Faith of the Feminine
A Pew Forum poll released last week reveals that Americans are switching religious affiliations at a dizzying rate, and the religious category flush with the most converts is “unaffiliated.” The ...
Hard to Make a Stand
When St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke resigned from the foundation board of the city’s Catholic children’s hospital last week, his decision ignited intense outrage in the blogosphere and his own ...
A Line in the Sand
The media campaign to promote Missouri’s Amendment 2 — which would make the cloning and killing of human embryos for research a constitutional right — has drawn national headlines in ...
The Activist Trap
On the Right, groups such as as Priests for Life and Catholic Answers are distributing voter’s guides that urge Catholics to support candidates who stand with the Church in its ...
Be Not Afraid
When the students, faculty, and staff of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn., elected Ben Kessler as “Tommie of the Year” and student speaker for this year’s ...
The Indignity of Notre Dame
When the Rev. John Jenkins announced last week that he would allow the continued sponsorship and performance of The Vagina Monologues at the University Notre Dame, he contradicted his earlier ...
“Let Me Go”
Let Me Go, the new book co-written by Pope John Paul II’s personal physician, reveals few details about the pope’s death that were not already divulged in the official Vatican ...
Chilling Protocol
When little Chanou was born in 2000 with a rare and painful illness that leads to abnormal bone development, doctors gave the Dutch infant less than three years to live. ...
The Great Exit
When the Religion Newswriters Association asked its members to identify the top religious story of 2005, the reporters had no shortage of options. There was the devastating series of natural ...
“Supreme Scientist” Superstar
Before confessing last week to ethical lapses in his research, South Korean stem-cell pioneer Dr. Hwang Woo Suk had enjoyed god-like status in his native land.
The veterinarian and Seoul National ...