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  1. life after roe
    Nancy Pelosi Communion Ban Is a Challenge to Pope FrancisThe Vatican opposes the weaponization of Communion and stopped bishops from barring President Biden. Will Francis intervene on Pelosi’s behalf?
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. polarization
    We Are Two Nations, DivisibleWhile Americans claim to want bipartisanship, our differences are clearly real and deep-seated. Embracing this is far healthier than denying it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. religion
    Catholic Bishops Move Toward Denying Biden CommunionConservative bishops are trying to be more Catholic than the pope on enforcing opposition to abortion. A big fight is brewing.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. religion
    Americans Who Belong to a House of Worship Are Now a MinorityThe 21st century has seen a rapid decline in religious membership. But the country has been even more “churchless” in the not-so-distant past.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. politics
    Biden Will Run a Very Un-Waspy GovernmentWomen, Blacks, Latinos, Catholics, and Jews: This ain’t your grandfather’s Cabinet.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. georgia senate runoffs
    Doug Collins’s Sacrilegious Attack on Raphael WarnockGeorgia Republicans are engaged in holy war against Christian minister Warnock and his hallowed Atlanta church.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. vision 2020
    Trump Says Biden Is ‘Against the Bible’Our religiously illiterate president really needs to stop claiming the mantle of faith and denying it to others.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. conservatism
    No, Theocracy and Progressivism Aren’t Equally AuthoritarianA Harvard Law professor called for turning the U.S. into a Catholic theocracy. Conservatives offered an interesting defense.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. vision 2020
    Conservative Poll Says Real Catholics Love TrumpTrump supporters are trying to delegitimize Catholics who encounter the president and smell brimstone.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. vision 2020
    Poll: Jewish Voters Are Indifferent to Jewish Presidential CandidatesAccording to a new survey, Sanders and Bloomberg are running fourth and fifth among Jewish Democratic voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. abortion
    Can Anti-Abortion ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ Snag Federal Family-Planning Funds?One branch of the anti-abortion movement is trying to rebrand itself as pro-contraceptive, just like Republican politicians.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. Kavanaugh: A Safe Supreme Court Pick Who Will Carry Out the GOP’s Extreme AgendaHe’s a careful jurist whose murky abortion stance will make it easier for pro-choice GOP senators to pretend that the future of Roe v. Wade is secure.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. Conservative Leader Seems to Rule Out Catholics — and Women? — for Chaplain JobMark Walker thinks clergy that haven’t “walked in the shoes” of the married men who dominate Congress can’t relate to them adequately.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. Evangelicals Have Displaced Catholics As the Anti-Abortion Movement’s BaseThe shift of white Evangelicals into the anti-abortion camp has had a lot to do with partisan polarization over abortion policy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. 500 Years After the Reformation Began, Christians Still DividedThe big dividing line among Christians today isn’t between Catholics and Protestants, but between liberals and conservatives in all faith traditions.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. Trump’s Blunderful Approach to Wooing CatholicsAfter a series of gaffes, he is in danger of losing white Catholics, which is hard for a Republican to do.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. Trump Has a Catholic Problem. But How Bad Is It?A new study shows him shockingly far behind.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. reconciliation
    Mark Wahlberg Asked the Pope to Forgive Him for His Ted MoviesHe hopes God has a sense of humor, and so do we.
    By Sean Fitz-Gerald
  19. brooklyn
    The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn Wants to Be Your Date for MassAnd the campaign is a tad bit creepy.
    By Katie Zavadski
  20. bang
    Pope Francis Almost Backs Evolution, Big Bang TheoryGod, he says, is not “a magician with a magic wand.”
    By Katie Zavadski
  21. early and awkward
    Bishop Asks Voters to Write In Dead CatholicsAs always, it’s about abortion.
    By Katie Zavadski
  22. religion
    Pope Francis Not Actually Cool With Abortion, in Case You MisunderstoodHe clarified today after yesterday’s shocking comments.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  23. the catholic vote
    Paul Ryan Still Not Clinching the Catholic Vote for Mitt RomneyWhich now favors Obama by 15 points.
    By Andre Tartar
  24. adventures in sex
    My Boyfriend Went to Confession Every Time We Had SexNotes on four years of postcoital prayer.
    By Anonymous
  25. Santorum Struggles With His Own Base: CatholicsRomney leads Santorum among the Republic Catholic vote.
    By Eliza Shapiro
  26. 2012
    Obama’s Contraception Rule Has Republicans Remembering Social IssuesGOP candidates and Catholic leaders appreciate the opening to battle the administration on a social issue.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  27. the gods must be crazy
    Archbishop Timothy Dolan Defends His Halfhearted Fight Against Marriage Equality in New York“Whatever, I didn’t want to have a say in this anyway.”
