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Catholic League (U.S.), the Glossary

The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, often shortened to the Catholic League, is an American Catholic organization whose stated purpose is to "defend the right of Catholics – lay and clergy alike – to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination." on the Catholic League's website The Catholic League states that it is "motivated by the letter and the spirit of the First Amendment...^[1]

Abortion

Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus.

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Abortion clinic

An abortion clinic or abortion provider is a medical facility that provides abortions.

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Abortion-rights movements

Abortion-rights movements are movements that advocate for legal access to induced abortion services, including elective abortion.

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Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), also colloquially known as the Television Academy, is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the television industry in the United States.

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Activism

Activism (or advocacy) consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived greater good.

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Advocacy

Advocacy is an activity by an individual or group that aims to influence decisions within political, economic, and social institutions.

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Alan Dershowitz

Alan Morton Dershowitz (born September 1, 1938) is an American lawyer and law professor known for his work in U.S. constitutional law and American criminal law.

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Alan Keyes

Alan Lee Keyes (born August 7, 1950) is an American politician, political scientist, and perennial candidate who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1985 to 1987.

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Alfred Uhry

Alfred Fox Uhry (born December 3, 1936) is an American playwright and screenwriter.

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Alliance Defending Freedom

The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), formerly the Alliance Defense Fund, is an American conservative Christian legal advocacy group that works to expand Christian religious liberties and practices within public schools and in government, outlaw abortion, and oppose LGBTQ rights. Catholic League (U.S.) and Alliance Defending Freedom are Civil liberties advocacy groups in the United States and conservative organizations in the United States.

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Amanda Marcotte

Amanda Marie Marcotte (born September 2, 1977) is an American blogger and journalist who writes on feminism and politics from a liberal perspective.

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Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video, or simply Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming and rental service of Amazon offered both as a stand-alone service and as part of Amazon's Prime subscription.

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America (magazine)

America is a monthly Catholic magazine published by the Jesuits of the United States and headquartered in midtown Manhattan.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company.

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American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit human rights organization founded in 1920. Catholic League (U.S.) and American Civil Liberties Union are Civil liberties advocacy groups in the United States.

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Anderson Cooper 360°

Anderson Cooper 360° (commonly shortened to either AC-360 or 360) is an American television news show on CNN and CNN International, hosted by CNN journalist and news anchor Anderson Cooper.

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Andrew Ferguson

Andrew Ferguson (born June 28, 1956) is an American journalist and author.

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Anti-abortion movements

Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality.

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Anti-Catholicism

Anti-Catholicism, also known as Catholophobia is hostility towards Catholics and opposition to the Catholic Church, its clergy, and its adherents. Catholic League (U.S.) and Anti-Catholicism are Catholicism-related controversies.

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Anti-Catholicism in the United States

Anti-Catholicism in the United States concerns the anti-Catholic attitudes which were first brought to the Thirteen Colonies by Protestant European settlers, mostly composed of English Puritans, during the British colonization of North America (16th–17th century).

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Anti-Christian sentiment

Anti-Christian sentiment, also referred to as Christophobia or Christianophobia, constitutes the fear of, hatred of, discrimination, and/or prejudice against Christians, the Christian religion, and/or its practices.

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Anti-clericalism

Anti-clericalism is opposition to religious authority, typically in social or political matters.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Ben Carson

Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American retired neurosurgeon, academic, author, and politician who served as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2017 to 2021.

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Bill Donohue

William Anthony Donohue (born July 18, 1947) is an American Roman Catholic layman who has been president of the Catholic League in the United States since 1993.

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Birth control

Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent unintended pregnancy.

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Blackface

Blackface is the practice of performers using burnt cork or theatrical makeup to portray a caricature of black people on stage or in entertainment.

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Blasphemy

Blasphemy refers to an insult that shows contempt, disrespect or lack of reverence concerning a deity, an object considered sacred, or something considered inviolable.

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Boycott

A boycott is an act of nonviolent, voluntary abstention from a product, person, organization, or country as an expression of protest.

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Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model.

