The Catholic Church has a longstanding reputation of opposing homosexuality, contraception and abortion. Though Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his views that condoms are making the spread of AIDS worse, during his visit to Madrid, he gave priests permission to lift excommunication for women who confess to having an abortion.

Say what? So while I am not Catholic, I’ll save you the Googling and explain the sitch to you as best I can. Under normal circumstances only certain priests are allowed to lift excommunication (aka getting kicked out of the church) for women who have had abortions. From last Tuesday to Sunday, 200 booths were set up in the Madrid park as part of World Youth Day 2011 events. For a full six-days women who have undergone abortions, as well as men who have pressured women to have abortions, were being forgiven. Read More »

We are all living the holier-than-thou lifestyle, obvi. If premarital sex, Gossip Girl story lines and excessive binge drinking is all okay by God, that is.

Perhaps these aren’t on the Catholic list of acceptable behavior, but for those of us college students living it up during our undergrad years, I have some good news for you.

The Catholic Church seems to think that praying before committing an act of sin may save you from being totally ousted in God’s eyes. The church is telling couples to pray before having sexual intercourse in able to “purify their intentions.” Read More »