John Gehring
John Gehring is an author at Religion News Service.
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John Gehring: Power to the Catholic laypeople
By John Gehring — December 20, 2018
RNS asked some of the country’s top faith leaders, scholars and activists to consider what changes the religion landscape will see in 2019. Find all their predictions here. As the clergy abuse crisis continues to shake the foundations of the Catholic Church, 2019 will be the Year of the Laity. Catholics in the pews are angry, […]
5 years of Francis and his gritty Catholicism
By John Gehring — March 12, 2018
(RNS) — Francis critics have worked themselves into a frenzy because the first Jesuit pope prioritizes discernment and pastoral theology over a one-size-fits-all rigidity when it comes to the application of doctrine, writes John Gehring.
Paul Ryan faces an urgent moral challenge
By John Gehring — February 6, 2018
(RNS) — More than 100 young immigrants a day lose protection and the ability to work legally. House Speaker Paul Ryan is now the most important leader in determining their future.
‘Pro-life’ must encompass more than opposition to abortion
By John Gehring — January 17, 2018
(RNS) — Many Americans recognize the complexity of abortion should not be reduced to talking points or bumper stickers.
What is wrong with white Christians?
By John Gehring — August 10, 2017
(RNS) — Too many white Christians sacrifice the gospel’s radical solidarity with the poor and oppressed with comfortable, self-serving ideologies, writes John Gehring.
Why Christmas is radical
By John Gehring — December 22, 2016
(RNS) It’s tempting to turn Christmas into a safe holiday that asks little of us. But that would ignore the prophetic, subversive life of Jesus, writes John Gehring.
A year later, Pope Francis’ address to Congress looks even more prophetic
By John Gehring — September 21, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) But will Americans, and our politicians, heed his beautiful words on the common good in the midst of this ugly presidential election?
Why Trump has a Catholic voter problem
By John Gehring — July 20, 2016
(RNS) Many moderate and conservative Catholics don’t seem to buy what Trump is selling.
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