In what is latest in a series of conflicts between the Obama administration and the Roman Catholic Church, a recent…
The contraception mandate
Catholicism
Do candidates need the Catholic vote anymore?
Ed Kilgore argues that American Catholics no longer represent a voting constituency that is significantly different from non-Catholics.
“The Church”
The last sentence of the Court’s opinion in Hosanna-Tabor announces the dogma that binds the majority opinion. Affirming for the…
Brazil’s religious right
In the Guardian, Tom Phillips profiles Jean Wyllys, Brazil's first openly gay MP---and explores the growing political voice of the…
Religious freedom defeats secular law
Secular law lost unanimously in the Supreme Court of the United States last week. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)…
Global Christianity
The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life has recently published a new study on global Christianity.
Catholic bishops take aim at White House
On Monday, November 14th, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) met in Baltimore to begin day 1 of its national meeting…
Are religious institutions entitled to disobey the law?
One recurring justification for the ministerial exception has been the “problem” of women priests. The specter of the Roman Catholic…
Going to law
Last week, in the first week of its October 2011 term, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in a suit…
Der Spiegel interview with Hans Kung
On the occasion of the Pope's visit to Germany, Der Spiegel has conducted an interview with theologian Hans Kung, one-time colleague and longtime interlocutor…