U.S. Jesuits bolster outreach initiative aimed at encouraging LGBTQ Catholics
3/1/24
Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration
2/27/24
6 activists convicted of illegally blocking abortion clinic in Tennessee
2/4/24
Barnard College’s Restrictions on Political Speech Prompt Outcry
1/29/24
More Americans are nonreligious. Who are they and what do they believe?
1/24/24
Vatican says yes to blessings of same-sex unions
12/18/23
Christian Nationalism is a threat to American democracy
12/8/23
How Speaker Mike Johnson’s plans for a Christian law school unraveled
11/4/23
Vatican synod ends with divide over women deacons and LGBTQ+
10/29/23
Pope Francis scolds U.S., ‘irresponsible’ Western lifestyle in climate plea
10/4/23
America doesn’t need more God. It needs more atheists.
10/3/23
I left the church — and now long for a ‘church for the nones’
8/21/23
New Jersey Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic school that fired a teacher for having premarital sex
8/16/23
Supreme Court limits LGBTQ protections in dispute over services for same-sex weddings
7/11/23
Who Truly Threatens the Church?
7/9/23
Supreme Court strengthens protections for religious rights at work
6/29/23
Move over, evangelicals. Non-churchgoers now rule the GOP.
5/30/23
Texas pushes church into state with bills on school chaplains, Ten Commandments
5/23/23
Mayor Adams Says He Was Given a Divine Message: ‘Talk About God’
5/6/23
Texas congressman criticized for prayers comment after mall shooting
5/7/23
HHS Issues New Strengthened Conscience and Religious Nondiscrimination Proposed Rule
3/2/23
Is God They/Them? Church of England considers gender-neutral pronouns.
2/12/23
The hidden meanings of Pope Benedict XVI’s ruby-red shoes
1/2/23
For Father James Martin, ministry means going wherever the people are
11/15/22
Texas requires ‘In God We Trust’ signs in schools. A man wants some in Arabic.
8/28/22
After court ruling, activists push prayer into schools
7/26/22
A question for those who say more faith will prevent gun violence: How?
6/27/22
Supreme Court further erodes separation between church and state in case of praying football coach
6/27/22
Humanists Condemn SCOTUS Opinion in Shurtleff v. Boston
5/3/22
Supreme Court majority sympathetic to coach who prayed at midfield
4/25/22
Why is everyone so angry?
4/2/22
Pope apologizes for ‘deplorable conduct’ of some Catholics in residential schools
4/1/22
Synagogue hostage standoff reveals interfaith progress — as well as entrenched hate
1/17/22
Don’t choose pets over children, Pope Francis says as birthrates drop
1/6/22
Trump idolatry has undermined religious faith
1/2/22
Supreme Court’s conservatives critical of tuition program excluding religious teaching
12/10/21
'The Chosen' streaming faith series brings authentic Jesus into theaters with Christmas special
12/2/21
Biden Says Pope Told Him to Continue Receiving Communion
10/29/21
Catholic Order Pledges $100 Million to Atone for Slave Labor and Sales
7/29/21
The rapid decline of White evangelical America?
