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‘Dirty War’ Questions for Pope Francis

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Consortium News - By Robert Parry - Mar. 14 (Investigative Report) - The U.S. “news” networks bubbled with excitement over the selection of Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio to be Pope Francis I. But there was silence on the obvious question that should be asked about any senior cleric from Argentina: What was Bergoglio doing during the “dirty war,”

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This Pope’s Legacy

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:31:00 -0800

National Review Online - By NRO Symposium - Feb. 12 (News Analysis) - Pope Benedict’s news — that he will step aside as pontiff — is still being processed by a shocked world as prayers commence for the future shepherd of the world’s Catholics. Priests, scholars, and lay men and women assess what this all means. Father ROGE

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Editorial: Cardinal Mahony and the Truth

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - Jan. 28 (Editorial) - The breadth of his cover-up of crimes committed by predator priests has been revealed with the release of seamy church records.

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Pentagon Prayer Breakfast To Feature Discredited Pastor Ray Giunta

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - By Amanda Terkel - Nov. 26 (News Report) - Ray Giunta has been publicly called out for illegally taking $10,200 from a cemetery board, falsely claiming to have advanced degrees and diagnosing young people as having mental disorders despite not being a doctor. But on Wednesday, he will get a coveted perch at the Pentagon, as a guest speaker at the Defense Department's prayer breakfast.

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IRS Not Enforcing Rules On Separation Of Church And State

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Rachel Zoll - Nov. 04 (Investigative Report) - For the past three years, the Internal Revenue Service hasn't been investigating complaints of partisan political activity by churches, leaving religious groups who make direct or thinly veiled endorsements of political candidates unchallenged....

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Mitt Romney: Church State Separation Taken Too Far By Some

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Christina Wilkie - Aug. 21 (News Report) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney believes that "some" Americans have taken the separation of church and state too far, "well beyond its original meaning."

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How the Mormons Make Money

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Business Week - Jul. 10 (Opinion) -

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The Loch Ness Monster Is Real; The KKK Is Good: The Shocking Content of Publicly Paid for Christian School Textbooks

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Bruce Wilson - Jun. 19 (Special Report) - Thousands of Louisiana students will receive state voucher money, transferred from public school funding, to attend private religious schools. What will they learn there?

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Punk band arrest at heart of Russia church feud

Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

San Jose Mercury News - By Mansur Mirovalev - May. 13 (Special Report) - t's the latest flare-up in a growing feud pitting supporters of the influential church, which sees itself as the nation's spiritual guide, against opponents who say the church has sold out to Vladimir Putin—becoming an arm of his regime more interested in gold than souls.

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Pastors who illegally endorse from pulpit face few consequences

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

ProPublica - Oct. 08 (News) -

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Rachel Maddow Show

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

MSN.com - By Rachel Maddow - Aug. 12 (News Report) - Rick Perry, conduit to radical Christian overthrow of US government?

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Christian Jihad? Why We Should Worry About Right-Wing Terror Attacks Like Norway's in the US

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Frank Schaeffer - Jul. 24 (Opinion) - There is a growing movement in America that equates godliness with hatred of our government in fact hatred of our country as fallen and evil because we allow women choice, gays to marry, have a social safety net, and allow immigration from other cultures and non-white races.

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Church-state Groups Seek Equal Play For Atheist Concert At Fort Bragg

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jack Jenkins - Jul. 08 (News Report) - Three church-state activist groups criticized the Army for allowing an evangelical concert at North Carolina's Fort Bragg but not making similar provisions for a "Rock Beyond Belief" concert for nonbelievers. The three groups -- Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina -- on Tuesday (July 5) complained to the Secretary of the Army about events that appear to give "selective benefits" to religious groups.

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Why Is Jerry Falwell's Evangelical University Getting Filthy Rich off Your Tax Money?

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Bill Berkowitz - Jun. 30 (News Report) - One might think that a private, decidedly conservative, and totally evangelical Christian University, that was founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, who was openly critical of government programs, would spurn federal dollars.

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Justices Rely On 'Standing' To Dismiss Church-State Disputes

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Adelle M. Banks - Jun. 30 (News Analysis) - As the U.S. Supreme Court ends its 2010-2011 term this week, legal scholars say a decision issued two months ago is likely to resonate within church-state debates for years to come.

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