Religious Leaders Urge Obama to Allow Abortion Funding in Foreign Aid
Religiously-based efforts to prevent girls from getting an education, like the kidnapping of Nigerian school…
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Family Planning is Vatican’s Blind Spot on Environment
A recent study showed that the carbon legacy of an extra child is almost 20 times more important than things like driving an efficient car or recycling.
Read MoreCatholic Health System Releases New Rules for Contraception
In a follow up to allegations that a Catholic hospital in Bartlesville, Oklahoma had told doctors they…
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Catholic Healthcare Is Not the Enemy
I refuse to accept that Catholic health care providers don’t care about women or the poor, or that they’re only interested in money and actively want to deny access to contraception to all women. This kind of oppositional politics is unworthy of both feminism and faith.
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‘Religious Freedom’: Constitutional Principle or Electoral Politics?
In some quarters the Catholic Health Association’s rejection of the Obama administration’s compromise was treated as a reversal of position. But is it really all about contraceptive coverage?
Read MoreThe Contraceptive Mandate and Animal Suffering
Peter Singer: if your religious beliefs don’t permit it, don’t do it.
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A Catholic House Divided Over Reproductive Health Care: Bishops Launch a New Campaign
In the wake of the Obama administration’s decision to require that insurance plans cover some non-abortion related reproductive health care, the bishops have launched a political campaign. Will US Catholics follow?
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Condoms and Common Sense
The most recent comments from the Vatican on the Pope’s intentions in his remarks on condom use emphasize his desire to “kick-start” a discussion. It would be fair to ask: a discussion about what? And to wonder if there might be an openness to those who have an alternate vision of human sexuality to that which has dominated official discourse over the last 30 years…
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Walk the Walk: Honoring Common Ground on Abortion
In a piece in the Washington Post one of the organizers of a groundbreaking public dialogue between pro-choice and pro-life leaders took two giant steps back.
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Arrest the Pope: New Atheist Effort to Seek Justice in Sexual Abuse Crisis Should Be Applauded
In response to Richard Dawkins’ and Christopher Hitchens’ attempt to arrest the Pope for complicity in the sexual abuse crisis, Frances Kissling argues that the Church only responds to external pressure anyway. What does it matter where it comes from?
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