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“Catholic bishops have kicked the ‘booty’ out of the Bible.”
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2011-03-02-1Abible02_ST_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip
[Irrelevant. What’s important is that the Roman Catholic Church has not kicked Christ out of the Bible . ]
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“I cannot allow [Italy] to be discredited by having it represented by a criminal organisation.”
[Yeah, we wouldn’t want the world to think anything illegal, immoral, rancid or otherwise filthy is going on in Italy.]
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Jesus Says to Rome…
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The Heart of the Gospel
Why Every Generation Must Contend for Justification Sola Fide
https://www.crossway.org/articles/why-every-generation-must-contend-for-justification-sola-fide/
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Roman Catholicism [on Justification]
http://www.ligonier.org/blog/roman-catholicism/
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The Gospel [of] Roman Catholic[ism]
http://carm.org/gospel-roman-catholics
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9 Things You Should Know About the Council of Trent
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What Happened at Vatican II
http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/what-happened-at-vatican-ii-and-how-to-pray-50-years-later
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[Former] Pope Benedict (Ratzinger):
“Today it is evident that Marxist ideology in the way it was conceived no longer corresponds to reality.“
–Pope Benedict XVII
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/23/pope-benedict-communism-cuba
[” No longer ,” Pope? Communism “ no longer” corresponds to reality ? Really ?]
[ Really ?]
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Pope meets Fidel Castro, slams U.S. embargo
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/28/us-cuba-pope-idUSBRE82Q18W20120328
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“Despite his clear understanding of Islam, and prior actions which indicated a willingness to counter Islamization, Benedict XVI appears to have abandoned these efforts, and, grudgingly or not, embraced policies of dhimmitude.“
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/05/the_vatican_and_islam_has_dhimmitude_prevailed.html
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Vatican: New book of leaked documents ‘criminal’
http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-book-leaked-documents-criminal-213515962.html
[ASND simply asks, “Why does the Vatican not challenge the veracity of the documents themselves? Why does the Vatican, instead, resort to ad hominem attacks against the publisher of the documents? Why is the Vatican concerned here with killing the messenger rather than examining all of the relevant evidence – leading to the truth (1Thessalonians 5:21) ?” ]
[Hmm…]
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“The ‘Vatileaks’ scandal, in which the pope’s private papers are alleged to have been pilfered by his own butler, pales in comparison to the scandals of centuries past when popes were accused of violence, nepotism and sexual excesses.“
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/01/us-vatican-butler-intrigue-idUSBRE8500WS20120601
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“Fear is running rampant in the Curia, where the mood has rarely been this miserable. It’s as if someone had poked a stick into a beehive. Men wearing purple robes are rushing around, hectically monitoring correspondence. No one trusts anyone anymore, and some even hesitate to communicate by phone.“
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Pope Francis:
Pope Francis assures atheists: You don’t have to believe in God to go to heaven
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Vatican offers ‘time off purgatory‘ to followers of Pope Francis tweets
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/16/vatican-indulgences-pope-francis-tweets
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Is the new Pope’s style spurred by the growing religious left?
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/08/01/is-the-new-popes-style-spurred-by-the-growing-religious-left/
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Is Pope Francis Naive about the Homosexual Agenda?
http://americansfortruth.com/2013/09/20/is-pope-francis-naive-about-the-homosexual-agenda/
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How Pope Francis Misunderstands the Free Market
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-16/how-pope-francis-misunderstands-the-free-market.html
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“Democrats like Mr. Durbin and President Obama… quote the pope [Francis] in speeches, using his words to reinforce their positions.”
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“The Vatican remains a disproportionately Italian institution, with Italy boasting the biggest bloc of cardinals even as it now accounts for only 4 per cent of the world’s Catholics. Vatican employees are overwhelmingly Italian, with lifetime job security, sometimes extending for generations.”
http://www.theage.com.au/world/pope-reshaping-the-vatican-20140125-31flw.html
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“Catholic leaders say the Bible’s teachings on social justice are behind their stance on immigration reform…”
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“… the group that has experienced the greatest net loss by far is the Catholic Church.“
http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/report-religious-landscape-study-chapter-2.pdf
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“But the state could not have attempted subjecting all Christian institutions to state power unless the [Roman Catholic and liberal Protestant] Church[es] had exhibited philosophical and theological weaknesses which have encouraged [Obama’s statist] predations. The Catholic Church, along with most Main Line denominations, has indulged in a long flirtation with leftist leaning liberation theology. It has been in bed for decades with theology which has incorporated socialist and Marxist doctrines and tactics.“
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/02/a_forced_marriage_of_church_and_state.html
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The Killing of Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani
“… why hasn’t [the RCC] spoken up on behalf of the Christian minister?”
