Catholics
No major US religious groups approve refusing service to gays
By Lauren Markoe — June 21, 2017
(RNS) White evangelical Protestants and Mormons showed the highest rates of approval for those who cite their religious belief as the basis for denying service to gays — but still less than a majority within those two groups hold this opinion.
Callista Gingrich will soon be named ambassador to Vatican – reports
By Josephine McKenna — May 15, 2017
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Callista Gingrich, 51, is a Catholic and wife of the former speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich.
Philippine Catholic Church to slam ‘reign of terror’ behind war on drugs
By Reuters — February 4, 2017
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' Catholic Church will assail President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs for creating a "reign of terror" among the poor, in sermons to be read at services across the country this weekend.
White evangelicals, Catholics and Mormons carried Trump
By Lauren Markoe — November 9, 2016
(RNS) Evangelical support for Donald Trump surged even as prominent evangelicals, including Southern Baptist Russell Moore, railed against Trump's behavior toward immigrants, women and other groups as un-Christian.
Reformation jostlings
By Martin E. Marty — November 1, 2016
Because heirs of Luther are supposed to be humble, they don’t ordinarily make noise or news, though they will sing and shout this year.
Gender gap among Catholics as Election Day approaches
By Adelle M. Banks — October 27, 2016
(RNS) Among likely voters, white Catholic males favor Donald Trump. But almost half of white Catholic women support Hillary Clinton.
When Bruce Springsteen plays Israel
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 9, 2016
If the Boss plays Israel, here is the set list. Seriously.
Conservative Christians criticize progressives’ ‘destructive’ agenda
By Adelle M. Banks — September 29, 2016
(RNS) Leaders of progressive organizations responded that the letter was ‘sad’ and ‘patently political.’
Attacker at Indonesian church injures priest
By Jerome Socolovsky — August 28, 2016
MEDAN, Indonesia -- Indonesian police are investigating a suspected terror attack by a knife-wielding assailant on a priest during Mass at a Catholic church in northern Sumatra.
A landslide victory for Catholics and Lutherans
By Martin E. Marty — August 25, 2016
Some see the change as betrayal. If Catholics and Lutherans had convictions, we hear, they’d still be murderous toward each other...
Can Clinton-Kaine bring Catholic voters back to the Democrats?
By David Gibson — July 28, 2016
PHILADELPHIA (RNS) Catholics are a swing vote and a big enough chunk of the electorate that they can pick the winner. “There is no Catholic vote -- and it’s important,” said the Catholic pundit E.J. Dionne.
Can Hillary Clinton finally close the ‘God gap’?
By David Gibson — July 24, 2016
(RNS) The GOP has been called 'God's Own Party' because it draws far more churchgoing voters than the Democrats. Clinton has a chance to change that -- if she wants to.
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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