7/11/21
An American Kingdom
7/12/21
Masterpiece Cakeshop baker fined $500 for refusing to make a cake celebrating a woman’s gender transition
7/2/21
Supreme Court turns down petition from Christian florist in same-sex wedding case
7/2/21
The Catholic bishops’ anti-Biden project is backfiring
6/28/21
Pope Francis compares work of U.S. priest whose ministry affirms LGBTQ people to the work of God
6/27/21
Catholic Members of Congress Release Statement of Principles
6/27/21
Biden, deeply Catholic president, finds himself at odds with many U.S. bishops
6/21/21
Supreme Court Backs Catholic Agency in Case on Gay Rights and Foster Care
6/17/21
Tensions in the U.S. Catholic Church over abortion, race and politics come to a head in a Maryland classroom
5/31/21
Supreme Court strikes another pandemic-related restriction on religious services
4/12/21
Preachers and their $5,000 sneakers: Why one man started an Instagram account showing churches’ wealth
3/22/21
Pope Francis says priests cannot bless same-sex unions, dashing hopes of gay Catholics
3/15/21
The Biden Plan to Advance LGBTQ Equality in America and Around the World
2/11/21
Supreme Court says California worship restrictions violate religious rights
2/6/21
Biden signs executive actions on abortion policy, health care access
1/29/21
California church known for its anti-LGBTQ beliefs is bombed
1/24/21
Missouri congressman defends ‘A-woman’ end to prayer
1/5/21
Supreme Court's scientifically illiterate decision will cost lives
11/29/20
Midnight Ruling Exposes Rifts at a Supreme Court Transformed by Trump
11/26/20
Sam Alito Delivers Grievance-Laden, Ultrapartisan Speech to the Federalist Society
11/13/20
How independents, Latino voters and Catholics shifted from 2016 and swung states for Biden and Trump
11/12/20
Deep State, Deep Church: How QAnon and Trumpism Have Infected the Catholic Church
10/31/20
Pope Francis calls for civil union laws for same-sex couples
10/21/20
Catholic Cardinal Says Pro-Choice Joe Biden Shouldn't Receive Communion
10/3/20
A new group of evangelical leaders forms in support of Biden
10/2/20
Notorious ACB? No and no. Trump’s nominee is no RBG.
9/28/20
Prayer march draws thousands to the Mall seeking healing for the nation
9/27/20
White evangelicals and Catholics may finally be opening their ears
9/15/20
Fr. James Martin & Sr. Simone Campbell Offer Prayers at 2020 Democratic National Convention
8/26/20
A ‘radical’ leftist who is ‘against God’? Trump paints Biden in a picture many don’t recognize.
8/11/20
Trump said Biden ‘hurt God.’ Biden has spent his life drawing from his Catholic faith.
8/7/20
How white supremacy infected Christianity and the Republican Party
8/3/20
Calm returns to Portland as federal agents withdraw
8/3/20
The Supreme Court’s surprising decision on churches and the pandemic, explained
7/27/20
John Roberts Just Bulldozed the Wall Separating Church and State
6/30/20
Scandals, compensation programs lead Catholic clergy sex abuse complaints to quadruple in 2019
6/29/20
Knights finally waking up to organization's politicking
6/18/20
On American Racism
6/8/20
Supreme Court, in 5-4 Decision, Rejects Church’s Challenge to Shutdown Order
5/30/20
Trump statements on coronavirus, CARES Act discussed by Pelosi
4/27/20
William Barr’s America vs. reality in 2020
2/19/20
Pope Francis backs away from celibacy exception, putting off decision on allowing married priests in the Amazon
2/12/20
Religious School Choice Case May Yield
1/29/20
Pope Francis remakes the American hierarchy, one bishop at a time
1/29/20
Supreme Court's Montana tax credit case could blur the line between church and state
1/24/20
The Evangelist
1/6/20
The cost of criticizing Trump: Journalist leaves Christian Post amid its plans to attack Christianity Today.
12/24/19
Pelosi fills a moral void once filled by evangelicals
12/6/19
To Take on the Religious Right, We Need a Religious Left
11/22/19
Three Decades Ago, America Lost Its Religion. Why?
11/16/19
Amber Guyger was hugged by her victim’s brother and a judge, igniting a debate about forgiveness and race
10/3/19
Judge rules Michigan adoption agencies can bar LGBTQ couples
10/1/19
US Department of Justice supports Indianapolis Archdiocese in firing of gay teacher
10/1/19
Climate Confessions to Plants
9/19/19
David French, Sohrab Ahmari, and the Battle for the Future of Conservatism
9/13/19
When Will Democratic Presidential Candidates Hire a Secular Outreach Director?
8/23/19
Evangelicals aren’t turned off by Trump’s first term — they’re delighted by it
8/13/19
Trump Administration abandons religious minorities as U.S. refugee admissions decline
7/16/19
What Do the Church’s Victims Deserve?
