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Pope Benedict XVI

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Cirilo Flores, Ineffective Diocese of Orange Auxiliary Bishop, to Leave for Diocese of San Diego

    ​The era of Cirilo Flores--just named coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of San Diego--is ending the same way it started: with people trying to remember who he was.Flores joined the Diocese of Orange in 2009 as an auxiliary bishop, really just filling the token Mexi bishop seat for head pedo-protecto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2011

    Does the Vatican Think the Crystal Cathedral is Fugly?

    ​Sure, so Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown thinks he scored a coup by purchasing the Crystal Cathedral from the Schuller clan. But the move isn't being universally celebrated by conservative Catholics, many whom long derided the Crystal Cathedral as the antithesis of Catholic church beauty an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Crystal Cathedral Bidding War Won by Catholic Diocese

    ​A $59 million hail Mary by Chapman University did not overcome the hail Marys of parishoners, clergy and a certain bishop as a bankruptcy judge decided Thursday afternoon that the Crystal Cathedral will be sold to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange for $57.5 million.By siding with the Crystal C ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 20, 2011

    'Cult of the Ruin' Has a Past Tense and Present Purpose

    UC Irvine's University Art Gallery's latest exhibit re-examines time gone by

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2010

    Priest Blesses Surf City Waves Sunday

    ​One day at band camp, this kid was shredding at Bolsa Chica when he slipped off his board and yelled, "Jesus Christ." So, it is not without precedence that a priest from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange will wade into the waters near Huntington Beach Pier Sunday morning to bless the waves.

  • News

    July 15, 2010

    Tod Brown's Own Private Idaho

    The Orange bishop's track record of covering up for sexual misconduct by priests didn't start here

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Bishop Tod Brown Asks Pope for Five More Years to Further Embarrass OC Diocese

    Brownie: Just leave us be already!​The Catholic Church mandates that its bishops retire at age 75. Most bishops accept this rule, but those who don't must write a letter to the pope asking to postpone their retirement.It's the latter scenario that Orange County Catholics must face, as Diocese of O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Forget Arresting the Pope--What About John Urell?

    Urell: Wanted for crimes against humanity--one can only wish...​Sloppy drunkard Christopher Hitchens and wacky atheist Richard Dawkins made news recently because they want Pope Benedict XVI arrested when His Eminence visits Great Britain in September on account of the pontiff's pedo-protecting way ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2010

    Jaime Soto Gets Punked by Pope Benedict XVI!

    Wonder if Soto is still smiling...​SO...the media is going gaga over the successor to Archdiocese of Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony: Diocese of San Antonio Archbishop Jose Gomez, who's a pedo-protector himself. The Orange County Register did one of its classic county barometer pieces where it g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Two More OC Connections to the Vatican's Current Pedophile Scandal

    Trupia: How many boys in OC did he molest?​First in a three-part series this week on Orange County's connections to the "current" pedophilia scandal plaguing the Vatican. Nothing too earth-shattering--just connecting some dots--because I'm saving the good stuff for the near future. I'm warning you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2010

    Another Local Boy Done Pedo-Priest Apologist Good: Cardinal William Levada

    Levada: Brownie's pal in the Vatican...​As the world just barely begins to realize that the Catholic Church is infested from the bottom to the top with pedophile apologists, one name has come to the forefront besides Pope Benedict XVI: Cardinal William Levada.He's the Prefect of the Congregation o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Breaking: Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown Announces Retirement; Pope Benedict XVI Picks OC Native as Replacement

    Heckuva job, Brownie!​In a surprise announcement this morning, Catholic Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown announced he would retire at the end of the year."I have enjoyed my time in Orange County, but it is time to move on," the 73-year-old head of Orange County's 1.1 million Catholics announc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    More Proof OC Diocese's Covenant with the Faithful is a Sham

    from Roman Catholic Blog...​Okay, okay, okay: to have ever put hope in the Covenant with the Faithful--a 2004 PR trick by Bishop Tod D. Brown of the Catholic Diocese of Orange that swore to create a more transparent group of pedo-priests and their apologists but cost the county faithful nearly hal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    What Do Pope, Larry Flynt, Mission Viejo Shoppers Have in Common?

