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Movies | Music | Newspapers | Periodicals | Radio |Television | Internet MOVIES February 9 The movie "Saving Silverman" opened nationally. The movie included a character who "is training to be a nun." The would-be nun is "subjected to all manner of sexual embarrassment and displayed in various stages of PG-13 acceptable undress." Vulgar nun jokes were included. The New York Post reviewer blasted the movie for [...]
Media Archbishop Dolan’s Critics Freak Out In November, following the election of Archbishop Timothy Dolan as the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, critics of the New York archbishop went ballistic. Here are a few examples: NPR was worried that Archbishop Dolan is “overtly conservative,” and Tim Rutten of the Los Angeles Times fretted about [...]
This is an excerpt from a longer document found online under "Special Reports" ENTERTAINMENT: Matt Damon confirmed to "Good Morning America" that both he and Ben Affleck knew about Harvey Weinstein's alleged harassment of Gwyneth Paltrow in the late 1990s. (Flare, 11/26/2017) Offensive Catholic fare: Damon did a skit on NBC's season premier of "30 [...]
The February 6 edition of Salon.com, the online magazine, featured an excerpt from a notoriously vulgar book, "The Erotica Project." The selection, which was written by Lillian Ann Slugocki (she co-authored the volume with Erin Cressida Wilson), is an obscene portrait of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. With graphic detail, Slugocki depicts them performing oral sex on [...]
“There are actually 34 of us, because God has never left us down here.” Time.com · “Altars, prayers, rosary beads all came out as soon as word came out. Bringing together the entire country with nuns and priests visiting the mine to provide relatives with emotional support, and praying for there for protection.” CBS · “Mario Gore Messes [...]
by Ronald Rychlak (Catalyst 5/2004) During World War II and for years after it ended, Pope Pius XII was heralded as a staunch opponent of the Nazis and a champion of their victims. Then in 1963, as the result of a piece of fiction written by German playwright Rolf Hochhuth, a controversy arose about whether the [...]
8/2003) VOTF CLAIMS: According to the [Massachusetts attorney general’s] Report, Bishop Murphy played a key role in the failure to protect the children. As a consequence, he has abdicated his moral authority. With regard to Bishop William Murphy, now of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, the report says: And, even with undeniable information available to him [...]
(For more material related to Bishop Murphy, please go here.) (8/2003) VOTF CLAIMS: According to the [Massachusetts attorney general’s] Report, Bishop Murphy played a key role in the failure to protect the children. As a consequence, he has abdicated his moral authority. With regard to Bishop William Murphy, now of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, the [...]
