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Pricey Tickets, Cranky Citizens, and Priests Behind Bars as Philadelphia Prepares For Papal Visit

By Anthea Butler

…ct XXVI knew exactly what he was doing when he announced in June 2012 that Philadelphia would get the 2015 WMOF—the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has suffered from poor management for years and the now-emeritus Pope was trying to get Philly Catholics off life support. Sex abuse scandals, two grand jury investigations, the imprisonment of a archdiocesan administrator, financial mismanagement, and the closure of Catholic schools have contributed to th…

Days of Reckoning for the Philadelphia Archdiocese

By Anthea Butler

…the lurid details of the abuse has been agonizing. When priests pass boys around for sex at church summer camp, there is no doubt that Archdiocese of Philadelphia has been anything but a holy place. The evils that were allowed to occur and were hidden under the tenure of Cardinals Bevilaqua and Rigali in Philadelphia reads like a catalog of sexual abuse. Unbelievably, this is only the second week of testimony. Who knows what fresh hell is waiting…

Crisis in Philly: Trial Date Nears for Priests Indicted in Sex Abuse Scandal

By Anthea Butler

…cases, four civil suits have been filed so far against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Philadelphia’s case may be harrowing, but I suspect it is not unique. It is very clear that the first round of trials did not clean up every diocese. The work of United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People clearly has not taken complete hold in the American church. In a statement on March 24, the…

Gingrich Downplays Adelson Money, Stokes Fear of “Second Holocaust” at Florida Church

By Sarah Posner

…our Biblical heritage and bring God back to the center of American life.” Stemberger was undoubedly looking beyond the primary with this message. Florida, he reminded the audience, “is a key battleground state.”…

Romney Lets his Inner Mormon Out Just in Time for Tampa

By Joanna Brooks

As Tampa approaches, Mitt Romney appears to be letting his inner Mormon out—or rather, letting the outside world in to the religious tradition that has played an unquestionably formative role in the life of the presidential candidate. Last Sunday, Romney allowed a member of the press pool to attend LDS Church services with him. The reporter on rotation happened to be BuzzFeed’s McKay Coppins, who is LDS. Coppins provided this report of the start…

Trump, Islamophobia, and the Philly Pig’s Head Incident

By David Krueger

…ped a much more expansive view of God and we enjoy our rich conversations around the dinner table. Al Aqsa mosque is a prominent leader in Philadelphia’s interfaith efforts. Each year, their members join the hundreds of Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, humanists, and others who participate in an interfaith peace walk. This week, several local groups sponsored an interfaith prayer vigil to stand in solidarity with Muslims and particularly Syri…

The Contested Religious Powers of Baseball on Display in Cuba

By Sean O'Neil

…a very different way of life? Chris Archer, a 28-year-old pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays, and most voluble spokesman for this round of baseball diplomacy, was optimistic: Hopefully, the Rays are showing the people of Cuba, the government of Cuba, what can be, for lack of a better term, afforded to them if they do open their doors and start being a little more open-minded about their policies. The idea of baseball as a political tool of American f…

Netanyahu’s Speech, Lane’s Trip, and the Impossibility of Boycotts

By Sarah Posner

…sing that the RNC members didn’t care what PFAW or the SPLC think of their trip—or even what the ADL has to say. The trip, organized by Christian Zionists, isn’t intended to make either left-leaning watchdogs or leading American Jewish organizations happy. It’s intended to continue to build a movement of Christians who uncritically support Israel—a movement from which, in the end, right-leaning pro-Israel American Jewish groups have a hard time di…

Why Build a Mormon Complex in Philly?

By David Krueger

…alues. Mormons identify with the Republican party at a rate of 80%, but in Philadelphia Democrats outnumber Republicans 7 to 1. The church’s stance in opposing same-sex marriage in particular will be unappealing to many of Philadelphia’s millennials. Time will tell if experiments in Mormon urbanism will spark a surge of enthusiasm among millennials, but the odds are against them. Still, just in case it doesn’t work out, the LDS church is including…

The Key to Understanding the Federalist Society Isn’t Originalism — It’s This 800-Year Old Tradition

By Peter Schwartz

…pstein speaking on natural law theory at the Federalist Society chapter of Florida International Law School; and Princeton’s ubiquitous Robby George talking about “Natural Law, God, and Human Dignity” at the Federalist Society chapter of Columbia University Law School. The Federalist Society never takes official positions on matters of jurisprudence and legal reasoning. It never participates in court proceedings, submits no amicus briefs and never…