First ECFA survey of church governance trends reveals which boards are most effective.
Americans prefer to talk about politics rather than God
Politics trumps God for most Americans when it comes to conversations with their friends.
Pope Francis institutes commission to study female deacons
Pope Francis has created a commission to study the possibility of allowing women to serve as deacons in the Catholic church.
So you’re thinking of voting for a pro-choice candidate …
Knowing many of my pro-life friends feel torn between an unpopular but highly qualified pro-choice candidate in Hillary Clinton and an incompetent narcissist who poses a unique threat to American democracy in Donald Trump, I’d like to make a proposal.
Pope Francis disagrees with identifying Islam as violent
“There are violent Catholics.” said Pope Francis. “If I speak of Islamic violence, I must speak of Catholic violence.”
Goodbye, God gap: Trump and Clinton have churchgoers unusually split
In previous U.S. elections, polls consistently showed that a person’s level of religiosity was one of the biggest predictors in how they would vote. That correlation appears to be weakening.
Americans who’d never heard of the Rev. William Barber won’t be able to forget him after last week
The leader of North Carolina’s Moral Monday movement has been calling for a moral revival — similar to the “revolution of values” of Martin Luther King Jr. — and he distilled that message in a barn-burning 10-minute speech at the DNC.
Can Hillary Clinton’s faith help her lead a fractured nation?
Although Clinton has confessed a certain reticence when it comes to “advertising” her faith, she has consistently testified to her Methodist faith over the course of her long career in politics.
A reporter was banned from a Trump-Pence rally yesterday. That should frighten you.
Here’s the thing: If we start banning citizens from attending public events for one of the two people who will be our next president, we are sliding down a slippery slope to a future reality that is a very, very…
Magdalene’s recovery
This week’s electoral history, together with a new position for Mary Magdalene, the Church’s first evangelist, align in a strategic deconstruction of any and every sort of submission other than to the Beloved’s presence, purpose and promise.
Tim Kaine’s journey on abortion rights
The ability of the Democratic vice presidential nominee, a Catholic, to speak openly about his personal opposition to abortion while respecting a woman’s right to choose could be a model for other politicians, says abortion rights activists.
Regents must open up for Baylor to thrive once again
The regents’ longstanding and lamentable flaw — their predisposition toward secrecy — will prolong Baylor’s agony.











