More Vatican Douchebaggery

Abortion = horrible horrible terrible sin, death of innocent beautiful life, makes baby jebus cry
Child abuse = shrug, fun toys for priests
A SENIOR Vatican figure, Spanish Cardinal Antonio Canizares, prefect for the Congregation of the Divine Worship, this week appeared to downplay the findings of the Ryan report when suggesting that the millions of lives [...]

Abstinence Works!

From The Spectator March 20,2009

When it looks like this:

Vatican v Science

The Scientific Revolution was a period which saw the stranglehold the church had on the population lessen somewhat as people traded superstition for rational thought and dogma for personal power. This of course did not and does not sit well with the Catholic Church.
Rational thought led to such things as recognition of human rights, [...]

Two Can Play at That Game

As we have reported, the Catlick church in various countries
clings to the Dark Ages resists all attempts at modernization of laws around reproduction.
And, as we’ve reported, the Church fights dirty — with lies and threats.
Well, looky here. In Panama, lawmakers are fighting back with some dirty tricks of their own.
Pro-family groups in Panama [...]

Catholic Church: Lies and Now Threats

Two countries — well, a country and a state in Australia — are trying to modernize laws around reproduction.
The respective Catlick churches, of course, are having none of it.
In the Philippines, as we reported here, the Church is going with the tried-and-true bullshit and lies method.
In Australia, however, it’s going with threats.
The Church is [...]