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Illinois Diocese ends adoption program over gay rights

OIA Staff — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:56:03 +0000

The Rockford Diocese has decided to scrap its entire adoption and foster care program rather than comply with a state law requiring it to place children with gay or unmarried couples. The church gave up the funding after the legislature refused to exclude religious organizations from its inclusive adoption rule. via. Read the full article @ [...]

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Catholic Church Offers App for Sinners

OIA Staff — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:59:26 +0000

The program – called Confession – went on sale last week through iTunes for $1.99. Described as “the perfect aid for every penitent”, it offers users tips and guidelines to help them with the sacrament. The app takes users through the sacrament – in which Catholics admit their wrongdoings – and allows them to keep [...]

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The Pope Now Says Condoms Cool for Gay Prostitutes with AIDS

OIA Staff — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:07:36 +0000

God announced through his spokesman Pope Benedict XVI that male prostitutes with HIV would be permitted to use condoms in order to prevent the spread of the disease. The ruling applied retroactively, so past condom use under appropriate conditions would be pardoned. This new belief goes very much against what the Pope said just last [...]

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Students protest dean’s resignation

OIA Staff — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:05:03 +0000

Some Cathedral High School students cannot believe that Christine Judd, their dean and athletic director, stepped down after 12 years of service on Friday, not even a week into the new school year. Dozens of students and friends of Christine Judd came out to St. Michael’s Cathedral to protest her resignation. Students told 22News she [...]

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Springfield Cathedral High School athletic director Christine Judd loses job after same-sex marriage

OIA Staff — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:07:10 +0000

Christine M. Judd, who served as athletic director and dean of students, said she is no longer an employee of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield school system after a meeting Wednesday with administrators of the Catholic high school. “I was given a choice of termination or resignation,” Judd said. “I married my partner this [...]

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Mexican Cardinal Claims Proof Of Bribery In Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

OIA Staff — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:27:27 +0000

Apparently, the Roman Catholic Cardinal who alleged that the mayor of Mexico City bribed the Supreme Court of that nation has proof of the ill deeds, though he will not say what the proof is, where it came from, or allowed anyone to inspect it. Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez alleged that Mayor Marcelo Ebrard bribed [...]

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Catholic priests ‘filmed at gay clubs and having casual sex’

OIA Staff — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:17:23 +0000

The Catholic Church in Italy was embroiled in a fresh scandal on Friday when photographs apparently showing homosexual priests attending gay nightclubs and engaging in casual sex were published in Panorama magazine. VIA Read the full article @ Catholic priests ‘filmed at gay clubs and having casual sex’ Read more articles @ our blogBecome a fan [...]

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Victory For Argentina – General Gayety

OIA Staff — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:47:58 +0000

Argentina suffered a distinct blow when its promising soccer team was bounced from the World Cup. What did the country do to pick up its spirits? It passed gay marriage. Argentina is the first nation in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage. Gays and lesbians in Argentina will have all the legal rights and responsibilities [...]

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Conn. Priest Accused of Paying for Male Prostitutes with Church Money

OIA Staff — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:04:28 +0000

A Roman Catholic priest in Waterbury, Connecticut has been accused of stealing more than $1 million from his parish and spending the money on lavish meals, clothing–and encounters with male prostitutes. He told police that he stole from the church because he resented its opposition to being gay. [ via Topix ] Read the full [...]

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Pope: Gay Marriage An ‘Insidious’ Threat

OIA Staff — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:45:22 +0000

Pope Benedict has called on Portuguese Roman Catholics to oppose gay marriage as the nation’s president prepares to decide whether to veto a gay marriage bill approved by lawmakers or allow it to come into force, Reuters reported. Abortion – legal in Portugal since 2007 – and gay marriage were “among some of the most [...]

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Lesbian Mom: Son Rejected From Catholic School

OIA Staff — Thu, 13 May 2010 17:08:45 +0000

Another Catholic school is denying an 8-year-old boy an education over his lesbian mothers. The woman, who did not wish to be identified because she’s worried about repercussions against her child, said St. Paul’s Church in Hingham told her Monday that it was rescinding her son’s acceptance into the third grade this fall because her gay relationship [...]

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Vancouver Catholic school teacher fired for being a lesbian parent

OIA Staff — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:36:09 +0000

A well-known Vancouver music teacher and founder of a Vancouver children’s choir says she was told to stay home from Little Flower Academy, an independent Catholic school, after they learned she was a lesbian whose partner just gave birth. Neither Reimer nor the school would talk to reporters earlier today. But Reimer referred questions to [...]

