I wonder: what’s it like to be Pope Francis, waking up each morning in the Vatican knowing he’s surrounded by people praying fervently, and that many of them are begging God to make him die before noon? Not everyone around him wants him dead, of course. Francis has fans and supporters too. And even … Continue reading Pope Francis: Wanted Dead, Or If Alive, Then Retired & Silent
The Polish church is in a deep crisis, as its authority is sapped by cascading sexual abuse scandals and as more people grow wary of its perceived alliance with the country’s right-wing government.
ProPublica: A Right-Wing Think Tank Claimed to Be a Church. Now, Members of Congress Want to Investigate Andrea Suizzo — August 2, 2022 Forty members of Congress on Monday asked the IRS and the Treasury to investigate what the lawmakers termed an “alarming pattern” of right-wing advocacy groups registering with the tax agency as churches, a … Continue reading Shining Light on the New Church of Rightwing Dark Money
NOTE: Kennedy v. Bremerton is the short name for this case, but it would be better dubbed the “Blow Another Big Hole In the Freedom from Religion & the First Amendment!” Case. As the respected SCOTUS blog noted, Rachel Laser, the president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which represented the school … Continue reading God Save Us from the Supreme Court Theocrats!
[NOTE: Besides (another) sleazy church “leader” sex saga, the Southern Baptist coverup scandal (which should, if there’s justice, demolish the denomination’s thoroughly corrupt lying superstructure, and send numerous pervy pastors and their protectors to do some praying in prison) is telling another very significant story: the crucial role of a healthy, smart, dogged free press … Continue reading Newspapers vs the Southern Baptist Sex Abuse Coverup