While the optics of Boris Johnson’s marriage in a Catholic church this weekend suggest a double standard, in fact the church seems to be treating him the same it would any divorced Catholic seeking to remarry.
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Supreme Court’s hearing of Mississippi abortion law is a gut check for pro-lifers
Under scrutiny is Mississippi’s statute protecting most prenatal children beyond 15 weeks of gestation.
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Biden’s vow to ‘cut child poverty in half’ is ambitious. But is it ambitious enough?
While the overall child poverty rate may be historically low after a recovery from the pandemic, there are more specific measures of economic vulnerability for children that are still alarming.
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Was Joe Biden preaching Catholic social teaching to the Congress last night? Supporters think so.
But critics say the president’s talk about human dignity rings hollow when he is using his office to advance the greatest social injustice in America since slavery—abortion—in the next moment.
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Joe Biden’s first 100 days: Religious freedom, L.G.B.T. rights and Covid-19 mandates
If Joe Biden wants his presidency to have a lasting impact on religious freedom, he and his fellow Democrats must craft legislation acceptable to Republican senators.
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Why do white Catholics have such a high vaccination rate? Is it faith or education?
About two-thirds of white U.S. Catholics are accepting of the Covid vaccine—a higher rate than any religious group other than Jews. But it is unclear whether the high vaccination rate is a matter of faith or of demographics.
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Before Rush Limbaugh, Father Coughlin was America’s first demagogue of the airwaves
Before Rush Limbaugh, there was the notorious “radio priest” of the 1930s and 1940s, Father Charles E. Coughlin.
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Joe Biden sends a signal that he’s willing to dialogue with the bishops and other faith leaders
The faith-based office, founded under President George W. Bush, evolved over the past two decades, but it became moribund under President Donald Trump, who preferred to talk only with evangelical leaders who supported him.
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The bishops were divided on how to approach Joe Biden. It’s not the first time a dispute has gone public.
Public disagreements among the U.S. bishop are rare but not unprecedented. A contentious debate about the church and AIDS in 1987 is perhaps the situation most similar to the divisions over how to welcome President Biden.
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No, it wasn’t wrong for Catholic parishes to accept Covid relief money from the government
The Associated Press (again) investigated Catholic dioceses that benefited from the Paycheck Protection Program. Here’s what they got wrong about the church in the United States.