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September 2013

September 30, 2013

The pope, the media and balance on pro-life ministries

It was the telephone call heard around the world, because the pope made the call....

June 2013

June 03, 2013

Fights among Catholics, with the IRS picking a side

There is nothing particularly unusual about conservative Catholics arguing with liberal Catholics, especially when it...

May 2013

May 27, 2013

Into the depths of USA’s church-state Inferno

IRS Commissioner Steven Miller was already having a rough day at the House Ways and...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

Billy Graham & Co. push the values voters

The television talking heads all agreed that the election was over, which ignited celebrations among...

September 2012

September 10, 2012

Cardinal praying in a GOP spotlight

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

May 2012

May 14, 2012

Prof. Benedict addresses Catholic academia

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

June 2011

June 13, 2011

Orthodox bridge to evangelical world

As point man for Russian Orthodox relations with other faith groups, Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev is...

May 2011

May 30, 2011

Boehner, Dolan, Catholic heretics?

The 122nd annual commencement address at Catholic University of America was old school from start...

February 2011

February 07, 2011

Super Bowl holy wars — 2011

The ill-fated "Feed Your Flock" ad is, without a doubt, the most famous 30 seconds...

January 2011

January 31, 2011

Shriver and God’s big family

If someone truly wants to understand R. Sargent Shriver, all they need to do is...

September 2010

September 06, 2010

Alveda King’s old dream

Fox News star Glenn Beck staged the show at the Lincoln Memorial, and then fired...

June 2010

June 28, 2010

Law, faith and the good death

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- As the end of his life drew near, Pope Pius XII began...

March 2010

March 22, 2010

An archbishop faces ghost of JFK

In the beginning, there was candidate John F. Kennedy, who told an assembly of Protestant...

December 2009

December 07, 2009

God and Caesar, 2009

There is nothing new about Christians deciding that, when political push comes to legal shove,...

October 2009

October 12, 2009

Pew gap continues on abortion

If researchers want to uncover the roots of America's bitter divisions on abortion, the first...

September 2009

September 07, 2009

Rites, wrongs and Ted Kennedy

In the summer of 2004, the Vatican sent a letter to the United States addressing...

August 2009

August 31, 2009

Hemlock, health care and Catholic choices

The "Your Life, Your Choices" booklet didn't cause trouble at the Department of Veterans Affairs...

August 24, 2009

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, pro-lifer

There is nothing particularly newsworthy about a coalition of pro-lifers releasing a public manifesto that...

August 03, 2009

Catholic pain in health-care fight

In Catholic debates, it always helps to be able to quote the official Catechism of...

June 2009

June 15, 2009

Again: Killing abortionists is sin

After days of angry headlines about the murder of an abortionist, one of America's most...

June 01, 2009

That other Notre Dame speech

It was hard to ignore the papal bull condemning the slave trade, which was read...

May 2009

May 24, 2009

Truth, doubt and Notre Dame

President Dwight Eisenhower's Civil Rights Commission faced high hurdles as it searched for common ground...

May 11, 2009

Notre Dame and her children

The women's clinic nurse confirmed that Lacy Dodd was pregnant, and then told her not...

February 2009

February 16, 2009

Case by case government doctrines

Welcome to the church-state battlefield, President Barack Obama. Consider this hypothetical landmine: Would it be...

January 2009

January 19, 2009

Searching for gray on abortion

When it comes to abortion, the vast majority of Americans know what they want and...

January 12, 2009

Memory eternal, Paul Weyrich

It was the kind of quote that is catnip for politicos and scribes inside the...

January 01, 2009

That other speech at Notre Dame

It was hard to ignore the papal bull condemning the slave trade, which was read...

October 2008

October 22, 2008

Culture wars 2008

If you could erase one moment from Sen. Barack Obama's White House campaign, which would...

September 2008

September 10, 2008

Define ‘evangelical’ — again

It's an election year, which means the folks in evangelical Protestant pews know exactly what...

June 2008

June 18, 2008

Obama prays behind closed doors

Steve Strang knew the ground rules for the recent meeting between Sen. Barack Obama and...