Time for a Reform-Minded Pope to Reform a Church in Tatters
With the surprise announcement of Pope Benedict's resignation and the present selection of a new pope, it is equally surprising that the mainstream media has not included a discussion of…
Women’s Rights Activists, Atheists, Protest Pope Crackdown on Nuns
The LCWR is under investigation by the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, the Vatican agency charged with overseeing orthodoxy, which Benedict – then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger – led for more…
Catholic Church Authorizes Police Eviction of OccupySF
The arrests on trespassing and other misdemeanor charges at the two-story building at 888 Turk Street went smoothly according San Francisco police, with demonstrators calling it police repression. As the…
OccupySF Occupies Vacant Building
Owned by Catholic Church
As San Francisco police looked on, as many as two-hundred occupiers entered the vacant building - located at 888 Turk Street – owned by the Archdiocese of San Francisco.