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.
Group sues Kansas City over Baptist convention
The lawsuit contends that using tax dollars to help Modest Miles Ministries Inc. prepare for the National Baptist Convention USA Inc. would unconstitutionally advance a religious purpose.
The divided soul of the Democratic Party
Faith is more evident — and accepted — at the party’s grass roots than in the treetops where power brokers call the shots. Did Wednesday night’s God-inflected speeches signal a change?
Engineering an enhanced human? The more religious you are, the less likely you’ll want to.
Most Americans are put off by the idea of using science to “enhance” human abilities — and these attitudes are strongly connected with people’s religiosity.










