Welcome to the “Spin-od”: Conservatives Look to Halt Reforms on Divorce and Other “Family Matters”
Now that Pope Francis has concluded his historic US visit, all eyes turn to Rome…
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Pope Francis v. Kim Davis: A Vatican Game of Thrones
Seems like the meeting between Pope Francis and Kim Davis was not as good for him as…
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Catholic News We Missed Last Week While Stalking the Pope
The Blessed Virgin Mary could have appeared on the White House Lawn during Pope Francis’…
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Workers Once Forced the Social Gospel Into Churches—Can It Happen Again?
Churchly opposition to the early labor movement is a relatively familiar tale, but a new book tells a different story.
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Where Polls and Surveys Fall Short: A Conversation with Robert Wuthnow on “Inventing American Religion”
It’s primary season in America, that special time when we come together as a nation…
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Is ISIS A Sign of the End Times? It May Only Matter That They Believe So
To bolster a weakened Assad regime, Russia has spent the last few weeks sending military…
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God May Weep For Church Sexual Abuse, But Bishop Chaput Prefers to Bark
When Pope Francis met with five victims of sexual abuse this past weekend it made headlines,…
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Why We Should Stop Trying to Pigeonhole This Pope
Throughout Pope Francis’ historic U.S. visit, people talked about him in terms of a sharply polarized American politics….
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Deifying Pope Francis Obscures Where He’s So So Right, So So Wrong
We are compulsive god-makers. And this penchant was in florid display this past week as…
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The Question is: What Kind of Football Does God Fancy?
After leading his team to victory over the Seattle Seahawks last Sunday, Green Bay Packers quarterback…
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