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Catherine Corless

Catherine Corless (Farrell; born 1954) is an Irish historian, known for her work in compiling the information concerning the deaths of children at the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Galway.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Catholic Church in England and Wales

The Catholic Church in England and Wales (Ecclesia Catholica in Anglia et Cambria; Yr Eglwys Gatholig yng Nghymru a Lloegr) is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See.

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Catholics for Choice

Catholics for Choice (CFC) is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. that represents Catholic people who support reproductive freedom and advocates for abortion rights. Catholic League (U.S.) and Catholics for Choice are Catholic Church in the United States, Catholicism-related controversies and Christian organizations established in 1973.

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CatholicVote.org

CatholicVote.org is a conservative, non-profit political advocacy group based in the United States. Catholic League (U.S.) and CatholicVote.org are conservative organizations in the United States.

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Colm O'Gorman

Colm O'Gorman (born 15 July 1966) is an Irish activist and former politician.

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Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse

The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (CICA) was one of a range of measures introduced by the Irish Government to investigate the extent and effects of abuse on children from 1936 onwards.

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Commonweal (magazine)

Commonweal is a liberal Catholic journal of opinion, edited and managed by lay people, headquartered in New York City.

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Cosimo Cavallaro

Cosimo Cavallaro (born 1961) is an Italian-Canadian artist, filmmaker and sculptor.

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Daniel M. Petrocelli

Daniel M. Petrocelli (born August 15, 1953, in East Orange, New Jersey) is a partner at O’Melveny & Myers LLP and the Chair of the firm’s Trial Practice Committee.

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David Carlin

David R. Carlin Jr. (born 1938) is an American politician, author, and professor of sociology and philosophy.

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David Horowitz

David Joel Horowitz (born January 10, 1939) is an American conservative writer and activist.

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David I. Kertzer

David Israel Kertzer (born February 20, 1948) is an American anthropologist, historian, and academic, specializing in the political, demographic, and religious history of Italy.

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David Wojnarowicz

David Michael Wojnarowicz (September 14, 1954 – July 22, 1992) was an American painter, photographer, writer, filmmaker, performance artist, songwriter/recording artist, and AIDS activist prominent in the East Village art scene.

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Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) is a department of the Roman Curia in charge of the religious discipline of the Catholic Church.

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Doctrine

Doctrine (from doctrina, meaning "teaching, instruction") is a codification of beliefs or a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the essence of teachings in a given branch of knowledge or in a belief system.

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Dogma (film)

Dogma is a 1999 American fantasy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, who also stars with Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, George Carlin, Linda Fiorentino, Janeane Garofalo, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, Salma Hayek, Bud Cort, Alan Rickman, Alanis Morissette in her feature film debut, and Jason Mewes.

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DVD

The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.

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Emmy Awards

The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry.

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Eunisses Hernandez

Eunisses Hernandez (born 1990) is an American activist and politician, currently serving as a member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 1st district since 2022.

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Fascism

Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.

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First Amendment to the United States Constitution

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws respecting an establishment of religion; prohibiting the free exercise of religion; or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the freedom of assembly, or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances.

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Fox News

The Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly known as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City.

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Frances Kissling

Frances Kissling (born 15 June 1943) is an activist in the fields of religion, reproduction, and women's rights.

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Frank Rich

Frank Hart Rich Jr. (born 1949) is an American essayist and liberal op-ed columnist, who held various positions within The New York Times from 1980 to 2011.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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George Weigel

George Weigel (born 1951) is an American Catholic neoconservative author, political analyst, and social activist.

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God

In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.

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Hate crime

A hate crime (also known a bias crime) is crime where a perpetrator targets a victim because of their physical appearance or perceived membership of a certain social group.

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Hate mail

Hate mail (as electronic, posted, or otherwise) is a form of harassment, usually consisting of invective and potentially intimidating or threatening comments towards the recipient.

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Henry Herx

Henry Herx (June 29, 1933 – August 15, 2012) was an American film critic who specialized in creating brief capsule reviews intended for Roman Catholic moviegoers.

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Host desecration

Host desecration is a form of sacrilege in Christian denominations that follow the doctrine of the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.

