Why Must Jesus Contain Gluten?
The genius of the eucharist, in strictly human terms, is in its simplicity: bread and…
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*UPDATE*: Sam Brownback as Religious Freedom Ambassador? His Distinguished Predecessor Hopes for the Best
[Editor’s note: a clarification/correction to the author’s reporting of his interview with Rabbi Saperstein was…
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7 Problems with Trump’s Hastily-Tweeted Trans Military Ban
In the span of three tweets the president declared this morning that as many as…
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It’s Not About Cake: Anti-Gay Vendors Want a Constitutional Right to Discriminate
The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) plans to argue that bakers and florists are “artists,” and can’t be forced to engage in artistic expression that contravenes their religious beliefs.
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How Trump’s Assertion of “Power to Pardon” Tramples the American Sacred
Only a tyrant pardons himself.
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Catholic Archbishop Takes On Jesuit Magazine’s Slam on “Ecumenism of Hate”; and More in Global LGBT Recap
Earlier this month, the Jesuit magazine La Civilta Cattolica published an article on the political…
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For the Love of God, Bono, Please Stop Touring
“The shallow connections you facilitate and use to milk people out of some cash, also makes them less likely to participate in the actual justice work that would eliminate poverty and injustice.”
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Vatican Fires Shot at US Religious Right, Calls Out “Religious Liberty” Industry and “Evangelical-Catholic Alliance”
An article being described as “explosive,” written by two allies of Pope Francis in a…
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Malta Adopts Marriage Equality Over Objections of Catholics and Evangelicals; And More in Global LGBT Recap
The parliament of Malta, an officially Catholic country, approved marriage equality legislation with a single…
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3 Reasons Catholic Bishops Are Holding Their Tongues on GOP Health Care Debacle
When President Obama proposed requiring health plans to cover common contraceptives without charge, the Catholic…
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