http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/catholicbashing/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:39:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418509/posts ctor Sam Elliott claims that the Catholic Church prevented Hollywood from proceeding with the next two film’s in the His Dark Materials trilogy based on Philip Pullman’s books. “The Catholic Church ... lambasted them,” said Elliott. “I think it scared New Line off.” The film...angered Catholics who accused it of promoting atheism. In the book trilogy, set in a series of parallel worlds, heroine Lyra fights the Magisterium, an evil organisation some have interpreted as being based on the Catholic Church. Pullman, 63, told the Western Mail: "If Sam is right then I am very disappointed because it obviously would... The Church Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2418509/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:39:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2408036/posts Folks, this according to the Thomas More Law Center: ANN ARBOR, MI – Tomorrow, December 16, 2009, at 10 AM PST, a panel of eleven judges of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in San Francisco will hear oral arguments concerning the constitutionality of San Francisco Board of Supervisor’s virulent resolution attacking the Catholic Church for its teachings against homosexual adoptions. The en banc panel will review the earlier opinion of a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit that upheld the resolution. Thomas More Law Center attorney Robert Muise will argue the case on behalf of the plaintiffs in... Vivificat - From Contemplation to Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2408036/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:30:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2372070/posts The calendar has been produced by the Madrid Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transsexual collective COGAM Controversy in Madrid with the launch of a 2010 lay calendar which shows images of ‘transsexual virgins’ recreating religious scenes decorated with crowns, condoms and phallic symbols. The lay calendar takes the religion out of the dates of the year, so Christmas Day becomes the day you eat the traditional Spanish turron to mark International Democracy Day, for example. The images are all based on famous Catholic images and iconography. The Venezuelan photographer who assembled the calendar, Juan Antinoo, had been commissioned by COGAM, the... Typically Spanish http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2372070/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:38:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2287240/posts The Pope has called for the world economy to be restructured in line with the principles of "love, truth and charity" in a new encyclical issued today. He urges the reformation of the United Nations and economic institutions to address the global economic crisis, which he links to relativism, globalisation and the abuse of modern technologies. The encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, interpreted variously throughout the document as charity or love in truth, is Pope Benedict XVI's third but his first on social issues. It is timed to coincide with the G8 in Italy and is intended to bring objective moral... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2287240/posts#comment Tue, 7 Jul 2009 14:11:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2268202/posts Editor's Note: The movie "Angels and Demons" is considered a financial flop in the United States. It must be noted 70% of revenue generated by Hollywood films derives from foreign viewership. See: http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/ -- JMZ Disparaging the Catholic Church is the real purpose of the latest Dan Brown/Ron "Opie" Howard movie “Angels and Demons.” Bill Donohue, President of the anti-defamation Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights www.catholicleague.org is demanding a disclaimer as the team who produced "The DaVinci Code" uses the same confusing mix of "fact and fiction" to spin a suspenseful conspiracy tale revolving around a secret ... RFFM.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2268202/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 19:21:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254757/posts DUBLIN – A fiercely debated, long-delayed investigation into Ireland's Roman Catholic-run institutions says priests and nuns terrorized thousands of boys and girls in workhouse-style schools for decades — and government inspectors failed to stop the chronic beatings, rapes and humiliation. Nine years in the making, Wednesday's 2,600-page report sides almost completely with the horrific reports of abuse from former students sent to more than 250 church-run, mostly residential institutions. It concluded that church officials always shielded their orders' pedophiles from arrest to protect their own reputations and, according to documents uncovered in the Vatican, knew that many pedophiles were serial... Yahoo/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254757/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 16:26:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2254736/posts DUBLIN — A fiercely debated, nine-year investigation into Ireland's Roman Catholic-run institutions says priests and nuns terrorized thousands of boys and girls in workhouse-style schools for decades — and government inspectors failed to stop the chronic beatings, rapes and humiliation. High Court Justice Sean Ryan on Wednesday unveiled the 2,600-page final report of Ireland's Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse, which is based on testimony from thousands of former students and officials from more than 250 church-run institutions. More than 30,000 children deemed to be petty thieves, truants or from dysfunctional families — a category that often included unmarried mothers... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2254736/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 15:59:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2253051/posts “ANGELS & DEMONS”: THE ANTI-CATHOLIC AGENDA March 4, 2009 Catholic League president Bill Donohue exposes the anti-Catholic agenda of “Angels & Demons” (the movie opens May 15):“John Calley, co-producer with Brian Grazer of both ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and ‘Angels & Demons,’ told the New York Times that the former movie was ‘conservatively anti-Catholic.’ According to the Times, Grazer wants ‘Angels & Demons’ to be ‘less reverential’ than ‘The Da Vinci Code.’ Which means he wants it to be liberally anti-Catholic.“Author Dan Brown says of his latest film, ‘It’s certainly not anti-Catholic.’ So could it be that he simply... CatholicLeague.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2253051/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 06:11:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2244651/posts Tom Hanks, who plays the character Robert Langdon in the controversial new film Angels & Demons, has described the plot as “playing fast and loose with the truth”. The plot of the film sees a secret society known as the Illuminati try to destroy the Vatican in order to take revenge for a massacre against its members by the Catholic Church. The film is the prequel to The Da Vinci Code, which claimed that the Church covered up Jesus’ secret marriage to Mary Magdalene. Leaders within the Catholic Church have already condemned the film as offensive to Catholics. The Catholic... Christian Today http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2244651/posts#comment Tue, 5 May 2009 17:46:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244532/posts The Laura Ingraham show is on now. She has Bill Donahue from the Catholic League for Civil Rights discussing the latest Ron Howard/Tom Hanks anti-Christian epic. http://www.lauraingraham.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244532/posts#comment Tue, 5 May 2009 15:30:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2241969/posts PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup Poll Daily tracking during President Obama's first 100 days in office finds broad support for him among Americans affiliated with most major U.S. religions. U.S. Muslims and Jews give Obama his highest job approval ratings, at 85% and 79%, respectively. He also receives solid majority support from Roman Catholics (67%) and Protestants (58%), and more approval than disapproval from Mormons. Obama also enjoys broad support -- 73% approval -- from the sizable group of Americans with no religious affiliation, including those calling themselves atheists or agnostics. These findings are based on large sample sizes for each... Gallup http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2241969/posts#comment Fri, 1 May 2009 13:44:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238847/posts On her radio show of April 24, Dr. Laura Schlessinger engaged a caller on the subject of priestly sexual abuse. Dr. Laura said she was “stunned” that the penalties for abuse “were not more severe.” She continued by saying, “So because of that I no longer, you have not heard me in all these years tell anybody to send their kids to Catholic school, where in the past I did that all the time.” Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented as follows: “I will not lose faith in Dr. Laura simply because she is not up to speed on this... Catholic League http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238847/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:02:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235453/posts Director Ron Howard on Tuesday defended his film adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown 's "Angels & Demons" from criticism that it smears the Roman Catholic Church, heightening an ongoing battle over fictional depictions of the Vatican. Howard, who also directed the 2006 movie adaptation of "The Da Vinci Code," posted a blog at The Huffington Post website saying that neither he nor his new movie "Angels & Demons," which debuts in May and stars Tom Hanks, are anti-Catholic. "And let me be a little controversial: I believe Catholics, including most in the hierarchy of the Church... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2235453/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:56:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212249/posts "[The Pope Said] 'We're Sorry Our Priests Are Pedophiles'"... But Nobody Sees What [He] Himself Does In The Vatican" Iranian Channel 1, September 28, 2008 Hassan Rahimpour Azghadi: "Imam [Khomeini] stated in his will that Iran must lead the global front in the struggle against America. It must not sit on the sidelines and say: 'Let's resolve our problems together.' The Imam never said to America: 'Let's resolve our problems together.' If anybody ever finds that the Imam ever uttered the words: 'America, let's resolve our problems together' - I will retract everything I just said. The Imam used to... memri http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2212249/posts#comment Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:28:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210333/posts Pope Benedict's repeated gaffes and the Vatican's inability to manage his message in the internet era are threatening to undermine his papacy, Vatican insiders have said. The Holy See is struggling to contain international anger over the Pope's claim on his first official visit to Africa that Aids "cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems". The Pope's remarks about condoms, and a recent furore over his lifting of the 20-year excommunication of a British bishop who has questioned the Holocaust, has left him looking isolated and out of touch, prompting calls for a radical... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210333/posts#comment Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:06:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2209724/posts Enough! No--Too much! Amid all the justified outrage we all feel at Bernie Madoff and the AIG bandits, let us save some intense outrage for Pope Benedict XVI. After insulting Muslims by declaring in 2006 that Muhammad had brought "things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached," after reiterating (through the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) in 2008 that the subject of the ordination of women is not even open for discussion and declaring that anyone involved with the ordination of women will be automatically excommunicated, after lifting... