Voters cast their ballots at a polling place inside St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Baltimore on Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Need to know: Friday, March 8, 2019
Should Trump worry about white Catholic and mainline Protestant votes?
'The nature of the Catholic sensibility – based in both faith and reason – is such that does not lend itself to being ideological and rather lends itself to being persuadable,' said the president of Catholic Democrats.
Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry preaches on selflessness at Baptist church
'Selfishness is a cancer that will destroy from within better than anything can destroy from without,' said Curry.
The ’Splainer: What happened at the United Methodist General Conference?
What does the Traditional Plan actually do, and what happens now? Let us ’Splain …
Anti-Semitism is on the rise in France
In the past two months, swastikas have been scrawled on posters of Holocaust survivor and French national hero Simone Veil, who is interred in the Pantheon. A grove of trees planted to honor the memory of Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old French Jew who was kidnapped, tortured and killed, was vandalized.
A fresh take on Lent from Jewish New Testament professor Amy-Jill Levine
'If I’m not a believer in Jesus, and I think these are fabulous stories, how much more so should somebody who’s a Christian find extraordinary meaning in them?' Vanderbilt Divinity School Professor Amy-Jill Levine says of the stories of Holy Week.
Anti-Semitism versus legitimate criticism of the state of Israel
While we seek and advocate for justice for Palestinians, we must also acknowledge the rootedness of anti-Semitism in Christian history, and its remnants in some of today’s Christian rhetoric, writes Mae Elise Cannon.
The Supreme Court is quietly changing the status of religion in American life
In recent years, conservatives have contrived various means to obtain access to government money for religious entities, such as schools, and the lawyers representing them are receiving an ever more sympathetic hearing at the Court, writes Jeffrey Toobin.
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Colorado, baker end legal spat over transgender woman’s cake
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple on religious grounds and state officials said Tuesday that they would end a separate legal fight over his refusal to bake a cake celebrating a gender transition.
Dissent among Dems postpones action on anti-Semitism measure
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Wednesday postponed indefinitely a vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism after a contentious meeting in which some new members confronted leaders over their push to rebuke Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
French court convicts cardinal of not reporting child abuse
LYON, France (AP) — French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin said Thursday he will offer his resignation to Pope Francis, after a court found Barbarin guilty of failing to report allegations of sexual abuse of minors by a priest.
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Why journalists will keep using the word “Mormon”
It’s not just because the AP sets the rules that RNS will continue using “Mormon.” The AP style guide also makes more sense than what the church is asking reporters to do.
What my father would have said about Ilhan Omar
"Fool me once," my late father said, "shame on you. Fool me twice -- shame on me." Attention, Rep. Omar.
Fasting from food, feeding on the Bible during Lent
While fasting is a time-honored way to observe Lent, another ancient tradition concerns being nourished by the Word of God, writes Thomas Reese.