7/12/19
Politics is religion, and the right is getting ready for the end times
7/6/19
Stop Calling Politics Our New Religion
7/6/19
Saving Thomas Jefferson’s soul
7/4/19
Supreme Court rules that Maryland ‘Peace Cross’ honoring military dead may remain on public land
6/20/19
He called on the pope to resign. Now this archbishop is in an undisclosed location.
6/10/19
A conservative Christian group is pushing Bible classes in public schools nationwide — and it’s working
5/9/19
Sri Lanka Was Warned of Possible Attacks. Why Didn’t It Stop Them?
4/22/19
This is beyond religion...
4/15/19
Ex-Pope Benedict contradicts Pope Francis in unusual intervention on sexual abuse
4/11/19
This Lent, don’t give Catholic bishops a dime
3/7/19
‘It Is Not a Closet. It Is a Cage.’ Gay Catholic Priests Speak Out
2/16/19
On Historic Trip to Arabian Peninsula, Pope Francis Tries to Bridge Gulfs
2/13/19
Conservatives Lash Out at Reporter for Reporting on Christian Schools
1/29/19
Muslim leader condemns Philippines bombings
1/28/19
Stephen Colbert On How He Returned To Catholicism After Being An Atheist
11/18/18
Policies aren't enough to protect children from abuse, churches must take action
9/9/18
Pope Francis Long Knew of Cardinal’s Abuse and Must Resign, Archbishop Says
8/27/18
'How could this happen again?' Why this Catholic abuse scandal seems worse than 2002
8/21/18
Judge Brett Kavanaugh — a Catholic — faces a historical struggle between canon and constitutional law
7/11/18
Sonia Sotomayor Delivers Fiery Dissent in Travel Ban Case
6/26/18
Is Astrology Religion for Those of Us With No Religion?
6/16/18
Pope Francis meets with oil executives, says ‘no time to lose’ on climate change
6/9/18
Supreme Court rules in favor of baker who would not make wedding cake for gay couple
6/4/18
Fake News: California Gov. Jerry Brown NOT To Ban Sales Of The Bible
5/6/18
Dolan to Dems: Why have you forsaken us Catholics?
3/25/18
A House Divided
3/8/18
Lesbian couple was denied chance to be foster parents by taxpayer-funded charity. So they sued.
2/22/18
Do Religious People Live Longer?
2/18/18
Pope Francis’s Has Jeopardizes His Morals
2/13/18
Warren: ‘Thoughts & Prayers Are NOT Enough’
10/4/17
White Christian majority is gone
9/7/17
Across the nation, priest sexual abuse cases haunt Catholic parishes
8/26/17
The God Squad: The Next Generation of Catholic Priests
6/13/17
Pope Francis and Donald Trump Meet at the Vatican
5/24/17
Where Artists Fall Afoul of Blasphemy Laws
5/18/17
Trump Signs Controversial 'Religious Liberty' EO
5/4/17
Abortion Provider Dr. Willie Parker Talks About His Deep Christian Faith
4/20/17
ISIS claims responsibility for Palm Sunday church bombings in Egypt
4/11/17
Right-wing group builds media empire
2/20/17
Pope appears to back anti-Trump protests in letter condemning populism
2/19/17
The Evangelical Scion Who Stopped Believing
12/30/16
10 reasons you can’t be a Christian and vote for Donald Trump
10/18/16
Putin's Pilgrimage
9/6/16
No, Astrobiology Has Not Made the Case for God
6/3/16
The latest frontier in America's civil rights battle: Restrooms
5/17/16
Pope Francis Takes 12 Refugees Back to Vatican After Trip to Greece
4/17/16
Pope Francis Blesses Undocumented Immigrants
2/21/16
Francis Says Contraception Can Be Used to Slow Zika
2/21/16
2016 candidates react to Pope Francis’ speech to Congress
9/24/15
The 10 Most Political Moments In Pope Francis' Address To Congress
9/24/15
New pope presses new balance of values heading into US trip
9/23/15
The Pope and the Birth Control Ban
9/21/15
Is This the End of Christianity in the Middle East?
