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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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