anti-Catholicism
Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux
By Peter Smith — April 4, 2023
(AP) — The peace that came with the signing of the Good Friday Agreement 25 years ago has periodically threatened as Catholic and Protestants remain segregated in many ways.
Is the FBI coming after traditional Catholics?
By Thomas Reese — March 2, 2023
(RNS) — The FBI is worried violent extremists will exploit and recruit radical-traditionalist Catholics.
Mary’s immaculate conception means she was only good. Why do Protestants get her so wrong?
By Jacob Lupfer — December 8, 2021
(RNS) — Protestants’ neglect of Mary crumbles under even modest scrutiny.
The US needs an ambassador to the Holy See
By Thomas Reese — March 24, 2021
(RNS) — Joe Biden will soon be the first Catholic president to nominate an ambassador to the Holy See, something that in earlier days would have been anathema to American Protestants who feared the papacy’s political and religious power.
The top three faith moments in the Harris-Pence vice presidential debate
By Paul O'Donnell and Jack Jenkins — October 8, 2020
(RNS) — The two vice presidential candidates rehearsed lines about issues of faith Americans may be hearing for the remainder of the campaign season.
Is Kamala Harris anti-Catholic?
By Thomas Reese — September 10, 2020
(RNS) — It is important to distinguish anti-Catholicism from anti-clericalism.
Shattered statues and satanic symbols mark rise in attacks on French church
By Tom Heneghan — April 2, 2019
PARIS (RNS) — Church fires and decapitated statues are among a rising number of anti-Christian acts of vandalism in France. Such incidents were up 21 percent in 2018.
False charges of ‘anti-Catholicism’ are anti-Catholic
By David Gibson — October 28, 2016
(RNS) Leaked emails aren't anti-Catholic and neither is Hillary Clinton. But spreading such charges goes against canon law, and is more about politics than the faith.
As Catholic priests are killed in Mexico, questions and tensions rise
By David Gibson — October 3, 2016
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (RNS) Is the church under attack? Or are the clergy just collateral damage in a wider wave of violence?
Mormon apostle criticized for anti-Catholic remarks
By Jana Riess — October 23, 2015
To say that Catholics “don’t know who God is" is simply untrue—and unworthy.
Pope Francis’ rapturous US welcome belies a historic anti-Catholic past (COMMENTARY)
By James McCartin — September 16, 2015
(RNS) As a historical fixture in American culture, anti-Catholicism not only made the idea of papal visits inopportune; it also made any association with the papacy a serious liability.
COMMENTARY: Critics of Supreme Court should focus on politics, not religion
By Tom Deignan — July 16, 2014
(RNS) Even to the most secular of liberals, six Catholics on the Supreme Court would not be a problem, so long as they were six Catholics like Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
More protests over Koch gift to Catholic University of America
By David Gibson — February 11, 2014
(RNS) A group of leading Catholic activists and academics has renewed its criticisms of Catholic University of America over a large gift from the billionaire industrialist and conservative funder Charles Koch, and over statements that seemed to endorse Koch’s stands against climate change and the right of public workers to unionize.
Is God the missing character in ‘Downton Abbey’?
By David Gibson — February 14, 2013
(RNS) The third season of the megahit television series “Downton Abbey” wraps up on Sunday (Feb. 17), capping another must-see run of ruin and redemption at Lord Grantham’s stately English manor. Yet some are still left puzzling over the absence of what should be a leading player in this colorful cast: God.
Activists mobilize around White House’s Catholic ‘hate group’ petition
By David Gibson — January 7, 2013
(RNS) The White House’s online petition service features a bid to designate the Catholic Church as a hate group for its opposition to gay rights, and has generated almost as many press releases as signatures. By David Gibson.
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