RealClearReligion

The Quinn home in Philadelphia is quiet for the first time in 30 years. No kids playing; no healthy cries of babies. The silence came after... Read More

The McCarrick Mess

Robert Barron, RealClearReligion

When I was going through school, the devil was presented to us as a myth, a literary device, a symbolic manner of signaling the presence of... Read More

Pope Francis & the Death Penalty

W. David Montgomery, RealClearReligion

On August 2, Pope Francis revised the official Catechism of the Catholic Church to state that the death penalty was... Read More

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The Hillbilly Thomists

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Should the Church Rethink the Merits of Free Markets?

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One Congregation. Two Countries.

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The Supreme Court's Big Announcements on Religion

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Dems (Wistfully) Take Aim at a GOP Stronghold: Evangelicals

Elizabeth Dias, NYT

For years Republicans have enjoyed the support of a powerful constituency: conservative evangelical Christians, whose passion on issues like... Read More

When the Priest Turns Atheist

Anthony Esolen, The Catholic Thing

When John Milton names and describes the worst of the fallen angels, he tells us where in the Mediterranean world and the Levant they set... Read More

Evangelism Is a Work of Social Justice

Mark Galli, Christianity Today

I find myself scratching my head as to why so many evangelical Christians committed to social justice are reacting so strongly to the... Read More

How Catholics Can Rebuild Broken Solidarity

Matthew Shadle, America Magazine

On Sept. 15, 2008, the investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, signaling that the financial crisis that had been building since... Read More

Reagan's Letter to Dying Father-in-Law Shows President's Faith

Karen Tumulty, WP

Something tugged at Ronald Reagan on that otherwise slow August weekend in 1982.“Again at the W.H.,” the president... Read More

How Views on Priestly Celibacy Changed Through History

Kim Haines-Eitzen, TC

The recent report of widespread sexual abuse by priests in Pennsylvaniahas fueled increasing turmoil within the leadership of the... Read More

#MeToo in the Monastery

Ian Johnson, The New York Times

Over the past two decades, religion in China has boomed, and no faith has benefited more than Buddhism. The number of temples has tripled,... Read More

Internet Sleuths Are Hunting for China's Secret Muslims Camps

Sigal Samuel, TA

Citizen journalists and scholars are in a race against time, scouring the internet for evidence before the Chinese government can erase it.... Read More

Mormonism and the Dangers of Empire

Jana Riess, Religion News Service

A few years ago I got to go on a pilgrimage to Turkey with a busload of Episcopalians, and it was one of the best travel experiences of my... Read More

A Sobering Look at Islam and Human-Rights Discourse

Erasmus, The Economist

MOHAMMAD FADEL, an associate law professor at the University of Toronto, is one of North America's most thoughtful commentators on the... Read More

Everything You Need to Know About Yom Kippur

Joe Sommerlad, The Independent

Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, takes place in 2018 on the evening of Tuesday 18 September.Following Rosh... Read More

What Anti-Nike Protests Say About Religion & Nationalism

Tara I. Burton, Vox

Pastor Mack Morris wanted to take a stand. Preaching in front of his Mobile, Alabama, congregation on Sunday morning, positioned just to the... Read More

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The Hillbilly Thomists

Buzzfeed

Should the Church Rethink the Merits of Free Markets?

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One Congregation. Two Countries.

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The Supreme Court's Big Announcements on Religion

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Can Pope Francis' Council of Cardinals Still Deliver on Reform?

By most accounts, Pope Francis was elected with a mandate to reform the Roman Curia, the complex network of dicasteries, commissions and councils charged with the central administrative work of the Catholic Church — a network that, even to insiders and experts, more often resembles a rabbit warren than a well-defined system of governable offices with clear responsibilities.From the beginning Read More

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Pope Summons Bishops for Global Abuse Prevention Summit

Pope Francis is summoning the presidents of every bishops conference around the world for a February summit to discuss preventing clergy sex abuse and protecting children — evidence that he realizes the scandal is global and that inaction threatens to undermine his legacy.Francis' key cardinal advisers announced the decision Wednesday (Sept. 12), a day before Francis meets with U.S. church Read More