friendly in his welcome.
Kate Childs Graham
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Cardinal Warns Women Against Marrying Muslims: Would Bring "A Pile of Trouble"

The Portuguese Cardinal’s warning manages to be a cocktail of Islamophobia, racism, sexism, xenophobia…
Fatemeh Fakhraie
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Friending Pope Benedict on Facebook?

Benedict has continued John Paul’s use of text messaging to spread the gd nws. Will the pope be blogging and popping up on Facebook in the near future?
Kate Childs Graham
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