While the sudden rush of limiting legislation has cheered many advocates within the prolife community, some worry that the rush to ban or restrict abortion could backfire.
News Analysis
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
Why Bishop Barron’s take on Jordan Peterson blew up on Catholic social media
Those who have experienced the “Catholic internet” have glimpsed the various camps that are regularly at odds with one another over the finer points of liturgy, doctrine and, yes, Jordan Peterson.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Joe Biden’s support for the Hyde Amendment shows Democrats still at odds over abortion
The campaign said Mr. Biden supports ending the Mexico City rule but backs the Hyde Amendment—for now.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Catholic leaders caution against war with Iran as tensions escalate
“There is little probability that another war in the most volatile region in the world, where the recent and current experiences of conflict in Syria, Iraq and Yemen are vivid, will succeed in bringing peace to the region.”
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
We asked Catholic women if they supported the possibility of women deacons. Here is what they said.
Our survey of Catholic women found little opposition to the ordination of women as permanent deacons, but a survey of U.S. bishops revealed more skepticism of the idea.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
How Trump is able to exploit the abortion issue, and why that’s bad for everyone
President Trump is leveraging the failure of the pro-choice movement to acknowledge Americans’ moral qualms about abortion.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
List: Catholic presidential candidates since J.F.K.
Joe Biden is joining the dozens of Catholics who have run for president since John F. Kennedy was in the White House, but only one so far has come close to winning.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
Does Netanyahu’s latest victory signal the end of the two-state solution in Israel?
According to Father David Neuhaus, the Israeli political leadership in recent years has “only mouthed support” for a peace process that concludes with two independent states “and now no longer does even that.”
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Can you find God in a black hole?
Thanks to the image released by the Event Horizon Telescope consortium, for the first time we have direct proof that a black hole is more than a theoretical construct.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
We’re sacrificing our kids’ mental health to the college admission industrial complex
For high school seniors, existential angst about what schools they will get into, how much aid they will receive and how much debt they will need to take on to get a degree has become a national rite of passage.