US supreme court decision paves the way for other suits against priests accused of child rape, which will in turn involve the Vatican.
Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
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BioLogos is going increasingly Biblical literalist
BioLogos is about reconciling faith and science, so you’d think the idea of Genesis as inspirational fiction would be non-negotiable.
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Simon Jenkins says ew science
Cathedral of science, faith not reason, a Soviet academy, airwaves are crammed, all reverential, new orthodoxy.
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Science is not a religion
And Simon Jenkins is a bozo.
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Pope gives top job to misogynist thug
Cardinal Marc Ouellet thinks a raped woman must be forced to bear her rapist’s baby.
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Professor charged in ‘holy water’ fraud
Guy sold digital whatsits that he said could change tap water into holy water from Lourdes.
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Gillard tells it as she sees it on the god issue
The Christian lobby claims a large constituency and makes no bones about requiring political leaders to take heed.
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Science journalists don’t know the obstacles
Scientists would love to do more outreach, but they don’t have the resources.
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Jerry Coyne on why evolution of eyespots
The evolution of “eye avoidance” (which generalizes to eyespot avoidance) is likely to be innate rather than learned.
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Christopher Hitchens to undergo chemotherapy
Double-plus ungood.
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Buddhists have their sentiments hurt!
Combining pseudo-humility and threats in a new and exciting way.
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Belgium trumps Vatican on chuch abuse probes
Insists that Belgian law enforcement authorities — not the Catholic Church — will investigate sexual abuse cases involving clergy.
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Belgium reminds Vatican who is in charge
Belgian Foreign Minister underlined the Belgian judiciary’s independence from the Church and its freedom to investigate.
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Pope plans new theocratic push
Ratzinger will create a new Vatican office to fight secularisation and “re-evangelise” the West.
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Why Belgian cops raided church institutions
They had reliable information that the church was hiding information on sexual abuse.
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Pakistan TV Debate on Concubines in Islam
Does Islam permit Muslim men to keep concubines? Yes of course. There are no two opinions about it.
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Vatican arguing over child abuse
And briefly, cryptically, makes the argument public.
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Supreme Court declines to hear Vatican’s appeal
So the clergy sex abuse case will go to trial in an Oregon district court.
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Belgium: church-backed “commission” resigns
Members are angry that Belgian police are investigating crimes against Belgian children.
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Where are the atheist women?
Busy? Too nice to argue? Poor? Not invited?