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March 2013

March 25, 2013

‘Tis this pope’s gift to be simple

The rise of Pope Francis has certainly raised new questions for Vatican watchers, such as:...

January 2013

January 14, 2013

Define ‘evangelical’ — 2013 edition

List America’s prominent evangelical Protestant voices and the Rev. Rick Warren remains near the top,...

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 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...

July 2012

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...

May 2012

May 21, 2012

Mitt Romney faces the Moral Majority

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

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...

February 2012

February 27, 2012

So a bishop talks theology in a bar …

"Atheocracy" is not the kind of word that gets tossed around very often in bars....

January 2012

January 30, 2012

The pope, the president and religious liberty

Pope Benedict XVI cut to the chase when meeting with the visiting bishops from Washington,...

November 2011

November 28, 2011

That changing God lobby in DC

Believe it or not, politicians used to be able to assume that when the U.S....

November 07, 2011

Bishops change course on religious liberty

When it comes to changing course, ecclesiastical bureaucracies are like giant oceangoing vessels that struggle...

October 2011

October 24, 2011

Southern Baptists vs. Mormons, again

If Southern Baptists gather for a seminar on what Mormons believe, the odds are good...

October 10, 2011

God, Tebow and the NFL

Once upon a time, there was this controversial quarterback. Even his strongest defenders admitted that...

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...

January 10, 2011

Thumbs down for Obama faith, again

For those keeping score, let it be noted that the White House transcript from the...

November 2010

November 07, 2010

Congregating with Jon Stewart Leibowitz

In the beginning, there was the multimedia superstar Glenn Beck summoning his Tea Party congregation...

November 01, 2010

Politics, Baylor, The NoZe & Aqua Buddha

If Texas Baptists had a patron saint, the Rev. George W. Truett would almost certainly...

August 2010

August 30, 2010

Obama and Allah, past and present

In the spring of 2007, candidate Barack Hussein Obama met with a New York Times...

July 2010

July 12, 2010

When did Baptists stop making news?

The Southern Baptist Convention has passed scores of blunt resolutions in recent decades urging America's...

May 2010

May 17, 2010

Trying to focus on the future

As strange as it may sound, the head of Focus on the Family is trying...

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...

February 2010

February 15, 2010

Breakfast prayer wars

The way President Barack Obama sees things, Americans should be able to find unity in...

January 2010

January 18, 2010

How Evangelicals Talk 101

There she goes again. According to a top strategist in the presidential campaign of Sen....

January 04, 2010

Obama’s year: Cairo top story?

President Barack Obama deserved the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, said the Norwegian Nobel Committee, because...

December 2009

December 07, 2009

God and Caesar, 2009

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

November 2009

November 23, 2009

Palin’s pastor meets the press

The Sunday service had just ended and the Rev. Larry Kroon couldn't believe what he...

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...