Salon runs an excerpt of the book Faitheist How an Atheist Found Common Ground With the Religious in which the author explores atheist fundamentalism Our conversation continued and I offered up petitions that the positive contributions of religious people be considered with equal weight alongs

The economy was once again the primary theme in tonight rsquo s debate but one undecided voter asked the candidates about their views on immigration reform What do you plan on doing with immigrants without their green cards that are currently living here as productive members of society Romney

Oops Campaigning in Ohio Congressman Paul Ryan rsquo s campaign made plans to showoff the vice-presidential candidate rsquo s social justice side bringing him and his family to a soup kitchen to meet some volunteers and lend a helping hand So far so good But then this Ryan stood at the sink

So the candidates rsquo faith did come up tonight when the moderator ABC News Martha Raddatz asked this I want to move on and I want to return home for these last few questions This debate is indeed historic We have two Catholic candidates first time on a stage such as this And I would

Two Catholics vying for the vice-presidency will meet on a stage in Kentucky Thursday night for a debate whose stakes are quite high Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan will face each other in the first major political event since last week when Mitt Romney crushed a tired and seemi

Several Catholic bishops across the US have been at the forefront in the fight against same-sex marriage in recent weeks In Newark Archbishop John Myers released a pastoral letter apparently meant for August but held back until just weeks before November elections in which he suggested that Cath

NPR reporter Sonari Glinton recalls how Sr Rosemary Brennan the principal of St Philip Neri Catholic school in Chicago helped to show students how Jesus related to them on an episode of This American Life Sonari Glinton tells the story of how a Catholic nun teaches an entire school on Chicago s

The Atlantic looks at the Vatican rsquo s attempt to get control of its media incompetence examining how it handled the 2010 speech that angered some in the Muslim world continued revelations of clergy sexual abuse and most recently the so-called Vati-leaks scandal From the article In this en

A new survey from the Pew Forum nbsp shows that President Obama is widening his lead over GOP nominee Mitt Romney among likely Catholic voters a group the president won in 2008 Among all Catholics the president leads 54-39 though both candidates are about tied among white Catholics Religion Ne

Six things to remember as we approach Election Day 1 The stakes are high but we rsquo ll be okay Scary music sensational quotes and apoplectic narrators invade our television sets each night warning of the destruction and utter hell that Obama or Romney will unleash on America should he win