Steve Bannon and the Conservative “Cafeteria Catholics”
The phrase “cafeteria Catholic” first gained currency in the mid-1980s to describe—mostly disparagingly—progressive Catholics who…
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Why Must Jesus Contain Gluten?
The genius of the eucharist, in strictly human terms, is in its simplicity: bread and…
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The Republican Party has maintained a death-grip on protestations of moral authority on matters of…
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Faith for Fuck-Ups? A New Book Explores a Broader Vision for Christianity
In his new book, Jason Stellman, the cohost of the popular podcast, Drunk Ex-Pastors, explores…
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In Case You Missed Them, the Top Pope Francis Quotes of 2016
He’s had a weird year.
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No Shocker for This Gay Ex-Jesuit, Vatican Rejects Gay Priests (Again)
I am not shocked by the Vatican’s recent affirmation of the 2005 ban on admitting…
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“Catholic Feminist” Isn’t an Oxymoron, and Other Tales From a Beleaguered Tradition
In her latest book, journalist Celia Wexler explores the conflicted feelings many Catholic women have towards their faith and the attempts to make peace with the institutions and traditions that fail them.
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Jesus Has Left the Building: Celebrating the Next Reformation
Today we have the same fossilization of institutional religion, only this time it is us Protestants.
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Indie Catholicism is Real: Married Clergy, LGBT Ordination, and Sacramental Justice for All
In this RD10Q, Julie Byrne follows the emerging movement of independent Catholics and the justice they inspire.
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Pope Francis Walks With LGBTQ People, One Step Forward, Big Steps Back
We will either learn to walk with one another, or we will be forced by dogma to condemn one another.
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