Turkish Police Move Against Activists Who Defied Pride Ban; And More in Global LGBT Recap
The anti-equality World Congress of Families will hold its fourth Caribbean regional summit on June…
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New Study: Islamophobia Common in Catholic Media
With Catholic commentators writing about the “threat” of Islam, it’s no surprise many U.S. Catholics have negative views of Muslims
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Catholic Citizenship: Massimo Faggioli on the Role of Public Theologians Today
Massimo Faggioli’s new book, Catholicism and Citizenship: Political Cultures of the Church in the Twenty-First Century,…
Read MoreThe Unbearable Whiteness of American Lent
I realized then that I didn’t really “get” Lent—or at least how white Catholics interpreted it.
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With Creation of Little Noticed Department, Pope Francis is Securing Liberal Reforms
As Steve Bannon has allied with the pope’s bitterest opponents, liberals have had all the more reason to rally behind Francis.
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Why is the Pope Popular Among Nones?
Popularity in public figureheads is fleeting. As the newly-elected president enters office with the lowest…
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“Make The Mass Latin Again”: The Pope Francis Backlash Comes Home
There’s beauty in mythology, to be sure. But there is also grave danger in believing mythologies can save broken institutions.
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Stronger Than We Look: Ten Tendrils of Hope for 2017
Readers are urged to quarrel with this list or make up their own list. The point is to keep hope alive.
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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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