Heavy is the head that wears the funny hat. ๏ปฟI can’t help but feeling let down now that there’s a pope again. Yeah, yeah, Latin American. That’s fun. But… he’s just such a pope now. Even the Catholics I know (and I know a lot. My whole family is Catholic, although I was never confirmed, […]
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How Does a Megachurch Pastor Treat Depression?
The last time I was stressed, exhausted, and depressed, I didn’t fuck a sixteen-year-old who came to me seeking advice. I took a vacation. But then I’m not a bible-humping, family-values-espousing, gay-bashing pastor of some shitty megachurch. Once again: if kids got raped at Denny’s as often as they get raped in churches—if kids got […]
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The New Pope Is a Bigot Just Like the Last Pope
The cardinals of the Catholic Church have elected Argentina’s Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the past archbishop of Buenos Aires, making him the first Latin American pope. He wants to go by Pope Francis, but he shall be known to us as Beef Pope the First. The National Catholic Reporter‘s recent profile on The Beef Pope confirms […]
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From the Nazi Pope to the Godfather Pope?
After Pope Ratzi, I suppose nothing about the next Pope could be too shocking. But this comes close! If the papal conclave were set up like college basketball’s March Madness, Cardinal Angelo Scola would have been the overall No. 1 seed — perhaps until today. He is the archbishop of Milan and has long been […]
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Adopt a Cardinal
Wanna help pick the next pope? Good news! You now have the opportunity to actively be part of this providential endeavour by having a Cardinal assigned to you, who you will support through your prayer and intercession during the coming weeks before and during the conclave and for three days following the election. Here’s what […]
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Another Win for Team Catholic
A deacon at St. Joseph’s Church in Fullerton, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore, was arrested last week for possession of child pornography after Verizon detected images and videos on its cloud backup servers of children performing sexual acts. You have to wonder if they’ll ever get out of the “suffer the children” business.
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Catholic Students at University of Portland Protest Policy Toward LGBTQ Members
Tomorrow, students at the University of Portland, the cityโs largest Catholic college, are planning to protest their schoolโs policyโor lack there ofโtoward LGBTQ students, staff, and faculty. According to a student activist group calling itself Redefine Purple Pride, students plan on demonstrating from 12-2 PM in the collegeโs Academic Quad by duct taping their mouths […]
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Macklemore’s “Thrift Shop”: Gateway to Demonic Possession?
Sure, the horn loop has merciless haunting power, but Pat Robertson’s concerned about actual demonic possession, via demons that may attach themselves to clothes purchased from Goodwill. Enjoy! Thank you, Right Wing Watch.
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Ladies Wearing Jeans
Funny… I was never tempted by ladies wearing jeans. Sure was nice of the black dude not to murder the hosts for that funk-ay intro. Best hiphop toss ever. Via Christian Nightmares.
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We See Christ’s Love Most Clearly When Men Fuck Women
And that’s why watching straight porn is a sacrament. Amazing how easy it is to close your eyes and picture these two delivering the opening. (Via JoeMyGod.)
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The Truest Thing Ian Karmel Said This Week
Or at least one of the truest things. From this week’s “Portland as Fuck” by Ian Karmel: The people stomping around and claiming that homosexuality is wrong because it says it’s wrong in the Bible are the religious equivalent of those Japanese soldiers on remote Pacific islands who never found out that World War II […]
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Alex Gibney’s Mea Maxima Culpa
On February 4, HBO premiered Alex Gibney’s Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, a brilliant and infuriating documentary exploring the epidemic of priestly sex abuse at a Milwaukee’s St. John’s School for the Deaf in the ’60s, and drawing damning conclusions about the conspiracy of silence mandated by the Vatican. Here’s the […]