John DePetro’s disdain for undocumented workers
When six-year old Derrick Johnson was struck and killed by a pickup truck driven by Andres Morales, the community mourned a tragic death. There is no question that the terrible event was an accident, Morales had no intention or wish to harm the boy. Perhaps the accident was preventable, perhaps not, but the case has [...]
On Stage Together: Carcieri, DePetro, Healey
What do former Governor Don Carcieri, Rev. Bernard Healey and John DePetro all have in common? The three biggest enemies of civil liberties in Rhode Island? Three people only popular on WPRO? Three people who progressives wish kept to themselves? Even more precisely, these three pillars of Ocean State conservatism will be appearing together, on [...]
Catholics Don’t Even Agree With Church Anymore
Bernard Healey is the executive director of the Rhode Island Catholic Conference, the lobbying arm of the Providence Diocese under the direction of Bishop Thomas Tobin. Due to the unparalleled access granted to the church’s representative by some members of our General Assembly, Lobbyist Healey wields political influence incommensurate with the present status of the [...]
Tobin Aligns With Hate Group to Oppose Equality
FAPSMEG (the Faith Alliance to Preserve the Sanctity of Marriage as Established by God) is a coalition of religious and political groups, brought together by the executive director of NOM-RI, Christopher Plante, to fight against marriage equality rights. The coalition marks the first time the local Catholic church, and perhaps the first diocese anywhere, has [...]
John DePetro, Psychic Readings and Catholicism
The catechism of the Catholic Church is quite clear on the matter of communicating with the dead. On the official Vatican website under the heading “Divination and Magic” is the clear Church teaching on the matter (emphasis mine): 2116 All forms of divination are to be rejected: recourse to Satan or demons, conjuring up the [...]
Bishop Tobin Confuses Anti-Choice for Pro-Life
Providence Diocese Bishop Thomas Tobin has a tendency to very publicly take Catholic politicians to task for their stand on reproductive rights. Tobin’s very public fight with Congressman Patrick Kennedy was seen by many to be a bold assertion of clerical power to control the votes of Catholic legislators on issues of importance to Catholic [...]
Fortnight Against Freedom
In the United States, Roman Catholic bishops have called for an alliterative “Fortnight for Freedom” to run from June 21, the vigil of the Feasts of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas Moore, to July 4. The bishops are calling on the faithful to use these two weeks for prayer, study and action, specifically regarding [...]
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