New Survey: Catholic Women “Disengaged & Disengaging” — And Don’t Listen to US Bishops
Nearly five years into Pope Francis papacy, with its great expectations for a revival of…
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Is “Weak Leadership” to Blame for Catholic Trump Support?
It’s perhaps a sign of the times that two of the four articles in the…
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The Religious Right Has Come Out of the Closet
There’s a certain satisfaction for those of us who came of age at the time…
Read MoreGOP isn’t Pro-Life After All
The GOP’s morally indefensible position on maternity care shows the hollowness of the party’s claim…
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“Pro-Life” Has Officially Lost its Meaning
For anyone whose political memory dates back more than a decade or two, the term…
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Christianity as American Horror Story in Joyce Carol Oates’ Newest Novel
Joyce Carol Oates’s hefty new novel, A Book of American Martyrs, reveals an America haunted by a…
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How Much More Nuanced Can Democrats Get on Abortion Rights?
As Patti Miller noted here on RD, Thomas Groome’s Times op-ed urging Democrats to soften…
Read MoreOld White Dudes Tell the Democrats to Forget about Abortion
Writing in the New York Times, Thomas Groome, a professor of theology at Boston College,…
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How the Catholic Church Broke the Health Insurance it Advocated For
It was one of the more remarkable moments in the saga of the “repeal/replace” of…
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What a Forgotten 19th Century Suffragist Can Teach Us About Women’s Rights vs. The Religious Right
19th century women’s rights activist Matilda Joslyn Gage sought equal rights for all, but only by rethinking religion.
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