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Controversial Jesus penis crucifix

OIA Staff — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:14:01 +0000

Churchgoers are outraged over a crucifix in a Catholic church that they say shows an image of genitalia on Jesus. Critics of the crucifix take issue with what appears to be a large penis covering Jesus’ abdominal area. Seeton said the portion of the crucifix in question is meant to be Jesus’ abdomen “showing distension” [...]

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Vatican Secretary of State Blames Homosexuality for Abuse

OIA Staff — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:29:00 +0000

As the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone is one of the highest officials in the Roman Catholic Church.So when he commented on the sex abuse crises in the church at a news conference in Chile it got a lot attention. The problem said Bertone is not rooted in celibacy but in homosexuality. “Many [...]

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Vatican Blasts Anti-Catholic ‘Hate’ Campaign

OIA Staff — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:21:03 +0000

Satan must be taking a vacation from tormenting the Catholic church. The Vatican heatedly defended Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday, claiming accusations that he helped cover up the actions of pedophile priests are part of an anti-Catholic “hate” campaign targeting the pope for his opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. [ via Topix ] Read the full [...]

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Jon Stewart takes on Catholic Church scandals in three minute

OIA Staff — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:53:54 +0000

Last night on the Daily Show, Jon Stewart took on a wide range of issues regarding the Roman Catholic Church in a segment entitled Holy Sh*t. He managed, in three minutes, to cover the latest scandals of the Catholic Church. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Holy Sh*t www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show [...]

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Pope Benedict XVI’s Usher’s Gay Prostitution Ring

OIA Staff — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:23:39 +0000

Sure Rep. Eric Massa, the Democrat from New York, who is married and has two children is facing allegations of harassing a male staffer. But if you thought that constitutes a scandal, then you haven’t met Ghinedu Ehiem, a ceremonial usher for Pope Benedict XVI and member of St Peter’s Basilica’s choir, who was just [...]

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Dutch Gays End Communion Dispute With Church

OIA Staff — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:54:16 +0000

After a mass exodus from the mass at St. John’s Cathedral in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) this past Sunday, the LGBT community and supporters began a protested over a priest in Reusel who denied Communion to any openly practicing homosexuals. Dutch gay rights groups ended their protests against a Catholic church in the city of Den Bosch [...]

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Catholic Church Kills Health Care for Spouses Over Gay Marriage

OIA Staff — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:01:37 +0000

After bailing on its adoption program, D.C.’s Catholic Church is also bailing on shared health benefits for the spouses of all staffers in an effort to avoid offering benefits to same-sex partners of its workers. “Starting Tuesday, Catholic Charities will not offer benefits to spouses of new employees or to spouses of current employees who [...]

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Anne Hathaway’s Family Left Catholicism To Support Her Gay Brother

OIA Staff — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:00:47 +0000

Anne Hathaway’s family left the Catholic Church because of its intolerance of homosexuality. Anne grew up wanting to become a nun but shunned Catholicism when she learned her older brother, Michael, was gay. Hathaway says, “The whole family converted to Episcopalianism after my elder brother came out. Why should I support an organization that has [...]

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Archdiocese Decides Not To Pull Charities Out Of DC After Marriage Equality Vote

OIA Staff — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:32:04 +0000

The Roman Catholic Church in Washington, DC blinked. Rather than following through with their threat to pull their charities out of DC following the vote to grant equality in marriage to the LGBT Community. While the Church continues to whine about the supposed redefinition of marriage, the reality is that offering other things instead of [...]

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Double Standard? Feds Seize Muslim Property… But is the Vatican Guilty too?

OIA Staff — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:25:48 +0000

After reading that the US has seized four Shiite Muslim mosques in the US and a New York City office building because of their ties to Iran, the blog LezGetReal, written by Paula Brooks, asks an intriguing question: If the same standards were applied to another theocratic dictatorship, the Vatican, would some US Catholic organizations [...]

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Go To Hell Worshiping At The Altar Of The Jesus Jock

OIA Staff — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:11:08 +0000

We love all kinds of idolatry—false idolatry, American Idolatry, Ryan Idolatry—but we have never seen anything this glorious. Yes, you can now wrap your cock in Jesus face. Finally, it’s the gay lapsed Catholic’s feast of the emancipation. This brilliant idea comes from Piss & Vinegar, the new line of humorous and scandalous new line [...]

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