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Humanitas Prize

The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and television writing, and is given to writers whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced and meaningful way.

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Illegal immigration to the United States

Foreign nationals, known as aliens, violate US immigration laws by entering the United States unlawfully, or by lawfully entering but then remaining after the expiration of their visas, parole or temporary protected status.

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James J. Martin (priest)

James J. Martin (born December 29, 1960) is an American Jesuit Catholic priest, writer, editor-at-large of the Jesuit magazine ''America'' and the founder of Outreach. A New York Times Best Selling author, Martin's books include The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life, Jesus: A Pilgrimage, and My Life With the Saints.

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Jesuits

The Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (Iesuitae), is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome.

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Joan Osborne

Joan Elizabeth Osborne (born July 8, 1962) is an American singer, songwriter, and interpreter of music, having recorded and performed in various popular American musical genres including rock, pop, soul, R&B, blues, and country.

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John Edwards

Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina from 1999 to 2005.

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John Edwards 2008 presidential campaign

The 2008 presidential campaign of John Edwards, former United States Senator from North Carolina and Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004 began on December 28, 2006 when he announced his entry into the 2008 presidential election in the city of New Orleans near sites devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

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John Hagee

John Charles Hagee (born April 12, 1940) is an American pastor and televangelist.

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John Jay Report

The Nature and Scope of the Problem of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States, commonly known as the John Jay Report, is a 2004 report by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, commissioned by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, based on surveys completed by the Roman Catholic dioceses in the United States.

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John McCain 2008 presidential campaign

The 2008 presidential campaign of John McCain, the longtime senior U.S. Senator from Arizona, was launched with an informal announcement on February 28, 2007, during a live taping of the Late Show with David Letterman, and formally launched at an event on April 25, 2007.

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John O'Connor (cardinal)

John Joseph O'Connor (January 15, 1920 – May 3, 2000) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 1984 until his death in 2000, and was made a cardinal in 1985. O'Connor previously served as a U.S. Navy chaplain (1952 to 1979), including four years as chief of chaplains, as an auxiliary bishop of the Military Vicariate of the United States (1979 to 1983), and as Bishop of Scranton from 1983 to 1984.

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Kathy Griffin

Kathleen Mary Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an American comedian and actress.

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Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List is an American reality television series that aired on Bravo from August 3, 2005 to August 3, 2010.

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Kevin Smith

Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American director, producer, writer, and actor.

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Kidnapping

In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful abduction and confinement of a person against their will.

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L. Brent Bozell III

Leo Brent Bozell III (born July 14, 1955) is an American conservative activist and writer.

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LGBT pride

LGBT pride (also known as gay pride or simply pride) is the promotion of the self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people as a social group.

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Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

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Linda Chavez

Linda Lou ChavezStated on Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., May 20, 2012, PBS (born June 17, 1947) is an American author, commentator, and radio talk show host.

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Lindsey Horvath

Lindsey Patrice Horvath (born June 30, 1982) is an American politician, advertising executive, and activist who is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 3rd District, which covers the San Fernando Valley, and is the Chair of Los Angeles County.

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Los Angeles Angels

The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area.

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Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles LGBT Center

The Los Angeles LGBT Center (previously known as the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center) is a provider of programs and services for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

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Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Marco Rubio

Marco Antonio Rubio (born May 28, 1971) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Florida, a seat he has held since 2011.

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Mary Ann Glendon

Mary Ann Glendon (born October 7, 1938) is the Learned Hand Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a former United States Ambassador to the Holy See.

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Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.

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Mass (liturgy)

Mass is the main Eucharistic liturgical service in many forms of Western Christianity.

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Mass in the Catholic Church

The Mass is the central liturgical service of the Eucharist in the Catholic Church, in which bread and wine are consecrated and become the body and blood of Christ.

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Mass media include the diverse arrays of media that reach a large audience via mass communication.

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Media bias occurs when journalists and news producers show bias in how they report and cover news.

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Mel Gibson

Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor and film director.

