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Maya deacon ordinations signal sea change in the Church.

With Jesus as a guide the USA does not appear to be uniquely blessed. Fortunately, that’s never been much of an issue.

The anti-abortion movement uses B.A.D science and agenda-driven journals to back up false claims about abortions, in an effort to make abortions illegal.

The “Mormon Mafia” helped develop Bush-era tactics, and Romney could help bring them back.

As many have noted, Pope Francis’s latest interview offers a refreshing departure from his predecessors despite, among other things, the pope’s dubious perspective on women. But rather than more emphasis on Good Pope Francis, there’s another upside to wish for.

Hannibal has “beautiful” crime scenes, but it does not really romanticize suffering. Its version of Hannibal Lecter is a great aesthete, but the beautiful tableaux he creates are polluted, just as the elaborate dinners he prepares for his friends and acquaintances secretly involve the cooked organs of his victims.

“Spiritual advisors” upset over president’s stand for marriage equality.

The “Vote Catholic” campaign.

The misleading “poll” behind the headlines.

Like the famously premature announcement of the death of Mark Twain, reports of the decline of the Right in politics and public policy have been greatly exaggerated.