Catholicism
Supreme Court of Oklahoma says no to Catholic charter school, but this may not be the end of the boundary-pushing saga
By Charles J. Russo — July 3, 2024
(The Conversation) — Officials have vowed to keep fighting for permission to open the school as a charter – which would be a controversial first for the country.
Judge rules against Texas Attorney General Paxton in campaign against migrant shelters
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — July 3, 2024
Partners of US Catholic bishops’ social justice department adjust after layoffs
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — July 2, 2024
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An old president and an old pope
By Thomas Reese — July 2, 2024
(RNS) — One used television to remind us that age brings wisdom. The other reminded us of the benefits of political bosses.
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The Catholic Church is using the upcoming Paris Olympics to engage young people − but several popes have already promoted sports as a way to teach Christian values
By A. Jaime Morales Jr. — July 2, 2024
(The Conversation) — The use of sport as an evangelical tool is not new for the Catholic Church. Pope Pius X welcomed athletes in 1905 for the first international gymnastics competition in the Vatican gardens.
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Roe v. Wade didn’t fall in one day. It collapsed over a decade of change.
By Emily D. Crews — July 1, 2024
(RNS) — A new book details how an attempt to soften abortion politics started an all-out assault on reproductive rights.
How Catholic seminaries can serve the creative explosion in US Catholic education
By Charles C. Camosy — July 1, 2024
(RNS) — Catholic seminaries can stop their own decline by re-envisioning their role in the life of the church.
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Thousands of faith leaders, union members, activists rally for poor
By Jack Jenkins — June 29, 2024
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'It is wrong for the highest court in the land to criminalize homelessness,' said the Rev. Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign.
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Vatican conference ponders who really holds the power of AI
By Claire Giangravé — June 27, 2024
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis has made artificial intelligence one of the main issues of his pontificate.
An accused priest, his art and the Vatican
By Phyllis Zagano — June 27, 2024
(RNS) — Removing his art would not show 'closeness' to his victims, said one Vatican official.
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Pope Francis may have surprised many by inviting comedians to the Vatican, but the value of humor has deep roots in Catholic tradition
By Joanne M. Pierce — June 27, 2024
(The Conversation) — Catholic theologians and monastics have always encouraged humor, emphasizing its power to heal and bring cultures together.
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Catholic bishops’ conference announces major layoffs to department focused on social justice
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — June 25, 2024
(RNS) — The department includes programs focused on international policy, environmental justice, racism and domestic anti-poverty initiatives.
Why the swing state faith voters who really matter in 2024 aren’t evangelicals
By Bob Smietana and Jack Jenkins — June 25, 2024
(RNS) — MAGA evangelicals grab all the headlines. But it’s swing state faith voters — Catholics, mainliners and Black Protestants — who will likely decide the election.
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On heartland roads, and a riverboat, devout Catholics press on with two-month nationwide pilgrimage
By Peter Smith — June 25, 2024
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Catholic pilgrims are in the middle of a two-month journey on four routes across the United States. They're planning to converge on Indianapolis in mid-July for a climactic stadium gathering called the National Eucharistic Congress, the first such event in more than 80 years.
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Conservative prelate warns that excommunicating Viganò will lead to further division
By Claire Giangravé — June 24, 2024
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Even so, Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider said claims of Pope Francis’ illegitimacy are unfounded.
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