Michael Sean Winters is Right: Pope Francis Should Not Address Congress
No religious leader has ever addressed a Joint meeting of Congress–so, why now?
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Vatican Entangled in Women’s Issues
Pope Francis has promised to lift up women’s voices and create more meaningful roles for…
Read MoreProminent Pro-Life Catholic Democrat Switches Sides
Rep. Tim Ryan, one of the most principled and prominent pro-life Democrats, announced that he…
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Pope Francis, Breeding Bunnies and Ideological Colonization
Pope Francis confounds me. How can a man who is so eloquent and obviously heartfelt…
Read MoreHow Mario Cuomo Made the World Safe for Pro-Choice Catholics
Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, who passed away yesterday at 82, is being remembered…
Read MoreWinners and Losers in the “Visitation” of American Nuns?
Pope Francis: Winner When not busy sending dogs to heaven (oops, not really) or brokering the…
Read MorePope Francis vs. the Bishops: An “Overblown” Narrative?
Writing in Crux, associate editor John Allen cautions against the “overblown” narrative of “perceived resistance from…
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WaPo OpEd: Pope Francis and the Koch Bros Love and Serve the Poor Together
In case you were worried that the Koch Brothers were just money-grubbing industrialists hell-bent on…
Read MorePope, Christian Conservatives Team Up to Promote Patriarchy
The Vatican held an interfaith conference this week on the promotion of the “traditional”—that is,…
Read MoreCircuit Court Rejects Priests for Life Contraception Challenge
As if further proof were required that challenges to the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable…
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