What Robot Theology Can Tell Us About Ourselves
There are places you never expect to be in life. For me, this was certainly one of them…
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Catholic Bishops Throw Cold Water on Ice Bucket Challenge
Bishops in two Catholic dioceses are discouraging parishioners from participating in the popular “ice bucket…
Read MoreUgandan Anti-Gay Fallout: New Laws, New Violence, New Underground Railroad
This week’s global LGBT recap again highlights vast differences in legal status for LGBT people,…
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Calvary is Bleak, But Can it Kick?
Calvary posits that faith is mostly a fear of death, but in reality, like Gleeson’s performance, faith is a living, changing, malleable thing. His Father James helps us understand why people still need religion.
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Francis and the Nuns: An Interview with Mary Gordon
Novelist, essayist and biographer Mary Gordon takes on Pope Francis’ treatment of American nuns, and…
Read MoreLifestyles of the Rich and Pious
American archbishops living large.
Read MoreArchbishop Nienstedt Admits … No Wrong in Sexual Abuse Scandals; Pledges to Keep Doing What He Does
Despite being embroiled in two high-profile sex scandals—one over allegations of his own conduct and…
Read MoreDubious Theology Behind Catholic Opposition to Contraception Compromise
As my colleague Sarah Posner recently reported, it looks increasingly likely that several of the Catholic…
Read MoreUS Bishops Defund Immigrant Rights Group Over LGBT Equality
Putting vital anti-poverty work at risk.
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The Problem of Church History for Opponents of Divorce
Change is afoot in the Catholic Church’s handling of divorced people who have sex within…
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