Does the Pope Care About Workers' Rights?
Angela Bonavoglia : Labor
On his first papal visit to America, will Pope Benedict address the real problems confronting the Catholic Church?

Angela Bonavoglia : Labor
On his first papal visit to America, will Pope Benedict address the real problems confronting the Catholic Church?
Tarif Khalidi & Muhammad Ali Khalidi : Islam & Muslims
Pope Benedict XVI's controversial speech is indeed a call for dialogue among all religions. But what kind of dialogue is possible if the Pope believes his ideas are "rational" and everyone else's are not?
Max Blumenthal : Reproductive Rights
The Kansas senator has been grandstanding for the right for years, and now he has his sights set on the White House.
Robert Scheer : Gay & Lesbian Issues & Activism
The pope has minimized priests' crimes while wagging a finger at gays.
What a progessive pope might have looked like.
William Greider : Republican Party
The country has witnessed an interlude of religious hysteria, encouraged and exploited by political quackery.
Mel Gibson's movie is a blood libel against the Jewish people.
Margaret Spillane : US Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Scandal
Vatican spin doctors are going to have a hard time dealing with the new voices from below.


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