7/23/15
Holy Warning
6/15/15
Catholic Archbishop and Aide Resign in Minnesota Over Sexual Abuse Scandal
6/15/15
Francis to Putin: 'Sincere' effort for peace needed in Ukraine
6/12/15
Pope Creates Tribunal for Bishop Negligence in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
6/10/15
Pope Francis Steps Up Campaign on Climate Change, to Conservatives’ Alarm
4/27/15
Atheists: In godlessness we trust
4/19/15
How Gay Rights Won in Indiana
4/6/15
Indiana Law debate- The Ed Show
4/6/15
The Big Lie The Media Tells About Indiana’s New ‘Religious Freedom’ Law
4/1/15
Online reviewers burn Indiana pizzeria supporting religious
4/1/15
Boycott Indiana!
3/30/15
Tim Cook: Pro- discrimination ‘religious freedom’ laws are dangerous
3/30/15
Pence Doubles Down
3/30/15
Religious freedom bill becomes law in Indiana
3/26/15
Why God Is a Moral Issue
3/23/15
Presbyterians Give Final Approval for Same-Sex Marriage
3/17/15
The Foolish, Historically Illiterate, Incredible Response to Obama's Prayer Breakfast Speech
2/6/15
Critics pounce after Obama talks Crusades, slavery at prayer breakfast
2/6/15
A Look At The Religious Make-Up Of The 114th Congress
1/5/15
For Mario Cuomo, No Shunning of Tension Between Faith and Politics
1/5/15
Francis Uses Christmas Speech to Criticize Vatican Bureaucracy
12/23/14
Why A Transgender-Inclusive Athletic Policy For Minnesota Schools Should Be A No-Brainer
12/7/14
Pope Goes Rogue, breaks with tradition again
10/28/14
Right-Wing Media Scandalize Obama For Distinguishing Islam From Terrorism
9/12/14
Ted Cruz Gets Booed Off Stage At Middle East Christian Event
9/11/14
The lavish homes of American archbishops
8/5/14
Even as U.S. Hispanics Lift Catholicism, Many Are Leaving the Church Behind
5/7/14
Christians and Tyrants
4/13/14
The World's 50 Greatest Leaders
3/30/14
Slightly different takes on their discussions
3/27/14
Is Atheism Irrational?
2/10/14
Religious Freedom Is a Tenet of Foreign Policy, Obama Says
2/6/14
Pope Francis, The People’s Pope
12/17/13
Bishops Sued Over Anti-Abortion Policies at Catholic Hospitals
12/10/13
Pope Francis denounces ‘trickle-down’ economic theories in critique of inequality
12/10/13
Pope Setting Up Commission on Clerical Child Abuse
12/5/13
Pope, Criticizing Narrow Focus, Calls for Church as ‘Home for All’
9/19/13
Federal Court Strikes Down Oklahoma Sharia and International Law Ban
8/17/13
Mystery priest from Mo. car accident scene ID'd
8/13/13
Pope Francis On Gays: Who Am I To Judge Them?
7/29/13
A Pope for the Poor
7/21/13
Catholics Split Again On Coverage For Birth Control
7/10/13
Church Whistle-blowers join forces on abuse
5/21/13
The Latino Reformation
4/16/13
Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio Of Buenos Aires, Elected Leader Of Catholic Church
3/13/13
US will have unprecedented voice in electing new pope
2/11/13
Pope Benedict XVI's reign
2/11/13
Official prayers for Obama are a political hot potato
Juarez Priest Finds 'Hand Of God In The Midst Of Mayhem'
1/12/13
Outrage over film worries Coptic Christians in Egypt
9/17/12
Did Cardinal Dolan actually get turned down by DNC?
9/5/12
Survey finds 19% without religious affiliation
7/28/12
Poll: Less than half say Obama is a Christian
7/26/12
Survey finds 19% without religious affiliation
7/22/12
Christians in Syria live in uneasy alliance
5/11/12
April 2, 2012 •Rendering Unto Castro
The New Christian Right
4/2/12
March 28, 2012 •Pope ends Cuba visit with Mass, Fidel Castro meeting