Religion Dispatches
How can largely Catholic countries manage to pass legislation despite the cries of the institutional Church while Catholic-minority nations like the US often hew close to the Church line?
Read MoreA humble patriot understands that the first task toward self-preservation is critical self-examination, while unhealthy patriotism retreats into the “us against them“ stance…
Read MoreThe US Conference of Bishops gets into the business of rating Hollywood; unfortunately it appears that racism is excusable, so long as the language is clean and the body covered.
Read MoreSurrounded by those she had been taught to “despise,” she began to question these prejudices that had been instilled through the institutional Church and seek out the human rights model laid out in the Gospel….
Read MoreAs in the case of gay Arabic translators, the US military debilitates itself by refusing qualified candidates…
Read MoreFather Bourgeois has frequently articulated the notion that violence—whether physical, emotional, spiritual, economic, or structural—is always “wrong and immoral.”
Read MoreWhat’s notable here isn’t just the broadness of the definition of abortion and other ”objectionable activities,” but the corresponding broadness of the definition of health care entities that would be covered under the new proposal…
Read MoreThe man with no religious record to speak of has virtually been given a free pass while the man with a religious record of some depth has been paying for it on a regular basis.
Read MoreAmerican Christians, having located the ultimate bogeyman, are claiming martyrdom by proxy…
Read MoreCould it be the family planning?
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