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The Roman Catholic Church

  • Music

    May 3, 2012

    Music Picks: Demdike Stare, A Musical Tribute to Gil Scott-Heron, Natalie Merchant

    Also, Lindsey Buckingham, Los Lobos, Kenny Garrett and others

  • Film+TV

    April 5, 2012

    We Have a Pope Review

    Also, Lindsey Buckingham, Los Lobos, Kenny Garrett and others

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Lauryn Hill's Top Five Career-Torpedoing Tendencies

    ​Lauryn Hill is the world's greatest unhinged rapper-turned-singer. As part of the Fugees she came to worldwide fame, and then released a widely-loved solo album. But that was before she proceeded to bicker with her bandmates, give horrible live performances, and embark on a series of decision ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Jay Leno's Sikh-Temple-as-Mitt-Romney's-Summer-House Joke Enrages Some in Indian Religious Community

    Oh no he didn't. Jay Leno is in hot water this week after a quip about Mitt Romney's summer house was accompanied by a photo of the Sikhs' sacred Golden Temple in India, a grand palace indeed. Romney's real summer home, or at least one of them, is right here in Southern California, and isn't half ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    50 Craziest Occupy Movements of 2011

    Twenty Eleven has been a year of occupies. Occupations. Occupitudes. You get the idea. Sure, the Occupy Wall Street movement has only been around since September, but since then we've been occupying all manner of whatnot like there's no tomorrow (thanks to the Mayans, there actually might not be on ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2011

    The Boy Scouts' Police Problem

    Dozens of teenage Explorers have been sexually abused by cops. Should Scouts share the blame?

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    An Ode to Dorie Greenspan's Pumpkin Stuffed With Everything Good

    Pumpkin Stuffed With Everything Good, from Dorie Greenspan's Around My French Table, is like a soft, fluffy cheese strata with bacon baked inside a pumpkin. It's one of those meals where you don't engage in a lot of analytical conversation, like, "Wow, the fresh nutmeg in the cream really complement ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Why This Song Sucks: Beyonce's "Party (Remix)" Featuring J. Cole

    [Editor's note: Why This Song Sucks determines why particular tracks blow using science. It appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday.] Song: Beyonce's "Party" featuring J. Cole History: "Party" is the fourth single from Beyonce's fourth studio album, 4. That's three fours in a row, bro. Three ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Pope Sends 'Historic' First Tweet (VIDEO)

    news.vaDon't strain a knuckle there, champ.​Was it something about the visit of modern-minded Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, currently in Vatican City for to receive a special wool pallium, that inspired Pope Benedict XVI to warble out his first Tweet, via Twitter for iPad, this afterno ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    Cheerio, Magna Carta: Nine Important Historical Documents in L.A Right Now

    Magna Carta​ A document can make a big difference, as the Birthers are currently proving in all the wrong ways. The Magna Carta -- a document whose Madonna-level status requires you to drop the "the" and refer to it simply as "Magna Carta" -- reframed the relationship between royalty and us re ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    April 21, 2011

    Diary of a Country Priest at LACMA

    Magna Carta​ A document can make a big difference, as the Birthers are currently proving in all the wrong ways. The Magna Carta -- a document whose Madonna-level status requires you to drop the "the" and refer to it simply as "Magna Carta" -- reframed the relationship between royalty and us re ... More >>

  • Music

    January 6, 2011

    Brick's Picks: Never Mind the Oogie Oogies, Here's Positootly

    Magna Carta​ A document can make a big difference, as the Birthers are currently proving in all the wrong ways. The Magna Carta -- a document whose Madonna-level status requires you to drop the "the" and refer to it simply as "Magna Carta" -- reframed the relationship between royalty and us re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Vatican Claims Homer Simpson Is A Catholic: We Don't Believe It

    Simpsons' Homer and Bart are said to be Catholics.​The be a cartoon character is apparently divine in the Vatican's eyes. The Catholic church's house organ, L'Osservatore Roman, has declared that "Homer J Simpson is a Catholic" in an article titled "Homer and Bart Are Catholics." To drink on ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2010

