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US Catholic Bishops Elect a Culture Warrior

By Marian Ronan

…d in the very church where we were singing vespers. And while Dolan said a number of things about Day in his sermon, including a brief mention of her pacifism, what he stressed above all was Dorothy Day’s loyalty to the Church. She was a faithful Catholic. He didn’t use the word obedient, exactly, but clearly that’s what he was getting at. Now there can be no doubt that Dorothy Day was a faithful Catholic; she did not spend a lot of time attacking…

Michael Vick Walks on Water: Updated

By Nicole Greenfield

…icially, redeemed himself. Not Lazy Anymore This Thanksgiving weekend, the Chicago Bears will try to shut Vick down; no small feat as the top-rated quarterback, who pundits are already projecting to be this season’s MVP, has yet to be stopped. Before his Monday Night miracle, Vick was already on his way to winning over both an apprehensive public and the disparaging media through his stunning on-field performance. He began the season as a backup t…

The Pope’s Gay Priests

By William J. Dohar

…dict would put it, but they’re saying the same things.” Cardinal George of Chicago issued a statement that included among other things: “Pope Francis, on his way back to Rome from the World Youth Day celebration in Rio, reaffirmed the teaching of the Catholic faith and other religions that homosexual genital relations are morally wrong.” And other religions? Genital relations? The only thing the pope said about homosexuals—and this from the Catech…

Piers Morgan, Guns, and the Bible

By Sarah Posner

…t three years ago, after the Supreme Court’s ruling in McDonald v. City of Chicago, in which the Court held that state and local gun control laws must comply with the Second Amendment right to bear arms. Pratt, who has authored an essay entitled, “What Does the Bible Say About Gun Control?”, told me, “When we’re talking about firearms, we’re not really talking about a right but an obligation, as creatures of God, to protect the life that was given…

Who Says The “Partly Jewish” Are Bad For The Jews?

By Susan Katz Miller

…ith education for interfaith children. In interfaith family communities in Chicago, New York, and Washington, Jewish and Christian educators are working side by side in dual-faith classrooms, comparing and contrasting, and noting points of historical connection. They teach texts and rituals and history, not creed or dogma. In response to the Pew report, Jewish leaders continue to express concern that such interfaith children will break the chain…

You Fix This Mess: Post-Election, Evangelicals of Color Disappointed in White Evangelicals

By Elizabeth Eisenstadt Evans

…support him’ says Kathy Khang, a Christian writer and speaker based in the Chicago area. When asked about the outspoken remarks of popular Christian writers and speakers like Jen Hatmaker, Khang says that she wishes they had spoken up when Trump was making derogatory comments about immigrants and African Americans: “It was great when evangelical women started speaking out. It’s just unfortunate that it took them so long and that it took that [the…

GOP “Stealthcare” Bill Reveals Catholic Bishops’ Priorities

By Patricia Miller

…riorities, and the impact on populations the conference claims to protect. Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich was the only bishop to make explicit that the Republican health overhaul effort was “tied to hundreds of billions of dollars worth of tax cuts” and urged the bishops to “talk about uncoupling these efforts.” But good luck trying to get the Dolan-Kudlow faction of the church’s leadership to oppose tax cuts for the wealthy, even if it comes at th…

Jennifer Knapp and Me: Coming Out While Evangelical

By Suzanna Krivulskaya

…rowd: three older straight couples, two die-hard straight female fans from Chicago (who, I learned, attend every Jennifer Knapp show in the 600-mile radius of the city), five lesbians, and then them—the evangelicals. They wore long, denim skirts and body-concealing blouses. Their jewelry looked like something from the “True Love Waits” collection I coveted in the early 2000s. When Knapp played an old Christian song about God’s love, they closed th…

Pence’s Prayer Breakfast Appearance Underscores Fractured American Catholicism

By Patricia Miller

…ack with the appointment of more moderate and less political prelates like Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich. This wing of the church is now wholly fused with the political and policy priorities of the Republican Party, ignoring Pope Francis’ entreatments regarding climate change and its effects on the environment, global income disparities, and compassion for immigrants. And, as Michael O’Loughlin noted in America, “The founder of the National Cath…

“Exvangelical” Podcast: Safe Space for Those “Living In, Leaving, or Coming to Terms With” Evangelicalism

By Chrissy Stroop

…oices. In 2016, in the same month as the GOP convention, Blake Chastain, a Chicago-based writer and creator of the Exvangelical podcast, set out to create a platform and community for those who “have been hurt in God’s name.” An ex-evangelical from Indiana who attended Indiana Wesleyan University during George W. Bush’s presidency, Chastain conceived of the show in 2014, when, in his words, “through personal relationships and connections via Faceb…