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2209724/posts#comment Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:27:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195758/posts After a personal call from Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento, members of the Leatherby family donated $20,000 in support of Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that upheld marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Since then, Leatherby’s Family Creamery has faced a boycott, picketing, harassing phone calls and e-mails, obscene Valentine’s Day cards, and threats of physical violence to its employees. ““We got a call from police department and the sheriff’s department saying, ‘We are concerned for your safety,’” says Allan Leatherby. “Is Mother Teresa a hateful person? She has the same beliefs I do.” Leatherby,... Catholic Culture http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195758/posts#comment Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:07:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2150982/posts It is the discovery of three almost invisible drawings on the back of Leonardo da Vinci's Virgin and Child With Saint Anne in the Louvre museum in Paris that has the French art world screaming "Sacre bleu!" Reminiscent of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, the mysterious sketches were found by experts looking into restoring the sixteenth-century masterpiece. They were detected when a curator noticed that some of the gray marks behind Virgin and Child With Saint Anne resembled a horse's head. An infrared photo confirmed his suspicion and revealed two other sketches: a human skull and the infant Jesus with... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2150982/posts#comment Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:51:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2143630/posts Time magazine’s Jeff Israely compared Pope Benedict XVI to the most famous Charles Dickens character in his latest column, which focuses on the “tough line on Church doctrine” the pontiff has taken: “...[T]here is growing proof that the 82-year-old Pope is...quite willing to play the part of Scrooge to defend his often rigid view of Church doctrine.” Israely later put Scrooge’s characteristic anti-Christmas exclamation in the mouth of the Holy Father: “...[O]ne can imagine Benedict flashing that gentle smile, tilting his head ever so slightly and declaring: Bah Humbug!” The correspondent’s Thursday column on Time.com, titled “The Pope’s Christmas Gift:... NewsBusters.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2143630/posts#comment Fri, 5 Dec 2008 20:57:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2139833/posts Natalie Portman turned down the chance to play a nun opposite movie great Meryl Streep in Doubt - because she can't get her head around celibacy. The actress was at one point very interested in the movie adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's hit play - but she turned the part down because she couldn't see herself as a lifelong virgin. IMDB http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2139833/posts#comment Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:49:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2111094/posts Mary Worship Still Alive in Catholicism10/21/2008 - Tur8infan Benedict XVI is reported (link to report) as recently praying to Mary: "We implore you to have pity today on the nations that have gone astray, on all Europe, on the whole world, that they might repent and return to your heart," the text of the prayer reads. This is a prayer that is openly idolatrous. Mankind needs to turn, not to the heart of Mary, but to the Son of Mary, Jesus Christ the Righteous. The true and proper object of worship is God alone. Matthew 4:10 Then saith Jesus... Alpha and Omega Ministries http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2111094/posts#comment Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:22:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110235/posts Ron Howard, the director of the film version of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code, reports that Vatican officials made it difficult to complete work on a 'prequel,' Angels and Demons, discouraging cooperation by churches and public officials in Rome. A Vatican spokesman does not deny the charge. "Usually we read the script," says Father Marco Fibbi, "but in this case it wasn't necessary. Just the name Dan Brown was enough." Catholic World News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2110235/posts#comment Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:30:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101367/posts The Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to Mother Teresa and Al Gore violated the terms of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel's will that created the awards and so is illegal, a lawyer who has written a book on the subject has said. Only 45 per cent of the Nobel Peace Prizes attributed since World War II are in line with the spirit and terms of Nobel's will, according to Norwegian lawyer Fredrik Heffermehl, author of Nobel's Will. That figure drops to 13 per cent for the past seven laureates, he added. In his 1895 last will and testament, Nobel, a Swedish industrialist... AAP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101367/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 14:55:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2100165/posts Introduction Teresa of Avila calls for our consideration on several counts: Her writings are increasingly popular amongst unconverted but professing Protestants who find her 'mystical spirituality' attractive in their own 'pursuit of God.' We are thus alerted to a dangerous 'enemy within the gates.' She is revered by Romanists as 'a quintessential Catholic', 'a revolutionary mystic', 'a saint and doctor of the Church', and a co-patron of Spain. This gives us an inkling of the influence she wields over Roman Catholic hearts. Her works, 'long seen as merely devotional treatises . . . are now being mined more seriously for... Banner of Truth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2100165/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 04:02:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049536/posts In the Vatican II document Nostra Aetate (NA), “Declaration On The Relation Of The Church To Non-Christian Religions,” birthed from apostate Roman Catholicism we can trace the very rotten root of The Ecumenical Church Of Deceit (ECoD) of postevangelicalism. And this document also spawned the current apostasy festering within evangelicalism as well. For you see it was NA that would open the door for Trappist monk Thomas Merton, one of most highly prized Golden Buddhas of Contemplative Spirituality/Mysticism, to openly pursue his own antibiblical interspiritual “dialogues.” As we point out below he wasn’t alone and, just as previously shown in... Apprising Ministries http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2049536/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:50:09 GMT