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Catholic bishops oppose discrimination in letter opposing anti-discrimination...
Archbishop William Lori (http://www.archbalt.org) Three prominent Catholic prelates—Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton, CA, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, and Archbishop William...
View ArticleInviting young adults to be leaders
Over at Duke Divinity School’s Faith & Leadership, I write about the need to include young adults in positions of leadership in faith communities. From the essay: Nowhere is the church’s “maturity”...
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Controversial bishop to exorcise marriage equality demons
Bishop Thomas Paprocki (http://www.dio.org/bishop). Well this probably isn’t the kind of bishop the pope’s liaison to the United States imagined when he asked the US Conference of Catholic Bishops to...
View ArticleOver objections, Catholic bishop holds anti-gay exorcism
The Catholic bishop of Springfield, Illinois, went ahead with a prayer service and exorcism today in the diocese’s cathedral in response to the legalization of same-sex marriage in that state. In his...
View ArticleA place for religion scholars in new media?
In the days before a potential military strike on Syria in September, there were few religious scholars who were able to articulate, quickly and succinctly, the idea of just war theory for a general...
View ArticleObama’s papal shout out
It seems Pope Francis can count the most powerful person in the world among his legions of fans. In an address laying out his vision for economic reform to address growing inequality, President Barack...
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The Catholic Church isn’t anti-gay, but are its bishops?
On Meet the Press earlier this month, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, claimed that the Catholic Church is not anti-gay. “We’re pro marriage, we’re pro traditional marriage, we’re not...
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Pope Francis is the Advocate’s Person of the Year.
Pope Francis is on the cover of this week’s issue of Time. And the New Yorker. And the Advocate. What now? That’s right, the leader of the Catholic Church is on the cover of the Advocate, the magazine...
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A Jesuit’s response to the Advocate’s Pope Francis honor
Over at The Jesuit Post, Eric Sundrup, SJ, one of the pope’s Jesuit brothers, responds to the news that Pope Francis has ben named Person of the Year by the Advocate, a magazine reporting on LGBT...
View ArticleNew British Cardinal had defended Mass for LGBT Catholics
Among the 16 men Pope Francis designated Cardinals over the weekend is the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols. The Guardian reports that Nichols, though critical of the UK’s plans for...
View ArticleSome Mormons and Protestants talk about Pope Francis
At a Mormon church in Chevy Chase, Maryland, over one-hundred 20- and 30-somethings spent Saturday attending a series of workshops covering issues of religion, race, economics, social justice, and...
View ArticleHow many young Arizona Catholics won’t be at Mass?
How many young Catholics in Arizona will stop going to church this week? A new poll released today from Public Religion Research Institute found that a majority of Catholics believe same-sex marriage...
View ArticleOn the erosion of our national character
(RNS) A government is only as good as its people, and a people get the government they deserve.
View ArticleChildren, here’s how you apologize
Apologizing: It is a very simple thing, but sometimes even grown-ups find it surprisingly hard to do.
View ArticleWhy the Christian right still supports Trump
(RNS) The Christian right once said we need men of strong character to lead our nation. But that was before.
View Article10 predictions for the days after Nov. 8
(RNS) Hillary wins, Donald launches Trump TV, and other predictions for Election Day and beyond.
View ArticleWhen our need to believe met the 2016 election
(RNS) Maybe the disillusionments of this election year will make us take greater responsibility for our country.
View ArticleDiscovering the other America we did not know
(RNS) People with the faintest interest in this country or in commenting about it had better get to know the other America rather than remain hermetically sealed in their own monoculture.
View ArticlePost-election whiplash: 10 observations
(RNS) Ten observations about what just happened in our country and what it means for Christians and others.
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