    By Chris Rovzar
  28. equal rites
    Archbishop Timothy Dolan Has Been ‘a Little Down Recently’Wait, why?
    By Chris Rovzar
  29. equal rites
    Brazil Legalizes Civil Unions for Gay CouplesThe Supreme Court handed down a near-unanimous ruling yesterday.
    By Chris Rovzar
  30. catholics
    Televangelist Priest Confesses Affair With CousinNotes from a scandal.
    By Julie Gerstein
  31. the gods must be crazy
    Philadelphia Archdiocese Suspends 21 PriestsHallelujah?
    By Chris Rovzar
  32. cuomolot
    Church Leader: Andrew Cuomo Is Living in ‘Public Concubinage’Ew.
    By Chris Rovzar
  33. the gods must be crazy
    Archbishop Timothy Dolan Did Not Hide $130 Million to Avoid Paying Off Sex-Abuse Settlements, Says Archbishop Timothy DolanSome trouble from Milwaukee is following our guy.
    By Chris Rovzar
  34. the gods must be crazy
    Alberto Cutié to Get Syndicated Talk ShowThe former Catholic priest will be dishing out advice.
    By Chris Rovzar
  35. the gods must be crazy
    Archbishop Timothy Dolan Elected President of U.S. Conference of Catholic BishopsThis was unexpected.
    By Robert Kolker and Chris Rovzar
  36. stupid crime of the day
    Connecticut Priest Fakes Cancer, Embezzles Church Money for Male EscortsGod, priests are always secretly cancer-free, aren’t they?
    By Chris Rovzar
  37. the gods must be crazy
    From St. Peter’s Square, Pope Asks for ForgivenessThis is the first time he’s done so from a pulpit in the Church’s holy seat.
    By Chris Rovzar
  38. the gods must be crazy
    Pope Assigns Archbishop Dolan, Others to Irish-Church Review PanelThe investigation team will look into churches and seminaries there.
    By Chris Rovzar
  39. the gods must be crazy
    Pope: ‘The Greatest Persecution of the Church Doesn’t Come From Enemies on the Outside But Is Born From the Sins Within the Church’Maybe the Church’s latest troubles aren’t the fault of the ‘Times’ after all!
    By Chris Rovzar
  40. the gods must be crazy
    Times Sets Sights on Vatican Chief DefenderToday’s paper examines the past decisions of Cardinal William Levada.
    By Chris Rovzar
  41. the gods must be crazy
    Vatican: Pope May Apologize for Handling of Abuse CasesYou may have assumed he’s done this before.
    By Chris Rovzar
  42. the gods must be crazy
    Conservative Catholic Leaders Reacting More Strongly to Abuse ScandalTwo news stories today demonstrate a change in the wind.
    By Chris Rovzar
  43. the gods must be crazy
    Pope Breaks Silence Over Recent Church Scandals“I have to say that we Christians, even in recent times, have often avoided the word ‘penance,’ which seems too harsh.”
    By Chris Rovzar
  44. the gods must be crazy
    Atheists Want to Arrest the PopeRichard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens are trying to build a case for “crimes against humanity.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  45. the gods must be crazy
    On Good Friday, Church Compares Persecution of Jews to Current Scrutiny Over Priest Pedophilia Cover-UpsThe ‘Times’ continues flagellating the Church.
    By Chris Rovzar
  46. the gods must be crazy
    Vatican Goes After Times Over CoverageMaureen Dowd is just “silly.”
    By Chris Rovzar
  47. the gods must be crazy
    Pope Defended on Palm SundayTimothy Dolan took to the pulpit to speak up for his boss.
    By Chris Rovzar
  48. the gods must be crazy
    Pope Benedict Chose Not to Punish, or Alert Authorities About, Priest Who Molested 200 Deaf ChildrenFather Lawrence Murphy instead was allowed to minister to children all the way up to his death in 1998.
    By Chris Rovzar
  49. the most important people in the world
    Anne Hathaway Leaves Catholic Church for Gay Brother“Why should I support an organization that has a limited view of my beloved brother?”
    By Chris Rovzar
  50. the gods must be crazy
    Archbishop Dolan Launches Attack on New York Times“The most combustible example of all came Sunday with an intemperate and scurrilous piece by Maureen Dowd.”
    By Chris Rovzar
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