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June 2012

June 19, 2012

“We are Catholics”: group launches national ad campaign against HHS mandate

From The Hill: An association of lay Catholics will air a nationwide ad against the Obama...

June 19, 2012

In book, Marco Rubio writes of his Mormonism and return to Catholicism

Details, from the Salt Lake Tribune: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio credits his short-lived time as...

June 16, 2012

The deacon who’s also a city councilman

It's exceedingly rare for a deacon to hold elected office, but a paper in California...

June 15, 2012

About face: Catholic Health Association calls Obama birth control compromise “unworkable”

This is a big deal: Sharpening an election-year confrontation over religious freedom and government health...

June 14, 2012

Giving Washington the finger

A clever way of promoting the upcoming Fortnight for Freedom, via the USCCB. (H/T Rocco)

June 13, 2012

Religious leaders petition Sebelius for broader HHS exemption

Details, from RNS's David Gibson: A coalition of nearly 150 religious leaders, led by conservative...

June 11, 2012

How Sargent Shriver planned JFK’s funeral: “He enacted his faith…”

Just in time for Father's Day, Mark Shriver has published a memoir about his father...

June 08, 2012

Is the “Fortnight for Freedom” a “Fortnight to Defeat Obama”?

One observer thinks so: The Catholic Church practically invented politics, so it may be asking...

June 07, 2012

Pelosian Theology

"I do my religion on Sundays, in church, and I try to go other days...

June 04, 2012

On Republicans, Democrats and Catholics

With some news reports suggesting even progressive Christians are losing faith in President Obama, and...

June 03, 2012

The “Pew Gap”: Signs that religious voters are losing faith in Obama

Details, from the Associated Press: In 2008, Barack Obama took aim at the "pew gap,"...

June 03, 2012

Biden’s daughter married in Catholic-Jewish service

Details: Vice President Joe Biden's daughter Ashley married a Pennsylvania doctor at a ceremony in...

June 01, 2012

“What to make of Vice President Biden?”

That's how Michael Gerson begins this surprisingly sympathetic piece in this morning's Washington Post, and...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

“This is the real war on women”

That's how one Republican described the vote this afternoon that will not ban abortions based...

May 30, 2012

Deacons and the “Fortnight for Freedom”

As the USCCB ramps up preparations for this event next month, Chicago's deacons are launching...

May 30, 2012

Clergy and politics

I see it more and more on Facebook: priests and deacons trumpeting their political allegiances...

May 29, 2012

Leading Pennsylvania Democrat quits party, cites Catholic faith

How's this for taking a stand, courtesy Matthew Archbold: Jo Ann Nardelli has been a...

May 25, 2012

Kennedy widow: “It would be impossible to unravel my faith from the other aspects of my life”

She delivered the controversial commencement speech at Boston College today. Details: Victoria Reggie Kennedy called...

May 23, 2012

Judge bans the “distinctly Christian” Lord’s Prayer

Details: A U.S. district court judge in Delaware ruled last week that members of a...

May 22, 2012

Dolan: White House “strangling” Catholic church

He made the remarks this morning: The spat between Catholic leaders and the Obama administration...

May 20, 2012

“Up for grabs”: a Democratic strategist on how to win the Catholic vote

Here's another take on this election from Jim Arkedis of the Progressive Policy Institute. It...

May 18, 2012

RAW VIDEO: Sebelius gets heckled at Georgetown, but then gets cheered

A reader sent this my way, from the HHS Secretary's controversial appearance at Georgetown University...

May 16, 2012

Sparring over Sebelius

Things are getting interesting in the Archdiocese of Washington. Details: The already-boiling debate about Georgetown...

May 12, 2012

Kennedy widow to speak at Catholic commencement

Details: The widow of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy will be giving a spring commencement speech...

May 10, 2012

Pelosi: my faith “compels me” to support same-sex marriage

Details: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that her Catholic faith "compels" her to...

May 10, 2012

Some pro-life activists might disagree

"Mr. Obama finally stopped temporizing and 'evolving' his position on same-sex marriage and took the...

May 10, 2012

Meet the priest serving “the most reviled congregation in the country”

That would be the U.S. House of Representatives -- and the priest who serves as...

May 08, 2012

Bishops to congress: “The proposed cuts to programs…fail a basic moral test.”

"The Catholic bishops of the United States recognize the serious deficits our country faces, and we...

May 08, 2012

Why we vote that way: an anthropologist dissects faith and politics

Here's an interesting take, from T.M. Luhrmann: If you want to understand how evangelicals conceive...

May 03, 2012

Will Catholics decide this year’s election?

Maybe: Ask ten people to name the most critical swing voting bloc in the 2012...