    Media reports that as many as 16 actors and actresses in the adult entertainment industry recently tested positive for HIV have prompted new calls for legislation requiring condom use in all porn videos shot in California. Opponents to condom use include the multi-billion dollar adult entertainment ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2009

    So-Called "Anaheim Priestess" a Big, Loony Fraud

    LeeThe American media is abuzz and aTwittering with reports about how an Anaheim woman who calls herself the Rev. Brenda Lee was removed from LAX this morning after she tried to give President Barack Obama a letter about her opposition to gay marriage. All reported she calls herself a Catholic pries ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2009

    Reminder: Pedo-Priest Apologists to be Honored This Friday at Mission SJC

    Just a reminder to folks that this Friday evening, at Mission San Juan Capistrano's Basilica, Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown will bestow some of his nearest and dearest pedo-priest apologists with papal honors, a ceremony that proves Pope Benedict XVI is still clueless about too much and that Brown and ... More >>

  • Film

    May 14, 2009

    'Angels & Demons' Is Holy Crap, But Not Entirely Un-Fun

    Just a reminder to folks that this Friday evening, at Mission San Juan Capistrano's Basilica, Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown will bestow some of his nearest and dearest pedo-priest apologists with papal honors, a ceremony that proves Pope Benedict XVI is still clueless about too much and that Brown and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    Pope Benedict XVI to Give Papal Recognition to a Bunch of Orange Diocese Pedo-Apologists

    Who says Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown doesn't take care of his lackeys? Actually, no one: anyone with half a brain (me, me!) knows this. Anyways, Brown sent out a letter to his priests two days ago announcing that "our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI has honored papal recognition, to those li ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2008

    Is Howard F. Ahmanson Reading Navel Gazing?

    *Updated, with new information on the bottom... Over the Labor Day weekend, someone claiming to be Christian fundie financier Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr. left the following comment on my previous post about local conservative blabbermouth Hugh Hewitt being in cahoots with Ahmanson to end gay marriage i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2008

    Orange Diocese Dimwit of the Month...

    **Updated, with new material at the bottom... ...Is actually the dimwit from last month: Father Christopher Heath of St. Edward the Confessor in Dana Point. To mark Pope Benedict XVI's meeting with the sex-abuse victims of his priests, Heath wrote a post on his blog where he made this off-hand but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2007

    Statutory Rapist Andrade And Pals Seek to Block Many Things

    A slew of in limine motions filed this past week by former Mater Dei High School boys' basketball coach/admitted statutory rapist Jeff Andrade and his former employers, the Catholic Diocese of Orange. Andrade's lawyers moved that any potential jury not hear "in any manner, either directly or indirec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2007

    Context-Free Reportering Courtesy of the Register

    It's always a guilty pleasure to see a new Orange County Register reporter--usually fresh from college--write a story in which the guy (or cute gal) has no clue about what's in his face. The latest example occurred today, in a piece by one Sean Emery, about the continued restoration of Mission San J ... More >>

  • Film

    November 2, 2006

    Devils in Disguise

    A documentary portrait of a pedophile preist and his pious protectors

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2006

    Papal Fallibility

    The pope has trotted out what might be his third semi-apology for his remarks at the University of Regensburg that have angered Muslims. Or it might be his fourth semi-apology. I pretty much gave up on following the apology coverage when it became clear that the U.S. media was completely surprised ... More >>

  • Unknown

    May 26, 2005

    The Sins of the Father

    While Catholic priests raped Orange County children, Pope John Paul II looked the other way

  • Columns

    May 12, 2005

    "Im not afraid of a negative review. But farts?"

    While Catholic priests raped Orange County children, Pope John Paul II looked the other way

  • Columns

    April 21, 2005

    POPE-TACULAR!!!

    RATZINTACULAR!!!

  • Columns

    June 17, 2004

    Poor Pitiful Pearl

    And the boy who felt me up at the Canyon Inn!

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