the vatican

An Israeli late show host’s skit denying the virgin birth caused a furor among evangelicals and the Vatican. He had his reasons.

Men sin with sex, food, and laziness; women are vain, jealous, and filled with rage. But this has nothing to do with culture, of course.

It has been written of her that “in a truly just world, she would be Pope.” Rosemary Radford Ruether calls for an inclusive, even prophetic church in her latest book, Catholic Does Not Equal The Vatican.

The Portuguese Cardinal’s warning manages to be a cocktail of Islamophobia, racism, sexism, xenophobia…

LBGT folks are like the rainforest, says Pope. Endangered by logging? Or just needing to be saved from themselves?

Is the Catholic Church upset at the depiction of the Virgin or just at its association with sex?

There are better ways to educate on LGBT rights than to pass a toothless resolution that isolates conservative leaders.

The right of workers is one of the foundations of Catholic Social Teaching, so why did the Vatican oppose the teachers’ union?

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?

Eight Jesuit missionaries killed in the 17th century were canonized in the early 20th. Looking back now, can we still count them as saints?