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Mercedes Schlapp

Mercedes Schlapp (Viana; born December 27, 1972) is an American communications specialist and political commentator for both English and Spanish media.

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Messiah

In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias is a saviour or liberator of a group of people.

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Milwaukee

Milwaukee is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Milwaukee County.

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Minutemen

Minutemen were members of the organized New England colonial militia companies trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies during the American Revolutionary War.

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Miramax

Miramax, LLC, formerly known as Miramax Films, is an American independent film and television production and distribution company founded on December 19, 1979, by Harvey and Bob Weinstein, and based in Los Angeles, California.

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Miranda Devine

Miranda Devine (born 1 July 1961) is an Australian columnist and writer, now based in New York City.

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Mortara case

The Mortara case (caso Mortara) was an Italian cause célèbre that captured the attention of much of Europe and North America in the 1850s and 1860s. Catholic League (U.S.) and Mortara case are anti-Catholicism in the United States.

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Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation

The Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation (officially the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and certain related matters) was a judicial commission of investigation, established in 2015 by the Irish government to investigate deaths and misconduct during the 20th century in mother and baby homes—institutions, most run by Catholic religious nuns, where unwed women were sent to deliver their babies.

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Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction.

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Nassau County, New York

Nassau County is a suburban county located on Long Island, immediately to the east of New York City, bordering the Long Island Sound on the north and the open Atlantic Ocean to the south.

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National Legion of Decency

The National Legion of Decency, also known as the Catholic Legion of Decency, was a Catholic group founded in 1934 by Archbishop of Cincinnati, John T. McNicholas, as an organization dedicated to identifying objectionable content in motion pictures on behalf of Catholic audiences. Catholic League (U.S.) and National Legion of Decency are Catholic Church in the United States.

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National Portrait Gallery (United States)

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is a historic art museum in Washington, D.C., United States.

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National Review

National Review is an American conservative editorial magazine, focusing on news and commentary pieces on political, social, and cultural affairs.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Nothing Sacred (TV series)

Nothing Sacred is an American drama series that aired from 1997 to 1998 on ABC.

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One of Us (Joan Osborne song)

"One of Us" is a song by American singer Joan Osborne for her debut studio album, Relish (1995).

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Ontario

Ontario is the southernmost province of Canada.

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Op-ed

An op-ed piece is a short newspaper column that represents a writer's strong, informed, and focused opinion on an issue of relevance to a targeted audience.

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Pharyngula (blog)

Pharyngula, a blog founded and written by PZ Myers, is hosted on ScienceBlogs (2005–2011, in full, and 2011–present, in part) and on FreeThoughtBlogs (2011–present).

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Philip Pullman

Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman (born 19 October 1946) is an English writer.

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Planned Parenthood

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA), or simply Planned Parenthood, is an American nonprofit organization, p. 18.

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Pope Pius XII

Pope Pius XII (born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli,; 2 March 18769 October 1958) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958.

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Pragmatism

Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that views language and thought as tools for prediction, problem solving, and action, rather than describing, representing, or mirroring reality.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Press release

A press release (also known as a media release) is an official statement delivered to members of the news media for the purpose of providing information, creating an official statement, or making an announcement directed for public release.

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Preventive healthcare

Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases.

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PZ Myers

Paul Zachary Myers (born March 9, 1957) is an American biologist who founded and writes the Pharyngula science blog. Catholic League (U.S.) and PZ Myers are Catholicism-related controversies.

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Rape

Rape is a type of sexual assault involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent.

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Religion

Religion is a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion.

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Religious brother

A Religious Brother (abbreviated Br. or Bro.) is a lay member of a religious institute or religious order who commits himself to following Christ in consecrated life of the Church, usually by the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.

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Religious school

A religious school is a school that either has a religious component in its operations or its curriculum, or exists primarily for the purpose of teaching aspects of a particular religion.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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Rob Manfred

Robert Dean Manfred Jr. (born September 28, 1958) is an American lawyer and business executive who is serving as the tenth commissioner of Major League Baseball.

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Rock for Choice

Rock for Choice (or Rock 4 Choice) was a series of benefit concerts held over a ten-year period between 1991 and 2001.

