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The Role of Faith in the Lives of Abortion Providers

By Sarah Posner

…is doctor, who practices in the South, described her evolution from an anti- to pro-choice. Raised a practicing Catholic, the doctor said that as a young adult, “ironically,” she didn’t believe the Catholic Church was conservative enough. She joined evangelical groups like Campus Crusade for Christ while in college. Although she was taught abortion was wrong, abortion and contraception were rarely discussed at the Catholic Church the doctor attend…

Rome vs. the Sisters

By Marian Ronan

…in 1967, the rollback of the renewal the sisters had undertaken with such commitment began to come into focus. When the cardinal archbishop of Los Angeles forbade the Immaculate Heart Sisters there from implementing the changes agreed upon at their renewal chapter, including modernizing their habit and educating their young sisters before sending them out to teach, the Vatican backed the cardinal, although these were changes the Vatican itself ha…

Protesting the Pope’s (Not Yet Released) Environmental Encyclical? Check Your Doctrine

By Kevin M. Lowe

…k, education and access to culture, transportation, basic health care, the freedom of communication and expression, and the protection of religious freedom. Nor must one forget the contribution that every nation is required in duty to make towards a true worldwide cooperation for the common good of the whole of humanity and for future generations also.” Protection of the environment, according to Catholic social teaching, is critical for the commo…

What’s Behind Trump’s “Impossibly Stupid” Roll Back of Contraception Mandate

By Daniel Schultz

…ne the ACA. Trump wants to drive as many companies and consumers out of ACA-compliant policies as he can, to spike rates and send the ACA into a “death spiral.” He’s willing to screw over even Republican governors to do that. Given that the new order leaves it up to the states to decide whether to grant conscience clause exemptions to the contraceptive mandate, it seems likely that Trump is willing to stick other governors with the cost of impleme…

If the Family Research Council is a ‘Church’ I’m a #TaxTheChurches Supporter

By Chrissy Stroop

…fore his child molestation scandal broke. FRC is known for its staunch anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ stances, as well as its annual far-right Pray Vote Stand Summit (previously called the Values Voter Summit). FRC’s longtime head Tony Perkins was influential in shaping discriminatory Trump Administration policies that harmed the LGBTQ community. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, FRC is an anti-LGBTQ hate group with a history of “working…

Special Hell: Progressive Catholics Reckon With the Rise of Trump

By Patricia Miller

…ble to discriminate against LGBTQ individuals and couples and create “carve-outs” from recognition of same-sex marriage. “Catholics are acutely aware of the threat posed by a potential alliance between VP-elect Pence and the USCCB in expanding religious exemptions,” said Marianne Duddy-Burke, head of the Catholic LGBTQ rights organization Dignity USA. She reports that members of Dignity were very concerned about “potential rollbacks of gains in ci…

The Road to Decriminalization of Psychoactive Drugs Runs Through Religion

By Brad Stoddard

…s, and practitioners are working tirelessly to legitimize the use of psychedelic drugs. The category of entheogen—which has connected it to our nation’s long standing commitment to religious freedom—is proving a powerful tool in implementing that movement at the local level….

Everyone Should Know The Story Of Alyssa Peterson

By Joanna Brooks

…2003, just 25 days after arriving in Tal Afar, Iraq, to serve as a counter-intelligence interrogator. (Alyssa is featured in a campaign by the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, covered here at RD last week.) Peterson, who grew up in Flagstaff, Arizona and served a Mormon mission in the Netherlands, joined the Army as an Arabic language specialist. Two days after she arrived at the Tal Afar air base prison, Peterson’s unit was ord…

2023 CPAC Lived Down to Expectations, But Don’t Buy the Narrative: The GOP is Not as Divided as You Might Think

By Annika Brockschmidt

…elf as just a “fed-up mom who decided to walk back from her job in the fake-news media” who decided to run for governor of Arizona. Lake’s “aw shucks”-style, airbrushed to the nines and softly spoken, was more effective than Boebert’s yelling, possibly because she managed to more convincingly portray herself as an ordinary Christian mother, thrust into politics by her desire to defend her family. “They messed with the wrong momma bear, and this mo…

Immigration Reform According to Ralph Reed’s Bible

By Peter Montgomery

…r. Modernizing the visa system to track those who overstay visas and fully implementing an E-Verify system to verify workers’ identities will further enhance security. As politicians seek to solve the thorny problem of U.S. immigration policy, they should sit down with the faith community and perhaps open their Bibles. Well, if politicians are looking to scripture to resolve details over visas, employment verification, and a path to citizenship, t…