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Topic: Catholic Bishops

Pope Francis celebrates a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) (Andrew Medichini)

The church's class war

Vinnie Rotondaro
(AP/Charles Dharapak/Kevin Lamarque/Salon)

Who opposes a trafficking law?

Irin Carmon

Katie McDonough
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-76219p1.html'>wavebreakmedia</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Photo illustration by Salon)

Clergy are not doctors

Irin Carmon

Gay marriage isn't mandatory

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Cardinal Timothy Dolan (AP/David Goldman)

"God votes Republican"

Sarah Posner
Paul Ryan (AP/Jae C. Hong)

Paul Ryan's not a saint

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Abortion protesters in South Bend, Ind., in 2009. (AP/Joe Raymond)

Church vs. birth control

Irin Carmon
Keaton Fuller

Mary Elizabeth Williams
What about my liberty to tell you what to do? (Reuters/Allison Joyce)

Bishops seek liberty--to coerce

Sarah Posner
Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan is interviewed at the North American College in Rome, Feb. 14, 2012.

Gene Lyons
President Barack Obama, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, announces the revamp of his contraception policy (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

A compromise only zealots won't take

Irin Carmon
A bishop grasps his pectoral cross during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore (Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)

It's time for Obama to defend birth control

Irin Carmon
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