The Omission of the “New” Evangelicals
While the political focus of evangelicals shifts, mum is still the word on abortion.
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“Junk Religion”: White House Fills Remaining Faith-Based Slots
The 10 remaining picks did little to rectify the anti-reform, anti-woman, anti-gay tilt of Obama’s Faith-Based Advisory Council. Not to mention the conspicuous absence of a single academic theologian.
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White House Conference Call Seeks Common Ground on Abortion
On Friday White House officials launched a campaign to appease those on all sides of the abortion issue. Do they realize it’s nearly as thorny as Israel/Palestine?
Read MoreArchbishop Retracts Videotaped Criticism of Fellow Bishops
In a videotaped interview, Archbishop Raymond Burke calls Obama an “agent of death.” But his big mistake was to criticize his fellow bishops in public.
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Vatican Official Challenges Excommunication in Brazil
Archbishop says that in the case of the nine-year-old girl who was excommunicated for her life-saving abortion, the first concern of the Church should have been pastoral, not punitive.
Read MoreOnly Fetuses and Popes are Worthy
The excommunication of those involved in procuring an abortion for a sexually abused 9-year-old in Brazil does not extend to the abuser. What exactly are the Church’s priorities?
Read MoreSenator Brownback Says Other Senators Aren’t “Real” Catholics
How did a US Senator end up signing a letter condemning some of his Senate colleagues as bad Catholics?
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Crossing the Line: Fetal Cemeteries
College Democrats deface crosses intended for anti-abortion protest and get nailed. Not nice to vandalize someone else’s property, but in political activism, kind of de rigueur.
Read MorePresident Receives Mixed Messages from Catholic Hierarchy
In a jolly pope-a-gram, Benedict welcomes the new president; the head US Cardinal is not so friendly in his welcome.
Read More“I Am Pro-Choice and Pro-Life”
While the decision for any individual to abort or not is a delicate and fraught one, the desire for state control women’s bodies comes down to good old fashioned misogyny.
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