The Top Five Pope Francis Quotes of 2015
Pope Francis had another banner year in 2015, from his historic climate encyclical Laudato si’…
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Catholic Bishops End Family Synod With Little To Say To Gays; World Congress of Families Has Plenty To Say, None of it Good; How Same-Sex Marriage Came to a Buddhist Temple in Japan; Global LGBT Recap
Intersex Awareness Day was observed around the world on October 26. In what one advocate…
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The World Congress of Families, which brings together American Religious Right activists with their counterparts…
Read MoreConservatives Have Officially Become the Catholic Church’s Tea Party
As the much-ballyhooed family synod lurches into its final days, with no clear consensus on…
Read MoreThe Plot to Turn the Synod into a “Plot”
It’s official—with Ross Douthat’s conspiracy-drenched Sunday column, the idea that the synod is somehow a “plot…
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Novelist Marlon James became the first Jamaican author to be awarded the Man Booker Prize….
Read MoreConservative Cardinals’ Controversial Letter Cites Church Appeal
While most reactions to the 13 conservative cardinals who sent a letter to Pope Francis…
Read MoreConservative Hardliners at Synod Prompt Question: “What Are We Doing Here?”
As the first week of the second installment of the bishops’ synod on the family…
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Welcome to the “Spin-od”: Conservatives Look to Halt Reforms on Divorce and Other “Family Matters”
Now that Pope Francis has concluded his historic US visit, all eyes turn to Rome…
Read MoreUS Bishops Meeting: Pope Who?
The U.S. bishops’ semi-annual meeting, which concluded in Baltimore on Thursday, was one giant raspberry…
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