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/09/30/the-killing-of-pastor-yousef-nadarkhani/print/
[Because he’s not a Roman Catholic, Mr. Patton, and in the Vatican’s own words , he is therefore not a Christian.]
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RCC & Barack Obama:
Catholic voters heavily favored Obama, analysis shows
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Obama Retakes Lead With Catholic Voters, Says Gallup Poll
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-retakes-lead-catholic-voters-says-gallup-poll
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“… the bishops, nuns, and priests now screaming bloody murder have gotten what they asked for. The weapon that Barack Obama has directed at the Church was fashioned to a considerable degree by Catholic churchmen.”
http://ricochet.com/main-feed/American-Catholicism-s-Pact-With-the-Devil
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Notre Dame Invites Pro-Abortion President Obama Back to Campus
http://www.lifenews.com/2012/09/24/notre-dame-invites-pro-abortion-president-obama-back-to-campus/
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“To date, Catholic Church leaders have been AWOL in a campaign that will determine whether Obama’s anti-Catholic assault on religious freedom will continue for another four years or be stopped at the ballot box.”
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/10497-catholic-leaders-failing-lead
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“… parishioners at a Southern California Catholic church are praying to the patron saint of lost causes and missing objects…”
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/14/nearly-800-year-old-religious-relic-stolen-from-calif-church/
[Hey, whatever works . ]
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Pope’s Exorcist Says the Devil Is In the Vatican
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“The Catholic Church in the U.S. borrowed more than $400 million from Allied Irish Banks to compensate American victims of clerical sex abuse.”
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Catholic Church Paid to Send Obama to an Alinsky-Founded Group’s Community Organizing Training
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“… critics quickly called the tally incomplete.”
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“At least 70 evangelical Christians in Mexico’s east-central region were homeless Saturday, September 17, after being expelled by local authorities from their village where [Roman] Catholics reportedly threatened to ‘crucify or lynch’ them.”
http://www.worthynews.com/10963-mexico-evangelicals-leave-village-amid-crucifixion-threats
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Kansas City Bishop Is First to Be Charged Criminally With Sheltering Abusive Clergyman
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Catholic Newspaper Yanks Column Linking Devil, Same-Sex Attraction
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German Bishops caught in massive porn scandal – why didn’t they listen to the faithful?
[Just as revealing was the German bishops’ response in this revelation a few days later.]
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Joe Paterno and Bishop Finn
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/11/joe_paterno_and_bishop_finn.html
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Pope Benedict XVI’s astronomer: the Catholic Church welcomes aliens
Highly evolved extra terrestrial lifeforms may be living in space and would be welcomed into the church – “no matter how many tentacles”, one of the Pope’s astronomers has said.
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Vatican Official Warns Pope of Corruption
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/report-vatican-official-warns-pope-corruption-15438029
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“… an elderly man is fighting to make a formal break with the Catholic Church. He’s taken the church to court over its refusal to let him nullify his baptism, in a case that could have far-reaching effects.”
http://www.npr.org/2012/01/29/146046428/on-the-record-a-quest-for-de-baptism-in-france
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Colombian Priests Hired Killers in Suspected Suicide
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“After several years of scandal in which the Catholic Church has faced allegations of financial impropriety, paedophile priests and rumours of plots to kill the Pope, the Vatican is now facing a new €600m-a-year tax bill as Rome seeks to head off European Commission censure over controversial property tax breaks enjoyed by the Church.”
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The U.S. bishops pushed unemployment benefits extension, from which they’re exempt
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U.S. adds Vatican to money-laundering ‘concern’ list
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/08/us-vatican-laundering-idUSBRE82710J20120308
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A Catholic Writer’s Propaganda For Iran
http://frontpagemag.com/2012/03/08/a-catholic-writers-propaganda-for-iran/print/
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Dutch Roman Catholic Church ‘castrated at least 10 boys’
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RCC & Islam:
“The Islamic Society of North American (ISNA) is an organization linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. ISNA was an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation trial, the largest terror financing trial ever held. If you go to the ISNA website, you will find a very interesting list called the Partners of ISNA. Here is a partial list of church Partners:“
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/04/partners_in_crime.html
[Yes, the list also included several mainline “Protestant” churches as well, including ELCA, PC(USA) & UMC, but since none of them is evangelical (whether classically defined as supporting biblical inerrancy or contemporaneously defined as anything other than mainline “Protestant’ or Roman Catholic, ASND had no Update category in which to cite them.]
