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Pope Francis’ Love Letter is an Opportunity Lost

By Mary E. Hunt

…’ about the many ways there are to live morally or you don’t. There is lip service to enculturation, the idea that general principles will be lived out variously in different cultures. But there is virtually no hint of how, for example, a same-sex couple in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, might see itself as morally equivalent to its heterosexually coupled next door neighbors despite the fact that state and federal laws, tax codes, and neighborhood…

The Bindi Isn’t Indie

By Yesenia Vargas

…him when Groupon offered a deal. There, she was invited to a local New Age service, a mix of meditation and discussion centered on the Puranas and Vedas of Hinduism. “And I was so nervous, like, will I be the only white girl there? But I went and was so surprised, there were people from all over. Lord Krishna’s plan includes everyone, even people caught in the middle like me. And I’m fine existing in that gray area, I’m happy.” We finally get to h…

“We All We Got”: The Black Church As an Oasis in Baltimore’s Food Deserts

By Kasai Rex

…hat one person is the son of God in the eyes of many. The life of love and service that Christ embodied—a life that Christians in Baltimore and beyond seek to emulate—seems to coordinate with the social justice messages of BLM. Yet there hasn’t been a party line when it comes to black churches lending support to this movement for black liberation. As Rev. Osagyefo Sekou has noted here on RD, this has led to discord between activists and black chur…

Are the Girls Scouts Evil? And What About Thin Mints?

By Patricia Miller

…le with Catholic values.” And what could members of the 100-year-old girls service organization be doing that has so alarmed Carlson? Are Brownies dissing Jesus by making Christmas trees out of old Reader’s Digests? Is someone taking that Campfire badge a little too seriously (I swear it was an accident—and my sister’s eyebrows did grow back)? No, what has Carlson concerned isn’t anything specific Girl Scouts or Girl Scout troops in St. Louis are…

Conservative Catholic Elites Oppose Trump… as He Rides Catholic Vote to Victory in Michigan

By Patricia Miller

…h has been a flawed but “serviceable” vehicle for “promoting causes at the center of Catholic social concern in the United States,” is about to be hijacked by one Donald J. Trump. Their list of concerns about Trump are now familiar, especially to readers of the National Review: Trump is “unfit to be president of the United States,” he’s vulgar, he engages in no-holds-barred demagoguery, he “promised to order U.S. military personnel to torture terr…

Not Ready to Forgive: Hillary Clinton & the Ugly Truth of the Reagan Years

By Peter Laarman

…she still should have resisted the impulse to make news at Nancy Reagan’s service; simply making the effort to be there was enough of a statement. But not for Hillary. In 2008 and again this year, I’ve had to wonder why so many gay men–millennials in particular—love Hillary so much. In the end, I think the explanation is pretty simple; there is a kind of natural bond between gay men and feminists, and few would question Hillary Clinton’s feminist…

“Little Sisters” Being Sold As Face of Contraception Case

By Patricia Miller

…es that requiring the sisters to notify the Department of Health and Human Services that it intends to opt-out of the contraceptive mandate, as allowed under the so-called accommodation provided by the Obama administration, is actually a “permission slip where we authorize the use of our religious health plan to offer services that violate our beliefs and waive our protections under federal civil rights laws. That’s why they need our signature.” W…

Mormon Rejection of Trump Embarrassing for Evangelicals?

By Neil J. Young

…doubt found themselves allied in many political causes through the years, American evangelicalism also has a long history of attacking Mormonism as a false Christian faith and even a dangerous “cult.” This has, understandably, made for rather strange (and strained) relations. While evangelical leaders often praised Mormon conservatism, they worried that too much enthusiasm would signal support for Mormon religious beliefs. Amidst the social uphea…

Why Crux‘s Knights of Columbus “Partnership” is Problematic

By Kaya Oakes

…s have not remained politically neutral, and have often worked against the American separation of church and state. According to Christopher Kauffman’s book Faith and Fraternalism, lobbying from the Knights helped get the phrase “Under God” inserted into the Pledge of Allegiance and led to Columbus Day being recognized as a federal holiday. More recently, the Knights contributed over a million dollars to Proposition 8, which temporarily overturned…

Sympathy for the Devils: I Was a Pastor to Trump Supporters

By Daniel Schultz

…r by the system. Solidarity of the working class across racial lines is an American pipe dream. This is the fault line America’s Problem Child is able to exploit to his benefit. His entire campaign can be summed up in a single premise: I have a strong enough personality to make people do what they’re supposed to do, and restore the social order. The American church, of course, had a hand in creating this situation. Even where Christians didn’t emb…