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October 2012

October 15, 2012

Fewer Protestants, but better Protestants?

After decades of sobering statistics about rising intermarriage rates, falling birthrates and their declining flocks,...

October 08, 2012

Apocalyptic visions about Chernobyl

KIEV -- The apocalyptic visions begin just inside the doors of the Ukrainian National Chernobyl...

October 01, 2012

Soulful voice on a Capitol Hill sidewalk

The atmosphere on Capitol Hill's brick sidewalks stays frosty year round as the power-walking professionals...

September 2012

September 24, 2012

So a cardinal, Jesuit and comedian get to chat …

In the year 752, a priest named Stephen was elected pope, but died four days...

September 17, 2012

Cardinal prays with Democrats, too

As the Republican show closed in Tampa, Cardinal Timothy Dolan faced a flock of Tea...

September 10, 2012

Cardinal praying in a GOP spotlight

Political conventions have always included prayers and, through the decades, legions of preachers, rabbis, bishops...

September 03, 2012

Russia, rock, riots and religion

It wasn't easy being a rebel in the Soviet Union, back in the 1970s when...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

What Baptists can learn from craft beers

It would be hard to imagine a vision of Baptist life edgier than the one...

August 20, 2012

Hillary Clinton defends religious liberty — abroad

The U.S. State Department wasn't surprised last October when Egyptian security forces smashed into flocks...

August 13, 2012

Jail a new church-state option for bishops?

No one is surprised that the man who will soon lead the Archdiocese of Glascow...

July 2012

July 30, 2012

Yet another preying Presbyterian?

Once again, shocked onlookers painted from familiar palettes as they described the latest young man...

July 23, 2012

To SHUSH or not to SHUSH in church

At the altar, the priest extends his hands over the bread and wine, then makes...

July 16, 2012

The heretical art of Thomas Kinkade

When describing his painting "Candlelight Cottage," the late Thomas Kinkade said its "candlelight has a...

July 09, 2012

Thundering new voice for Southern Baptists

A New Orleans preacher, preaching to a New Orleans crowd, can expect a few "Amens!"...

July 02, 2012

Faith in that Barack Obama brand

Here's good news for President Barack Obama: The slice of Americans who believe he is...

June 2012

June 25, 2012

Seeking the hipster antithesis

Christopher Kerzich is preparing to permanently embrace a truly retro, timeless look. The basics --...

June 18, 2012

Young, gay and faithfully Catholic

Gay activist Dan Savage went straight for the jugular in his recent remarks on bullying...

June 11, 2012

Evolving conflicts over religious liberty

The ratification of the 18th Amendment banning the manufacture, transportation or sale of alcoholic beverages...

June 04, 2012

Freedom of “worship” vs. “religion” — again

With the sounds of protests echoing across the campus, President Barack Obama knew his 2009...

May 2012

May 28, 2012

Searching for “Catholic identity” on campuses

St. Ignatius Loyola was clear from the beginning that a Jesuit education would involve more...

May 21, 2012

Mitt Romney faces the Moral Majority

When the Rev. Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority in 1979, many fundamentalist pastors were...

May 14, 2012

Prof. Benedict addresses Catholic academia

In his latest address to American bishops visiting Rome, Pope Benedict XVI stressed that Catholic...

May 07, 2012

“Shocking” news for postmodern nuns

In the beginning there was the Conference of Major Religious Superiors of Women's Institutes, which...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Why Chuck Colson spent Easter in prison

It wasn't the typical Bible text for an Easter sermon, but the preacher knew what...

April 23, 2012

2012: It’s religion news deja vu

The late, great Associated Press religion reporter George Cornell noticed a striking pattern as he...

April 16, 2012

Titanic sermons, a century later

The White Star Line publicists pulled out all the stops when promoting the Titanic and...

April 09, 2012

Behind the Catholic flight from pews

Early in Father William Byron's research into why millions of Americans are leaving Catholic pews,...

April 02, 2012

BBC leader says race trumps religion

The full-page New York Times advertisement by the Freedom From Religion Foundation was certainly blunt...

March 2012

March 26, 2012

Lent and Easter, in blood, sweat and ink

The graphic tattoos that cover the bodies of millions of Russian prisoners symbolize their sins...

March 19, 2012

Rise of the “secular Catholics”

As a rule, opinion polls are not as important to bishops as they are to...