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Exposing the Vatican-Islam Alliance
http://frontpagemag.com/2012/giulio-meotti/exposing-the-vatican-islam-alliance/print/
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The Hypocrisy of the Western [Roman Catholic] Response to Muslim Persecution of Christians
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Nun ‘fired’ for reporting priest’s dirty mags
‘Is that anything that a Catholic priest should be getting?’
http://www.wnd.com/2012/04/nun-fired-for-reporting-priests-dirty-mags/print/
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“Why does a respected Catholic author indulge in rhetorical venom that could give aid and comfort to sworn enemies of the United States and Israel?“
http://frontpagemag.com/2012/04/20/the-propagandist-strikes-back%E2%80%A6and-strikes-out/print/
[ASND wonders, if Mr. Shea is so “respected“ (the article didn’t say by whom), why has he not read ASND’s Roman Catholicism page?]
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Study: Over Half of South Jersey’s Catholics Believe Jesus Sinned
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“A priest offered unconditional absolution for all who would die in the battle, as long as they did not display cowardice.“
http://www.worldmag.com/articles/19440
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Vatican faces widening of leaks scandal
http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-faces-widening-leaks-scandal-182537865.html
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Nuns:
“Many of these ‘nuns’ no longer believe in the Real Presence or even the divinity of Christ. They certainly don’t recognize the authority of the Vatican. So why don’t they leave?“
http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2012/06/21/catholic-nuns-an-idea-whose-time-has-gone/?print=1
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‘Radical’ Nuns Supporting Abortion, Gay Marriage Meet With US Bishops
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Leaving Roman Catholicism:
The hidden exodus: Catholics becoming Protestants
Any other institution that lost one-third of its members would want to know why
http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=14269#.T_2PSvXpW-0
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Catholics’ confidence [in their church] remains significantly lower than Protestants’
http://www.gallup.com/poll/155690/Confidence-Organized-Religion-Low-Point.aspx
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Legal Expert Links PSU, Catholic Church Scandals
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“According to Roman Catholicism, Sacred Tradition and the Bible together provide the foundation of spiritual truth. From this combination the Catholic church has produced many doctrines which it says are true and biblical but which Protestants reject: veneration of Mary, penance, indulgence, purgatory, prayer to saints, et. al.”
http://carm.org/bible-alone-sufficient-spiritual-truth
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“This is foundational… way that Roman Catholics (especially of the CTC variety) defend their doctrines.”
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The Mass:
“… how it is possible for the Mass to not be a re-sacrifice of Christ when the Mass is called a divine sacrifice (CCC, 1068) that is done over and over again.”
http://carm.org/mass-and-sacrifice-christ
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Debate: Is the Roman Mass a Propitiatory Sacrifice?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngjs-X-ItqU
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“The Roman Catholic Church Puts a great deal of emphasis on Peter and claims that Jesus said he would build his church on him… The scripture reference to which the Roman Catholic Church attempts to substantiate its position is found in Matt. 16:18.”
http://carm.org/is-peter-the-rock
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51 Biblical Proofs Of A Pauline Papacy And Ephesian Primacy
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2012/08/51-biblical-proofs-of-pauline-papacy.html
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“According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church,1 paragraph 841, Muslims together with the Catholics, ‘adore the one, merciful God.'”
http://carm.org/catholic-catechisms-view-muslim-god-wrong
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Mary the subject of… worship
http://carm.org/mary-subject-preaching-and-worship
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The Apocrypha:
“The Protestant Church rejects the apocrypha as being inspired, as do the Jews, but in 1546 the Roman Catholic Church officially declared some of the apocryphal books to belong to the canon of scripture.”
http://carm.org/apocrypha-it-scripture
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Why Do I Reject the Apocrypha?
http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2012/12/why-do-i-reject-the-apocrypha
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Is praying to [dead] saints biblical?
http://carm.org/praying-saints-biblical
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“Roman Catholicism claims to be the only true church, and that it is the repository of God’s word and tradition. In fact, the Roman Catholic Church claims to tells us what the Bible really means and its members are not allowed to interpret scripture in a manner contrary to what the church says.”
http://carm.org/roman-catholic-romans14
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Catholic college students face expulsion after scaring off intruder
http://www.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=22995&content=100091388&pageNum=-1
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The Vatican sets rules for new Internet domain: sorry, Catholic bloggers
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Another Slow News Day 