Santorum and Huckabee Question Authority
One hears a great deal about conservative Christians — especially the ones running for the highest…
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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 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 Brokers End to Cuba Embargo, Despite Opposition of Catholic Pols
There will be much debate surrounding today’s announcement of the normalization of relations between Cuba…
Read MoreThe Politics of Anti-Gay Persecution: Gambia, Egypt, Jamaica, Russia, with a Helping Hand from US Religious Conservatives; Global LGBT Recap
Human Rights Day was celebrated this week, on December 10. Michael Adee celebrated with a…
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 MoreUS Bishops Meeting: Pope Who?
The U.S. bishops’ semi-annual meeting, which concluded in Baltimore on Thursday, was one giant raspberry…
Read More“De-Ratzingerization” Continues as Pope Francis Removes Conservative Cardinal Burke
Pope Francis finally dropped the long-expected axe on Cardinal Raymond Burke, one of the curia’s…
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