priests

A Priest told Senator Kerry that because of his views on abortion he cannot grant communion to him. Wouldn't being arrested, tried and convicted for child molestation be grounds for not being able to give communion nor to receive it?

Ok so first off I'm an atheist. So this morning I hear that the pope has issued some kind of instruction that women priests and the bishops that ordained them are to be excommunicated. "Misogynistic bastage" Is my first reaction. But then I think "hang on, all their rules are based in fairy...

I could not help smiling at this report. I particularly liked: Oh happy day!

Not sure what to make of this lawsuit. Headline: "Italian atheist sues priest over Jesus' existence." As loathesome as organized religion is, frivolous lawsuits are even worse. Also, free speech is a good thing. -j

Terry Pratchett in 'Small Gods' mentioned that one priest required 40 people to support his [unproductive] activity. Pratchett is not one to pull numbers out of thin-air, there is usually something he bases his stories on. I know it's a million-to-one chance he is right, but we all know...

It sure seems like they're not watching the same game as everyone else: Priest apologizes for linking abuse, native culture

Do the priests of Spain have mistresses? The reason I ask this is because a while ago I read this book called "Iberia" by James A. Michener and its about what he encountered in Spain and Portugal, and in an interview with a Spaniard that James A. Michener records, the Spaniard says that the...

I think I remember hearing/reading somewhere that the catholic church only said priests had to be single some stage in the middle ages, and this was because they were worried about losing land when they married, although I would imagine they made another reason up to justify it (i.e. say God...