National Catholic Reporter (blog)
CTA in Louisville discusses race
"So if everyone is not at the table as we are speaking about reform, as we are trying to collaboratively bring reform in our church, then we are not going to have a powerful reformation movement," said Elizondo, who does restorative justice work at San ...
Philippines university's president disowns faculty's support for reproductive <b>...</b>
As more take the spiritual route, religions decline ... It is the third Ateneo faculty statement on the bill since 2008, when 66 members of the university's faculty first released their position paper on the earlier version of the proposed law, tagged ...
HHS Mandate & Chief Justice Roberts
We could not understand how the government could differentiate between a Catholic parish and a Catholic university, labeling the former religiously exempt and the latter essentially secular for purposes of this law, in part because we held, contra the ...
"An unholy mess"
Under Cardinal Bernard Law, the archdiocese of Boston contributed nothing to its clergy retirement fund between 1986 and 2002, despite receiving an estimated $70 million to $90 million in Easter and Christmas offerings that many parishioners believed ...
NCAN lauds LCWR's obedience stand
Such a prophetic obedience requires boldness like that of Jesus of Nazareth who broke the religious law of his day by performing good works on the Sabbath. Such obedience requires courage because it does not feel comfortable to oppose one's spiritual ...
Is Paul Ryan mad at the middle class and the poor?
As more take the spiritual route, religions decline ... To be sure, Jesus said it first, but Ayn Rand's version, cloaked in the politics of individualism, is a whole lot more attractive these days, especially to corporate-types on the way "up." ... for ...
Q&A on the Vatican's 'butler did it' saga
Gabriele is charged with the crime of "aggravated theft" under the Vatican's penal law, which carries a sentence of up to six years. If he's convicted, Vatican ... for attention and respect. Gabriele himself, however, appeared to offer a moral and ...
Abp Lori on Intrinsic Evil & Voting
NCR Book Club. 08032012p15pha.jpg. As more take the spiritual route, religions decline. August 08, 2012 ... And, his health care reform law in Massachusetts, unlike President Obama's health care reform, explicitly provides for taxpayer funded abortions ...
Real threats to religious freedom
Not long ago, the Catholic bishops were complaining that the mandate in the new health care law that requires employers to provide contraceptive coverage to their employees was a severe violation of “religious freedom” (in spite of exemptions and ...
Bp Cupich on Same Sex Marriage
Culture wars, as the phrase implies, can get especially ugly because the issues run more deeply than mere policy differences, engaging fundamental culture notions, ideas about the nature and extent of human rights, the role of law in society, the ...