    UM . . . YOU FORGOT SLEAZERRIFIC

    Simpsons' Homer and Bart are said to be Catholics.​The be a cartoon character is apparently divine in the Vatican's eyes. The Catholic church's house organ, L'Osservatore Roman, has declared that "Homer J Simpson is a Catholic" in an article titled "Homer and Bart Are Catholics." To drink on ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2009

    FEET, MEET PAVEMENT

    Simpsons' Homer and Bart are said to be Catholics.​The be a cartoon character is apparently divine in the Vatican's eyes. The Catholic church's house organ, L'Osservatore Roman, has declared that "Homer J Simpson is a Catholic" in an article titled "Homer and Bart Are Catholics." To drink on ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    Setting the (Gay) Wedding Table

    Wiser, more diffuse, battle-savvy gay-rights groups craft a 2010 ballot measure for California

  • Film+TV

    December 11, 2008

    Doubt Wags the Finger of Moral Relativism

    J’accuse!

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2008

    Queer Town: Catholic Fall Out Over Proposition 8

    While Mormons have been getting the headlines, the Roman Catholic Church has quietly been a major force in the "Yes on 8" campaign to ban same sex marriage in California. Whether or not Proposition 8 is defeated, it seems inevitable that church officials will face some kind of blow back from gay and ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    June 28, 2007

    Jeffrey Vallance: The Art of Self-Worship

    Hey, somebody’s gotta do it

  • News

    April 19, 2007

    the Semantics of Suicide Aid in Dying

    God, PR and the right to die in California

  • Stage

    October 5, 2006

    Theater Reviews

    Including Doubt, Beehive and this week's pick, Rocks in my Salsa

  • Stage

    September 28, 2006

    Doubt

    The Tony-winning production opens in Los Angeles

  • News

    November 3, 2005

    My Life With the Radical Nuns

    Immaculate Heart, home of the brave

  • News

    November 3, 2005

    Virgin / Whore

    The Catholic Church and women — can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em

  • LA Life

    May 19, 2005

    Rockie Horoscope

    The Catholic Church and women — can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em

  • News

    May 19, 2005

    Exile in Godville

    Profile of a postmodern heretic

  • Stage

    March 24, 2005

    Tiny Malice

    John Patrick Shanley’s nuns’ story

  • News

    December 2, 2004

    Gays on the Ropes

    Democrats in denial blame gays for Bush’s victory

  • News

    September 9, 2004

    Veil of Secrecy Torched

    Judge’s order could bring prosecutors closer to the man in red

  • News

    March 4, 2004

    Smoke-filled Churches

    Judge’s order could bring prosecutors closer to the man in red

  • Film+TV

    February 26, 2004

    Passion Plays

    Lots of smoke, lots of fire

  • News

    October 16, 2003

    The Ace is Wild

    The Doug Chrismas story

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    Santa is a Wildman!

    Jeffrey Vallance in The Land of Hoarfrost

  • News

    April 18, 2002

    The Mission Is on a Mission

    And Cardinal Mahony has been its target for years

  • Columns

    April 4, 2002

    Hollywood’s Ground Zero

    And Cardinal Mahony has been its target for years

  • News

    December 27, 2001

    Ultimate Indignity

    The killing of Digna Ochoa tests Mexico’s president

  • News

    March 22, 2001

    Letters

    The killing of Digna Ochoa tests Mexico’s president

  • News

    May 4, 2000

    Hollywood, Straight Up

    The craps-shooting cop, the hungarian brawl and other stories from Steve Boardner's bar

  • Art+Books

    February 24, 2000

    Nuncomformist

    Sister Corita Kent's Pop subversions

  • Columns

    April 29, 1999

    The Pope Trope

    Sister Corita Kent's Pop subversions

  • Art+Books

    January 28, 1999

    Brian Moore, 1921­1999

    Sister Corita Kent's Pop subversions

  • Supplement

    November 26, 1998

    1983 Timeline

    Sister Corita Kent's Pop subversions

  • News

    July 16, 1998

    Higher Calling

    Women’s-health advocates challenge the rise of Catholic hospitals

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