Catholic Church

Pope Francis Against Gay Marriage, Gay Adoption

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a 76-year-old Argentinean, was chosen as the first Latin American pope on Wednesday. He will lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics as Pope Francis . While his selection may be historic, it may also mean more of the same when it comes to gay rights in the Catholic Church. Pope Francis [...]


Abortion, Politics, Birth Control, Suffering, Destitution, Mediocrity: Thanks a Lot, Religion!

Incongruities abound, the most obvious of which is “separation of church and state.”  If it belongs anywhere, religion belongs within the four walls of the church/temple/mosque/etc.; allowing religious ideology of any kind to seep from these walls and into our political-social system has the same effect on society as does smoking cigarettes has on the [...]