catechism

What are pigs for?

By Charles C. Camosy — September 14, 2022
(RNS) — The answer can be found in the Bible.

Christian Reformed Church codifies homosexual sex as sin in its declaration of faith

By Yonat Shimron — June 15, 2022
(RNS) — Over the years, the small Calvinist denomination has given its churches a degree of latitude in ministering to LGBTQ people. That may now change.

Bad priests, of all kinds, chase people away from Christ and the church

By Thomas Reese — December 19, 2018
(RNS) — For too many Christians, the church is not 'a field hospital for the wounded,' in Pope Francis' words; it is a country club for the perfect.

Pope Francis pushes Catholics to actively oppose the death penalty

By Thomas Reese — August 3, 2018
(RNS) — The pope's recent change to the catechism is likely to face fierce opposition in the U.S., where 54 percent of the public — and 53 percent of Catholics — support capital punishment.

Pope Francis changes catechism to declare death penalty ‘inadmissible’

By Jack Jenkins — August 2, 2018
(RNS) — A vocal opponent of the death penalty, Francis also ordered a change to say the church will work 'with determination for its abolition worldwide.'

Boston bombing jury excludes some Catholics

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — January 26, 2015
BOSTON (RNS) Potential jurors in bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's trial must be able to impose the death penalty. That standard eliminates most Catholics who heed their church's catechism.
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