Religion Dispatches
While the family of a 9-year-old incest victim’s abortion is excommunicated, the perpetrator never even made it to the ecclesial radar screen. Let this case signal the end of any credible claim to authority of bishops and the dawn of a new era when local communities determine their own members. I daresay the world will be a safer, kinder place.
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It wasn’t on CNN, but last month hundreds of theologians, activists, and indigenous people came together in Brazil to envision a new world; the gathering stressed diversity and sustainability, migration, and climate change.
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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.
Read MoreA 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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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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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 MoreIn 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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Do bishops have too much time on their hands?
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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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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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