Newsweek Takes a Bullet On Gay Marriage
A major newsmagazine gets theological, and infuriates conservatives. But the Newsweek story doesn’t even scratch the surface of contemporary religion scholarship on gay marriage.
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Sex and the Seminary: Wake Up and Smell the Incense
A new study reveals that religious professionals are not being trained to deal with the most basic aspects of the sexual dimension of congregants’ lives. Not acceptable when it comes to issues like AIDS/HIV, workplace ethics, domestic violence, and LGBTQ needs.
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RDPulpit: You Lost the Debate
In a debate in which the bar was set so low as to be subterranean, values-related issues were almost entirely ignored.
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Catholic Voters No Longer Beholden to Bishops and Abortion
Catholics have often been urged by their clergy to be single-issue voters when it comes to abortion. But the tide has turned, and this year a much broader social justice agenda is guiding these voters.
Read MoreKeep it Catholic, Catholics: A Response to Michael Sean Winters’ Attack on Frances Kissling in America
In an aggressive post, pro-life Catholic Michael Sean Winters responded to Frances Kissling’s opposition to an anti-choice, anti-birth control pick for the Dept of Health and Human Services. Mary Hunt responds to Winters.
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Communication v. Excommunication: Catholic Women and the Church
Do bishops have too much time on their hands?
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Sarah Palin and the Clarence Thomas Factor
Feminism is not simply about getting women into positions of power, it is a commitment to change the world—and female anatomy does not a feminist make…
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The Unsung Speech at Notre Dame, A Postmortem
While President Obama’s speech has been praised, criticized, and otherwise picked over, an eminent conservative chosen to “balance” the president’s pro-choice position gave a surprisingly philosophical talk that may have unsettled conservative activists.
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