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John Mark Reynolds 2 hours ago
Q: U.S. Catholic bishops are defending their direct involvement in congressional deliberations over health-care reform, saying that church leaders have a duty to raise moral concerns on any issue, including abortion rights and health care for the poor. Do you agree? What role should religious leaders have -- or not have -- in government policymaking? President Obama is just returning from China having gently mentioned to the butchers of Beijing that human rights are important....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
Robert Parham 10 hours ago
Before reading the latest moral declaration from the Christian Right about their troubled souls and moral priorities, I e-mailed early Friday morning a national religion reporter about the statement. I wrote that if these leaders' "hierarchy of issues" were abortion, homosexuality and religious freedom, then they "are neither reading from the Bible, nor listening to Jesus."...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
Erica Brown 1 days ago
"Wisdom does not come to a person at once. It only comes after struggles, quests, anguish and effort." --Judah Barzeloni Everyone struggles at some point in life with ultimate questions. Sometimes we ask difficult questions about the nature of God, suffering and justice when we are children and then find that, although situations change and our questions mature, they are often only more sophisticated versions of questions we've already asked. That process results in wisdom....Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite 1 days ago
God as Holy Warrior is now apparently running the GOP senatorial opposition to the health care bill. The Republican response to Senator Harry Reid's statement that a vote could come as early as Saturday on the health care bill was to declare war. Not just any kind of war, but the crusade kind of war. "It's going to be a holy war," said Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah). God as Holy Warrior had gone out...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
John Esposito 1 days ago
Q: U.S. Catholic bishops are defending their direct involvement in congressional deliberations over health-care reform, saying that church leaders have a duty to raise moral concerns on any issue, including abortion rights and health care for the poor. Do you agree? What role should religious leaders have -- or not have -- in government policymaking? Religious leaders have always had a right, and indeed from their faith perspective an obligation, to speak out on issues...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry.