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Roger Smith Hotel

The Roger Smith Hotel is a family-run boutique hotel established in 1929, located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York

The Archdiocese of New York (Archidiœcesis Neo-Eboracensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the State of New York.

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Salon.com

Salon is an American politically progressive and liberal news and opinion website created in 1995.

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Scarborough Country

Scarborough Country was an opinion/analysis show broadcast on MSNBC Monday to Thursday at 9 P.M. ET.

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Scott Wiener

Scott Wiener (born May 11, 1970) is an American politician who has served in the California State Senate since 2016.

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Second Vatican Council

The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican, commonly known as the or, was the 21st and most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic Church.

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Secularity

Secularity, also the secular or secularness (from Latin saeculum, "worldly" or "of a generation"), is the state of being unrelated or neutral in regards to religion.

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Sex education

Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, sexual activity, sexual reproduction, safe sex, and birth control, sexual health, reproductive health, emotional relations and responsibilities, age of consent, and reproductive rights.

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Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (SPI), also called Order of Perpetual Indulgence (OPI), is a charitable, protest, and street performance movement that uses drag and religious imagery to satirize issues of sex, gender, and morality (particularly Christian perspectives on these topics) and fundraise for charity. Catholic League (U.S.) and Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are anti-Catholicism in the United States.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.

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Suffolk County, New York

Suffolk County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of New York, constituting the eastern two-thirds of Long Island.

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Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests

The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP, established in 1989, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization support group of survivors of clergy sexual abuse and their supporters, founded in the United States.

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Taliban

The Taliban (lit), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is an Afghan militant movement with an ideology comprising elements of Pashtun nationalism and the Deobandi movement of Islamic fundamentalism.

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Ted Baehr

Millard Robert E. Theodore Baehr (born 1946) is an American media critic and chairman of the Christian Film and Television Commission, a division of Good News Communications, Inc.

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The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)

The Blade, also known as the Toledo Blade, is a newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, published daily online and printed Thursday and Sunday by Block Communications.

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The Forward

The Forward (Forverts), formerly known as The Jewish Daily Forward, is an American news media organization for a Jewish American audience.

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The Golden Compass (film)

The Golden Compass is a 2007 fantasy adventure film written and directed by Chris Weitz that is based on the 1995 novel Northern Lights by Philip Pullman, the first installment in Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, which was published as The Golden Compass in the United States.

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The Holocaust

The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.

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The Last Word (radio show)

The Last Word is an Irish radio news review show hosted by Matt Cooper on Today FM on weekday evenings between 4:30pm and 7pm.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Passion of the Christ

The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 American epic biblical drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Mel Gibson.

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The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate that is headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California.

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Theology

Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Timothy M. Dolan

Timothy Michael Dolan (born February 6, 1950) is an American cardinal of the Catholic Church.

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Tom Monaghan

Thomas Stephen Monaghan (born March 25, 1937) is an American entrepreneur who founded Domino's Pizza in 1960.

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Tony Perkins (politician)

Anthony Richard Perkins (born March 20, 1963) is an American politician and Southern Baptist pastor, who has served as president of the Family Research Council since 2003.

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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States. Catholic League (U.S.) and United States Conference of Catholic Bishops are Catholic Church in the United States.

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University of Central Florida

The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university with its main campus in unincorporated Orange County, Florida.

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University of Minnesota Morris

The University of Minnesota Morris (UMN–Morris) is a public liberal arts college in Morris, Minnesota, United States.

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Virgil Blum

Virgil Clarence Blum (1913–1990) was an American Jesuit and professor of political science at Marquette University.

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Virgin birth of Jesus

The virgin birth of Jesus is the Christian and Islamic doctrine that Jesus was conceived by his mother, Mary, through the power of the Holy Spirit and without sexual intercourse.

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Vivek Ramaswamy

Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy (born August 9, 1985) is an American entrepreneur.

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White House

The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.

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501(c)(3) organization

A 501(c)(3) organization is a United States corporation, trust, unincorporated association or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_League_(U.S.)

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