Tag Archives: Catholic Church

This Archbishop Is Overreaching!

Posted on February 12, 2015 by likeitiz

I was on my way to work this morning when Michael Krasny’s Forum started airing on the radio. Today, the topic was the recent move by the San Francisco Archbishop to revise the teachers’ handbook for four local parochial high schools … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, Bigotry, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Civil Unions, Equality, Human Rights, LGBT, Marriage, Religion, Religious Freedom, Religious Freedoms, same-sex marriage, self-righteousness, Sex, Teacher, Women's Reproductive Rights, women's rights | Tagged Abortion, Bishop Cordileone, Catholic Church, Church Doctrine, Conscience, Contraception, Homosexuality, John Piderit, marriage equality, San Francisco Archbishop, San Francisco Archdiocese, Teachers, Vincent Campasano, Women's Reproductive Rights | 4 Comments

Alms For Sister Maxyne’s Congregation

Posted on August 24, 2013 by likeitiz

My mother came to visit us for a few weeks. She liked to go to church on the weekend. My brother and I took turns taking her. Last Sunday, as I sat beside my mother listening to the Homily, I … Continue reading →

Posted in American Nuns, Catholic Church, Health Care, Religion, Religous Congregation | Tagged American Nuns, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Nun, postaweek 2013, Rachel Martin, Religion, Religious Freedome, Sister Maxyne Schneider, Sisters of St. Joseph | 12 Comments

Farewells At The Vatican

Posted on February 27, 2013 by likeitiz

I’ve been hearing that the incumbent pope, Pope Benedict XVI, had announced his decision to step down by the end of February. True enough, early this morning, the news was already filled with accounts of his final public speech. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Pope Benedict, Pope Francis, Religious Freedoms, Religous Congregation, Uncategorized, Vatican | Tagged Catholic, Catholic Church, Child Sex Abuse Scandal, equality, Pedophile, Pope, Pope Benedict, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope John Paul II, Prop 8, Religious Conservatism, same-sex marriage, Vatican, Vatican City | 7 Comments

Please Stop Bashing My Head With Your Religion

Posted on October 11, 2011 by likeitiz

What is it about some people and their ultra-right-wing religiosity and their insistence that everyone around them convert to their chosen faith? Not only is it inappropriate, it’s downright annoying! I have my religious beliefs and I hold them very … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholicism, God, Human Rights, Moral Issues, Religion | Tagged Catholic Church, David Koresh, Jim Jones, Jonestown, LGBT, postaday2011, Religion, Religion and Spirituality, Warren Jeffs | 5 Comments

The Morality of Lies

Posted on October 9, 2011 by likeitiz

I got a call today from a friend across the globe. She said she wanted to see how I was doing. Then she told me she had a recent argument with her mother. It turns out that her mother had … Continue reading →