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• I Went to Bed a Christian and Woke Up a … Terrorist? Sun Apr 14
  Doug Giles
  According to the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security, evangelical Christians are now a national security threat. I’m talkin’ at the top of the list folks. As Gomer Pyle used to say, “Surprise, Surprise, Surprise” eh, Christians? ... more
• Military Labels Evangelicals, Catholics as ‘Religious Extremism’ Fri Apr 5
  Todd Starnes
  The U.S. Army listed Evangelical Christianity and Catholicism as examples of religious extremism along with Al Qaeda and Hamas during a briefing with an Army Reserve unit based in Pennsylvania, Fox News has learned. ... more
• Students Want Anti-Gay Priest Removed from University Fri Apr 5
  Todd Starnes
  Religious liberty groups are mobilizing to defend the chaplain of George Washington University’s Newman Center after gay students launched an effort to have the priest fired because he preaches against homosexuality and abortion. ... more
• Pope leads Catholics into Easter at vigil service in St. Peter's Sat Mar 30
  Reuters News
• The Coming Debate Among American Catholics Mon Mar 18
  Hugh Hewitt
  Pope Francis, Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio walk into a bar... ... more
• The Scandal of the Jewish Pope Mon Mar 18
  Michael Brown
  One of the first official acts of the newly installed Pope Francis was to reach out to the Jewish community of Rome, as his predecessor Pope Benedict had done, and he is being greeted warmly by many Jewish leaders worldwide. For most of the last 1,500 years, though, Catholic-Jewish relations have not been so warm. In fact, there was a time when the Catholic Church was rocked with a scandal: It was alleged that the Pope himself was Jewish. ... more
• Vivat Papa Fri Mar 15
  Rich Galen
  In an era when almost every mention of religion is in a negative connotation - one religion against another, one sect against another, religious influence on secular life, and so on - it was soothing, really, to see the amount of time at least the American cable networks devoted to the choosing of the leader of one. ... more
• U.S., Italy Catholics want cardinal out of conclave Tue Feb 19
  Reuters News
• Philippines Catholics hope, pray for Asia's first pope Tue Feb 12
  Reuters News
• Sweet Reason Fri Jan 4
  Ken Blackwell
  Much of the Internet exploded in wrath over Pope Benedict XVI’s Christmas greetings to the Roman curia. Delivered in those historic halls painted by Renaissance artists, the Pope’s address was given to those tasked with administering the Vatican State and serving the Catholic faithful worldwide. ... more
• Will John Boehner Fund Obama's Attack on Catholics? Wed Nov 28
  Terry Jeffrey
  Will House Speaker John Boehner give President Barack Obama the money he needs to implement a regulation that Boehner himself described as an unconstitutional attack on religious freedom that forces Catholics to cooperate in immoral acts? ... more
• Will Obama Allow Americans to Practice Catholicism? No! Wed Nov 21
  Terry Jeffrey
  "Catholicism teaches that it is a sin to use, provide, or otherwise support contraception." ... more
• Most Catholics vote for Obama, but Latinos and whites divided Thu Nov 8
  Reuters News
• Pope, ending synod, urges lapsed Catholics to return to fold Sun Oct 28
  Reuters News
• Green Bay Bishop to Catholics: Vote Pro-Life, Or Your Soul is in Jeopardy Sat Oct 27
  Kate Hicks
• Like Ryan and Biden, U.S. Catholics are deeply divided Fri Oct 12
  Reuters News
• Like Ryan and Biden, U.S. Catholics are deeply divided Thu Oct 11
  Reuters News
• Pope warns lapsed Catholics of "spiritual desertification" Thu Oct 11
  Reuters News
• Pope launches drive to reclaim lapsed Western Catholics Sun Oct 7
  Reuters News
• Losing Our Religion Sat Sep 15
  Kathryn Lopez
  Deepening crisis: This phrase was used at a conference on international religious liberty at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 12. The timing of the gathering, which included activists, diplomats and prominent religious leaders, took on a heightened significance, as it was held just hours after attacks against U.S. consulates and embassies in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere, violent incidents that were ostensibly sparked by religious outrage. ... more
• Freedom? Yeah, Right! Fri May 25
  Kathryn Lopez
  Confronted with a 'train wreck,' the new archbishop of Baltimore implores us to 'pray diligently as communities, as families and as individuals.' ... more
• Paul Ryan’s Budget Is a Moral Budget Mon May 7
  Star Parker
  Rep. Paul Ryan, (R-Wis), chairman of the House budget committee, provoked some angry push back when he claimed that not only is his proposed sweeping revamp of the US budget fiscally sound but also morally sound. ... more
• Pa. priest trial painful, poignant for Catholics Sat Apr 21
  AP News
• Uh Oh: Americans Trust Obama More than Romney on the Economy? Fri Apr 20
  Daniel Doherty
• Bishops say Catholics must disobey unjust laws Thu Apr 12
  AP News

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